Data Protection

Website privacy statement and at the same time information to data subjects pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of the EU Basic Data Protection Regulation

General information


Details of the responsible body

Company: STAR COOPERATION GmbH
Legal representative: Sofía Neher, Jörg Gerstlauer
Address: Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 5, 71034 Böblingen, Germany
Contact details data protection officer: datenschutz@star-cooperation.com

General Data Processing Information

Affected data:

Personal data is only collected if you provide it to us voluntarily. Beyond that no personal data are raised. Any processing of your personal data that goes beyond the scope of the statutory provisions on permission will only be carried out on the basis of your express consent.

processing purpose: contract implementation.

Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the case of overriding legal provisions. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies if the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permissible for reasons of overriding interest.

Third country transfers: Contract processors outside the European Union may also be used within the scope of contract implementation.

Duration of data storage: The duration of the data storage depends on the legal storage obligations and usually amounts to 10 years.

Specific information about the website

Usage of a newsletter
When you register for our newsletter, you provide us with your e-mail address and other optional data. We will only use this information to send you the newsletter. The data you enter when registering for the newsletter will remain stored until you unsubscribe from our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter, on the newsletter profile administration page on our website or by notifying us accordingly. By unsubscribing, you disagree with the use of your e-mail address.

In addition, we use your e-mail address, which we receive in connection with the sale of goods or services, exclusively for direct advertising in the form of our newsletter for our own similar goods or services, such as those ordered by you, unless you have objected to this use. You can object to the use of your e-mail address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Your objection (and thus the cancellation of our newsletter) can be exercised by sending a corresponding message to our e-mail address (see imprint).

Use of Marketo
a) Description and extent of data processing:
STAR COOPERATION GmbH uses services provided by the company Marketo EMEA Limited, Cairn House, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland (‘Marketo’) for purposes such as sending out our newsletter, invitations to webinars and events as well as the ability to download information about our company and products (‘Digital Services’). To enable this analysis, the emails sent contain what are known as web beacons or tracking pixels. These single-pixel image files enable your user behaviour to be recorded. Tracking is not possible if you have disabled the display of images in your email program by default. If you manually display images, the abovementioned tracking process is performed. We capture information about when you read our emails, which links you click in these, and we infer your personal interests accordingly. We link this data to the actions you carry out on our website. Marketo stores the information gathered in this way on its server in the European Union or the European Economic Area (EU or EEA). If you use one of our Digital Services and have completed the registration process accordingly (for example for our newsletter), Marketo also supports us in analysing your user behaviour on our website. This involves a text file (cookie, see also ‘Use of dedicated cookies’) being stored on your computer that enables us to recognise you next time you visit our website.

b) Purpose of the data processing:
We analyse how you use our website as well as further digital content such as videos, banners and downloads that are put online via our website. This enables us to tailor our offerings individually to your requirements so that overall you receive fewer randomly targeted offers. We use the data obtained in this way to tailor our Digital Services to your interests and provide them to you accordingly.

c) Storage duration:
The cookie on your system will expire after 24 months. You can prevent the cookie from being saved by configuring your browser software settings accordingly.

d) Option to object and cancel
If you register for one of our Digital Services and provide personal data in this context via a registration form, we will obtain your consent separately. By giving this consent, you declare your agreement with the described extent of the data processing in the course of the use of our Digital Services, such as newsletters, invitations to webinars and events and the associated analysis of your user behaviour as described in this section.

As a user, you can cancel your registration at any time. You can modify the stored data concerning you at any time. Please contact the following email address: info@star-cooperation.com

Analysis by WiredMinds
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Our website uses counting pixel technology provided by WiredMinds GmbH (www.wiredminds.de) to analyze visitor behavior. In connection with this, the IP address of the visitor is processed. The processing occurs only for the purpose of collecting company based information such as company name, for example. IP addresses of natural persons are excluded from any further processing by means of a whitelist. An IP address is not stored in LeadLab under any circumstances.

While processing data, it is our outmost interest to protect the rights of natural persons. Our interest in processing data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. At no time is it possible to draw conclusions from the collected data on an identifiable person.

