This privacy policy informs you as a website visitor about the nature, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data on our websites. “Personal data” means, according to Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), all information with which you as a website visitor could be personally identified. The following privacy policy explains for you what data we collect and what we use this data for.

Terminology:

For a common understanding of the terms used here (e.g. processing), we refer at this point to Art. 4 GDPR, which contains the definitions of the terms used.

Responsible body

The following entity is responsible for data processing on this website:

LinkedWorld AG
Altrottstraße 31
69190 Walldorf
Germany

Mail: info@linked-world.com

This is how your data is collected:

The clearest collection of your data occurs when you send it to us, for example, by using the contact form on our website to get in touch with us. Furthermore, our content management system automatically collects data from you as soon as you enter the website. This mainly concerns technical data (e.g. your used internet browser, the operating system or the time of the page view).

The purpose of processing:

The data we collect is processed when.

a) the data processing should be necessary for the provision of our contractual services (e.g. processing of orders).
b) the data processing is required by law.
c) there is a specific consent to data processing from you (e.g. registration in a newsletter).
d) the data processing represents our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR (e.g. the interest in analyzing and optimizing our online offer through reach measurements, the creation of profiles for advertising and marketing purposes as well as the use of third-party services).

Your rights regarding your data:

According to Art. 13 GDPR, you have a right to request information, correction or deletion of your personal data or to revoke your consent to the processing of your data at any time. For this purpose, it is sufficient to send us an informal message by e-mail.

In the event of violations of data protection law, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in data protection-related issues is the State Commissioner for Data Protection in the affected federal state in which the website operator is based. In our specific case, the Baden-Württemberg State Commissioner for Data Protection is the correct point of contact: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Adressen/EN/LfD/BadenWuerttemberg.htm

Furthermore, according to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive and transfer automatically processed data to third parties in a structured and machine-readable format. If technically feasible, you also have the right to request that we transfer your data directly to the selected third party.

Security of your data:

This website uses SSL encryption to protect the transmission of confidential content such as inquiries sent to us via the contact form. Active SSL encryption prevents third parties from retrieving your data. You can recognize an active SSL encryption by the “https://” in the address bar of your browser. Common browser types also reflect the secure connection via a lock symbol.

Data collection and storage on this website:

Cookies

We use so-called cookies to collect and store data from website visitors. Cookies are small data packets that are stored by your browser on your terminal device. When visiting our website, you will be asked to consent to the use of cookies. The cookies we use are usually deleted after you close your browser. Other cookies are permanently saved on your terminal device so that we can recognize you on your next visit. However, you can delete cookies yourself at any time via your browser settings. Cookies are used by us to ensure the full functionality of our website. The deactivation of cookies can limit this functionality accordingly.

Contact form

Our website uses contact forms through which you can send us direct inquiries by mail. The data of the request from the corresponding contact form will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the request and for the potential case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your specific consent. If you have given us your consent for this, you can revoke it at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The data transmitted by you from the corresponding contact form will remain stored by us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example, after processing your request has been completed).

Real Cookie Banner

To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/.

The legal bases for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.

The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.

Cloudflare

We use the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Cloudflare Germany GmbH, Rosental 7, c/o Mindspace, 80331 Munich Germany (Cloudflare) to increase the security and delivery speed of our website. This corresponds to our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). A CDN is a network of [globally] distributed servers that is able to deliver optimized content to the website user. For this purpose, personal data may be processed in server log files by Cloudflare.

Cloudflare is a recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us. This corresponds to our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f GDPR not to operate a content delivery network ourselves.

You have the right to object to the processing. Whether the objection is successful is to be determined as part of a balancing of interests.

The processing of the data provided under this section is not required by law or contract. The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the processing.

Your personal data will be stored by Cloudflare for as long as necessary for the purposes described.

For more information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Cloudflare, please visit: Cloudflare DPA

Cloudflare has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all global activities where Cloudflare processes personal data of individuals in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). For more information, please visit: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-scc/

Vimeo

This website uses plugins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is

Vimeo Inc.,
555 West 18th Street,
New York,
New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo video, a connection is established to the the servers of Vimeo is established. The Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This applies even if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transferred to the the Vimeo server in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

For the recognition of website visitors, Vimeo uses cookies or comparable
recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The
consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and, according to Vimeo’s statement on “legitimate business interests”. Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

For more information on the handling of user data, please see Vimeo’s privacy policy
at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

YouTube

This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is embedded, a connection is established to the the servers of YouTube is established. In the process, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your terminal device or use comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way
YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things video statistics, to improve the user experience, and to prevent fraud attempts.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.
This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The
consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Liability notice:

Despite careful control of the content, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content.

Security notice:

We make every effort to store your personal data in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties by taking all technical and organizational measures. When communicating by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security, so we recommend that you send confidential information by post.