Data Privacy

When you use the website, we collect various types of data, some of which are provided by you as a user and some of which are necessary for the use of the website or arise through the use of the website. Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person, such as your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, payment details and IP address. Your personal data will only be passed on or otherwise transferred to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of processing the contract or if you have expressly consented to this. The information will not be used for any other purpose.

The following data protection principles apply to the use of our website and other
services offered via it (e.g. contact form):

We protect your personal data by taking all reasonable and necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure that it is not accessible to unauthorised third parties. Our website and other services offered through it therefore use appropriate encryption mechanisms for the provision of content and during the input and transmission of data. When communicating by email, we also recommend that you use encryption for confidential information.
The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Rosemarie Schuster, c/o Techcast GmbH, Heßstraße 48b, 80798 Munich, rschuster@techcast.com (see also our legal notice).
If you send us e-mail messages or other communications, in particular comments, or enter them directly on the website, we will retain such communications in order to process the enquiry, respond to questions and improve the website, products and services. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
If you provide feedback (for example on the website), we may use and disclose this feedback for any purpose as long as we do not label it with your personal data, i.e. publish it anonymously or pseudonymously. The collection of the data contained in such feedback and the handling of any personal data contained therein will be in accordance with the above data protection principles.
You have the right to enquire about the data collected about you at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data at any time with effect for the future and to request the correction or deletion of the data stored by us. In particular, you have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you:

Right to information,
Right to rectification or erasure,
Right to restriction of processing,
Right to object to processing,
Right to data portability

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us. Please contact the data protection officer at datenschutz@techcast.com to request information, revoke your consent or request erasure. The data protection officer will then provide the information immediately or confirm the execution of your erasure request. Any erasure requested by you will then be carried out subject to statutory retention obligations. If deletion cannot be carried out in full due to statutory retention obligations, we will restrict processing and inform you accordingly.

Data collected directly when using the website: When using the website for purely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):

IP address (stored in abbreviated form in accordance with data protection
regulations)
Date and time of the enquiry
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
Amount of data transferred in each case
Website from which the request originates
Browser name and version, language setting
Operating system and its version

When you visit our website and when you use the services offered via the website, the server sends one or more cookies - small files containing a string of characters - to the user's computer or other data processing unit, which uniquely identifies the browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of the website, including to store user preferences and track user trends. Cookies can be used in the following form: Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website.
The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete coo kies at any time in the security settings of your browser. You can set your browser so that you are notified when a cookie is sent. This gives you the option of either accepting or rejecting a cookie. The data collected and analyzed is used to improve services and the website, to personalize the web experience and to make it easy to log in if login cookies are set permanently.

Data collected by the analytics tools (WebAnalytics) or services we use when you use the website: On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use the open source software Matomo. GDPR), we use the open source software Matomo. Mat omo does not use cookies.
You remain anonymous as a user. We see this analysis as part of our internet service. We would like to use it to further improve the website and customize it even more to the needs of users. The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. The user's personal data is only stored there. The data is not passed on to third parties. Further information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software can be found at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/
Google Ads: We use Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) as an online marketing measure to advertise our products, offers and services. The ‘Google Ads’ advertising program and, in this context, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation) serves the purpose of creating conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our adverts and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. If you click on an advert placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has n ot yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to this page.
Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. It is therefore not possible for cookies to be tracked via the websites of Ads customers. Google receives personal data, including your IP address. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. Your data may be transferred to the USA and may be passed on to third parties. You can revoke your consent at any time for the future. To do this, go to www.google.de/settings/ads from any Internet browser you use and make the desired settings there. You can find more information and Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
LinkedIn Insight Tag: Our website uses the ‘LinkedIn Insight Tag’ conversion tool from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. This tool creates a cookie in your web browser that enables the collection of the following data, among others: IP address, device and browser characteristics and page events (e.g. page views). This data is encrypted, anonymized within seven days and the anonymized data is deleted within 90 days. LinkedIn does not share any personal data with us but offers anonymized reports on the website target group and display performance. In addition, LinkedIn offers the possibility of retargeting via the Insight Tag. Techcast can use this data to display targeted advertising outside its website without identifying you as a website visitor. Further information on data protection at LinkedIn can be found in the LinkedIn privacy policy. LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes in their account settings. To deactivate the Insight tag on our website (‘opt-out’), click here.
Newsletter: We offer you a newsletter in which we inform you about new products, case studies and current events. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, you must provide a valid e-mail address. By subscribing to the. newsletter, you agree to receive the newsletter and to the procedures explained. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to ensure that the newsletter is sent with your consent. This involves the potential recipient being added to a mailing list. The user then receives a confirmation e-mail to confirm the registration in a legally secure manner.
The address is only actively added to the mailing list if the confirmation is received. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and offers. Sendinblue is used as the newsletter software. Your data will be transmitted to Sendinblue GmbH. Sendinblue is prohibited from selling your data and using it for purposes other than sending newsletters. Sendinblue is a German, certified provider that has been selected in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Federal Data Protection Act. You can find more information here: We offer you a newsletter in which we inform you about new products, case studies and https://www.brevo.com/de/informationen-newsletter-empfaenger/ You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data and e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter. The data protection measures are always subject to technical updates, which is why we ask you to inform yourself about our data protection measures at regular intervals by consulting our privacy policy.
Application procedure: We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. If the applicant is selected for an interview, the transmitted data will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling the admission procedure or for the implementation of the application procedure in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the application is unsuccessful, we will automatically delete the application documents three months after notification of the rejection decision, Übersetzung-Cookies, Imprint, Data Privacy.docx provided that no other legitimate interests on our part prevent deletion, for example because the submitted documents are required for the purposes of legal defense. The legal basis for the processing of personal data for application purposes is §26 BDSG.