Privacy Policy

Introduction

With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as „data“) that we process, for what purposes, and to what extent. The privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the provision of our services and especially on our websites, in mobile applications, and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as the „online offering“). The terms used are not gender-specific. As of: January 15, 2020

Table of Contents Introduction

Controller

Overview of Processing Activities

Relevant Legal Bases

Security Measures

Transmission and Disclosure of Personal Data

Data Processing in Third Countries

Use of Cookies

Use of Online Marketplaces for E-Commerce

Blogs and Publication Media

Provision of the Online Offering and Web Hosting

Newsletter and Broad Communication

Contests and Competitions

Online Marketing

Presences on Social Networks

Plugins and Embedded Features and Content

Data Deletion

Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy

Rights of Data Subjects

Definitions

Controller

Alex Roman c/o Postflex #545 Emsdettener Straße 10 48268 Greven Email: me@thefamousquiz.com Imprint: https://thefamousquiz.com/legal-notice

Overview of Processing Activities

The following overview summarizes the types of processed data, the purposes of their processing, and refers to the data subjects.

Types of processed data Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses) Content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos) Contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers) Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses) Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times) Location data (data indicating the location of the end user’s device) Contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category) Payment data (e.g., bank details, invoices, payment history) Categories of data subjects Prospects Communication partners Customers Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services) Contest and competition participants Purposes of processing Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness Visit action evaluation Cross-device tracking (cross-device processing of user data for marketing purposes) Direct marketing (e.g., via email or postal) Conducting contests and competitions Feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online form) Interest-based and behavior-based marketing Contact inquiries and communication Conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures) Profiling (creating user profiles) Remarketing Reach measurement (e.g., access statistics, identification of returning visitors) Security measures Tracking (e.g., interest/behavior-based profiling, use of cookies) Contractual services and service Management and response to inquiries Target group formation (determination of target groups relevant for marketing purposes or other content output)

Relevant Legal Bases

Below, we disclose the legal bases of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on which we process personal data. Please note that, in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations in your or our country of residence and domicile may apply.

Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) – The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes. Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject. Protection of vital interests (Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR) – Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, requiring the protection of personal data.

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection may apply in Germany. This includes, in particular, the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The BDSG contains special regulations regarding the right to information, the right to deletion, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes, and the transmission and automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for the purposes of employment (§ 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, implementation, or termination of employment relationships and the consent of employees. In addition, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

Security Measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. These measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, availability, and separation of data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, data deletion, and response to data threats. We also take the protection of personal data into account in the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default. IP address anonymization: If possible or necessary, we anonymize the IP address or have it anonymized. The last octet, i.e., the last two numbers of an IP address, is deleted in the case of IP address anonymization (the IP address is a unique identifier assigned to an internet connection by the online access provider). Anonymizing the IP address is intended to prevent or significantly complicate the identification of a person based on their IP address. SSL encryption (https): To protect your data transmitted via our online offering, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address line of your browser.

Transmission and Disclosure of Personal Data

In the course of our data processing, it may happen that the data is transferred to other places, companies, legally independent organizational units, or persons or that it is disclosed to them. Recipients of this data may include, for example, payment institutions in the context of payment transactions, IT service providers commissioned with tasks, or providers of services and content embedded in a website. In such a case, we comply with legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data that serve the protection of your data.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if the processing occurs in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, entities, or companies, this will only take place in compliance with legal requirements. Subject to explicit consent or contractual or legal transfer, we process or allow the data to be processed only in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, which includes US processors certified under the „Privacy Shield,“ or based on special guarantees, such as contractual obligations through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, the existence of certifications, or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, Information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en).

Use of Cookies

Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the user’s computer. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user during or after their visit within an online offering. Stored information may include, for example, language settings on a website, login status, a shopping cart, or the location where a video was viewed. The term „cookies“ also includes other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g., when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as „user IDs“). The following cookie types and functions are distinguished:

Temporary cookies (also: session or session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offering and closed their browser. Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after closing the browser. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. User interests, which are used for range measurement or marketing purposes, can also be stored in such a cookie. First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by us ourselves. Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information. Necessary (also: essential or absolutely necessary) cookies: Cookies may be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g., to store logins or other user inputs or for security reasons). Statistics, marketing, and personalization cookies: Cookies are also generally used as part of range measurement and when user interests or behavior (e.g., viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) are stored in a user profile on individual websites. Such profiles are used to display users content that corresponds to their potential interests. This process is also known as „tracking,“ i.e., tracking the potential interests of users. If we use cookies or „tracking“ technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or as part of obtaining consent.

