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Privacy Policy for business-english-success.com

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at webmaster@business-english-success.com.

At business-english-success.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by business-english-success.com and how it is used.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, business-english-success.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Data Processing in Connection with Newsletters

On our website or by sending us a request, you can subscribe to a free newsletter. We only send this newsletter on the basis of the recipients’ consent or a statutory permission. If, within the scope of the subscription to the newsletter, its contents are specified in detail, these shall be relevant to the consent given by the users. Apart from this, our newsletters contain information about news, products, events, and subjects related to our business as well as language learning in general.

The data you enter in the input screen when subscribing to the newsletter are sent to us. These are:

E-mail address
Your first name

Additionally, subscription to the newsletter involves the collection of the following data:

IP address of the user
Date and time of the registration

The newsletter subscriptions are logged in order to be able to demonstrate the subscription process in accordance with legal requirements. Moreover, the logging serves the prevention of abuse of the services and of the data subject’s e-mail address.

The subscription to our newsletter takes place by means of a double opt-in procedure, i.e. upon subscription, you will receive an e-mail requesting you to confirm your subscription. This confirmation is necessary in order to prevent others from subscribing with your e-mail address.

In the course of the subscription process, your consent to the processing of the data will be obtained, and reference will be made to this Privacy Policy.

If you purchase goods or services on our website and enter your e-mail address while doing so, the e-mail address may subsequently be used for the delivery of a newsletter. In such a case, the newsletter will only contain direct advertising for similar goods or services of our company.

The data will not be forwarded to any third parties. However, this does not apply if the data need to be forwarded due to a statutory obligation. The data will be used exclusively for the purpose of delivering the newsletter.

The user can cancel the newsletter subscription informally and free of charge whenever he wishes. A link for this purpose is provided in every newsletter.

Contact Forms and E-Mail Contact

Our website features contact forms that can be used for contacting us electronically. If you make use of this option, the data entered in the input screen will be transmitted to us and stored by us.

The data types are indicated in the respective contact form. The forms also show which data is mandatory and which ones are optional.

When the message is transmitted, the following additional data is stored:

IP address of the user
Date and time of the transmission

In the course of the transmission process, your consent will be obtained for processing the data, and attention will be drawn to our legitimate interest in the data processing. You will be informed once again about the data processing and be referred to this Privacy Policy.

Alternatively, contact may be established via the provided e-mail address. In this case, the user’s personal data that are transmitted in the e-mail will be stored.

In this context, the data will not be forwarded to any third parties. The data will only be used for the purpose of processing the conversation.

You may withdraw any previously granted consent to the processing of personal data or object to the further data processing due to legitimate interests (see “Note concerning Special Right to Object”). In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.

The withdrawal of consent or the objection to the further processing of the data can be declared by sending us an informal notice (e.g. by e-mail).

In this case, all personal data stored in connection with the contact will be erased.

Use of Cookies

When individual pages are accessed, we set so-called “cookies”. These are little text files that are stored on the user’s device (PC, smartphone, tablet). When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be saved to the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a specific character sequence that enables unique identification of the browser when the website is accessed

We use cookies in order to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require the identification of the accessing browser even after going to a different page. In this context, the following data are stored in cookies and transmitted:

Selection of the language version
Selection of the time zone to display time information
User session cookie to map the server sessions to the respective user in order to enable the processing of scripts of (POST) requests (e.g. in the case of all forms, such as contact forms and the newsletter form)

Additionally, third-party providers use cookies that enable the analysis of the users’ surfing behavior. These are:

Google Analytics

The details are explained in more detail in the sections concerning the respective third-party providers below.

When accessing our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes, and his consent is obtained for the processing of the personal data used in this connection. In this context, reference is also made to this Privacy Policy.

Cookies are stored on your computer, from where they are transmitted to us. Thus, you have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or limit the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. Previously stored cookies can be deleted whenever you wish. This can even take place automatically. We will construe such a “do not track” setting of your browser as an objection to the further collection and use of your personal data.

Note: If cookies are deactivated for our website, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Use of the Analysis Tool Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of the company Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies – text files that are stored on your computer and that enable the analysis of your use of the website.

Please note that on this website, the “anonymizeIp” code has been added to Google Analytics in order to ensure anonymized logging of IP addresses (so-called “IP masking”). As IP anonymization has been activated on this website, Google will first abbreviate your IP address in Member States of the European Union or other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be transmitted to and abbreviated on a Google server in the USA in exceptional cases. By order of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities, and to render other services related to the use of the website and of the Internet in general for the website operator. The IP addresses sent by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be consolidated with other data of Google.

Detailed information on the terms of use and privacy is available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by configuring your browser software accordingly; in this case, however, you might not be able to use all functions of this website. Moreover, you can prevent the collection of data concerning your use of the website (including your IP address), which are generated by the cookie, and the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin that is available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Use of the Facebook Social Plugin

Our website also contains so-called “social plugins” – little software programs of the social network Facebook. These are operated exclusively by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). On our website, you can recognize these plugins from the Facebook logo or the word “Like”.

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers in the USA. In this way, the content of the plugin is sent to your browser, which integrates it in the website.

In this way, the information that you have visited our website is forwarded to Facebook. If you are logged in to your personal user account with Facebook while visiting our website, Facebook can map the visit to the website to this account. If you interact with plugins, e.g. by clicking the so-called “Share” button or by entering a comment, this information will be sent directly to Facebook and stored there.

To prevent such data transmission, you need to log out from your Facebook account before you visit our website. In this case, certain data such as your IP address, the time of the click, the browser you use, etc. will still be transmitted to Facebook. The logout merely prevents the mapping of the data to a particular Facebook account.

