Privacy policy

Last modified: June 21st, 2024

  1. General information and legal basis

    The following statement informs you about what kind of personal data is collected for what purpose on this website by us as the responsible party and to what extent this data is made available to third parties.

    1. Controller

      LanguageTooler GmbH
      Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 37
      14482 Potsdam (Germany)

      Data Protection Officer

      Barbara von dem Bussche
      DP Dock DPO Services GmbH
      Grüffkamp 10
      24159 Kiel
      Germany
      E-Mail: [email protected]

    2. Legal bases of the processing

      The processing of personal data requires a legal basis, which we would like to present to you below.

      For processing of personal data for which we obtain the consent of the data subject, Article 6(1)(a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

      When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also includes processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

      Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

      If the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override the former interest, Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing. The legitimate interest of our company lies in the performance of our business activities as well as in the analysis, optimization and maintenance of the security of our online offer.

  2. Log files, hosting

    In the server statistics, data is automatically stored that the browser transmits to us as part of our legitimate interest in analysis and for security reasons (so-called "log files").

    In detail, these are the following data:

    • Language and version of the browser software
    • Operating system used and its interface
    • Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
    • Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
    • Date and time of the server request
    • Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
    • name of the requested page
    • Data volume transferred
    • Access status/ HTTP status code.

    As a rule, we cannot assign this data to specific persons. A combination of this data with other data sources is not made. The data is also deleted within 14 days after a statistical evaluation. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.

    We make use of hosting services. These serve to provide infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services to maintain the operation of this online offer.

    In doing so, we or our hosting provider process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta data and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer.

  3. Contractual processing, use of our software

    1. General

      When you enter into a contractual relationship with us, we usually collect the data you provide, such as: First and last name, e-mail address, address, telephone / mobile phone number, information that is necessary for the execution of the contract.

      We need this data so that we can identify you as a contractual partner, execute the contract, contact you and for billing purposes. The data processing is carried out on your / our request or order and is necessary for the stated purposes for the mutual performance and obligation arising from the contractual relationship.

      We may also process data on the basis of a legitimate interest, e.g. when asserting or defending claims arising from the contractual relationship. The collected personal data will be stored until the expiry of the contractual relationship and then deleted, unless we are obliged to store it for a longer period of time in accordance with legal obligations due to tax and commercial law retention and documentation obligations (from HGB, StGB or AO).

      The "Statistics" function is available for our following services: Homepage, LanguageTool Editor, Browser Add-ons, Desktop Apps

      This statistical data is only collected for logged-in users and contains evaluations of spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, writing activities, etc. The statistics can only be viewed within the scope of the respective account. To enable you to use this function and to protect your privacy, we do not store your texts, but only aggregated usage figures (e.g. number of words and error corrections) for at least 12 months. Deletion takes place at the latest when the account is deleted or at your request. The collection of statistics can be disabled in the account settings.

    2. Software LanguageTool

      1. Special privacy policy for the LanguageTool homepage and our add-ons

        Your texts sent for review via our add-ons are not saved, with the following exceptions:

        • If you use our online editor at https://languagetool.org/editor or our desktop apps, see section b.)
        • If you use our "Rephrasing" feature, see section c.)
        • If you explicitly ignore correction suggestions, we anonymously store the internal ID of this error rule and the text fragment underlined as incorrect and 15 characters to the right and left of it. This allows us to detect false alarms from our system and avoid them in the future.
        • If you accept correction suggestions, we anonymously store the internal ID of this error rule (e.g. EN_A_VS_AN for the rule that finds a/an confusions).
        • In the very rare case of an internal software error (so-called "exception"), we anonymously store the record that triggered the error so that we can find the cause and correct the error. These records are stored anonymously for up to 14 days.
        • To improve the speed of our software, we store checked records and the errors found in them for up to 15 minutes on our servers in the main memory (not on a permanent storage medium). The storage is done without IP address or other information that would allow the records to be assigned to a person.

