Sect. 1 General
We will process your personal data (e.g. title, name, address, e-mail address, phone number) solely in accordance with the provisions of the German data protection law and the data protection law of the European Union (EU). The following provisions will inform you, besides the information about the processing purposes, recipients, legal bases and storage periods, also about your rights and the controller for your data processing. This privacy policy applies only to our websites. If you are directed to other sites via links on our pages, please familiarise yourself with the respective use of your data there.

Sect. 2 Contact us
1. Purpose of data processing
Your personal data you provide us by e-mail, contact form etc., will be processed to answer your inquiries. You are not obliged to provide us with your personal data but we would not be able to answer your inquiries sent by e-mail without your e-mail address.
2. Legal basis
a) If your explicit consent is given for the processing of your data, the legal ground for this processing is set out in Art. 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR.
b) If your personal data is processed for the purpose of contract performance, the legal ground for this processing is set out in Art. 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR.
c) The legal ground for all other cases (especially when using a contact form) is set out in Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of data which was performed according to Article 6 (1)(f) of GDPR and which does not serve direct marketing for reasons arising from your particular situation.
In the case of direct marketing, however, you may object to the processing at any time without stating any reasons.
3. Legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest in data processing is to communicate with you in a timely manner and to answer your queries cost- effectively. If you provide us with your address, we reserve the right to use it for direct postal marketing. You can protect your interest in data protection by transferring of data efficiently (e.g. using a pseudonym).
4. Recipient categories
Provider of hosting, service provider for direct marketin
5. Duration of storage
Your data will be deleted if it can be inferred from the circumstances that your queries or questions have been completely clarified. However, if a contract is concluded, the data required by commercial and tax law will be retained by us for the periods as required by law, i.g. generally for ten years (cf. § 257 HGB, § 147 AO).
6. Right of revocation
You have the right to revoke your consent for processing at any time in compliance with your consent

Sect. 3 Comments
1. Purpose of data processing
Adding comments is possible. Your personal data (e.g. name/pseudonym, email address, website) collected in this scope will be solely processed for the purpose of publishing your comments.
2. Legal basis
The legal basis for such processing is set out in Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.
3. Legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest is the public exchange of user opinions on specific topics and products. The publication serves, among other things, the purpose of transparency and opinion-forming. Your interest in data protection is preserved, as you can publish your comment under a pseudonym.
4. Duration of storage
There is no provision for a certain storage period. You may request the deletion of your comment at any time.
5. Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of data which was performed according to Article 6 (1) (f) of GDPR and which does not serve direct marketing for reasons arising from your particular situation. In the case of direct marketing, however, you may object to the processing at any time without stating any reasons.

Sect. 4 Web Analysis with Google Analytics
1. Purpose of data processing
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, small text files, which are placed on your computer to analyze how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted and saved on server in the United States by Google. If the anonymizeIP function is activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address in advance within the member states of the European Union or in other states which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases Google will transmit the full IP address on server in the United States and will shorten there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activities and providing other services related to website and internet usage for the website operators.
2. Legal basis
The legal basis for such processing is set out in Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.
3. Legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest is the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes. For your interest in data protection, this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIP()”, so that the IP addresses are only processed in an abridged form in order to exclude direct personal reference.
4. Recipient categories
Google and its partners.
5. Transfer to a third country
Google Ireland Limited is an affiliate of Google LLC. Google LLC is based in the USA (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043) and is certified for the EU-US Data Protection Agreement “Privacy Shield”, which guarantees compliance with the data protection rates applicable in the EU.
6. Duration of Storage
26 months
7. Right of objection
You can prevent the installation of the cookies in your browser settings. If you choose to change your settings you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: optout You may also generate blocking by setting an opt-out cookie. If you want to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website, please click here: Disable Google Analytics

