Data Protection Declaration

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.

On the following pages, 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 of data processing on this website, within the meaning of

the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Elias Loibl, Elias Loibl - Silicon Talent,

Schleißheimerstraße 183a, 80797 München, Germany, Phone.: +4915754374374, e-

mail: elias.loibl46@gmail.com. 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.

2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website

2.1 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.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the

transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to

the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string

https:// and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 Squarespace

For the hosting of our website and the display of the page content, we use the system of

the following provider: Squarespace, Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have

concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, ensuring the protection of

our site visitors' data and prohibiting unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

Within the scope of the aforementioned services, data may also be transferred to

Squarespace Inc. in the USA as part of further processing on behalf.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy

Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the

basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

3.2 Fastly

We use a content delivery network offered by the following provider: Fastly Inc., 475

Brannan St. #300, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content or

scripts faster via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried

out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our

website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. We have concluded an order processing

agreement with the provider, ensuring the protection of our site visitors' data and

prohibiting unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy

Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the

basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

4) Cookies

In order to make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of

certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device.

In some cases, these cookies are automatically deleted again after the browser is closed

(so-called "session cookies"), in other cases, these cookies remain on your end device

for longer and allow page settings to be saved (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the

latter case, you can find the duration of the storage in the overview of the cookie

settings of your web browser.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies set by us, the processing is

carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR for the performance of the

contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR in the case of consent given or in

accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best

possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design

of the page visit.

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 in general.

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

accepted.

5) Contacting Us

5.1 Meetergo

For the provision of an online appointment booking function, we use the services of the

following provider: meetergo GmbH, Hansaring 61, 50670 Cologne, Germany

For the purpose of making an appointment, your first name, surname and e-mail

address (and telephone number, if a telephone appointment is requested) are collected

in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR and transferred to the provider in accordance

with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer

management and efficient appointment management and stored there for the purpose

of organising the appointments.

After the appointment has been held or after the agreed appointment period has

expired, your data will be deleted by the provider.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the

protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third

parties.

5.2 WhatsApp Business

We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to contact us via the WhatsApp news

service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour,

Dublin 2, Ireland. For this purpose we use the so-called "Business Version" of WhatsApp.

If you contact us via WhatsApp in connection with a specific business transaction (e.g.

an order placed), we will store and use the mobile telephone number you use at

WhatsApp and - if provided - your first name and surname in accordance with Art. 6

para. 1 lit. b. GDPR to process and answer your request. On the basis of the same legal

basis, we will ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer

number, address or e-mail address), if necessary, in order to be able to allocate your

enquiry to a specific transaction.

If you use our WhatsApp contact for general enquiries (e.g. about the range of services,

availability or our website), we will store and use the mobile phone number you use at

WhatsApp and - if provided - your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1

lit. f GDPR on the basis of our justified interest in the efficient and prompt provision of

the requested information.

Your data will always be used only to answer your request via WhatsApp. Your data will

not be passed on to third parties.

Please note that WhatsApp Business gains access to the address book of the mobile

device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers telephone numbers stored in

the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. To

operate our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device whose address book

stores only the WhatsApp contact data of those users who have also contacted us via

WhatsApp.

This ensures that each person whose WhatsApp contact data is stored in our address

book has already consented to the transmission of his WhatsApp telephone number

from the address books of his chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR

when using the app on his device for the first time by accepting the WhatsApp terms of

use. The transmission of data of such users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not

contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data

by WhatsApp, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy,

please refer to WhatsApp's data protection information:

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy

In the course of the above-mentioned processing, data may be transferred to servers of

Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy

Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the

basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

5.3 When you contact 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 there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

6) Web Analysis Services

Squarespace Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service provided by the following provider:

Squarespace, Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland

Using cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms

for reading end device and browser information), the service collects and stores

pseudonymised visitor data, including information on the end device used such as the IP

address and browser information, in order to evaluate it for statistical analyses of user

behaviour on our website and to create pseudonymised user profiles. Among other

things, this enables the analysis of movement patterns (so-called heat maps), which

show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g. text entries,

scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs). Pseudonymisation generally excludes the possibility

of direct personal reference. Your personal data will not be combined with data collected

in any other way.

All processing described above, in particular the reading or saving of information on the

end device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in

accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with

effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on

the website.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the

protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third

parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy

Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the

basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

7) Site functionalities

7.1 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts from the following provider to display fonts in a

uniform manner: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5,

Ireland

Data is also transferred to: Google LLC, USA

When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser

cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the

provider's servers. In this process, certain browser information, including your IP

address, is transmitted to the provider.

The processing of personal data while establishing the connection with the provider of

the fonts is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in

accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with

effect for the future by deactivating this service via the "cookie consent tool" provided

on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used

by your computer.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy

Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the

basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

Further information on Google's privacy standards can be found here:

https://business.safety.google/privacy/

7.2 Applications for job advertisements

On our website, we advertise current vacancies in a separate section, for which

interested parties can apply by e-mail using the contact address provided.