        To improve the quality and availability of our system, we also store the following information:

        • Date and time, length of the text, language of the text (but not the checked text itself), duration of processing, number and type of errors detected (e.g. "capitalization at the beginning of a sentence", "confusion of 'this is an Example' and 'This is an Example'"),
        • The page from which the request was sent (e.g. languagetool.org),
        • Add-on version; date of installation; random ID of the text field whose text is checked. Password fields are ignored by the add-on and are not transmitted to our servers.
        • Only in the case of a browser add-on uninstallation, the following is transmitted: the number of times the add-on was used and the URL of the page where the add-on was last used. This allows us to determine which pages do not work correctly with our add-on.
        • Only if you have an account on languagetool.org and if you are logged into the add-on with that account: The add-on contacts our servers periodically (about once a day) to let us know that you are an active user. This includes your browser (e.g. Firefox) and your email address (which we already know because you already have an account on our system). This allows us to track user activity and improve our software.

      2. Special data protection information for the LanguageTool Editor

        For our editor at languagetool.org/editor and the editor integration in our apps for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS, the following applies in addition to the other notices in this privacy policy:

        When you use our editor, the texts you edit there are saved so you can access them in the future. To protect you from accidentally deleting your documents, documents are first moved to the Recycle Bin when they are deleted. They are not permanently removed from our system until they are also deleted from the Recycle Bin.

        The storage takes place on servers in Germany at Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Niederlassung Deutschland, Marcel-Breuer-Str. 12, 80807 Munich, Germany.

        To improve our services, we use stored texts for machine learning in this context. Machine learning is used in particular to improve the text checking and paraphrasing functions. The machine learning takes place on servers of Google Ireland Ltd within the EU.

        The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 b) or Art. 6 para. 1 a) GDPR). Your data will be deleted as soon as you delete your user account.

        A user account is required to use the editor so that your texts can be assigned to you.

        LanguageTool Enterprise customers (team accounts) can disable the storage of data for machine learning.

      3. Special privacy notices for the "Rephrasing" feature

        For some languages, our synonym function offers the possibility to generate wording suggestions for your sentence. Some of these suggestions come from our service provider OpenAI (OpenAI L.L.C., 3180 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA) and/or Aleph Alpha (Aleph Alpha GmbH, Grenzhöfer Weg 36, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany). In order to generate the suggestions, we must send the particular sentence to OpenAI and Aleph Alpha for processing. OpenAI reserves the right to store this data. For details, please see the Terms of Use at: https://openai.com/api/policies/terms/ and the Privacy Policy at: https://openai.com/api/policies/privacy/ of OpenAI and https://www.aleph-alpha.com/privacy-policy of Aleph Alpha. The legal basis is your consent. EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with OpenAI, which ensure the transfer of data under appropriate safeguards in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR. To improve our services in this context, we anonymously use the sentence for which you create variations and your selection of our variation for machine learning. Machine learning is used in particular to improve the functions for text checking and reformulation.

        LanguageTool Enterprise customers (team accounts) can disable the storage of data for machine learning.

  4. Contact, application data

    1. Contact

      When you contact us, e.g. by e-mail, your details will be stored by us in order to answer your questions.

      As a matter of principle, data will not be passed on to third parties unless applicable data protection regulations justify a transfer or we are legally obliged to do so. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, your data will be deleted immediately, unless there is a legal exception for further processing. Your data will otherwise be deleted when we have processed your request or the purpose of storage has ceased to apply and there are no other legal exceptions to the contrary.

    2. Application data

      You can also apply to us, e.g. via our contact form. We process the data you have sent us in connection with your application in order to check your suitability for the position and to carry out the application process. Please note that your data will be accessible to our HR department and to the departments relevant to the position to be filled. We wish to consider all applications on the basis of qualifications only, regardless of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual identity. We therefore ask that you refrain from providing such information in your application if at all possible. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in application procedures is Section 26 BDSG or Article 6 (1) b) GDPR. According to this, the processing of data required in connection with the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship is permissible. If the data should be required for legal prosecution after completion of the application process, data processing may be carried out on the basis of the requirements under Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR, in order to safeguard legitimate interests. Our interest then consists in the assertion or defense of claims.

