1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In
the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our
website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller in charge for data processing on this website within the meaning of
the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is PAJ UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Am
Wieschen 1, 51570 Windeck, Deutschland, Tel.: +49 (0) 2292 39 499 59, E-Mail:
[email protected]. The controller in charge of the processing of personal data is the
natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and
means of the processing of personal data.

1.3 The controller has designated a data protection officer for this website. He can be
reached as follows: “Johannes Schmitz”

2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website
When using our website for information only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise
provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our
server (so-called “server log files”). When you visit our website, we collect the following
data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

– Our visited website
– Date and time at the moment of access
– Amount of data sent in bytes
– Source/reference from which you came to the page
– Browser used
– Operating system used
– IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR on the basis of
our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The
data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to
check the server log files subsequently, if there are any concrete indications of illegal
use.

3) Cookies
In order to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain
functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are
stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the
browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other
cookies remain on your terminal and enable us or our partner companies (third-party
cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are
set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data
as well as IP address values according to individual requirements. Persistent cookies are
automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

If personal data are also processed by individual cookies set by us, the processing is
carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR either for the execution of the
contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate
interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and
effective design of the page visit.

We work together with advertising partners who help us to make our website more
interesting for you. For this purpose, cookies from partner companies are also stored on
your hard drive when you visit our website (third-party cookies). You will be informed
individually and separately about the use of such cookies and the scope of the
information collected in each case within the following sections.

Please note that you can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about
the setting of cookies and you can decide individually about their acceptance or exclude
the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. Each browser differs in the way
it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser,
which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You will find these for the
respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-mana
ge-cookies
Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/#cookies
Google:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl
=en
Safari:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri1147
1/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not
accepted.

4) Contacting
In the context of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is
collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the
respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of
responding to your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical
administration. The legal basis for processing data is our legitimate interest in
responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If your contact is
aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1)
point b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the
case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been
finally clarified, provided that there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

5) Registration at the portal or forum
You can register on our website by entering your personal data. The personal data
processed for registration is determined by the input mask used for registration. We use
the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, i.e. your registration is not
complete until you have previously confirmed your registration via a confirmation e-mail
sent to you for this purpose by clicking on the link contained therein. If you do not
receive confirmation within 24 hours, your registration will automatically be deleted
from our database. You are obliged to provide the aforementioned data; all further
information can be provided voluntarily by using our portal.

If you use our portal, we store your data necessary for the fulfillment of the contract as
well as, if necessary, information on the method of payment, until you finally delete your
access. Furthermore, we store the data provided voluntarily by you for the duration of
your use of the portal, unless you delete it beforehand. You can manage and change all
information in the protected customer area. The legal basis can be found in Art. 6 (1)
point f GDPR.

In addition, we store all content published by you (such as public contributions, bulletin
board entries, guestbook entries, etc.) to operate the website. We have a legitimate
interest in providing the website and the complete user-generated content. The legal
basis can be found in Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If you delete your account, your public
statements, especially in the forum, will remain visible to all readers. However, your
account is no longer accessible. All other data will be deleted in this case.

6) Use of Single Sign-on Procedures
On our website, you can create a customer account and/or register using the social
plug-in, “Facebook Connect”, provided by the Facebook social network operated by
Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”), by means
of so-called single sign-on technology, provided you have a Facebook profile. The
“Facebook Connect” social plug-in on our website is identified by a blue button featuring
the Facebook logo and the words, “Connect with Facebook” or “Log in with Facebook” or
“Sign in with Facebook”.
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser
establishes a direct connection to the Facebook server. The content of the plug-in is
transferred from Facebook directly to your browser and included on the page. As a result
of this inclusion, Facebook is informed that your browser has accessed the
corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not
currently logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is
transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the US, where it is
stored. These data processing processes are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1)
point f GDPR based on Facebook’s legitimate interest in the insertion of personalized
advertising on the basis of surfing behavior.

Using this “Facebook Connect” button on our website allows you to log in and/or register
on our website using your Facebook user data. Only if you give your express consent in
accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR prior to the registration process on the basis of
a corresponding notice about the exchange of data with Facebook, we will receive the
publicly accessible information stored in your profile when using the “Facebook Connect”
button from Facebook, depending on your personal Facebook privacy settings. This
information includes your user ID, name, profile picture, age and gender. We would like
to point out that following changes to Facebook’s privacy and usage policies, your profile
pictures, your friends’ user IDs and your friends list may also be transmitted, if these are
marked as “public” in your Facebook privacy settings. The data transmitted by Facebook
is stored and processed by us to create a user account using the necessary data (title,
first name, surname, address details, country, e-mail address, date of birth), if you have
shared this information on Facebook. Conversely, data may be transmitted by us to your
Facebook profile; this may include information about your browsing and/or purchasing
behavior.

