The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about how we process personal data. We comply with the legal provisions relating to data protection, because the protection of your privacy is of the utmost importance to us.
Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about our data protection efforts, the processing of personal data or the safeguarding of your rights as a data subject, you can contact us and our data protection officer at the following address
External Data Protection Officer
ePrivacy GmbH
Represented by Prof. Dr. Christoph Bauer
Burchardstrasse 14, 20095 Hamburg
If you have any questions or concerns about your data, please contact us at dp privacy(at)we-love-x.com.
Direct communication with our Data Protection Officer, especially in highly sensitive cases, should be done by mail, as email communication may be subject to security vulnerabilities.
Personal Data
All information about identified or identifiable individuals is considered personal data. The categories of personal data we process include the following.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a text file with an identification number that is transferred to the user’s computer and stored there along with other data actually requested during the use of the website. The file remains in place for later access and is used to authenticate the user. cookies do not pose any threat to the computer, as they are not executable programs, but simple files.
Internet browsers automatically accept cookies depending on the settings chosen by the user. users can stop storing cookies, or be notified when a cookie is set. Deactivating cookies may result in certain features of the website being unavailable or available only to a limited extent.
The setting of cookies on our website can be stopped at any time through your browser settings. You can also delete active cookies at any time using your browser settings or other software programs.
Cookies from partner companies (third parties) may be placed on your hard drive when you visit our website and when we work with advertising partners to help us make our online offerings more attractive to you.
We may place cookies on your device if it is necessary for the operation of this website. for all other types of cookies, we require your consent.
This website uses different types of cookies. some cookies are set by third parties that appear on our website.
You can modify or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie statement on our website.
Session cookies– Cookies that are used during a session and are automatically deleted when the implementation browser is closed are called session cookies. These help to ensure, for example, the playback of video and audio files, as well as the temporary storage of your user input when typing, thus improving user-friendliness.
Persistent cookies- Cookies that remain on your device after you have closed your browser are known as persistent cookies. these cookies are able, for example, to store your user preferences, such as language settings, and to analyse user behaviour on our website. Persistent cookies are stored for a period that corresponds to the respective duration of each cookie. They are then automatically deleted.
We process your data for the following purposes- Correspondence with you, advertising, quality assurance and statistics, providing and optimizing our services and website, improving our services
Legal Basis
The following legal bases apply to the processing of your data:
Legitimate Interests
We pursue the following legitimate interests in the processing of your data: To improve our services, protecting our systems from misuse, creating statistical data, marketing purposes, data storage and security platform to store and preserve your data, provide services, including websites and accompanying customer support, conducting research, technical diagnostics or analysis, sending emails and updates, to store our communications with you, requests or obligations to provide data
Data Provision Requirement or Obligation
It is not required or obligatory to provide your data except when it is expressly stated.
Data Sources
We do not gather data about you from third parties.
Storage Period
We store your data,
Recipients of data
When processing your data, we work with the following service providers that have access to your data
Facebook, Facebook Custom Audiences:
Facebook Custom Audiences by Facebook Ireland Ltd (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) is a service we use on our website that uses the Facebook pixel for integration. When you visit our website, a direct connection is established between our website and Facebook’s servers and the pages you visit are delivered to these servers. If you are logged in, Facebook will assign this information to your personal Facebook account. It is possible to find out if users are redirected to our website by clicking on our Facebook ads. This enables us to optimize our ads (“Facebook Ads”) and to show them only to users who are interested in our products.
See Facebook’s data use policy here: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
You can adjust your advertising preferences in the “Settings” section of your profile, and then in the “Ad Settings” section when you register and sign in to your Facebook account.
Facebook:
Our website integrates with the social media plugins of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Place, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. You can identify them by the “like” or “thumbs up” symbol or the blue “f” sign. You can see a list of Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_EN. Visiting our website will establish a connection to the Facebook server. If you are logged into Facebook, this visit can be associated with your user account. Facebook will also be associated with your profile and will save all your interactions with the plugin (for example, by clicking the “thumbs up” button). We have no influence on the scope and content of the data collected by Facebook.
Facebook’s data use policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
In order to prevent the collected data from being associated with your profile, you must log out of your account.
Google AdWords / Remarketing:
We use Google AdWords on our website at Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. Reaching our website through Google Ads installs a 30-day cookie, which allows us to record actions on our website after clicking on our ads. This allows us to better analyze and optimize our campaigns and present ads that are relevant to your interests.
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
In order to prevent the processing of your data, you can download or, more precisely, set and save an opt-out cookie via this link: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
Google Analytics:
We use Google Analytics from Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. we use cookies to collect and analyse data about the use of our website in order to maximise functionality and improve our services.” The “_anonymizeIp()” anonymization extension is used to anonymously perform IP address logging.
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
The processing of your data can be prevented by opting out of cookies using one of the following links: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
or https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-analytics-opt-out/fllaojicojecljbmefodhfapmkghcbnh?hl=de
Outbrain:
Our website integrates with the Outbrain service of Outbrain, Inc. 39 West 13th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10011, USA. Outbrain directs online users to content of interest and relevance to them. For this purpose, only pseudonym data is processed.