Legal basis information: The legal basis on which we process your personal data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask you for consent. If this is the case and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., in the operation of a business operation of our online offering and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary, to fulfill our contractual obligations. General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the option at any time to revoke consent or to object to the processing of your data using cookie technologies (collectively referred to as „opt-out“). You can initially declare your objection using the settings of your browser, e.g., by deactivating the use of cookies (which may also restrict the functionality of our online offering). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be explained using a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, through the websites http://optout.aboutads.info and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, you can receive further objection information as part of the information about the used service providers and cookies.

Processed data types: Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses). Data subjects: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services). Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Use of Online Marketplaces for E-Commerce

We offer our services on online platforms operated by other service providers. In this context, the data protection notices of the respective platforms also apply in addition to our data protection information. This applies in particular to the procedures used on the platforms for reach measurement and interest-based marketing.

Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses), payment data (e.g., bank details, invoices, payment history), contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers), contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category), usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses). Data subjects: Customers. Purposes of processing: Contractual services and service. Legal bases: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Services and Service Providers:

Instagram: Social network; Service provider: Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA; Website: https://www.instagram.com; Privacy Policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy. Facebook: Social network; Service provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Privacy Shield (Ensuring the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active; Opt-out option: Ad settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads; Additional privacy information: Agreement on joint processing of personal data on Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum, Data protection information for Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data. Plugins and embedded features, as well as content:

We integrate functional and content elements into our online offering that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as „third-party providers“). This may include, for example, graphics, videos, or social media buttons, as well as posts (hereinafter collectively referred to as „content“). The integration always requires that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the users, as they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content or functions. We make every effort to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also called „web beacons“) for statistical or marketing purposes. The „pixel tags“ can be used to evaluate information, such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may include technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time, as well as additional information about the use of our online offering and may also be connected with such information from other sources. Legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to use third-party providers, the legal basis for processing data is consent. Otherwise, user data is processed based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in efficient, economical, and user-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.

Processed data types: Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses), contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers), content data (e.g., text inputs, photographs, videos), inventory data (e.g., names, addresses). Data subjects: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services), communication partners. Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness, contractual services and service, tracking (e.g., interest/behavioral profiling, use of cookies), feedback (e.g., collection of feedback via online form), security measures, management and response to inquiries, contact requests and communication, direct marketing (e.g., by email or postal), interest-based and behavioral marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles). Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR), consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR).

Services and service providers:

Facebook Social Plugins: Facebook Social Plugins – These may include content such as images, videos, or texts and buttons that users can use to share content from this online offering within Facebook. The list and appearance of Facebook Social Plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/; Service provider: https://www.facebook.com, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Privacy Shield (Ensuring the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active; Opt-out option: Ad settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. Google Fonts: We integrate the fonts („Google Fonts“) from the provider Google, whereby the user data is used solely for the purpose of displaying the fonts in the user’s browser. The integration is based on our legitimate interests in a technically secure, maintenance-free, and efficient use of fonts, their uniform presentation, and consideration of possible licensing restrictions for their integration. Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://fonts.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Ensuring the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TRkEAAW&status=Active. Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the service „Google Maps“ from the provider Google. The processed data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of the users, which, however, are not collected without their consent (usually performed as part of the settings on their mobile devices). Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://maps.google.de; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Ensuring the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TRkEAAW&status=Active; Opt-out option: Opt-out plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for displaying advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. Shariff: We use the privacy-protected „Shariff“ buttons. „Shariff“ was developed to enable more privacy on the Internet and to replace the usual „share“ buttons on social networks. The user remains anonymous. More information about the Shariff project can be found with the developers of the c’t magazine: https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html; Service provider: Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG, Karl-Wiechert-Allee 10, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Website: https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html; Privacy Policy: https://www.heise.de/Datenschutzerklaerung-der-Heise-Medien-GmbH-Co-KG-4860.html. YouTube: Videos; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://www.youtube.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (Ensuring the level of data protection when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Opt-out option: Opt-out plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for displaying advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. Vimeo: Video platform; Service provider: Vimeo Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA; Website: https://vimeo.com; Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy; Opt-out option: We point out that Vimeo can use Google Analytics and refer to the privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) as well as the opt-out options for Google Analytics (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) or Google’s settings for data use for marketing purposes (https://adssettings.google.com/). Data deletion:

The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in accordance with legal requirements as soon as the purposes for which they were processed cease to apply, the consents permitted for processing are revoked, or other permissions are no longer valid (e.g., if the purpose of processing the data is no longer necessary or they are not required for the purpose). If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be limited to these purposes. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons or for which storage is necessary to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person. Further information on the deletion of personal data may also be provided within the scope of the individual data protection notices in this privacy policy.

