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d&b data privacy protection policy.
The protection and security of personal data is an important concern of d&b. Therefore, d&b conducts its activities in accordance with the applicable laws for the protection of personal data and data security. This privacy policy informs you what information d&b collects, how d&b uses and safeguards it, and to whom d&b may share it.
With this information on data protection we would therefore like to inform you when we store which data and for what purpose we use it - naturally in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
Should you have any further questions regarding the handling of your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer, whose contact details you will find below.
The constant technological development, changes in our services or the legal situation as well as other reasons may require adjustments to our data protection information. We therefore reserve the right to change this data protection declaration at any time and ask you to inform yourself regularly about the current status.
Basic information
Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, no personal data is collected, processed or used when using our websites.
When you access our webpages, our web servers automatically collect general information. This includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of the Internet service provider, the IP address of the computer used, the website from which you visit us, the pages you visit on our site and the date and duration of your visit.
This data cannot be used by us to identify the individual user. We only evaluate the information statistically and use it exclusively to improve the attractiveness, contents and functionalities of our websites.
Definition of personal data
The term personal data is defined in the German Federal Data Protection Act. According to this, these are individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, your real name, your address, your telephone number or your date of birth.
In the basic EU data protection regulation (DSGVO), personal data are defined as follows:
All information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Legal basis for the collection of personal data:
Insofar as we obtain your consent for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of your personal data.
When processing your personal data to fulfil a contract between you and d&b solutions, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing.
Data erasure and storage time
The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Furthermore, data may be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.
Collection and processing of personal data
Personal data is only collected if you provide it voluntarily, for example to carry out an order, a survey, a competition or a registration for personalised services. There you will be informed about the intended purpose of processing and, if necessary, asked for your consent to storage.
The personal data collected within the framework of our websites will only be used without your consent for order processing or processing your enquiries and, if necessary, passed on to the responsible company. Only with your consent will your data be used in a centrally managed customer and prospective customer database managed under the responsibility of d&b solutions, and your data will be merged at d&b solutions. The use of this data is restricted to purposes of advertising and market and opinion research. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Your data is encrypted before transmission and processing in order to protect it from access by unauthorised persons. Please note that unencrypted e-mails are not transmitted with access protection.
Your data will not be sold, rented or made available to third parties in any other way than described here. Personal data will only be transferred to state institutions and authorities within the framework of mandatory national legislation. Our employees, agencies and dealers are bound by us to the strictest confidentiality.
Contact
You can contact us via our e-mail address or the contact form. The personal data transmitted to us in this way will of course only be used for the purpose for which you made them available to us when contacting us.
Your enquiry via the contact form will be forwarded directly to the d&b office in your country of residence, according to the mandatory field of the location of your company.
If we use our contact form to request information that is not required to establish contact, we have always marked it as optional. These details serve us to specify your inquiry and to improve the processing of your request. A communication of this information takes place expressly on voluntary basis and with your consent. If this involves information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also agree that we may contact you via this communication channel in order to respond to your request.
You can of course revoke this consent at any time in the future. Please contact our data protection officer, whose contact details you will find below.
Data transmission to other d&b companies
We will not transfer your data to third parties outside the d&b Group, unless we are legally obliged to do so, or the transfer of data is necessary for the performance of the contractual relationship, or you have given your express prior consent to the transfer of your data. External service providers and partner companies only receive your data if this is necessary to process their request. In these cases, however, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the required minimum. As far as our service providers come into contact with your personal data, we ensure that they comply with the regulations of the data protection laws in the same way. Please also note the respective data protection information of the providers. The respective service provider is responsible for the contents of external services, whereby we check the services within the scope of reasonability for compliance with legal requirements.
Data transmission to external service providers (processors)
Your data will be passed on to service partners if they work on our behalf and support d&b solutions in the provision of their services.
Processing of your personal data by contracted service providers takes place within the scope of order processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
The aforementioned service providers only have access to such personal information as is necessary for the performance of their respective activities. These service providers are prohibited from disclosing your personal information or using it for other purposes, in particular for their own advertising purposes.
Where external service providers come into contact with your personal data, we have taken legal, technical and organisational measures and carried out regular checks to ensure that they also comply with the applicable data protection regulations.
Your personal data will not be passed on commercially to other companies.
Website optimization
When collecting personal data using website optimisation tools, we refer to our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Recital no. 47, according to which direct mail generally constitutes a legitimate interest. Your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms do not outweigh our interest in advertising, as we provide you with comprehensive information about data collection within the framework of our privacy policy and you have the option of opting out (via link or browser settings) at any time. In addition, we only use pseudonymous tracking.
