Privacy Policy
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website.
Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator.
The operator’s contact details can be found in the legal notice (Imprint) of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us.
This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form or provide as part of an order.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website.
This mainly includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).
The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
We generally require your data for the initiation or execution of a contract.
Another part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website.
Further data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data.
You also have the right to request correction, restriction, or deletion of this data.
For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the topic of data protection, you may contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting our website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated.
This is mainly done using cookies and so-called analysis programs.
The analysis of your browsing behavior is generally anonymous; your browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you.
You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools.
Detailed information on this can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis.
We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.
2. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified.
This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for.
It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities.
Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website can be found at:
cigario.de/impressum
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, or similar).
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent.
You may withdraw consent already given at any time.
An informal notification by email to us is sufficient for this purpose.
The legality of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of data protection law, the affected person has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is located.
A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either to yourself or to a third party, in a common, machine-readable format.
If you request direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Restriction, Deletion
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as, if applicable, a right to correction, restriction, or deletion of this data.
For this purpose and for further questions on the subject of personal data, you may contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Some of the internet pages use so-called cookies.
Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses.
Cookies serve to make our services more user-friendly, effective, and secure.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.”
They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit.
Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them.
These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
Cookies that are required to carry out electronic communication processes or to provide certain functions desired by you are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
Other cookies (e.g. cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
browser type and browser version
operating system used
referrer URL
hostname of the accessing computer
time of the server request
IP address
data volume
These data are not merged with other data sources.
The access logs of the web servers record which page accesses took place at which time.
They include the following data: IP address, directory protection user, date, time, accessed pages, protocol, status code, data volume, referrer, user agent, accessed hostname.
IP addresses are stored in anonymized form.
For this purpose, the last three digits are removed, meaning 127.0.0.1 becomes 127.0.0.*.
IPv6 addresses are also anonymized.
Information about the directory protection user is anonymized after one day.
Error logs, which record incorrect page accesses, are deleted after seven days.
Access via FTP is logged in anonymized form and retained for 60 days.
Mail logs for sending emails from the web environment are anonymized after one day and then retained for 60 days.
During anonymization, all sender/recipient data is removed.
Only the sending time and processing information (queue ID or not sent) remain.
Mail logs for sending via our mail servers are deleted after four weeks.
The longer retention period is required to ensure the functionality of mail services and spam prevention.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, as the website operator has a legitimate interest in storing log files for technically error-free and optimized provision of services.
Applicant Management System
The collection and processing of your personal application data takes place exclusively for the purpose of filling positions within our company.
Your personal data is processed exclusively in accordance with applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and only for the purposes for which it was collected.
Any further use or disclosure of your application documents to third parties does not take place.
Application data is only viewed by employees involved in the application review process who are bound by confidentiality obligations.
Withdrawal
You have the right at any time to withdraw your consent to the use of the data stored in the portal without giving reasons.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data provided by you, will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions.
The website contains a contact form that enables quick electronic contact with our company and direct communication, including a general electronic mail address (email address).
If you contact us by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by you will be automatically stored.
Such personal data voluntarily transmitted by you to us is stored for the purpose of processing or contacting you.
This personal data is not passed on to third parties.
Registration on This Website
You may register on our website to use additional features.
The data entered for registration is used only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you registered.
Mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full.
Otherwise, registration will be rejected.
For important changes, such as changes in the scope of services or technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you.
Processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
You may withdraw consent at any time by informal email notification.
The legality of data processing already carried out remains unaffected.
Registered data is stored as long as you are registered on this website and then deleted.
Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data)
We collect, process, and use personal data only insofar as this is necessary for the establishment, content design, or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data).
This is done on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Personal data regarding the use of our website (usage data) is collected, processed, and used only to the extent necessary to enable use of the service or to bill for it.
Collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship.
Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Data Transfer Upon Conclusion of a Contract for Services and Digital Content
Personal data is transmitted to third parties only if necessary in the context of contract processing, for example to the credit institution responsible for payment processing.
Further transmission of data does not take place unless you have expressly consented.
Data is not passed on to third parties without explicit consent, in particular for advertising purposes.
Legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
4. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google Ads, an online advertising program of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking.
When you click on an ad placed by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set.
Cookies are small text files stored on the user’s device.
These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification.
If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie.
Cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of Ads customers.
The information collected via the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking.
Customers receive the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag.
They do not receive information that personally identifies users.
If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object by disabling the Google conversion tracking cookie via your browser settings.
The storage of conversion cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
More information can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
5. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit a page equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established.
The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile.
You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Google Web Fonts
This site uses web fonts provided by Google for uniform display of fonts.
When accessing a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache.
This requires connection to Google servers, whereby Google becomes aware that your IP address accessed our website.
Use of Google Web Fonts constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
More information:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps service via an API, provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Use of Google Maps requires storage of your IP address, which is usually transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the USA.
The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer.
Use of Google Maps constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
More information:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable analysis of website usage.
IP anonymization is activated.
Data may be transferred to Google servers in the USA.
Users may prevent tracking via browser settings or opt-out plugins.