Privacy policy

General notes

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Reference to the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing („controller“) on this website is:

GenieWIN GmbH
Represented by: Mr Oliver Wydwaldt
Am Kaiserkai 62, 20457 Hamburg
Phone: +49 (0) 40 228 643 43-0
E-Mail: info@geniewin24.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Data protection officer

You can reach our data protection officer at info@geniewin24.com
What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this purpose and for further questions on the subject of data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.

3.1 Rights in data processing according to legitimate interest
Pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) of the GDPR (data processing in the public interest) or on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (data processing for the purposes of safeguarding a legitimate interest); this also applies to profiling based on this provision. In the event of your objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
3.2 Rights in the case of direct advertising
If we process your personal data for the purpose 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 pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing.

In the event of your objection to processing for the purpose of direct marketing, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.
Data collection on our website

4.1 Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us when you visit our site. These are:
- Browser type and version

- Operating system used

- Referrer URL

- Host name of the accessing computer

- Time of the server request

- IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website - for this purpose, the server log files must be collected. We process your personal data only to the extent necessary in each case. If the collected data is no longer required for the purposes mentioned, it will be deleted. In the case of log files, this is the case when your respective session has ended.

4.2 Request by e-mail or contact form

When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions and process your requests. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f ) GDPR. Insofar as we request information via our contact form that is not necessary for contacting you, we have always marked this as optional. This information is used to specify your request and to improve the processing of your request. Communication of this information is expressly on a voluntary basis and with your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Insofar as this involves information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also consent to us contacting you via this communication channel, if necessary, in order to respond to your request. You can, of course, revoke this consent at any time for the future.

Your data that we have received in the course of contacting you will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, your request has been fully processed and no further communication with you is necessary or desired by you.

4.3 Newsletter

With your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, you can subscribe to our newsletter, with which we inform you about our current offers.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to register for our newsletter. This means that after your registration, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month.

In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data.

If we have received your consent to personalized information, we will evaluate your user behavior on our website as well as within the newsletters we send out and assign it to your user profile maintained by us. We also store information about the devices used, opening, clicking and reading behavior in e-mails, as well as subject areas that have been visited within the website.

The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. After your confirmation, we store your e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare the revocation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email or by contacting the data protection officer stated above.

4.4 Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content or amendment of the brokerage relationship. This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

This includes, in particular, any necessary transfer of your data to our partners for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations towards you. E.g. within the framework of the implementation of competitions, we do not do this ourselves, but reliable partners who cooperate with us for this purpose. The collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

4.5 Registration

On our website, we offer users the opportunity to register by providing personal data. The data is entered in an input mask and transmitted to us and stored. The following data is collected during the registration process:

(1) Salutation

(2) Name

(3) E-Mail address

(4) Telephone number

The following data is also stored at the time of registration:

(1) the IP address of the user

(2) Date and time of registration

As part of the registration process, the user's consent to the processing of this data is obtained.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his consent.

If the registration serves the fulfilment of a contract to which the user is a party or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the additional legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.

This is the case for the data stored during the registration process for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures if the data is no longer required for the implementation of the contract. Even after the conclusion of the contract, there may be a need to store personal data of the contractual partner in order to comply with contractual or legal obligations.

If the data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, early deletion of the data is only possible insofar as contractual or legal obligations do not prevent deletion.

If this should also be the case on the new websites, this note must also be added here.

5. Use of Cookies

Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. The following data is essentially stored and transmitted in session cookies:

- Language settings
- Log-In information
- Visitor ID
- Timestamp with start and end of the current session.

Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit. These cookies are automatically deleted from your system after a preset period of time, which differs depending on the cookie.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.

When accessing our website, users are informed by an information banner about the use of cookies and referred to this data protection declaration. In this context, there is also an indication of how the storage of cookies can be prevented in the browser settings. In addition, your prior consent is obtained for the use of cookies that are not technically necessary.

6. Tracking technologies

6.1 Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) The use includes the Universal Analytics mode of operation. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to analyse the activities of a user across devices.