      Data of applicants will be deleted after 6 months at the latest in case of rejection. In the event that you have agreed to further storage of your personal data, we will transfer your data to our applicant pool. There, the data will be deleted after two years. If you have been awarded a position during the application process, the data will be stored permanently for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship. You can have your application changed or deleted at any time and revoke any consent you may have given at any time.

    3. Cookies

      This site uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and through which the entity that sets the cookie receives certain information. They are used to make the Internet offer more user-friendly and effective or/and to facilitate your navigation on our website.

      We set cookies that are not strictly necessary only with your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time for future use.


      Consent is voluntary and you can also use our website without accepting cookies. You can also configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third party cookies or all cookies or delete cookies that have already been stored. If you do not accept cookies, please note that in this case our offer may not work properly. If we do not provide any other information on the individual topics mentioned in this data protection declaration or in the cookie banner, the lifetime of the cookies refers to 24 months.

      You can find out which function on our website uses cookies below under the individual functions.

  5. Newsletter

    If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on our website, we need a valid e-mail address from you that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address or that the owner agrees to receive the newsletter.

    After providing the e-mail address, we will send you a confirmation e-mail to the address provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm this within 24 hours, your data relating to the newsletter dispatch will be automatically deleted. If you confirm your wish to receive the newsletter, we will store your e-mail address until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.

    We send newsletters only with your consent or legal permission.


    The dispatch of the newsletter takes place by means of the following service providers:

    You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. If users have only subscribed to the newsletter and cancelled this subscription, their personal data will be deleted.

  6. Registration

    Our website offers a registration option. The personal data entered during registration will be transmitted to the controller. The data is stored exclusively for internal use by us.

    During registration, the IP address of the user and the date and time of registration are stored. This serves to prevent misuse of the services. The data will not be passed on to third parties. An exception exists if there is a legal obligation to pass on the data.

    The registration of data is necessary for the provision of content or services. Registered persons have the possibility to have the stored data deleted or modified at any time. The data subject will receive information about the personal data stored about him at any time.

    When you sign in to the Services using data stored with a third party (e.g., Facebook, Google, or Apple), you allow us to collect your authentication data, such as usernames, as encrypted credentials. We may also collect other data associated with your account with a third party service provider. This includes, but is not limited to, your name, profile picture, country, city, email address, date of birth, gender, the names and profile pictures of your friends and networks, provided you have given your consent here with login.

  7. Our social media presences

    You can find us under online presences within social networks and platforms. With these presences, we would like to communicate with our customers, interested parties and users active there and inform them about our services and our company in this way.

    The processing of the personal data of the users active there is based on our legitimate interests in communicating and providing information to and with the users. If users have given their consent to data processing within the framework of the respective social platform, the processing is carried out on the basis of this consent.

    If you visit one of our social media sites, we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. In principle, you can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint, see the following point "Rights of the data subject") both against us and against the operator of the respective social platform.

    We would like to point out that despite the joint responsibility, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social platform and, if necessary, forward the rights request to the respective operator for better processing of the data subject rights. Our options are basically based on the corporate policy of the respective provider.

    You can find our storage details below. We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operator of the social platform for its own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

    Depending on the following named social platform, the data processing of users may also take place outside the area of the European Union. EU standard contractual clauses have been agreed with the US companies, or they are certified under the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) so that we have taken possible measures to ensure compliance with European data protection law.


    As a rule, user data is processed by the platforms for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created from the usage behavior and resulting interests of the users. The usage profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For this purpose, cookies are usually stored on the users' computers, in which the usage behavior and the interests of the users are stored. Data can also be stored in the usage profiles regardless of the devices used by the users. This occurs in particular if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them.

    For a detailed presentation of the respective processing and the objection options, we refer to the information of the providers linked below.

  8. Disclosure of data to third parties: General and contractual purpose

    We pass on data to third parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract and / or we are legally obligated and / or authorized to do so in individual cases.

    1. Payment service provider: PayPal

      If you choose to pay with the online payment service provider PayPal during your order process, your contact details will be transmitted to PayPal through the triggered order. PayPal is an offer of PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. PayPal assumes the function of an online payment service provider as well as a trustee and offers buyer protection services.