If you do not wish Facebook to be able to map the visit to our website to your Facebook account, please log out from your Facebook user account and block the execution of script contents of Facebook in your browser, e.g. using the script blockers.

Note: If the execution of JavaScript is deactivated, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Use of the Twitter Social Plugins

Our website uses the “Tweet” button of the social network Twitter, which is operated by Twitter Inc., 750 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (“Twitter”). The “Tweet” button can be recognized from the dark blue bird icon.

When you access one of the web pages of our website that contains such a button, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Google servers. The content of the “Tweet” button is transmitted directly from Twitter to your browser, which integrates it in your Twitter message. Therefore, the scope of data that Twitter collects with the button is beyond our control. As far as we know, only the user’s IP address and the URL of the respective web page are transmitted when obtaining the button, but only for the purpose of displaying the button. Interactions such as clicking a “Retweet” button are also forwarded to Twitter.

If you are a member of Twitter and do not want Twitter to collect data about you via our website and link them to your member data that are stored at Twitter, log out from Twitter before visiting our website.

You can prevent the execution of the JavaScript code required for the tool by configuring your browser software accordingly.
To prevent the execution of JavaScript code entirely, you can also install a JavaScript blocker.

Note: If the execution of JavaScript is deactivated, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Use of Pinterest Social Plugins

This website uses Social Plugins of the social network of Pinterest (Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA). When you visit this website, the Plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Pinterest server. Pinterest is thus able to receive the information that you accessed this website with your IP-address. When you click the “Pin it” button while you are logged on to Pinterest with your Pinterest user account, you are able to share contents of this website over the Pinterest network. This enables Pinterest to assign the visit of these website pages to your user account.

In order to prevent Pinterest from collecting the data when you visit our website, you need to log out from your Pinterest account prior to clicking the “Pin it” button.

Note: If the execution of JavaScript is deactivated, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Use of the Google+ “+1” Button

Our website uses the “+1” button of the social network Google Plus, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The button can be recognized from the “+1” symbol on white or color background.

When you access one of our web pages that contains such a button, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Google servers. The content of the “+1” button is transmitted directly from Google to your browser, which integrates it in the web page. Therefore, the scope of data that Google collects with the button is beyond our control. According to Google, no personal data are collected unless the button is clicked. Such data (e.g. the IP address) are only collected and processed for members who are logged in.

If you are a member of Google Plus and do not want Google to collect data about you via our website and link them to your member data that are stored at Google, log out from Google Plus before visiting our website.

Note: If the execution of JavaScript is deactivated, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Use of the LinkedIn “Share” Button

Our pages contain plugins of the social network LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn”). You can recognize the LinkedIn plugins from the LinkedIn logo or the “Recommend” button on our website. When you visit a website that contains such a button, a direct connection is established between your browser and the LinkedIn server via the plugin, provided that you activated the data transfer by means of click. In this way, LinkedIn receives the information that you have visited our website from your IP address.
If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button while you are logged in to your LinkedIn account, you can link the contents of your pages to your LinkedIn profile. In this way, LinkedIn can map the visit to our pages to your user account. Please note that as a site provider, we are not informed about the content of the transmitted data and their use by LinkedIn.

Purpose of the data processing: The use of the LinkedIn plugin takes place for the purpose of enabling direct feedback and direct sharing of our submissions and information via the LinkedIn network and thus serves our advertising and marketing interests.

For details on the data collection (purpose, scope, further processing, use) as well as your rights and configuration options, please refer to the privacy policy of LinkedIn. You can access this information at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

If you are a member of LinkedIn and do not want LinkedIn to collect data about you via our website and link them to your member data that are stored at LinkedIn, log out from LinkedIn before visiting our website.

Note: If the execution of JavaScript is deactivated, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Use of YouTube Videos on the Website

Our website loads JavaScript code of the company YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA (hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables the free upload of video clips and allows users to view, rate, and comment them. We use YouTube for the purpose of embedding videos in our website. If you have activated JavaScript in your browser and have not installed any JavaScript blocker, you browser might send personal data to YouTube.

Every time a page with an embedded YouTube video is accessed, the user’s web browser automatically downloads the respective video from YouTube and plays it.

By means of this procedure, YouTube and Google learn which particular subpage of our website the user visits. If the user is logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will, upon access to a subpage containing a YouTube video, see which particular subpage of our website the user visits. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and mapped to the respective user’s YouTube account.

YouTube and Google are informed that the respective user has visited our website whenever the user is logged in to YouTube while accessing our website; this applies regardless of whether or not the respective person clicks a YouTube video. To prevent this information from being transmitted to YouTube and Google, log out from your YouTube account before accessing our website.

The privacy policy of YouTube provides information on the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google and is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

You can prevent the execution of the JavaScript code required for the tool configuring your browser software accordingly; in this case, however, you might not be able to use all functions of this website.
To prevent the execution of JavaScript code entirely, you can also install a JavaScript blocker.

Note: If the execution of JavaScript is deactivated, it might no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

Rights of Data Subjects

Where personal data relating to you are processed, you are the “data subject”, and as such have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the controller:

Right of Access

You have the right to obtain from us confirmation, free of charge, as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed by us. Where that is the case, you have a right of access to the personal data and further information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR. For this purpose, you can contact us by mail or e-mail.

Right to Rectification

You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you also have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement. For this purpose, you can contact us by mail or e-mail.

Right to Erasure

You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the grounds specified in Art. 17 GDPR applies. For this purpose, you can contact us by mail or e-mail.

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