Sect. 5 Information about cookies
5.1 Facebook Ads
1. Purpose of data processing
This website uses technically necessary cookies. These are small text files that are stored in or by your Internet browser on your computer system.
2. Legal basis
The legal basis for such processing is set out in Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.
3. Legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest is the functionality of our website. The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles. This preserves your interest in data protection.
4. Duration of storage
The technically necessary cookies are usually deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies have different validity period from a few minutes to several years.
5. Right of objection
If you do not wish these cookies to be stored, please deactivate the use of cookies in your Internet browser. However, this may cause a functional limitation of our website. You can also delete persistent cookies at any time by changing your browser settings. This website uses the “Facebook Pixel” remarketing feature of Facebook Inc. (“Facebook”). Thanks to the Facebook pixel, it is possible to create advertisements on Facebook based on interests, for example. In doing so, data is transferred to Facebook via the stored Facebook profile and assigned to the corresponding user profile.
You can find more detailed information on the collection and use of data by Facebook in the Facebook privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
You can deactivate tracking via Facebook pixels in the cookie box at any time.
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5.1 Google Ads
1. Purpose and legal basis:
We process personal data for the purpose of making our advertising more relevant to you, to measure its effectiveness, and to help recognize your devices to serve you ads on and off of Google services. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR.
2. Storage period:
No personal data are stored beyond collection and disclosure to the recipients. Recipients: We disclose these personal data to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (“Google Ireland”).
3. Transfer of personal data to third countries:
We do notintend to transfer these personal data to a third country. However, we would like to point out that Google Ireland has contractually agreed to transfer the above personal data to third countries only on the basis of standard data protection clauses of the European Commission or another solution that enables the lawful transfer of personal data to a third country in accordance with the European Data Protection Legislation. For more information, see https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/.
4. Obligation to provide the data:
The provision of these personal data is neither a statutory nor a contractual requirement and is also not necessary for the conclusion of a contract. There is also no obligation to provide this personal data. However, if you do not provide these personal data, we may not be able to achieve the stated purpose of making advertising more relevant to you.
Note: Consent is freely given. To the extent the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 (1)(1)(a) or Article 9 (2)(a) GDPR, you have the right to withdraw the consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until its withdrawal. You can withdraw your consent in the same way and just as easily as giving consent, for example by clicking on the cog icon in the lower left-hand corner and changing your settings.

Sect. 6 Social plugins
We use social plugins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plugins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the addition of “Facebook social plugin”. If you click on the “Like” button or enter a comment, the corresponding information is sent directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Details on the handling of your personal data by Facebook and your relevant rights can be found in the privacy policy: Facebook. If you do not want Facebook to collect information about you via our web pages, you should log out of Facebook before you visit our website. You can prevent the storing of Facebook plugins also with add-ons for your browser completely, e.g. with the „Facebook blocker“ (Facebook).
In connection with Twitter and the Re-Tweet functions, we use the so-called “social plugins” from twitter.com, operated by Twitter Inc. 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The plugins are marked with a Twitter logo such as the blue “Twitter bird”. If you use the Re-Tweet functions, the web pages you visit will be disclosed to third parties and linked to your Twitter account. For details on the use of your data by Twitter as well as on your rights and setting options to protect your personal data, please see the privacy policy: Twitter. If you do not like the fact that Twitter directly assigns the data collected over our web appearance to your Twitter account you must out-log on Twitter before your visit of our website. You can prevent the storing of Twitter plugins also with add-ons for your browser completely, e.g. with the script blocker (NoScript). LinkedIn for the purpose of advertising and getting new information to our followers

Sect. 7 Your rights as a data subject
If your personal data is being processed, you are the ‘data subject’ in terms of GDPR and you have the following rights towards us, the controller:
1. Right to information
You may request us to provide information about your personal data processed by us under Article 15 of the GDPR.
2. Right to rectification
If your personal data provided to us is not up to date or not accurate you have the right to ask for modifications to your personal data under Article 16 of the GDPR. You also have the right to request us to complete an incomplete data.
3. Right to erasure
You have the right to have your personal data erased and ask for deletion of your data under Article 17 of the GDPR.
4. Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to restrict the processing your personal data under Article 18 of the GDPR.
5. Right to data portability
You have the right referred to in Article 20 of the GDPR to receive your personal data provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller.
6. Right to revoke the consent given under data protection law
You have the right referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 7 to withdraw your given consent based on the data protection provisions at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
6. Right to revoke the consent given under data protection law
If you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR, you have the right referring to in Article 77 of the GDPR to complain to the supervisory authority against the processing of your personal data (in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement ).
Please also note your right of objection under Article 21 GDPR:
a) In general: reasoned objection required
If the processing of personal data concerning you takes place in order – to perform our overriding legitimate interest (legal basis: Article 6 (1f) GDPR) or – to safeguard the public interest (legal basis: Article 6 (1e) GDPR), you are entitled to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on the provisions of the GDPR. In the event of objection, we will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless we can prove compelling grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
b) Special case of direct marketing: simple objection is sufficient
If the personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing and without stating reasons; this includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Responsible for data processing:
MW Expat Invest GmbH
Lechanger 8
86899 Landsberg am Lech
Phone : 089 2104 3722
Email : m.wolf@mw-expat.com
Document produced and updated by janolaw AG.