Cookies
So-called cookies are used in some areas of our pages. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard drive by a website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. The cookies on our Internet pages do not collect any personal data. We use the information contained in cookies to make it easier for you to use our pages and to tailor them to your needs.
Both session cookies and permanent cookies are used on our site. Session cookies are temporary cookies that are stored in the user's Internet browser until the browser window is closed and the session cookies are deleted. Permanent cookies are used for repeated visits and stored in the user's browser for a certain period of time (usually 1 year or longer). These cookies are not deleted when the browser is closed. This type of cookie is used to reuse a user's preferences when they return to the site.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of your browser. You can delete saved cookies at any time in the system settings of your browser. You can find out how this works in detail from your browser manufacturer's instructions. However, we would like to point out that our website may only be of limited use without cookies.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used |
|---|---|---|
| backstage.dbaudio.com | renderCtx | First Party |
| dbaudio.com | _ga, _gat_UA-, _gclxxxx, _gid | First Party |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used |
|---|---|---|
| backstage.dbaudio.com | CookieConsentPolicy, PicassoLanguage248ed140-9bdd-41df-9456-cb2904332e29Published, sfdc-stream | First Party |
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used |
|---|---|---|
| dbaudio.com | fe_typo_user, OptanonAlertBoxClosed | First Party |
| backstage.dbaudio.com | cookieSettingVerified, OptanonConsent | First Party |
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| CookieSubgroup | Cookies | Cookies used |
|---|---|---|
| go.dbaudio.com | visitor_id, visitor_id##### | First Party |
| dbaudio.com | _fbp, _uetsid | First Party |
| pardot.com | visitor_id | Third Party |
| pi.pardot.com | visitor_id | Third Party |
| bing.com | MUID | Third Party |
| linkedin.com | AnalyticsSyncHistory, bcookie, lang, li_gc, lidc, UserMatchHistory | Third Party |
| ads.linkedin.com | lang | Third Party |
| www.linkedin.com | bscookie | Third Party |
| www.facebook.com | Third Party |
Marketing Automation/ Profiling
We use these cookies from third parties to track your user behavior on our website. From the moment you leave personal data on the website (e.g. by using the contact form, or subscribing to the newsletter), your user behavior is merged with existing entries in our Salesforce CRM system and with newsletter tracking data. The profiling data is than stored in the CRM system and used in order to be able to send you targeted advertising and offers that meet your interests.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used |
|---|---|---|
| go.dbaudio.com | pardot | First Party |
| dbaudio.com | _uetvid | First Party |
| pardot.com | visitor_id##### | Third Party |
| pi.pardot.com | lpv868551, pardot, visitor_id##### | Third Party |
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics. In accordance with the agreement between Google and the Hamburg Representative for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Google Analytics may be used in accordance with data protection regulations and without objection under certain conditions. In particular, we would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended to include the IP masking function "_gat._anonymizeIp" in order to guarantee anonymous recording of IP addresses via the Google Tag Manager.
Please also note the following information on the use of Google Analytics:
Google Analytics uses cookies which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. 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. However, by activating IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance 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 where it will be shortened. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services to website operators relating to website activity and internet usage.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.
Once remarketing and promotional reporting features are enabled in Analytics, Analytics collects demographic and interest data from the following sources:
DoubleClick cookie: Analytics collects all demographic and interest information made available by the cookie when you use the web browser.
Android Advertising ID: When the analytics tracking code is implemented in an Android app, the device's advertising ID is collected. Analytics generates an identifier based on the ID. This identifier contains information about demographics and interests resulting from user app activity and is used to enhance the attractiveness of our app.
iOS Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA): When the analytics tracking code is implemented in an iOSApp, the device's IDFA is captured. In Analytics, an identifier is generated based on the IDFA. This identifier contains information about demographics and interests resulting from user app activity and is used to enhance the attractiveness of our app.
Analytics cannot collect demographic and interest data if the DoubleClick cookie or device advertising ID is not present or no activity profile is included.
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 at the following link.
Alternatively, you can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent your data from being collected in the future when you visit this website: Deactivate Google Analytics. The opt-out cookie applies only to this browser and only to this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you have to click this link again.
As a smartphone or tablet user, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting cookies by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent your information from being collected in the future when you visit this website: Disable Google Analytics.
Further information can be found at https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=de and in Google's privacy policy.
Google Signals
This website uses the function "Google Signals". The Google Signals advertising feature is designed to provide additional information about users of the site who use different devices. Google uses data from users who have signed in to their Google Account and enabled the "personalized advertising" option. This information will be used to provide aggregate and anonymous statistics about the behavior of users of this site across multiple devices. No user IDs are assigned, the reports do not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of individual visitors.
