Privacy policy

Privacy policy for the website of Heizungs-Journal Verlags-GmbH

Data controller and company data protection officer

Heizungs-Journal Verlags-GmbH, represented by managing director Elke Oechsner, Marie-Curie-Straße 5, 71364 Winnenden, Germany
Email: service@heizungsjournal.de
Phone: +49 (0)7195 9284-0
Telefax: +49 (0)7195 9284-11
as the operator of the website www.tga-contentbase.com, is responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as GDPR) in conjunction with the new Federal Data Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as BDSG-neu) for the collection, processing, and use of your personal data on the above-mentioned website.

We collect, process, and use your personal data in accordance with the content of this privacy policy and the statutory provisions. This privacy policy regulates which personal data we collect, process, and use about you. We therefore ask you to read the following information carefully.

You can contact our company data protection officer at datenschutz@tga-contentbase.de.

1. Personal data

Personal data within the meaning of this privacy policy is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, in particular, your name, your email address and, if applicable, your address and telephone number, as well as your credit card and account details.

Personal data also includes information about your use of our website. In this context, we collect personal data from you such as information about your visits to our website, e.g., the amount of data transferred, the location from which you access data from our website, and other connection data and sources you access. This is usually done through the use of log files and cookies. For more information on log files and cookies, please refer to sections 2 and 4 of this privacy policy.

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

2.1 When visiting our website

When you visit our website www.heizungsjournal.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website server. This information is temporarily stored in a log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

IP address of the requesting computer,
Date and time of access,
Name and URL of the retrieved file,
Website from which access is 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 will be processed by us for the following purposes:

to ensure a smooth connection setup of the website,
to ensure comfortable use of our website,
to evaluate system security and stability, and
for other administrative purposes.

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

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will receive more detailed explanations on this under sections 4 and 5 of this data protection declaration.

2.2 When registering for our newsletter

If you have expressly consented in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter regularly. To receive our newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an e-mail address.

You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you are welcome to send your unsubscribe request to service@heizungsjournal.de by e-mail at any time.

2.3 When using our contact form

If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on our website. It is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who the request comes from and to be able to answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.

The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after the request you have made has been processed.

2.4 When registering in our webshop at www.tga-contentbase.com

Sofern Sie nach Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DSGVO ausdrücklich eingewilligt haben, verwenden wir Ihre bei der Anmeldung angegebenen Daten dafür, Ihnen den Zugang zu unserem TGA-Portal zu ermöglichen sowie die dortigen Inhalte Ihren Wünschen, Fachthemen und Interessen entsprechend in Bezug auf die jeweilige Berufsgruppe bzw. Tätigkeit zu ergänzen und zu optimieren. Welche personenbezogenen Daten bei der Anmeldung an den für die Verarbeitung Verantwortlichen übermittelt werden, ergibt sich aus der hierzu verwendeten Eingabemaske.

The consent can be revoked at any time, for example by e-mail to service@heizungsjournal.de. Furthermore, you can delete your profile in your personal dashboard at any time and thus declare the revocation of your consent.

3. Disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transmitted 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 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR,
in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass it on in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c) GDPR, and
this is legally permissible and required according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies

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

The cookie stores information that is related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity.

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

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our website again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what 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 visited our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is required for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies can lead to you not being able to use all functions of our website.

5. Analysis tools

5.1 Tracking Tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the ongoing optimization of our website.

On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to 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.

5.1.1 Google Analytics

For the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, (hereinafter Google). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website, such as

Browser type/version,
Operating system used,
Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address),
Time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of our website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of our website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that they cannot be assigned (IP masking).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, not all functions of our website may be able to be used to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

6. Social Media Plugins

We use social plugins (hereinafter also referred to as plugins) from the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and the video platform YouTube on our website on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR in order to make our publishing company better known. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. The responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by the respective provider. The integration of these plugins by us takes place using the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.

6.1 Facebook

Social plugins from Facebook are used on our website to make their use more personal. For this we use the LIKE or SHARE button. This is an offer from Facebook.

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the website by it.

By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, e.g. by clicking the LIKE or SHARE button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.

Facebook may use this information for advertising, market research, and the needs-based design of Facebook pages. To this end, Facebook creates usage, interest, and relationship profiles, e.g., to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy. (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

6.2 Youtube

Some of our pages contain embedded content from the video platform YouTube, YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, (hereinafter YouTube). YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

When you only access a page from our website with embedded videos from our YouTube channel, only your IP address is transmitted to Google.

7. Rights of the data subject

You have the right:

in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR 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, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data, if it was not collected from us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on their details;
in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR 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 refuse its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller;
in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future and
in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or our headquarters.

8. Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without you having to specify a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to datenschutz@heizungsjournal-verlag.de.

9. Data security

When you visit our website, we use the widely used SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. This is usually 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 being transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the 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 unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

10. Topicality and change

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018.
Due to the further development of our website and offers on it, or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on our website at https://www.heizungsjournal.de/datenschutz