Data Protection Notice

Data Protection Notice

Thank you for visiting our Internet website and for your interest in United VARs. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Personal data is a term used to describe any individual piece of information about personal or factual circumstances concerning a specific natural person or that can be assigned to a natural person. This includes information about an individual's real name, address, telephone number and date of birth.

Since this information is subject to special protection, we will only collect it to the extent that it is technically required. We explain below which information is collected while visiting our website and how it will be used.

Our data protection practices adhere to the provisions set out in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG). We will collect, process and save your personal data solely for the purpose of processing requests and, when necessary, for processing orders / contracts. Only once you have given your consent separately will your data also be used for the other purposes explicitly indicated in the consent form, e.g. for being sent information about special offers via newsletters, etc.

1. Responsible authority as defined in § 13 par. 1 German Telemedia Act / § 3 par. 7 German Federal Data Potection Act (BDSG)

The responsible authority as defined under data protection law is:

United VARs LLP
Kaiserswerther Str. 115
40880 Ratingen
Germany
Fax: +49 2102 94 21 044
E-Mail: info@united-vars.com

The responsible authority 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, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Statutory data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:

Christian Schwinge
All for One Steeb AG
Rita-Maiburg-Straße 40
70794 Filderstadt-Bernhausen
Germany

Phone: +49 711 258560-0
E-Mail: christian.schwinge@all-for-one.com

2. Data security, data protection and communicating / inquiry by email, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request including all personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. Whilst your personal data is being collected, saved and processed, it is protected by technical and organisational measures so that it cannot be accessed by third parties. We do not pass on this data without your consent. However, when communicating by email, telephone or fax, we cannot guarantee complete data security, which is why we recommend that you send us any information requiring a high level of confidentiality by mail.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, when your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) and / or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of enquiries addressed to us.

The data sent to us by you via contact requests will remain with us until you request it to be deleted, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

3. Revocation of consents - data disclosures and change requests – deleting & blocking information

According to the German Federal Data Protection Act, you have a right to obtain information about your saved data for free and if necessary, you have a right to have this data changed, blocked or deleted. Your information will be deleted if it is not subject to any legal regulations which prevent its deletion. At any time you can revoke the permission you have given us to use your personal information. You can contact us directly at any time about requests concerning the disclosure, deletion and correction of your data. Please use the following address for correspondence:

United VARs LLP
Office Ratingen
Kaiserswerther Str. 115
40880 Ratingen
Fax: +49-2102 / 94 21 044
E-Mail: info@united-vars.com

4. Anonymized / Pseudonymized use of the website

In principle, you can use our website without entering your personal information. Pseudonymized user data will not be linked to the information about the person using the pseudonym. Pseudonymized user profiles are not created.

5. Special functions on the website

Our website offers you several functions; when these are used, personal data is collected, processed and saved by us. Below, we explain what happens with this information:

• Comments

We will only use the information acquired from our comment function for processing comments which have been made using the submission form. The comments will be included on our website and as a general rule, they will remain available for an indefinite period of time as retrievable content. You may personally request to have your comments deleted by us at any time. Please contact us if you want your comments removed. The personal information collected for processing or removing the submitted comment will be deleted immediately after the submission or deletion of the comment, provided it is not subject to any legal retention periods.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses web analysis service Google Analytics, which is provided is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics also uses "cookies", which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your usage of the website. The information generated by the “cookies” about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising. However, due to the activation of the IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google within the European Union or in other Contracting States of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the US and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide other services related to the website usage and the Internet usage against the website operator. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilise all the functions on this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing Google's data (including your IP address) related to your use of the Website (including your IP address), as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install:

Link: Browser Add On to disable Google Analytics

In addition to or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can block Google Analytics tracking on our pages by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie is installed on your device. This will prevent the Google Analytics collection for this site and for this browser as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Browser Plugin

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent your information from being collected on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information on how Google Analytics uses user data, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Order processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for order processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics of Google Analytics

This website uses the function "demographic features" of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain information about the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-related advertising by Google and visitor data from third parties. This information cannot be associated with any specific individual. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google Account or generally prohibit Google Analytics from collecting your data as described under "Objection to data collection".

Storage period

Data stored by Google at the user and event level that is linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. User ID) or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) is anonymised or deleted after 50 months. Details can be found under the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en

Google Analytics Re-marketing

Our sites use Google Analytics Re-marketing features in conjunction with the cross-device features of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This feature allows Google Analytics Re-marketing to link advertising target groups with the cross-device capabilities of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-related, personalised advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behaviour on one device (e.g. mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browser history to your Google Account for this purpose. Therefore, the same personalised advertising messages can be displayed on every device on which you log in with your Google Account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target audiences for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently opt out of cross-device re-marketing/targeting by opting out of personalised advertising in your Google Account by following this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The data collected in your Google Account will only be aggregated on the basis of your consent, which you may give or revoke to Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In the case of data collection processes that are not consolidated in your Google Account (e.g. because you do not have a Google Account or have objected to the consolidation), the data collection is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymous analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the privacy policy can be found in Google's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google").

As part of Google AdWords, we use what is known as conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser places on the user's computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired, Google and we may recognise that the user clicked on the ad and was directed to that page.

Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through AdWords customer websites. The information collected from the Conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for Conversion Tracking. Customers will know the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were directed to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they will not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out of this use by easily turning off the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser under User Preferences. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

The storage of "conversion cookies" and the use of this tracking tool are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.

More information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

You can set your browser to notify your computer when cookies are set, to permit cookies only in individual cases, to refuse or to accept cookies in certain cases, as well as to enable automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Facebook Pixel

Our website uses the visitor action pixel of Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook") to measure conversion.

This allows us to track the behaviour of site visitors after they are redirected to the provider's Web site by clicking on a Facebook ad. This allows the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and to optimise future advertising efforts.

The data collected is anonymous to us as the operator of this website and we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines. This may allow Facebook to serve advertisements on Facebook pages and outside Facebook. This use of data cannot be influenced by us as the site operator.

The use of Facebook pixels is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a justified interest in effective advertising measures, this includes social media.

You will find further information on the protection of your privacy in the Facebook data protection information: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also deactivate the re-marketing function "Custom Audiences" in the Settings for Advertisements section at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. You must be logged in to Facebook to do this.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable Facebook's usage-based advertising on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/

7. Plugins and tools

YouTube with enhanced data protection

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube website. The site is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

We use YouTube in an advanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about our visitors to this website before they view the video. However, YouTube's enhanced privacy mode does not necessarily exclude the sharing of information with YouTube partners. YouTube connects to the Google DoubleClick network whether or not you're watching a video.

When you start a YouTube video on our site, it connects to YouTube's servers. This will tell the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you can allow YouTube to associate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

In addition, YouTube may store various cookies on your device after you start a video. YouTube can use these cookies to obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve usability and prevent fraud. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

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

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found in its data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This enables Google to know that your IP address has been used to access our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Adobe Typekit Web Fonts

Our website uses so-called web fonts from Adobe Typekit to uniformly display certain fonts. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).

When you access our pages, your browser loads the fonts you need directly from Adobe so that it can display them correctly on your device. Your browser connects to Adobe's servers in the USA. This will allow Adobe to know that your IP address has been used to access our website. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when the fonts are provided.

Adobe is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the United States of America and the European Union to ensure compliance with European privacy standards. For more information, please visit: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.

The use of Adobe Typekit Web Fonts is required to ensure a consistent look and feel on our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Further information on Adobe Typekit Web Fonts is available here at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/typekit.html.

Adobe's privacy policy can be found here at:

https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy/html

8. External contents and/or processing data outside of the EU

We use active Java script contents from external providers on our website. When our website is accessed, these external providers receive personal information about your visit to our website when appropriate. During this process, information may be processed outside of the EU. You can prevent this by installing a Java script blocker, such as the "NoScript" browser plugin (www.noscript.net) or by deactivating the Java script in your browser. However, doing this may limit some of the functions available on the websites that you visit.

We use the following:

• Google APIs

Google APIs from the company Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as: Google) are used on our website. These are program interfaces made available by Google. While they are being used, information, such as your IP address, is sent to Google. You can prevent your personal data from being collected and transferred to Google (especially your IP address) and from being processed by Google by deactivating Java script from running on your browser or by installing a tool like "NoScript."

9. Notification of the use of cookies

We use cookies on different web pages in order to make your visit to our website more appealing and to enable certain functions to be used. So-called "cookies" are small text files which your browser can store on your computer. The process of storing a cookie file is also called "setting a cookie". You can set your browser according to your own personal wishes so that you can be informed when cookies are "set," or so that you can decide to accept them on a case by case basis, or so that the browser accepts or blocks cookies as a general rule. Cookies can be used for a variety of purposes: for example, to recognize that your computer has already been linked to a web offer before (permanent cookies) or to save the last offers you viewed (session cookies). We use cookies to offer you a higher level of user comfort. To use our user-friendly functions, we recommend that you allow cookies to be used for our web offers.

10. Social media

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)

On our pages are plugins from the social network site Facebook, and the provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, integrated. The Facebook plugins are recognisable by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our page. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en_DE.

When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like Button" while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate visiting our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign visits to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

The Facebook plugins are used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a justified interest in having the widest possible visibility on social media.

Twitter Plugin

Our pages, integrate functions of the Twitter service. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's privacy policy:

https://twitter.com/de/privacy.

The Twitter plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a justified interest in having the widest possible visibility on social media.

You can change your data protection settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Google+ Plugin

Our pages use Google+ functions. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collection and dissemination of information: You can use the Google+ button to publish information worldwide. The Google+ button gives you and other users personalised content from Google and our partners. Google stores both information that you gave +1 for an item and information about the page you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1 may appear as clues along with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.

Google records information about your +1 activity to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google+ button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that includes at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name you used when sharing content through your Google Account. The identity of your Google profile may be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.

Use of Information Collected: In addition to the uses described above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with applicable Google privacy policies. Google may publish or share aggregated statistics about users' +1 activity with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliates.

The Google+ plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a justified interest in having the widest possible visibility on social media.

LinkedIn Plugin

Our website uses features from the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn functions, a connection is established to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn "Recommend" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

The LinkedIn plug-in is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a justified interest in having the widest possible visibility on social media.

Further information can be found in LinkedIn's data protection declaration at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.