Privacy

Privacy policy

1. Data controller and data protection officer

The data controller for this website is:

plusmeta GmbH
Kaiserstrasse 235
76133 Karlsruhe
Germany

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer for our company, who can be reached at the mail address: data-protection-officer@plusmeta.de.

2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose of their use

When you access our websites and applications (www.plusmeta.de, blog.plusmeta.de, help.plusmeta.de, app.plusmeta.de, dev.plusmeta.de, vdi2770.plusmeta.de), information is automatically sent to our website server by the browser used on your terminal device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file.

The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

IP address of the requesting computer,
Date and time of access,
Name and URL of the accessed file,
website from which the access was made (referrer URL),
browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the
name of your access provider.

The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
evaluation of system security and stability as well as
for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

We use the function “Activation of IP anonymization” on this website. However, this means that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations of this under items 4 and 5 of this data protection declaration.

3. Transfer of data

We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO,
the transfer is necessary for the processing of your order according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,
in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO, as well as
this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Cookies are set on your computer only after your consent (opt-in).

In the cookie, information is stored that arises in each case in connection with the specific end device used. This does not mean, however, that we thereby gain immediate knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain fixed period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been to our site and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you (see section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been to our site when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

5. Analysis tools

a) Tracking tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

b) Google Analytics

We use the tracking tool Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/ (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”).

c) Mailgun

The Application uses the services of Mailgun via an API to ensure the secure sending and verified delivery of automated email confirmations and email notifications. The provider is Mailgun Technologies Inc, 535 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.

When you use a form (e.g. contact form) on our website, your email address is transmitted to Mailgun’s servers in the USA, stored in Mailgun’s log files and automatically deleted after 30 days.

Mailgun is used in the interest of secure sending and verified delivery of automated email confirmations and email notifications. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Mailgun has a certification according to the “EU-US Privacy Shield” https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000PCbmAAG&status=Active. The “Privacy Shield” is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.

For more information, please see Mailgun’s privacy policy at: https://www.mailgun.com/privacy-policy/.

d) Sentry

The Application uses the services of the Sentry software (https://sentry.io/) via an API to report runtime errors, collect user feedback and transmit certain user data to plusmeta GmbH for analysis and product information purposes. The software is operated by plusmeta GmbH. The transmitted data does not leave our cloud infrastructure.

6. Use of youtube

By clicking on a video container on one of our pages, a page with an embedded YouTube video opens. embedded YouTube video. In this way, there is a link to the YouTube offer. We are generally not responsible for the content of websites that are linked to.

YouTube with extended data protection

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

We use YouTube in the extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode has the effect that YouTube does not store information about visitors to this website before they view the video. view. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. however, is not necessarily excluded. Thus, YouTube - regardless of whether you watch a video YouTube connects to the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the servers of YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. account.

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

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control. may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

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 (1) lit. f DSGVO. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about data protection at YouTube, please refer to their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

7. Data subject rights

You have the right to:

According to Art. 15 DSGVO, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, to request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us without undue delay;
pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO;
pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller;
in accordance with Art. 7 (3) DSGVO, to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing, which was based on this consent, for the future; and
complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose.

8. Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO, provided that there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, an e-mail to support@plusmeta.de is sufficient.

9. Data security

Within the website visit, we use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is encrypted by the closed key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

10. Latest updates to this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status February 2023.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy.