Privacy Policy
It is possible to use our website without providing personal data. For the use of individual services of our site, different rules may apply, which in this case are explained separately below. Your personal data (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, etc.) will only be processed by us in accordance with the provisions of German data protection law. Data is personal if it can be clearly assigned to a specific natural person. The legal basis for data protection can be found in the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). In this respect, the following regulations inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection, use and processing of personal data by the provider StackFuel GmbH Alte Schönhauser Str. 38 10119 Berlin Phone: +49 (0) 30 / 6800 9505 E-mail: info@stackfuel.com Internet address: stackfuel.com. We would like to point out that internet-based data transmission presents security risks, thus complete protection against access by third parties is impossible. If you have any questions regarding data processing, your rights or the privacy policy, our data protection officer Dr. Alexander Eckrot will be happy to assist you. You can reach him at: datenschutz@stackfuel.com
Cookies
We use what are called cookies on our website to identify multiple use of our offering by the same user/internet connection owner. Cookies are small text files that your Internet browser stores on your computer. They serve to optimize our internet presence and our offering. Most of these are what are known as “session cookies”, which are deleted after the end of your visit. In some cases, however, these cookies provide information to automatically identify you. This identification is based on the IP address stored in the cookies. The information obtained in this way is used to optimize our offering and to provide you with easier access to our site. 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.
Server data
For technical reasons, the following data, among others, which your Internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider, is collected (known as server log files): – browser type and version – operating system used – the website from which you are visiting us (referrer URL) – the website you are visiting – date and time of your access – your Internet Protocol (IP) address. This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and thus does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. They are evaluated for statistical purposes in order to be able to optimize our internet presence and our offering.
Registration function
We offer you the opportunity to register on our website. The data entered as part of this registration, which can be seen from the input screen of the registration form, is collected and stored exclusively for the use of our offering. With your registration on our site, we will also store your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This serves as a safeguard for us in the event that a third party misuses your data and registers on our site with this data without your knowledge. Your data will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site also does not take place.
Newsletter
On our website we offer you the possibility to subscribe to our newsletter. In this newsletter we provide information about our offering in regular intervals. To receive our newsletter, you need a valid email address. We will check the email address you have entered to ensure that you are indeed the owner of the email address provided or that the owner has authorized receipt of the newsletter. With your registration for our newsletter, we will store your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This serves as a safeguard on our part in the event that a third party misuses your email address and subscribes to our newsletter without your knowledge. No other data is collected on our part. The data collected in this way is used exclusively for the purpose of receiving our newsletter. It will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site also does not take place. You can cancel your subscription to this newsletter at any time. Details on this can be found in the confirmation email as well as in each individual newsletter.
Contact opportunity
On our site, we offer you the opportunity to contact us by email and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user will be stored for the purpose of processing their contact. The data will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site also does not take place.
Use of Google Analytics with anonymization function
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”, on our website. 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 these cookies, for example time, place and frequency of your website visit including your IP address, is transmitted to Google in the USA and stored there. We use Google Analytics with an IP anonymization function on our website. In this case, your IP address will already be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and thus anonymized. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our 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. Google will, according to its own information, never associate your IP address with other Google data. 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. Furthermore, Google offers a deactivation option for the most common browsers, which gives you more control over what data is collected and processed by Google. Should you activate this option, no website visit information will be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, activation does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use. For more information on the deactivation option provided by Google, as well as how to activate this option, please click on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Use of Google Maps
We use the “Google Maps” component of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”, on our website. Each time the “Google Maps” component is called up, Google sets a cookie in order to process user settings and data when displaying the page on which the “Google Maps” component is integrated. As a rule, this cookie is not deleted by closing the browser, but expires after a certain time, unless you delete it manually beforehand. If you do not agree with this processing of your data, you have the option of deactivating the “Google Maps” service and thus preventing the transfer of data to Google. To do this, you must deactivate the Java Script function in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will not be able to use “Google Maps” or only to a limited extent. The use of “Google Maps” and the information obtained via “Google Maps” is in accordance with the Google Terms of Use http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional terms and conditions for “Google Maps” https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/terms_maps/.