      The personal data transmitted to PayPal is data that is required for order processing, as well as data related to the order, such as number of items, item number, invoice amount.

      This transmission is necessary to process your order with the payment method you have selected, in particular to confirm your identity, to administer your payment and the customer relationship.

      Depending on the payment method selected via PayPal, e.g. invoice or direct debit, the personal data transmitted to PayPal will be transmitted by PayPal to credit agencies. This transmission serves to check your identity and creditworthiness in relation to the order you have placed. You can find out which credit agencies are involved and which data is generally collected, processed, stored and passed on by PayPal in the PayPal data protection declaration at https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

    2. Payment service: Recurly

      We use Recurly (Recurly, Inc., 400 Alabama St, Suite 202, San Francisco, California 94110, USA) to manage subscriptions. Recurly is a platform for managing subscriptions and creating invoices. For this purpose, Recurly - if you use our premium offer - processes, among other things, your name, address and the payment information provided.

      Recurly is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law. For more information on data privacy at Recurly, please visit https://recurly.com/legal/privacy/.

    3. Payment service: Stripe

      We use Stripe, a service of the American company Stripe Inc., 185 Berry Street, Suite 550, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter "Stripe") to process payments via our website.

      Stripe is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      In particular, Stripe has published the following information on the nature, scope and purpose of data processing in its privacy policy: https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation

      Through Stripe it is possible to offer various payment methods, such as credit card payments or direct debit. In this context, Stripe offers software interfaces to integrate these payment methods with us. The crediting of a payment transaction then takes place for us via a so-called Stripe account.

      If you make a payment via our platform, data of the data subject is automatically transmitted to Stripe. By selecting this payment option, the data subject consents to the transmission of personal data required for payment processing.

      The personal data transmitted to Stripe are usually first name, last name, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, cell phone number or other data as well as financial transaction data, such as credit card number or account data, which are necessary for payment processing. Also necessary for the processing of the contract are such personal data that are related to the respective service.

      The purpose of the data transfer is payment processing and fraud prevention. The personal data exchanged between Stripe and us may be transmitted by Stripe to credit reporting agencies. This transmission is for the purpose of checking identity and creditworthiness within the scope of our legitimate interest.

      Stripe may disclose the personal data to affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations or to process the data on its behalf.

      Data Protection Officer

      Barbara von dem Bussche
      DP Dock DPO Services GmbH
      Grüffkamp 10
      24159 Kiel
      Germany
      E-Mail: [email protected]

    4. Payment service: GoCardless

      We use GoCardless, a payment service of the company GoCardless Ltd, Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Road London, EC1V 7EN United Kingdom.

      We offer you the option of making payment by sepa transfer. This is done using the GoCardless payment service. The payment data you provide during the ordering process will be transmitted by us to GoCardless, insofar as this transmission is necessary for the execution of the payment transaction. The legal basis for this use of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

      GoCardless is solely responsible for the processing of payment data that takes place in the course of subsequent payment processing. You can find more information here: https://gocardless.com/privacy/payers/

  9. Disclosure of data to third parties: tools for the economic operation of the website

    In part, we use external service providers within the scope of your consent or our legitimate interests with regard to analysis, optimization and economic operation of the online offer. If you have given your consent for tools that are not necessary for the operation of the website, you can also have these settings changed again at any time. We list our service providers below.

    If your data is to be used for other purposes, we will inform you in advance and only use the data if you have previously given your further consent.

    1. Service provider Google

      Within the scope of your consent, we use services for the optimization and economic operation of our online offer for which Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") is responsible.

      Google LLC is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so that possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      1. Google Analytics

        This website uses Google Analytics as a web analytics service. 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 the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

        We would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with IP anonymization and therefore IP addresses are shortened by Google in member states within the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission in order to exclude a direct reference to persons. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

        On behalf of the provider, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the 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. To our knowledge, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

        You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings of our website and changing your selection there. The lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation remains unaffected.

        You can also prevent the installation of cookies in advance by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

        The data collection and storage by Google can also be objected to for the respective end device at any time with effect for the future in connection with the use under this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

        For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and at https://policies.google.com/.


        Attention: If you delete your cookies, this will result in the deactivation cookie also being deleted and you will have to place it again.

      2. Google AdWords and Conversion Tracking

        This website uses "Google Adwords" and within the framework of Google Adwords the conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer, are set. The cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. This allows Google and us to recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. The conversion cookies are used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers. These customers receive the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. Personal identification is not possible for these customers either. You can object to this use by deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie in your internet browser. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visit the following website: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

      3. YouTube

        We use the provider YouTube, a service of Google, to embed videos.

        These videos are stored on www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our site. YouTube uses cookies for data collection and statistical data analysis. YouTube uses cookies to, among other things, collect reliable video statistics, prevent fraud, and improve the user experience. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by YouTube on servers in the United States. Your IP address cannot be assigned unless you have logged in to YouTube or another Google service before accessing the page or are permanently logged in. If you do not wish this, you must log out of your YouTube account and your other Google accounts.

        Through the YouTube cookies, we receive statistical values on the retrieval of individual videos embedded in the website without a reference to the respective user.

        The embedded videos from YouTube are used within the permitted use by YouTube, which all users must accept. If you see copyrights violated, please report this directly to YouTube. We use embedded YouTube videos in extended privacy mode. This means that YouTube does not store cookies for a user who views a website with an embedded YouTube video player, but does not click on the video to start playback. If the YouTube video player is clicked, YouTube may store cookies on the user's computer. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by YouTube. For more information on YouTube's official data protection policy, please visit https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

      4. Google Web Fonts

        Google web fonts are used to improve the visual presentation of various information on this website. The web fonts are transferred to the browser's cache when the page is called up so that they can be used for the display. If the browser does not support Google web fonts or prevents access, the text is displayed in a standard font. When the page is called up, no cookies are set on the website visitor. Data transmitted in connection with the page call is sent to resource-specific domains such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com. This transmits which of our Internet pages you have visited. The IP address of the browser of the end device of the visitor to these Internet pages is also stored by Google. They are not associated with data that may be collected or used in connection with the parallel use of authenticated Google services such as Gmail.

        You can set your browser so that the fonts are not loaded from Google servers. Information on the privacy terms of Google Web Fonts is available at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#Privacy General information on data protection is available in the Google Privacy Center at: http://www.google.com/intl/de-DE/privacy/

      5. Sign in with Google account

        If you are a member of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, you can log in to our website by clicking on the button "Log in with your Google account" (or similar). To log in, you will be redirected to Google, where you can log in with your Google usage data. When you log in in this way, we receive the following data from Google from your Google profile: user name, last name, first name, profile picture. We use this data exclusively for the purpose of registration / login as a customer. For the purpose of the processing of the data by Google and your rights in this regard, please refer to the data protection information of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy. We have no influence on the processing by Google. If you do not agree with such data transfer between Google and us, we ask you not to register with us with your Google access.

        Conversely, data may also be transferred from our website to Google. The legal basis for the transfer of or to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR). A provision of this data is voluntary. A registration with Google is not required for a contract with us.

      6. Google Tag Manager

        We use the Google Tag Manager. This allows us to manage website tags via an interface and thus, for example, integrate Google marketing services into our online offering. The Tag Manager itself does not process any personal data of the users. For the respective Google services, please refer to the respective notices and usage guidelines at https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

      7. Google Cloud

        We use the Google Cloud Platform as a cloud service provider and hosting provider for our website and our software. An order processing contract has been concluded with Google. Further information can also be found in the privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

    2. Facebook

      Within the scope of your consent, we use services of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), for the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer.

      The US company Meta Platforms Inc. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so that possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      1. Facebook Connect

        The use of Facebook Connect is subject to Facebook's privacy policy and terms of use. When using Facebook Connect, Facebook profile data and data that is public on Facebook will be transferred from your Facebook profile to our website. Conversely, data may also be transferred from our website to your Facebook profile. Your transferred data will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of registration on our website.

        By registering on our website via Facebook Connect, you consent to the transfer of profile data from your Facebook profile to us, as well as the transfer of data for use from us to Facebook.