Change and update of the privacy policy:

We ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our privacy policy. We will adjust the privacy policy as soon as the changes to the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g., consent) or other individual notification. If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy policy, we ask you to note that the addresses may change over time and to check the information before contacting us.

Rights of data subjects:

You are entitled to various rights as a data subject under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 18 and 21 GDPR:

Right to object: 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 based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Withdrawal of consent: You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. Right of access: You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and other information as specified in Art. 15 GDPR. Right to rectification: You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and, if necessary, the right to have incomplete personal data completed. Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and, where appropriate, the right to restrict processing in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another controller, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR. Complaint to supervisory authority: You also have the right, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR. Definitions:

Definitions

In this section, you will find an overview of the terminologies used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are derived from the law, especially defined in Article 4 of the GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations are primarily intended to aid understanding. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

Conversion Tracking: „Conversion Tracking“ refers to a method used to determine the effectiveness of marketing measures. Typically, a cookie is stored on users‘ devices within the websites where the marketing measures take place and then retrieved on the target website. For example, this allows us to track whether the ads we placed on other websites were successful.

Cross-Device Tracking: Cross-Device Tracking is a form of tracking where user behavior and interest information are collected across devices in so-called profiles by assigning users an online identifier. This enables the analysis of user information for marketing purposes regardless of the browsers or devices used (e.g., mobile phones or desktop computers). The online identifier is usually not linked to clear data such as names, postal addresses, or email addresses.

IP-Masking: „IP-Masking“ is a method where the last octet, i.e., the last two numbers of an IP address, are deleted, so the IP address can no longer serve the unique identification of a person. Therefore, IP-Masking is a means of pseudonymizing processing methods, especially in online marketing.

Interest-Based and Behavioral Marketing: Interest-based and/or behavioral marketing refers to determining potential user interests in ads and other content as precisely as possible. This is done based on information about their previous behavior (e.g., visiting specific websites and staying on them, purchasing behavior, or interaction with other users) stored in a so-called profile. Cookies are typically used for these purposes.

Conversion Measurement: Conversion measurement is a method used to determine the effectiveness of marketing measures. Typically, a cookie is stored on users‘ devices within the websites where the marketing measures take place and then retrieved on the target website. For example, this allows us to track whether the ads we placed on other websites were successful.

Personal Data: „Personal data“ refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person („data subject“). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or one or more specific characteristics expressing the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

Profiling: „Profiling“ refers to any form of automated processing of personal data that involves using this personal data to analyze, evaluate, or predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on the type of profiling, this may include information regarding age, gender, location data and movement data, interaction with websites and their content, shopping behavior, social interactions with other people). Cookies and web beacons are often used for profiling purposes.

Reach Measurement: Reach measurement (also referred to as web analytics) is used to evaluate the visitor flows of an online offering and can include the behavior or interests of visitors in certain information, such as content on websites. With the help of reach analysis, website owners can, for example, recognize when visitors access their website and which content they are interested in. Pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are often used for reach analysis purposes to recognize returning visitors and obtain more accurate analyses of the use of an online offering.

Remarketing: „Remarketing“ or „Retargeting“ refers to the practice of noting which products a user has shown interest in on a website for advertising purposes, to remind the user of these products on other websites, e.g., in advertisements.

Tracking: „Tracking“ refers to the ability to trace user behavior across multiple online offerings. Typically, in terms of the used online offerings, behavioral and interest information is stored in cookies or on servers of providers of tracking technologies (so-called profiling). This information can then be used, for example, to display advertisements to users that are likely to match their interests.

Controller: The „Controller“ is the natural or legal person, authority, agency, or other body that decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Processing: „Processing“ is any operation or set of operations performed with or without the aid of automated processes concerning personal data. The term is broad and practically encompasses any handling of data, whether it be collecting, evaluating, storing, transmitting, or deleting.

Audience Building: Audience building (or „Custom Audiences“) refers to determining target groups for advertising purposes, such as displaying advertisements. For example, based on a user’s interest in certain products or topics on the Internet, it can be inferred that this user is interested in advertisements for similar products or the online shop where they viewed the products. „Lookalike Audiences,“ on the other hand, refers to displaying content to users whose profiles or interests are presumed to match those of the users for whom the profiles were created. Cookies and web beacons are typically used for the purpose of building Custom Audiences and Lookalike Audiences.

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