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The main component linking users' browsing behaviour is the client ID, and a cookie is used to store this client ID and forward it from page to page. We prevent Google Analytics from storing this client ID in a cookie. We do this by using a script in a tag management system (such as Google Tag Manager) that generates a new and random client ID each time a page is unloaded. This effectively makes the user completely anonymous (as requested) but still allows us to see the interactions on the website.

This will only accurately report hit-level data such as total number of page views and total number of events. This means that metrics based on session or user level data (such as bounce rate, session duration, time on page, entrances or exits) are all inaccurate. However, all normal metrics will still be populated, so user and session metrics will still be displayed, but they will not be accurate and cannot be attributed to any user.

The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month. You can find more information on the terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

6.2 Facebook Custom Audiences / Facebook Pixel

In the context of usage-based online advertising, we use the Custom Audiences service of Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA). For this purpose, we define target groups of users in the Facebook ad manager on the basis of certain characteristics, who are subsequently shown ads within the Facebook network. Users are selected by Facebook based on the profile information they provide and other data provided through their use of Facebook. If a user clicks on an advertisement and subsequently arrives on our website, Facebook receives the information that the user has clicked on the advertising banner via the Facebook pixel integrated on our website.

In principle, 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. A Facebook cookie is set in the process. This cookie records information about your activities on our website (e.g. surfing behaviour, sub-pages visited, etc.). Your IP address is also stored and used for the geographical targeting of advertising.

Facebook Custom Audiences via the customer list is not used by us, nor is the "advanced matching" function.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy. You can make settings regarding which advertisements are displayed to you on Facebook under this link and in the Facebook account settings.

The transfer of data to the USA is permitted under Art. 45 of the GDPR, as Facebook is Privacy Shield-certified and thus an adequate level of data protection exists under Commission Implementing Decision(EU) 2016/1250 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32016D1250&from=EN). The certification can be viewed at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active.

Further information on Facebook's Custom Audiences service can be found at: https://de-de.facebook.com/business/help/449542958510885

Further information on data processing and storage periods can be obtained from the provider or at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

Deactivation of the "Facebook Custom Audiences" function is possible for logged-in users at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_

You can also prevent the storage of cookies altogether by adjusting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. Further options for deactivating cookies by third-party providers can be found at www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Platform.

6.3 Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. We have opted for the offline variant, in which the Google Fonts are stored locally on our web server. The fonts can then be managed - using CSS - as with any other font family. The IP address and other data are not transmitted to Google.

Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers with regard to efficiency and cost-saving considerations. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

6.4 Campain Manager (formerly DoubleClick by Google)

This website uses Google's online marketing tool Campaign Manager. Campaign Manager uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are shown in which browser and can thus prevent them from being shown more than once. In addition, Campaign Manager can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a Campaign Manager ad and later visits the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase. According to Google, Campaign Manager cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of Campaign Manager, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is still possible for the provider to obtain and store your IP address.

In addition, the Campaign Manager (DoubleClick Floodlight) cookies used allow us to understand whether you take certain actions on our website after you have accessed or clicked on one of our display/video ads on Google or on another platform via Campaign Manager (conversion tracking). Campaign Manager uses this cookie to understand the content you have interacted with on our websites so that we can later send you targeted advertising.

You can prevent participation in this tracking process in several ways:
a) by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly, in particular, suppressing third-party cookies will result in you not receiving third-party ads;
b) by disabling conversion tracking cookies by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com, https://www.google.com/settings/ads , which setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies;
c) by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign "About Ads" via the link https://www.aboutads.info/choices, which setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies;
d) by permanently disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign "About Ads" via the link https://www.aboutads.info/choices, which setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies;
d) by permanently disabling them in your browsers Firefox, Internetexplorer or Google Chrome under the link http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin,
e) by means of appropriate cookie setting. Please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookies about your use of the websites and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/142293?hl=en under "Display settings", "Extension for Campaign Manager deactivation".

For more information on Campaign Manager, please visit https://www.google.com/doubleclick and on data protection at Google in general: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en . Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at http://www.networkadvertising.org. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework .

