Privacy Policy

The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:

THIS GmbH
Christoph Hubertus, Eugen Jakob, Marco Meßer
Zimmerstraße 19
40215 Düsseldorf
E-mail: [email protected]

The responsible entity decides alone or in collaboration with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.).

For each data processing activity, we inform you of the legal basis according to Art. 13 GDPR. If we do not specify the legal basis for a particular processing activity, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is based on Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 GDPR. 
The legal basis for fulfilling our contract and providing our services is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. 
The legal basis for complying with legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. 
The legal basis for safeguarding our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Some data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your already given consent at any time. A simple informal notification via email to [email protected] is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: BFDI Contact Information.

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

You have the right, within the scope of applicable legal provisions, to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing at any time, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, and for further questions regarding personal data, you can always contact us using the contact details provided in the imprint.

You have the right to delete your Companion account and associated personal data at any time. To delete your account and data, please send a simple informal notification via email to [email protected]. We will process your request promptly.

We use the information you provide during registration solely to inform you about our products and services.

If you do not wish to receive such marketing communications from us, you have the right to object to the use of your data for this purpose at any time. You can follow the instructions provided in any communication we send or contact us at [email protected] to withdraw your consent.

Marketing communications will only be sent with your explicit consent, where legally required. Otherwise, we promote and market our products and services based on our legitimate business interests, as permitted by law.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This ensures that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line in your browser and the lock icon in the browser line.

In server log files, the provider of the website automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Visited page on our domain
• Date and time of the server request
• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.

The processing of data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification via email is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the necessity for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

To integrate and display video content, our website uses plugins from YouTube. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you access a page with an integrated YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. YouTube is thereby informed about which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. For details on how user data is handled, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

To integrate and display video content, our website uses plugins from Vimeo. The provider of the video portal is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you access a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin, a connection to Vimeo's servers is established. This informs Vimeo which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also learns your IP address, even if you are not logged into the video portal or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the video portal's servers in the USA. Vimeo can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account beforehand. For details on how user data is handled, please refer to Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy

To manage our contacts and send messages, we use Brevo. These types of services enable the management of a database of email contacts, phone numbers, or any other contact information to communicate with users. They can also collect data on the date and time a message was read by the user and when the user interacted with incoming messages, such as by clicking on links contained within them.

Brevo Email (Sendinblue GmbH)
Brevo is a service provided by Sendinblue GmbH for managing email addresses and sending messages. 
Collected personal data: Cookie; email; first name and last name.
Processing location: Germany, France.
Privacy Policy: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our offerings more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Some cookies are “session cookies,” which are automatically deleted after your browser session ends. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website. With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website. The setting of cookies necessary for electronic communication processes or for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart) is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and smooth delivery of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g., for analytics purposes), they will be addressed separately in this privacy policy.

Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider of this web analytics service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses "cookies." These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that enable an analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is typically in the USA. The setting of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize our web offering and, if applicable, advertising.

We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization feature. This ensures that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. In exceptional cases, Google may transmit the full IP address to a server in the USA and truncate it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

You can prevent cookies from being set by your web browser. However, some functions of our website may be limited as a result. Similarly, you can prevent the collection of data regarding your website usage, including your IP address, and its subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for processing no longer applies or if you object to the storage.

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics. For details on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have entered into a data processing agreement with Google. You can find the provider's privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

The provider has joined the Privacy Shield Agreement. This agreement provides a guarantee according to Art. 46 GDPR. https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant

Our website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This function allows the creation of reports containing information about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. These data are derived from Google's interest-based advertising as well as from visitor data from third-party providers. It is not possible to assign these data to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time. This can be done through the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section “Objection to Data Collection.”