The consent given can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the controller
named at the beginning of this declaration.
Facebook Inc., based in the USA, is certified for the US-European data protection
agreement “Privacy Shield”, which guarantees compliance with the data protection level
applicable in the EU.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and further processing and use of the data
by Facebook, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy in this
regard, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
If you do not wish Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your
Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also
completely prevent the loading of Facebook plug-ins using add-ons for your browser,
e.g. “Adblock Plus” (https://adblockplus.org/en/).

7) Use of Videos

Use of Youtube Videos

This website uses the YouTube embedding function for display and playback of videos
offered by the provider YouTube, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon
House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 ESW5, Ireland (“Google”).

To this end, the extended data protection mode is used to ensure, according to provider
information, that user information will only be stored once the playback function of the
video is started. When the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the
provider sets “YouTube” cookies in order to collect information about user behavior.
According to indications from YouTube, the use of those cookies is intended, among
other things, to record video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and to avoid
improper actions. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly
associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be
associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button.
Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and
evaluates them. Such an evaluation takes place in particular according to Art. 6 (1) point
f GDPR, on the basis of the legitimate interests of Google in the insertion of personalized
advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. You have
the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact
YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be
transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Regardless of whether the embedded video is played back, a connection to the Google
network “double click” is established when visiting this website. This may trigger further
data processing beyond our control.

In the event that personal data is transferred to Google LLC. based in the United States,
Google LLC. is certified for the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”,
which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU. An
up-to-date certificate can be viewed here: https://www.privacyshield.gov/list.

Further information on YouTube data protection can be found in the provider’s data
protection statement at: www.google.com/policies/privacy/

To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your
data as described in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. You can withdraw your
consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your right of
withdrawal, please follow the procedure described above.

8) Online-Marketing

8.1 Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web ad service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon
House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 ESW5, Ireland (“Google”). Google AdSense uses
so-called “DoubleClick DART Cookies”. These are text files are stored on your computer
and enable an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Google AdSense also uses
“web beacons” (small invisible graphics) to collect information, which can be used to
record, collect and evaluate simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website. The
information generated by those cookies and/or web beacons (including your IP address)
about your use of this website will normally be transmitted to a server of Google and will
be stored there. When using Google AdSense, personal data may also be transmitted to
the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Google will use the information obtained in this way to analyze your usage of this
website with regard to AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part
of Google AdSense is not merged with other Google data. The information collected by
Google may be transferred to third parties, if this is prescribed by law and/or if third
parties process this data by request of Google.

The described processing of data takes place according to Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, for the
purpose of target-oriented advertising to the user by third parties whose advertisements
are displayed on this website based on the evaluated user behavior. At the same time,
such processing serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our
Internet presence by displaying personalized third-party advertising content for a fee.

For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please visit:
https://privacy.google.com/intl/en-GB/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in

You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by blocking them
via a respective setting of your browser software or by downloading and installing the
browser plug-in, available under the following link:
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be used or may be used only
to a limited extent, if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

8.2 Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses the online advertising program “Google Ads” and the conversion
tracking within the framework of Google Ads, operated by Google Ireland Limited,
Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 ESW5, Ireland (“Google”). We use the program
of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising
materials (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. We can determine, in
relation to the advertising campaigns data, how successful the individual advertising
measures are. We are interested in showing you advertisements that are of interest to
you. We want to make our website more interesting for you and to achieve a fair
calculation of advertising costs.

The conversion tracking cookie is set on a user’s browser, if he clicks on an ad delivered
by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system. These
cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal
identification. If the user visits a certain page of this website and if the cookie has not
yet expired, Google and we will be able to recognize that the user clicked on the ad and
was forwarded to this page. Each Google Ads customer gets a different cookie. Thus,
cookies cannot be traced via the website of Google Ads customers. The information
collected by the conversion cookies is used to provide aggregate conversion statistics to
Google Ads customers who have opted-in for conversion tracking. Customers are
informed about the total number of users who clicked on the ad and were forwarded to a
conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not get any information enabling them
to identify users personally. If you do not want to participate in the tracking program,
you can refuse the use of this program by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking
cookie via your Internet browser through the user settings. In this case, you will not be
included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads on the basis of our
legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR.
When using Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google
LLC. in the USA.

For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please visit:
https://privacy.google.com/intl/en-GB/take-control.html?categories_activeEl=sign-in

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be used, or may be used only
to a limited extent, if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

9) Rights of the Data Subject

9.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive rights of data subjects
(rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the
processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below :

– Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
– Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
– Right to erase (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
– Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
– Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR
– Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
– Right to withdraw a given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR
– Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR

9.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR
PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU
HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE
FUTURE ON THE GROUNDS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA
CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN
PROVE COMPELLING REASONS WORTHY OF PROTECTION FOR PROCESSING WHICH
OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE
PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
WHICH ARE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE
OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA
CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

10) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal
retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods). After expiry of this period,
the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided they are no longer necessary
for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or there is no longer any legitimate
interest on our part in the further storage.

1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller

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