      2. Facebook Custom Audiences and Website Custom Audiences

        Our website uses the advertising tools Custom Audiences and Website Custom Audiences from Facebook. Here, a non-reversible and non-personal checksum (hash value) is generated from your usage data, which is transmitted to Facebook for analysis and marketing purposes on its social platform and stored in the USA.

        The Facebook pixel is directly integrated by Facebook when you call up our websites and can save a so-called cookie, i.e. a small file, on your device. If you subsequently log in to Facebook or visit Facebook while logged in, your visit to our online offering will be noted in your profile. The data collected about you is anonymous for us, so it does not offer us any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and can be used by Facebook and for its own market research and advertising purposes. If we should transmit data to Facebook for matching purposes, this data is encrypted locally in on the browser and only then sent to Facebook via a secure https connection. This is done solely for the purpose of creating a comparison with the data encrypted in the same way by Facebook.

        Furthermore, when using the Facebook Pixel, we use the additional function "extended matching" (in this case, data such as telephone numbers, email addresses or Facebook IDs of the users) to create target groups ("Custom Audiences" or "Look Alike Audiences") are transmitted to Facebook (encrypted). Further information on "advanced matching": https://www.facebook.com/business/help/611774685654668.

        For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/, and specifically for Facebook Custom Audiences at https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/. If you wish to object to the use of Facebook Website Custom Audiences, you can also do so at https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/. To do this, you must log into your Facebook account.

        You can revoke your consent and prevent the collection of your data using the Facebook pixel on our website by following the following link, for example: https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/. When you click the link, an "opt-out" cookie will be stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, then you must click the link again. Furthermore, the opt-out is only valid within the browser you are using and only within our web domain where the link was clicked.

    3. Login with Apple access

      If you are a member of Apple Inc ("Apple"), Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, you can sign in to our website by clicking the "Sign in with your Apple account" button (or similar). To sign in, you will be redirected to Apple, where you can sign in using your Apple Usage Data. When you log in in this way, we receive the following data from your Apple profile: user name, surname, first name, profile picture. We use this data exclusively for the purpose of registration / login as a customer. For the purpose of the processing of the data by Apple and your rights in this regard, please refer to Apple's privacy policy: https://www.apple.com/privacy/. We have no influence on the processing by Apple. If you do not agree with such data transfer between Apple and us, we ask you not to register with us with your Apple access.

      Conversely, data may also be transferred from our website to Apple. The legal basis for the transfer of or to Apple is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR). A provision of this data is voluntary. A registration with Apple is not required for a contract with us.

    4. TikTok Retargeting

      On this website, the "TikTok Pixel" of the social network TikTok, which is operated by TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland ("TikTok"), is used in accordance with your consent.

      With the help of the TikTok pixel, it is possible for TikTok, on the one hand, to determine you as a visitor to our online presence as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "TikTok ads"). We thus use the TikTok pixel to display the TikTok ads created by us only to those TikTok users who have also shown an interest in our online presence or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to TikTok (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the TikTok pixel, we also want to ensure that our TikTok ads correspond to the potential interest of users and are not harassing. The TikTok pixel also allows us to track the effectiveness of the TikTok ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a TikTok ad (so-called "conversion"). For specific information and details about the TikTok pixel and how it works, please see the TikTok help section. You can object to the collection by the TikTok pixel and use of your data to display TikTok ads.

    5. ShareASale

      We use affiliate tracking cookies on this website to correctly record sales and/or leads. We participate in the Shareasale affiliate program. On our pages, through Shareasale, a service of ShareASale.com Inc, 15 W. Hubbard St. STE 500, Chicago IL 60654, in accordance with your consent, advertisements and links to companies in the affiliate program, in which we can earn money through reimbursement of advertising costs. Shareasale uses cookies to track the origin of orders. This allows Shareasale to recognize that you have clicked the affiliate link on our website.

      For more information about Shareasale's use of data, please see Shareasale's privacy policy.

    6. reddit Retargeting

      This website uses advertising on Reddit ("Reddit Ads"). Based on your consent, we also use the analysis and conversion tracking technology of the Reddit platform to check the effectiveness of this advertising. The provider of Reddit is Reddit, Inc., 548 Market St. #16093, San Francisco, California 94104, USA.