Outbrain’s privacy policy: https://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy#privacy-policy.
You may opt out of Outbrain’s collection and storage of data at any time, effective for the future. To do so, please go to the following link: https://my.outbrain.com/recommendations-settings/home.
By clicking on “View my profile”, you can move the radio button under “Select your recommendation settings below” to “Non-personalized recommendations (opt-out)”.
Taboola:
We use the Taboola service from Taboola Inc., Taboola Germany GmbH, c/o MindSpace Friedrichstraße 68, 10117 Berlin, Germany. a cookie from this service is placed on our website and detects how you move around our website and which websites you visit frequently. We can then create a personalized offer for you by recommending content that matches your interests.
Taboola’s privacy policy: https://www.taboola.com/de/privacy-policy.
To prevent your data from being processed, you can download or, more precisely, set and save an opt-out cookie through this link: https://www.taboola.com/de/privacy-policy#user-choices-and-optout.
On Youtube. If you have decided to use the services of Tabolao, you can contact the Youtube portal.
Our website contains social media plugins from YouTube LLC (901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA), a company that is part of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. Access to our website establishes a connection to YouTube’s servers using the “Enhanced Privacy Mode” provided by YouTube. The transmission of information about your use of your IP address to access our site occurs only after you have interacted with the plugin (for example, by clicking on an embedded video). If you are logged into YouTube at that time, YouTube may associate your visit to our site with your user account. For example, interacting with an embedded video will cause YouTube to associate it with your profile and save it. We have no control over the scope or content of the information collected by YouTube.
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
In order to prevent the collected data from being associated with your profile, you must log out of your account
JWPlayer:
We have partnered with LongTail Ad Solutions, Inc. d/b/a JW Player to provide video content.
8 W 38th St., Ste. 901 New York, NY 10018 USA.
By visiting the page that presents any JWPlayer video clip, a direct connection is established between your browser and the JW Player servers in the United States. This is where your access data and your IP address are stored. Information about your interaction with the JW-Player plug-in (for example, clicking on the Start button) is also transmitted to JW-Player and stored there.
Further information can be found at https://www.jwplayer.com/privacy.
OneSignal:
We use OneSignal (2194 Esperanca Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA) to insert push messages. OneSignal may process your data and store it in its system. You may revoke your permission at any time through the appropriate browser settings or on the following page, and your subscription to push messages may be temporarily suspended or terminated.
For more information, please visit https://onesignal.com/privacy_policy.
Cake:
20411 SW Birch St. Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA is used by us to optimize our online and marketing services, as well as to measure reach and conduct market research. We process your online identifier in order to obtain the necessary statistical information about the use of our online services and the behavior of our users across our numerous online services. If you do not wish to consent, please go to http://getcake.com/privacy-policy/#rights.
For more information, please visit http://getcake.com/privacy-policy/#rights.
Yandex Direct
We use the Yandex Direct service to measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
YANDEX LLC is a company incorporated under the laws of Russia with its registered office at Lva Tolstogo 16, Moscow 119021, Russia (“YANDEX” LLC), or its affiliates providing specific services or in specific jurisdictions.
For users in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland, Yandex is represented by its Finnish entity Yandex Oy, a company incorporated under the laws of Finland with its registered office at Moreenikatu 6, 04600 Mantsala, Finland.
For users in Israel, Yandex is represented by its Israeli entity Yandex.Go Israel Ltd, a company incorporated under the laws of Israel with its registered office at 148 Menachem Begin St., Tel Aviv, Israel 6492104.
When you navigate to our website through a Yandex ad, a cookie is installed that allows us to record the actions taken on our website after you click on our ad. This allows us to better analyze and optimize our advertising campaigns and gives us the ability to serve ads that are relevant to your interests. yandex will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. For more information, please visit https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/.
Microsoft Advertising (Bing Ads)
We use the “Bing Ads” conversion measurement and tracking tool from Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 D18 P521, Ireland to measure advertising.
We and Microsoft may use cookies to recognize when someone arrives at a predetermined destination after clicking on an ad and is redirected to our online services. We only collect the total number of users who click on a Bing ad and are redirected to a landing page (conversions). IP addresses are not stored and no other personal information about the user’s identity is disclosed.
To object/revoke your consent, please use http://choice.microsoft.com/de-DE/opt-out. The duration of the cookie function used is 6 months. For more information, please visit https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.
Plista
We use the services of plista GmbH, Torstraße 33-35, 10119 Berlin, to provide the recommended technology. Plista uses technology to standardize and optimize the display of advertising material for users (based on the ads used). Priestar uses persistent cookies to process usage data and metadata.
To revoke your consent, please use https://www.plista.com/de/about/opt-out/.
For more information, please visit https://www.plista.com/de/about/privacy/.
