Privacy Policy
We are delighted about your interest in Axel Springer Corporate Solutions. With this privacy policy, we inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of the personal data processed by us and your rights as a data subject.
I. General
1. Controller
Responsible for data processing in accordance with Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR, subject to any different information in this privacy policy, is Axel Springer Corporate Solutions GmbH & Co. KG, Axel-Springer-Str. 65, 10888 Berlin, Telephone: +49 30 2591 74539, Email: newbusiness@axelspringer.de (hereinafter also referred to as "we" or "us").
2. Contact details of our data protection officer
Please contact our data protection officer at any time with questions and suggestions regarding data protection and the enforcement of your rights as a data subject:
Axel Springer Corporate Solutions GmbH & Co. KG, Data Protection, Axel-Springer-Str. 65, 10888 Berlin, datenschutz@as-corporate-solutions.de.
To the extent that data processing is carried out with a joint controller pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR, both controllers act as a joint point of contact.
3. Accessing the website
When you use our service, we automatically set absolutely necessary cookies and collect and process the following information to enable the usability of the provided functions and to ensure the security and stability of our service:
- Information about the accessing device and the software used
- Date and time of access
- Websites from which the user accesses our website or which the user accesses via our website
- IP address
The processing of the IP address is absolutely necessary to enable the delivery of our service to your device and to measure the performance and performance of our service. Usage profiles are not created. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In addition, our servers store your IP address for up to 14 days for the purpose and interest of ensuring the security of our service (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
4. Your contact
When you contact us, e.g. by email, the data you provide (your email address, if applicable your name and telephone number) will be processed by us to process your inquiry. We delete the data collected in this context when it is no longer required for the aforementioned purpose, provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
5. Processing location
We also process personal data in countries outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"), including the USA. If there is no adequacy decision of the European Commission for the respective third country, we have concluded the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR with the services used in third countries to ensure an adequate level of data protection:
6. Storage period
We process personal data only for as long as this is necessary for the purpose stated in this privacy policy. The personal data will then be deleted unless there are statutory retention periods preventing deletion.
II. Your rights as a data subject
1. Information, correction, deletion, restriction and the right to be forgotten
You can obtain information from us at any time free of charge as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us and also specifically which data about you is stored and request a copy of the stored data. You can also have incorrect data corrected and completed.
You can also request the deletion and restriction of your personal data. Please note that there are statutory retention obligations, for example for paid contracts such as the purchase of a subscription and therefore we may not delete your data in every case. In this case, your data will be marked with the aim of restricting their future processing.
2. Data portability
If applicable, you also have the right that the personal data concerning you be transmitted to you or another responsible person in a structured, common and machine-readable format, provided that the processing is based on consent or a contract and is carried out using automated processes. However, this does not apply if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible and provided that this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.
3. Revocation / objection
You have the option at any time to revoke consent given by you with effect for the future in accordance with the information in this privacy policy.
Furthermore, you have the right to object to data processing that is necessary to protect legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). In the event of objection, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If we process personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to the processing at any time.
4. Right to lodge a complaint
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority and the possibility to take legal remedies. The supervisory authority to which the complaint was lodged informs the complainant about the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of judicial remedies.
5. Existence of automated decision-making
We refrain from automated decision-making or profiling within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.
III. Privacy
1. Cookies and similar technologies
To be able to offer our service, the use of certain cookies and similar technologies ("Technically necessary") is necessary. These are cookies that store the settings or consents you have made in privacy on your device. The use of these cookies is necessary so that the privacy settings can be taken into account when using our website and you do not have to make privacy settings again with every visit. Further information on the aforementioned cookies can be found in the privacy settings. You can access your privacy settings at any time via the icon depicted below, which is located on every page in the lower left corner.
Cookies are small files that your browser stores on your device in a designated directory. They can be used, among other things, to determine whether you have visited a website before. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string that allows websites and servers to be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A particular internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID. Cookies cannot identify you as a person without additional information.
Unless otherwise stated, we only use further cookies and similar technologies for the purposes listed below in this privacy policy and only subject to your consent by appropriate settings in privacy.
Further information on the cookies or similar technologies used and our partners can be found in the corresponding section of this privacy policy and in the privacy settings. There you also have the opportunity at any time to revoke consent given by you with effect for the future. Cookies already set can also be deleted by you at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. Please note that in this case, the privacy settings you have made will also be deleted, and you would have to make them again with a renewed visit to our website. The runtime of the cookies used is, subject to any different information, limited to a maximum of one year.
2. Analysis (Statistics) - Matomo
If you have given us your consent for this purpose in privacy, we use Matomo (formerly "Piwik") for the purpose of continuously improving our offers and adapting them to the interests of our users. Matomo processes data on your usage behavior on our website using cookies or similar technologies on our behalf (Art. 28 GDPR) and evaluates this data for us. Personal information such as access time, location, and frequency of visits to our website is stored using the cookie. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke consent given by you at any time with effect for the future in the settings of your privacy.
3. Miscellaneous - YouTube
To enhance the user experience in our offering, we also embed videos from YouTube, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("YouTube"), which is responsible for data processing according to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR. If you have given us your consent for this purpose in privacy, your browser establishes a direct connection to the server of YouTube. Your IP address is processed by YouTube for this purpose, which is necessary to establish the connection to the YouTube server and play out the content. The legal basis for the integration of these services is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke consent given by you at any time with effect for the future in the settings of your privacy. Information on data processing by YouTube can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
IV. Social Plugins
No social media plugins that directly load data from the servers of the respective social media providers are integrated on this website. The integrated "plugins" are simple links to the respective third-party pages, which we illustrate with corresponding graphics. Therefore, no transmission of personal data to the operator of the social media service through the known plugins takes place.
As of: June 2, 2023