      Reddit places a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Reddit ad. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of a Reddit Ads customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Reddit and the customer can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to that page. Because each Reddit Ads customer receives a different cookie, they cannot be tracked across Reddit Ads customers' websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Reddit Ads customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. Reddit Ads customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that personally identifies users.

    7. Bing Ads

      We use the online advertising program Bing Ads, a service provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. Microsoft is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so possible measures have been taken to ensure European data protection law.

      In this process, Bing Ads technologies are used to collect and store data from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. This service enables us to track the activities of users on our website if they have reached our website via ads from Bing Ads. If you arrive at our website via such an ad, a cookie is set on your computer. A Bing UET tag is integrated on our website. This is a code that, in conjunction with the cookie, stores some non-personal data about the use of the website. This includes, among other things, the length of time spent on the website, which areas of the website were accessed and via which ad the users arrived at the website. Information about your identity is not collected. The information collected is transferred to Microsoft servers in the USA and stored there for a maximum of 180 days. You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of this data, by deactivating the setting of cookies. This may restrict the functionality of the website under certain circumstances. In addition, Microsoft may be able to track your usage behavior across multiple of your electronic devices through so-called cross-device tracking and is thus able to display personalized advertising on or in Microsoft websites and apps. You can disable this behavior at http://choice.microsoft.com/opt-out. For more information about Bing's analytics services, please visit the Bing Ads website (https://help.bingads.microsoft.com/#apex/3/de/53056/2). For more information about privacy at Microsoft and Bing, see Microsoft's privacy policy (https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement).

    8. Matomo with cookie tracking

      This website uses Matomo, an open source software for statistical analysis of visitor traffic. The analysis tool Matomo uses so-called "cookies", which are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored on our server in Germany. This site uses Matomo with the extension "AnonymizeIP". This means that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, which means that a direct link to a person can be ruled out.

      You can revoke your consent to the use of cookies at any time or also prevent the installation of cookies by making the appropriate setting in your browser software or by removing the following check mark and thus activating the "opt-out" plug-in; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also obtain information from the third-party provider on data protection at https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/.

      If you no longer agree to the storage and analysis of the usage information generated, you can also object to this below. Here you have the option to deactivate the data collection by Matomo:

      https://languagetool.org/legal/cookie-settings
      Possibility to object to the web analysis by Matomo

    9. FullStory

      We use "FullStory", a web analytics service provided by Fullstory Inc, 1745 Peachtree Rd NW Suite G, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA (hereinafter "FullStory"), on a few pages.

      FullStory is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      Among other things, FullStory uses cookies to enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information collected in this way is transmitted to FullStory on a server in the USA and stored there. The following information is collected through the tracking code:


      Device-dependent data collected by your terminal device and web browser:

      • IP address of your terminal device (collected and stored in an anonymized format)
      • E-mail address including your first and last name, insofar as you have provided it to us via our website
      • Screen size of your terminal
      • Device type and browser information
      • Geographical data (country only)
      • Language for displaying our website
      • User interactions
      • Mouse commands (movement, position and clicks)
      • Keystrokes (not for sensitive fields like your texts to be checked or credit card information)

      Log data used automatically by our server when using FullStory:

      • Referring domain
      • Visited websites
      • Geographical data (country only)
      • Language used to display our website
      • Date and time of access

      FullStory uses this information to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on usage and to provide other services in connection with the evaluation of our website. FullStory also uses third-party services (e.g. Google) to provide these services. These third parties may store or otherwise process information that your browser transmits when you visit our Website (including, under certain circumstances, your IP address).

      We use FullStory for the purpose of analyzing the use of our website and to be able to continuously improve individual functions and offers as well as the user experience. Through the statistical evaluation of user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The processing of the data is based on your consent.

      For more information, please see FullStory's Privacy Policy at https://www.fullstory.com/legal/privacy-policy/.

      You can object to FullStory storing a user profile and information about your visit to our website and to FullStory setting tracking cookies on other websites by clicking on this link: https://www.fullstory.com/optout/

    10. Cloudflare

      This website uses the services of Cloudflare Inc, 101 Townsend St, 94107 San Francisco ("Cloudflare").