WiredMinds GmbH uses this information to create anonymized usage profiles of the visit behavior on our website. Data obtained during this process is not used to personally identify visitors of our website.
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Google AdWords Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords Conversion Tracking, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google AdWords Conversion Tracking also uses "cookies", which are stored on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Under no circumstances will Google associate the data with other Google data. You can generally prevent the use of cookies if you prohibit the storage of cookies in your browser.

Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, Google will shorten your IP address beforehand 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 to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide 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 combined with other data from Google. 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 the collection by Google of data generated by the Coo-kie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link. In view of the discussion about the use of analysis tools with complete IP addresses, we would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()" and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude direct personal references. Especially for browsers on mobile devices, please click here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en to prevent the anonymous recording by Google Analytics on this website for your browser using a so-called "opt-out cookie" in the future.

Use of web analysis service PIWIK/Matomo
We use the web analysis service PIWIK/Matomo on our website. PIWIK/Matomo uses cookies for this analysis. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website.

YouTube
We integrate the videos of the platform "YouTube" of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policie..., Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Maps

We integrate the maps of the service " Google Maps" of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphi-theatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Processed data may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses and location data of users without their consent (usually performed as part of the settings of their mobile devices). The data can be processed in the USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policie..., Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Google Fonts
We integrate the fonts (" Google Fonts") of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policie..., Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Twitter Button
Our pages contain a link to our social web profile on the Twitter service. This function is offered by Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, 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. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter.
We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of Twitter. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings.

Facebook Like Button
This website uses social plugins from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereinafter "Facebook"). When you visit pages that contain such a plugin, information about your visitor behavior is automatically transmitted to Facebook's servers. The website operator has no influence on the type and extent of the data collected and transmitted to Face-book. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. You can find further information on data protection on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Use of own "Cookies"
This website uses its own "cookies" to enhance user-friendliness ("cookies" are data records that are sent by the web server to the user's browser and stored there for later retrieval). No personal data is stored in our own "cookies". You can generally prevent the use of "cookies" if you prohibit the storage of "cookies" in your browser.

Instagram
a) Description and extent of data processing:
Star Cooperation GmbH has an Instagram profile for purposes including encouraging participation in promotions
and competitions and collecting data from participants. Instagram counts as a data
controller in its own right. For further information, please visit this link.

b) Purpose of the data processing:
The purpose of the data processing is participation in promotions. If promotions are run, the data required for
running the promotion is requested via direct
messages, i.e. the private Instagram chat. Our data processing is based on the legal basis in Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (performance of a contract).

c) Storage duration:
We store your data for the duration of the purpose and delete the data at the end of the promotion in question.

LINKEDIN
The call to LinkedIn, LinkedIn, 2029 Stierlin Courtm, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, can be recognized by the character "in" on a blue background. If you activate our "in" button as part of the 2-click solution, a connection will be established with the LinkedIn server and the LinkedIn plug-in will be loaded on the respective website. The content of the "in" button is transmitted by LinkedIn directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. It is possible that your IP address will be transmitted to LinkedIn in the USA in this way. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn as well as your rights and settings to protect your privacy, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy ( http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy) for the "in" button. If you are a LinkedIn member and do not want LinkedIn to collect information about you and link it to your LinkedIn member data when the "in" button is activated on our website, you must log out of LinkedIn before visiting our website.

XING
The call to XING, XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, can be recognized by the character "x" or "xing" on a green background. If you activate our "XING" button as part of the 2-click solution, a connection will be established with the XING server and the XING Share button functions (in particular the calculation/display of the meter value) will be loaded on the respective Internet page; XING will not store any personal data about you when you call up this Internet page. In particular, XING does not store any IP addresses. Nor does XING evaluate your usage behavior through the use of cookies in connection with the "XING Share Button". The latest data protection information on the "XING Share Button" and additional information can be found on this website: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

Surveys on our website
Survey forms on our website are integrated via the LamaPoll service provided by Lamano GmbH & Co. KG, Prenzlauer Allee 36G, 10405 Berlin, Germany. For further information on data protection as a survey respondent, see: https://www.lamapoll.de/Suppor...