Transfers to third countries
We transfer data to countries outside the European Economic Area. Transfers will only occur in third countries where the European Commission has confirmed that it has an adequate level of protection, or where we may have contractual agreements or other appropriate safeguards in place to ensure sensitive processing of personal data, such as certification or establishment of compliance with international security standards.
Rights of Data Subjects
As a data subject, you have the following rights.
Notice of Privacy and Disclosure Practices for California Residents
Data Recipients
This Privacy Notice applies only to visitors, users and others who reside in the State of California at the time of their visit to our website. We are adopting this notice in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2018 (CCPA) and other California privacy laws. all terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, refers to, is linkable to, or may be directly or indirectly related to a specific consumer or device (Personal Information).
Specifically, we have collected the following categories of personal information from visitors to our website in the past twelve (12) months.
Category A – Identifiers
Yes
Category B – Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
No.
Category C – Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
No.
Category D. Commercial information.
No.
Category E. Biometric information.
No.
Category F. Internet or other similar network activity.
Yes.
Category G. Geolocation data.
Yes.
Category H. Sensory data.
No.
Category I. Information related to profession or occupation.
No.
Category J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).
No.
Category K. Inferences from other personal information.
No.
The above categories of personal information are secured by the following types of sources
Directly and indirectly from you when you visit our website. For example, usage data that is automatically collected during your interaction with our platform or website.
Use of personal data
The personal data collected by us may be used or disclosed for any of the following business purposes:
To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Websites, products, and services.
To individualize your Website experience and to deliver content and product and service offerings related to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through our Websites, third-party sites, and via email or text message (with your permission, where required by law).
To support in preserving the safety, security, and integrity of our Websites, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our Websites, products, and services.
Sharing Personal Information
Your personal information is disclosed by us for business purposes to the following categories of third parties:
Service providers.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have not sold any personal information.
Your Rights and Choices
The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your rights under the CCPA and explains how you can exercise those rights.
Right to Access Specific Information and Data Portability
You have the right to request that we disclose certain information about your personal information that we have collected and used in the past twelve (12) months. We will provide this information to you once we receive and acknowledge your verifiable consumer request
The types of personal information we collect about you.
The business or commercial purposes for which we collect this personal information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share this personal information.
The specific personal data we collect about you (this is also referred to as a data portability request).
Right to request deletion
You have the right to request that we delete any personal data that we collect and hold from you, except in certain circumstances. Upon receipt and confirmation of your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and instruct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exemption applies.
Your request for deletion may be denied if retention of such information is necessary for us or our service providers.
To complete the transaction for which personal information was collected, to provide the goods or services you requested, to take reasonably expected steps in our ongoing business relationship with you, or to otherwise perform our contract with you
Detect security incidents, prevent malicious, fraudulent, deceptive or illegal activities, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
Debug products to identify and correct errors that interfere with existing intended functionality.
Exercise freedom of speech and ensure that another consumer exercises his or her right to freedom of speech or any other right provided by law.
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et seq.).
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research that complies with all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, if the removal of the information could prevent or substantially impair the realization of the research, as long as you provide prior informed consent.
Allow only internal uses that are reasonably consistent with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
Comply with a legal obligation.
Allow other internal and lawful uses of the information that are consistent with the context in which you provide the information.
To exercise the rights of access, portability and deletion
To exercise the above access, portability and deletion rights, please send us a verifiable consumer request by sending an email to privacy(at)we-love-x.com and referring to this site.
Timing and Form of Response.
We aim to respond to verifiable consumer requests within forty-five (45) days of receipt. If more time is needed (up to 90 days), we will notify you in writing of the reason and timing of the extension. Any information we provide will only cover the twelve (12) month period prior to receipt of the consumer’s verifiable request. If necessary, we will also include in our response the reasons why we were unable to fulfill the request. In the case of a data portability request, we will choose a format that is easy to use for providing your personal information and shall allow for the uninterrupted transfer of information from one entity to another. We will not charge a fee for processing or responding to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, duplicative or manifestly unreasonable. If it is determined that a request requires a fee, we will notify you of the reasons for the decision and provide you with an estimate of the fee prior to processing your request.
Non-Discrimination
You will not be discriminated against by us for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA. We will not, except with the permission of the CCPA.
Deny you access to our services
Provide you with different levels or quality of goods or services.
However, certain financial incentives we may offer that are authorized by the CCPA may result in changes in price levels, rates or quality. Any CCPA-authorized financial incentives that we offer will be reasonably related to the value of your personal information and contain written terms describing the substance of the program. Participation in the economic incentive program requires your prior consent to participate, which you may withdraw at any time.
Other California Privacy Rights
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section 1798.83) allows users of this site who are California residents to request certain information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. You may make such a request by sending an email to privacy(at)we-love-x.com.
Contact Information
Any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Notice, our Privacy Policy, the manner in which we collect and use your personal information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or any desire to exercise your rights under California law may be directed to us by email at privacy(at)we-love-x.com.
Privacy Policy Version
We may change the information in this Privacy Policy if our practices change.
Status of this Privacy Policy: 22/01/2021