      Cloudflare Inc. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so that possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      We use these services to ensure the full and improved functionality of our website.

      Cloudflare collects information from our website users when they use our website. This information may include IP addresses, system configuration information, and other information about traffic to and from our website (collectively, "Log Data"). Cloudflare collects and uses Log Data to fulfill its contractual obligation in providing its services to us and to maintain and improve them. For example, Log Data may help detect new threats, identify malicious third parties, and provide more robust security protection to our website. Please also read Cloudflare's privacy policy which is available here https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

    11. Sentry

      We want to provide the best possible service. However, we cannot exclude the possibility of errors. To determine whether errors occur in the provision of our service, we use the services of the service provider Functional Software Inc. (Sentry), 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.

      Sentry is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      Sentry allows us to identify and target errors. For further details, please refer to Sentry's Privacy Policy, available at: https://sentry.io/terms/.

    12. Amplitude

      Based on your consent, we use the digital optimisation system Amplitude from the provider Amplitude Inc. (Amplitude), 201 3rd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, California 94103, USA. Amplitude is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, so that possible measures have been taken to ensure compliance with European data protection law.

      Amplitude enables us to optimise our services. Your user data is analysed and measured during actions such as page views, clicks and various advertisements within our services such as apps and websites in order to improve our products and services in the long term and to understand exactly what actions you expect and want from our services. The best user experience can be provided through internal analysis of customer behaviour. For this purpose, the accessing IP address (in anonymised form) is transmitted for evaluation.

      Further details can be found in Amplitude's Privacy Policy, available at: https://amplitude.com/privacy

  10. Data storage outside the EU/EEA

    Where recognizable in the individual tool descriptions, we use tools from US third-party providers. Insofar as this is necessary for the notified purposes, it may happen that your IP address is processed in this course outside the European Economic Area, where a level of data protection corresponding to the European standard is not always consistently ensured and confirmed (for example, by appropriate guarantee within the meaning of Art. 46 GDPR or an adequacy decision of the European Commission). Therefore, it cannot be ruled out in particular that security authorities in a third country may gain access to your IP address without you being able to take legally effective action against them.

    The transfer of the IP address to these third-party providers takes place in accordance with Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR on the basis of your consent expressly given for this purpose in the consent banner. This consent is voluntary. You can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. You will not suffer any disadvantages as a result.

    In the opinion of some U.S. third-party providers, a level of protection equivalent to the European standard is already guaranteed due to the conclusion of so-called standard contractual clauses as well as additional measures taken in the sense of the Schrems II case law. However, since the suitability of such measures to ensure a sufficient level of data protection is disputed, we have decided to transfer your IP address only with your consent.

    The certification of some companies under the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) serves to ensure the level of protection and can be queried here for the companies: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/. This certification is sufficient as measures to ensure a sufficient level of data protection.

  11. Rights of the data subject

    You have a right to information about the personal data stored by us about you. According to the legal provisions, you also have the right to correct incorrect data, restriction of processing, data portability and deletion of your personal data. To do so, send us an e-mail with the subject "Data protection". You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you are of the opinion that processing of personal data concerning you violates legal provisions.

    For reasons arising from your particular situation, you may object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you by us that is carried out on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e) or (f); this also applies to profiling based on these provisions (Article 21 GDPR). If the legal requirements are met, we will subsequently no longer process your personal data.

    In the case of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. Your objection will have the effect that the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

    If you have given your consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

  12. Storage period of the personal data

    If we have not provided storage information on the specific points, the following applies: We store personal data for the duration of the respective statutory retention period or as long as the purpose of the collection exists. After expiry of the retention period, the data is routinely deleted, unless it is necessary for the initiation or performance of a contract. If user data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted as far as possible. Accordingly, the data will be blocked if possible and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to user data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law.

  13. Safety information

    We make every effort to process your personal data by taking all technical and organizational possibilities to comply with the provisions of data protection laws and thus to protect this data. Our website or the communication via our website with us is encrypted via HTTPS.