Access-protected customer zone
Relevant data: Name, IP address, location information
Purpose of processing: Provision of information in an access-protected zone on the homepage for the purposes of contract initiation and contract performance, including offers, orders, sales and invoicing and quality assurance.
Categories of recipients: Star Cooperation GmbH and affiliated companies, external service providers or other suppliers, including for data processing and hosting
Transfers to third countries: Data processors located outside the European Union may also be used, including email providers, in the scope of the contractual performance.
Duration of data storage: The duration of data storage is based on the statutory retention obligations. Personal data is deleted when the purpose of processing ceases to apply, and the password expires.

Information on further data processing methods

Specific information on the application procedure
Data affected: application details.

processing purpose: Implementation of application procedures.

Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the case of overriding legal provisions. External service providers or other contractors, e.g. for data processing and hosting. Other external bodies if the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permissible for reasons of overriding interest, including customers and interested parties in the context of order acquisition.

Transfers to third countries: Within the framework of contract execution, contract processors outside the European Union may also be used, including e-mail providers

Duration of data storage: Application data will generally be deleted within four months of notification of the decision, unless consent has been given for longer data storage within the framework of inclusion in the applicant pool.

Specific information on the processing of customer data/interest data
Data affected: Data provided for the execution of the contract; if applicable, further data for processing on the basis of your express consent.

processing purpose: Contract execution, including quotations, orders, sales and invoicing, quality assurance.

Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the case of overriding legal provisions. External service providers or other contractors, e.g. for data processing and hosting, for dispatch, transport and logistics, service providers for printing and dispatching information and call centres. Other external bodies insofar as the person concerned has given his consent or a transmission is permissible for reasons of overriding interest, e.g. for credit information in the case of purchase on account, for the electronic dispatch of information, for quality assurance purposes.

Transfers to third countries: Within the framework of contract execution, contract processors outside the European Union may also be used, including e-mail providers.

Duration of data storage: The duration of the data storage depends on the legal storage obligations and usually amounts to 10 years.

Specific information on the processing of employee data
Data affected: Data provided for the execution of the contract; if applicable, further data for processing on the basis of your express consent.

processing purpose: Performance of the contract within the framework of the employment relationship.

Categories of recipients: Public authorities where overriding legal provisions exist, e.g. tax office, social insurance agency, employers' liability insurance association, external payroll accounting, etc. External service providers or other contractors, e.g. for data processing and hosting, for payroll accounting, for travel expense accounting, for insurance benefits, for vehicle use. Other external bodies if the person concerned has given his consent or if a transfer is permissible for reasons of overriding interest, e.g. for order acquisition, insurance benefits.

Transfers to third countries: Within the scope of contract execution, contract processors outside the European Union may also be used, including e-mail providers.

Duration of data storage:The duration of the data storage depends on the legal storage obligations and usually amounts to 10 years.

Specific information on the processing of supplier data
Data affected: Data communicated for contract initiation and contract execution; if applicable, further data for processing on the basis of your express consent.

processing purpose: Justification, implementation and termination of a contract, including inquiries, purchasing, quality assurance .
Categories of recipients: Public authorities with priority legal regulations, e.g. tax office, customs. External service providers or other contractors, e.g. for data processing and hosting, accounting, payment processing. Other external bodies insofar as the data subject has given his consent or a transfer is permissible for reasons of overriding interest.

Transfers to third countries: Within the scope of contract execution, contract processors outside the European Union may also be used, including e-mail providers.

Duration of data storage: The duration of the data storage depends on the legal storage obligations and usually amounts to 10 years.


Further information and contacts
In addition, you may at any time assert your claims to information, correction or deletion or to restriction of the processing or the exercise of your right of objection against the processing as well as the right to data transfer. Here you can contact us by e-mail at datenschutz@star-cooperation.com or by letter (https://www.star-cooperation.com/de/impressum.html). You also have the right to contact the data protection supervisory authority in the event of complaints.

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