The legal basis of the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

6.5 Social-Media-Plugins from Facebook, Google+, Twitter and Instagram Plugins

On our website, so-called social plugins ("plugins") of the social networks Facebook and Google+, the microblogging services Twitter and Instagram are used. These services are provided by the companies Facebook Inc, Google Inc, Twitter Inc and Instagram LLC. offered ("Provider").

Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. ("Facebook"). You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

Google+ is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA. 94043, USA ("Google"). An overview of the Google plugins and their appearance can be found at here: https://developers.google.com/+/web/

Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Twitter"). You can find an overview of the Twitter buttons and their appearance here: https://about.twitter.com/en_us/company/brand-resources.html

Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. ("Instagram"). You can find an overview of the Instagram buttons and their appearance here: https://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges

When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser provides a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter or Instagram. The The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by the respective provider and integrated into the page.

Through the integration of the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile. or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a server of the respective provider in the USA and there saved.

If you are logged in to one of the services, the providers can link the visit to our website to your profile on Facebook, Google+, Twitter or Instagram directly. If you are connected to the plugins, for example the "Like", the "+1", the "Tweet" or the "Tweet" plugin. If you click on the "Instagram" button, the corresponding information is also sent directly to a server. the provider and stored there. The information is also stored in the social network, published on your Twitter or Instagram account and shared with your contacts there. displayed.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the providers as well as your rights in this respect and setting options for the protection of your For privacy information, please refer to the data protection notices of the providers.

Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Privacy policy of Google: https://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html
Privacy policy of Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy
Instagram privacy notice https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

If you want to directly assign the data collected on your website to your profile in the respective service, you must you log out of the relevant service before visiting our website. You can you can also completely prevent the loading of the plugins with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the Script blocker „NoScript“ (https://noscript.net/).

6.6 MessengerPeople

On our website, you have the option of contacting us via a messenger service. We use the double opt-in process for this, i.e. you receive a confirmation message for verification.

For this purpose, we work together with the service provider MessengerPeople. The company provides the infrastructure for sending the notifications and processes the data on our behalf in accordance with the data protection legislation. Collected information is only used for the provision of the service. Third parties do not receive your data.

Data provided to us by you or MessengerPeople after you have signed up may include your user data stored with the Messenger platform (which may include your first and last name), your telephone number, your usage device, your Messenger ID, your profile picture and your chat or message history with us.

This data helps us to send you personalized messages based on your preferences. Further information that you provide individually via the respective chat is automatically stored.

You have the option to end our service at any time with an individual message. To do so, send "STOP" in the messenger. You will not receive any further messages until you log in again.

You also have the option of having all of your stored data removed; to do this, send a message with the text "DELETE ALL DATA" via your messenger and your data will be deleted.

The legal basis of the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. You can find out more about data protection at MessengerPeople here.

https://www.messengerpeople.com/privacy/

Your consent to data processing can be freely revoked at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. For this purpose, you as a consumer have the possibility to contact us at any time with the request to no longer process your information and the personal data collected from you from now on and to delete existing data and information.

7. Transmission of their data to third parties

We transmit your personal data to providers individually selected by us only insofar as it is necessary for the contractual arrangement of the brokerage relationship. The data is not passed on to third parties for other purposes.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

8. Recipients of their data

We use external service providers (e.g. service providers for sending newsletters) to provide our web applications. These service providers only receive access to personal information that is necessary for the performance of their respective activities. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information for any other purpose. Contractual agreements within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR have been concluded with these service providers.

9. Final provisions

This contract and all non-contractual obligations in connection with it are subject to the law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Should individual provisions of this data protection declaration be invalid, this shall not affect the legal validity of the remaining provisions.

We have taken extensive technical and operational precautions to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.

Please note that this privacy policy applies exclusively to Internet pages of Vergleichs-Guru. Insofar as our pages contain links to Internet pages of third parties, our data protection declaration does not apply to these. Please inform yourself on the respective pages about the data protection regulations applicable there.

You can find further information about us in our imprint: Imprint.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact
us by e-mail at info@geniewin24.com

Status: January 2022