If visitors to this website are logged into their Google account, Google may be able to identify these visitors. In addition, Google may use the user data for the display of personalised advertising if the user has previously consented to this function. If you do not wish this to happen, you can deactivate this function at any time in the Google settings. Alternatively, you can make use of the extensive opt-out option of the advertising network initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1).
Google Data Studio
We use Data Studio, a service of Google Inc., USA (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, "Google") on our website.
Data Studio uses personally identifiable information provided through the other Google services mentioned here and used by us to help us create reports, graphs, and charts, and to provide us with an opportunity to collaborate with them.
Google Tag Manager
For reasons of transparency, we would like to point out that we use the Google Tag Manager. The Google Tag Manager itself does not collect any personally identifiable information. The Tag Manager makes it easier for us to integrate and manage our tags. Tags are small pieces of code used, among other things, to measure traffic and visitor behavior, capture the impact of online advertising and social channels, set up remarketing and targeting, and test and optimize websites. If you have made a opt-out, the Google Tag Manager will take that opt-out into account. For more information about the Google Tag Manager, click here
Monotype Web Font
We use Web Fonts from Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. a Delaware-based company headquartered in 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801 USA, to consistently display certain fonts on our website.
When you visit our website, your browser connects to a server that downloads the fonts you need directly from Monotype to display them correctly on your device. Personal information is not collected in any way. The use of Monotype Web Fonts is necessary to ensure a consistent typeface on our website.
For more information about Monotype's privacy policy, please visit: www.monotype.com/legal/privacy-policy/ and www.monotype.com/legal/privacy-policy/web-font-tracking-privacy-policy/.
MyFondsCounter
On our website we use MyFonts Counter, a web analytics service provided by MyFonts Inc, 500 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, MA 01801, USA. Based on the license terms, page-view tracking is performed by counting the number of visits to the website for statistical purposes and transmitting this information to MyFonts. MyFonts only collects anonymized data via a service provider. The data may be passed on by activating Java-Script code in your browser. The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest in providing the website and presenting content in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO. Due to the merely statistical counting of the website calls, and the fact that there is no merging of IP address with other user data, our legitimate interest prevails. Further information on MyFonts Counter can be found in the MyFonts privacy policy at www.myfonts.com/legal/website-use-privacy-policy.
Data security
d&b solutions uses technical and organizational security measures to protect your data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
Rights of the data subjects
If your personal data are processed, you are affected within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights against the controller:
- Right to information according to article 15 GDPR
You can ask us to confirm whether personal data concerning you will be processed by us. Once we have processed your data, you have further rights to information as set out in Article 15 of the GDPR. - Right to correction
If the information we have collected from you is incorrect or incomplete, you may immediately request us to correct it in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR. - Right to limitation of processing
Under the conditions of Article 18 of the GDPR, you may also request that the processing of personal data concerning you be restricted. After the restriction, your data may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending rights, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or on grounds of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State. We will inform you before the restriction is lifted. - Right to erasure
If one of the reasons in Article 17 para. 1 GDPR applies, you can request us to delete your personal data immediately, unless there is an exception to the deletion obligation in accordance with Article 17 para. 3 GDPR. - Right to information
If you have exercised your right to correct, delete or restrict processing against us, we are obliged under Article 19 GDPR to inform all recipients of your personal data of this, unless the notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. They also have the right to be informed of the recipients. The person responsible shall have the right to be informed of such recipients. - Right to data portability
In addition, according to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive personal data concerning you from us in machine-readable format and to transmit the data to another person responsible without obstruction, provided that the requirements of Article 20 para. 1 lit. a GDPR are met, or to obtain that your personal data are transmitted directly by us to another person responsible, provided that this is technically feasible and no freedoms and rights of other persons are impaired thereby. This right shall not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or for the exercise of official authority. - Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time to d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG processing your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As soon as you have filed an objection, we will no longer process your personal data, unless there are legitimate reasons for the processing outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. - Right to revoke the data protection declaration of consent
You have the right to revoke your data protection declaration of consent with declaration to d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. - Right of appeal to the supervisory authority
They shall at all times, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, have the right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, of work or of the place of suspected infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning them is contrary to this Regulation.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is constantly being adapted in the course of the further development of the Internet or our offer. Changes will be announced on this page in due time. In order to keep up to date with the current status of our data usage regulations, this page should be accessed regularly.
Contact details of the Controller
d&b solutions GmbH & Co. KG
Eugen-Adolff-Straße 134
71522 Backnang
Fon: +49-7191-9669-0
Fax: +49-7191-95 00 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Represented by the management:
Harman, Amnon (CEO)
Michael Aldinger
Nilsson, Jens
As of December 2021