If applicants want to be included in the application process, they must provide us with all

personal details required for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection in

conjunction with their application by e-mail.

The required data should include general personal information (name, address,

telephone or electronic contact) as well as performance-specific evidence showing the

qualifications required for the advertised position. In addition, health-related information

may be required, which in the interest of social protection must be given special

attention to regarding the applicant's person according to labor and social law.

The components an application must contain to be considered and the form in which

these components must be sent by e-mail can be found in the respective job

advertisement.

After receipt of the application sent using the e-mail contact address supplied, the

applicant data will be stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of

processing the application. In the event of queries arising in the course of processing the

application, we will use either the e-mail address supplied by the applicant with his

application or a telephone number supplied, at our discretion.

The legal basis for such processing, including the contacting of applicants for queries, is

basically Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR in conjunction with Art. 26 (1) Federal Data Protection

Act. According to these provisions, the completion of the application procedure is

deemed to be the initiation of an employment contract.

If special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health

data such as information on severely disabled status) are requested from applicants as

part of the application procedure, processing will take place in accordance with Art. 9 (2)

point b GDPR, so as to enable us to exercise the rights arising from labor law, social

security and social protection law and to fulfil our obligations in this regard.

The processing of special categories of data may also be based cumulatively or

alternatively on Art. 9 (1) point h GDPR if it is used for the purposes of health care or

occupational medicine, for the assessment of the applicant's ability to work, for medical

diagnostics, health or social care or for the management of systems and services in the

health or social sector.

If, in the course of the evaluation described above, the applicant is not selected or if an

applicant withdraws his application prematurely, his data transmitted by e-mail as well

as all electronic correspondence including the original application e-mail will be deleted

at the latest after 6 months following a corresponding notification. This period shall be

determined on the basis of our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up

questions regarding the application and, if necessary, to comply with our obligation to

provide evidence under the regulations governing the equal treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be processed on the basis

of Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR in conjunction with Art. 26 (2) Federal Data Protection Act for

the purposes of implementing the employment relationship.

7.3 Applications for job advertisements using a form

On our website, we offer those interested in a job the possibility to apply online using an

appropriate form. In order to be included in the application process, applicants must

provide us with all personal data required for a well-founded and informed assessment

and selection.

The required data includes general personal information (name, address, telephone or

electronic contact details) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications

required for a position. Where appropriate, health-related information may also be

required, which, in the interests of social protection, must be given special consideration

in the applicant's own person under labour and social law.

In the course of sending the form, the applicant's data will be encrypted according to the

state of the art, transmitted to us, stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the

purpose of processing the application.

The legal basis for these processing operations is generally Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b, in the

sense of which passing through the application procedure is considered to be the

initiation of an employment contract.

Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR

(e.g. health data such as information on the status of severely disabled persons) are

requested from applicants in the context of the application procedure, processing is

carried out in accordance with Art. Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b. GDPR so that we can exercise the

rights arising from labour law and social security and social protection law and fulfil our

obligations in this respect.

Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special categories of data may also

be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR, if it is carried out for purposes of preventive

health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the applicant's ability to

work, for medical diagnosis, care or treatment in the health or social field or for the

management of systems and services in the health or social field.

If, in the course of the evaluation described above, the applicant is not selected, or if an

applicant withdraws his or her application prematurely, the data submitted on the

application form will be deleted after 6 months at the latest after notification. This

period is calculated on the basis of our legitimate interest in being able to answer any

follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, to comply with our

obligation to provide evidence in accordance with the regulations on the equal

treatment of applicants.

In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be further processed on

the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purposes of the employment relationship.

8) Tools and Miscellaneous

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consent for

cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is

displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface when they access the

page, on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be

given by ticking the appropriate box. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services

requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user provides the corresponding

consent by ticking the corresponding box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on

the respective end device of the user if consent has been granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal

user data is generally not processed.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the

purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with

Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-

specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally

compliant design of our website.

Further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR. As the responsible party,

we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary

cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool

can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

9) Rights of the Data Subject

9.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following 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:

- Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;

- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;

- Right to erasure (“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 based on the respective legal basis, the

purpose of processing and - if relevant – on the respective legal retention period (e.g.

commercial and tax retention periods).

If personal data is processed on the basis of an express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1)

point a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject revokes his consent.

If there are legal storage periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal

or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR, this data will be routinely

deleted after expiry of the storage periods if it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment

of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or if we no longer have a justified

interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored

until the data subject exercises his right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1)

GDPR, unless we can provide compelling grounds for processing worthy of protection

which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing

serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6

(1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection

pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the information contained in this declaration on specific

processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for

the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.