Use of reCAPTCHA
In order to protect input forms on our website, we use the “reCAPTCHA” service of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”. The use of this service makes it possible to distinguish whether the corresponding input is of human origin or is misused by automated machine processing. To our knowledge, the referrer URL, the IP address, the behavior of website visitors, information about the operating system, browser and dwell time, cookies, display instructions and scripts, the user’s input behavior and mouse movements in the area of the “reCAPTCHA” checkbox are transmitted to “Google”. Google uses the information thus obtained, among other things, to digitize books and other printed matter and to optimize services such as Google Street View and Google Maps (e.g. house number and street name recognition). The IP address transmitted as part of “reCAPTCHA” is not merged with other data from Google, unless you are logged into your Google account at the time of using the “reCAPTCHA” plug-in. If you want to prevent this transmission and storage of data about you and your behavior on our website by “Google”, you must log out of “Google” before you visit our site or use the reCAPTCHA plug-in. The use of the service “reCAPTCHA” obtained information is in accordance with the Google Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Use of Facebook components
We use components from the provider facebook.com on our site. Facebook is a service of facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Each time you visit our website, which is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from facebook. This process informs facebook which specific page of our website you are currently visiting. If you visit our site and are logged in to facebook during this time, facebook recognizes which specific page you are visiting through the information collected by the component and assigns this information to your personal account on facebook. If, for example, you click on the “Like” button or make corresponding comments, this information is transmitted to your personal user account on facebook and stored there. In addition, the information that you have visited our site is passed on to facebook. This happens regardless of whether you click on the component or not. If you want to prevent this transmission and storage of data about you and your behavior on our website by facebook, you must log out of facebook before you visit our site. The privacy policy of facebook provides more detailed information on this, in particular on the collection and use of data by facebook, your rights in this regard and the settings options for protecting your privacy: https://en–gb.facebook.com/about/privacy/ In addition, external tools are available on the market with which Facebook social plugins can be blocked with add-ons for all common browsers http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/ An overview of Facebook plugins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
Use of Twitter recommendation components
We use components from the provider Twitter on our website. Twitter is a service of Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Each time you visit our website, which is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from Twitter. This process informs Twitter which specific page of our website is currently being visited. We have no influence on the data that Twitter collects through this, nor on the scope of this data collected by Twitter. To the best of our knowledge, Twitter collects the URL of the website visited and the IP address of the user, but does not use it for purposes other than displaying the Twitter component. Further information on this can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.
Use of Xing recommendation components
We use components from the XING.com network on our site. These components are a service of XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. With each individual visit to our website that is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from XING. To our knowledge, XING does not store any personal data of the user about the visit to our website. Likewise, XING does not store any IP addresses. In addition, there is also no evaluation of usage behavior via the use of cookies in connection with the “XING Share button”. Further information on this can be found in the data protection information for the XING Share button at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
Use of LinkedIn recommendation components
We use components from the LinkedIn network on our site. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. With each individual visit to our website that is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from LinkedIn. This process informs LinkedIn which specific page of our website is currently being visited. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend Button” while logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link the content of our pages on your LinkedIn profile. This enables LinkedIn to associate the visit to our pages with your LinkedIn user account. We have no influence on the data that LinkedIn collects through this, nor on the scope of this data collected by LinkedIn. We also have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to LinkedIn. Details on data collection by LinkedIn as well as your rights and setting options can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy notices. You can find this information at http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Use of Google Adwords
We also use the Google advertising tool “Google-Adwords” to advertise our website. As part of this, we use the “Conversion Tracking” analysis service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”, on our website. If you visit our website via a Google ad, a cookie will be stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser stores on your computer. These conversion cookies are no longer valid after 30 days and are not used to identify you personally. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can identify that you as a user have clicked on one of our ads placed with Google and have been redirected to our site. The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookies is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. Through these statistics, we learn the total number of users who clicked on our ad and which pages of our website were subsequently visited by the respective user. However, we or other advertisers via “Google Adwords” do not receive any information which can be used to personally identify users.
You can prevent the installation of the conversion cookies by setting your browser accordingly, for example by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies or specifically blocks only the cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com“. You can find Google’s privacy policy in this regard at the following link: https://services.google.com/sitestats/en.html.
Use of Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense on our website. Google AdSense is a service of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, for the integration of advertisements. Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of our website. Furthermore, Google AdSense uses what are known as web beacons. These web beacons enable Google to analyze information such as the flow of visitors to our site. In addition to your IP address and the recording of the advertising formats displayed, this information is transmitted to Google in the USA, stored there and may be passed on by Google to contractual partners. However, Google does not merge your IP address with other data stored by you. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Use of Google Remarketing
We use the Google Remarketing service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”, on our website. With Google Remarketing, ads can be placed for users who have already visited our website in the past. Within the Google advertising network, this allows advertisements to be displayed on our site that are tailored to their interests. Google remarketing uses cookies for this evaluation. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. This makes it possible to identify our visitors as soon as they visit websites within Google’s advertising network. In this way, advertisements can be presented within the Google advertising network that are related to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites of the Google advertising network that also use Google’s remarketing function. According to Google, Google does not collect any personal data in this context. You can deactivate this function by choosing the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads.
Use of affilinet tracking cookies
We use affilinet tracking cookies on our website to correctly record sales and/or leads. Cookies are small text files that your computer stores when you visit a website. These affilinet tracking cookies do not store any personal data. Rather, only the identification number of the referring partner as well as the order number of the advertising material clicked on by the website visitor is recorded. This information is required for payment processing between the website operator and the advertiser. The partner identification number is used to allocate the commission to be paid to the mediating partner when a transaction is completed. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Publication of job advertisements / online job applications
Your application data is collected and processed electronically by us for the purpose of handling the application process. If your application is followed by the conclusion of an employment contract, your transmitted data may be stored by us in your personnel file for the purpose of the usual organizational and administrative process in compliance with the relevant legal provisions. If your job application is rejected, the data you have submitted will be deleted automatically two months after notification of the rejection. This does not apply if longer storage is necessary due to legal requirements (for example, the duty of proof under the General Equal Treatment Act) or if you have expressly consented to longer storage in our database of interested parties.
Information / Withdrawal / Deletion
In accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act, you can contact us free of charge if you have any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data and the correction, blocking, deletion or withdrawl of consent given. We would like to point out that you are entitled to the correction of incorrect data or the deletion of personal data, provided that this claim does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data.
