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Information according to § 5 TMG (German Telemedia Act)

iCompetence GmbH

Weidenallee 10c
20357 Hamburg

Managing Director: Matthias Postel

(Phone): +49 40 22636380
Email: info@iCompetence.de

Register Entry

Entry in the Handelsregister (Commercial Register).

Register Court: Amtsgericht Hamburg (District Court of Hamburg)
Registration Number: HRB 110059
Tax Number: 42/733/00396
VAT ID (Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer): DE 265 683 841

Image Credits

KREMS
Das Gute Bild

Hamburg.Berlin.
www.FrankKrems.de
+49 172 851 15 20

Disclaimer

Liability for Content

The contents of our pages were created with the greatest care. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or topicality of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with § 7 Para. 1 TMG under general law. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, we are not obligated to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general law remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific infringement. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove this content immediately.

Liability for Links

Our offer contains links to external websites of third parties, the content of which we have no influence over. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. Upon notification of violations, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright

The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. Upon notification of violations, we will remove such content immediately.

Data Protection

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation by third parties for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

EmpCo Audit (Greenwashing Check)

Via the EmpCo audit form on this website, you can request a free, AI-supported review of your website for sustainability/greenwashing claims. In addition to the general information, the following applies to this processing.

Data collected: Name, email address, company, URL of the website to be audited.

Purpose: Creation of a free EmpCo audit of your website as a non-binding marketing service by iCompetence GmbH.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (taking pre-contractual steps at your request).

Retention period: Until the request is completed, no longer than 12 months after initial contact. Deletion is possible at any time on request by email to info@icompetence.de.

Recipients / processors:

ProviderLocationPurposeTransfer mechanism
Anthropic PBCUSAAI-supported text analysis for the EmpCo auditEU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 (2) (c) GDPR)
Cloudflare Inc.USAHosting of the finished audit page (password-protected)EU Standard Contractual Clauses
Netlify Inc.USAProcessing of the form submissionEU Standard Contractual Clauses
Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC (Google Workspace)Ireland / USASending and receiving emailsEU-US Data Privacy Framework (EU Commission adequacy decision of 10 July 2023) and EU Standard Contractual Clauses

Data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR are in place with all providers listed. A copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses is available on request.

Third-country transfer: Processing takes place in part in the USA. An EU Commission adequacy decision does not currently exist for Anthropic; the transfer is safeguarded by EU Standard Contractual Clauses pursuant to Art. 46 (2) (c) GDPR.

Pseudonymization before AI processing: Before being transmitted to Anthropic, personal data contained in the analyzed website content (names, email addresses, phone numbers, IBANs) is automatically replaced by placeholders. Anthropic does not process any clear names or contact data from the analyzed website content. Before the audit is delivered to you, the original content is reinserted.

No automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR: The audit is created with AI support. All results are editorially reviewed before being sent. No profiling or automated decision-making with legal effect concerning you takes place.

Source: eRecht24 (Attorney-at-Law Sören Siebert)

Services

Service Description

This is a collection of fonts for commercial and personal use.

Processing Company

Google Ireland Limited

Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland

Data Protection Officer of the Processing Company

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form

Data Processing Purposes

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Provision of fonts
  • Service improvement

Technologies Used

This list contains all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels placed in the browser.

  • API

Data Collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of the service.

  • IP address
  • Aggregated usage numbers
  • Font request
  • Referrer URL
  • CSS requests
  • User Agent
  • Browser information

Legal Basis

The following is the required legal basis for processing data.

Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO

Processing Location

This is the primary location where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

European Union

Retention Period

The retention period is the time span during which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.

Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for processing purposes.

Third Country Transfers

When using this service, the collected data may be transferred to another country. Please note that data may be transferred to a country that does not have the required data protection standards. Below is a list of countries to which data is transferred. For more information on security measures, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider or contact the provider directly.

  • United States of America
  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • Chile

Data Recipients

The following lists the recipients of the collected data.

Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited

Service Description

This is a tag management system. Tags can be centrally integrated via a user interface through Google Tag Manager. Tags are small code sections that can track activities. Script codes from other tools are integrated via the Tag Manager. The Tag Manager allows you to control when a specific tag is triggered.

Processing Company

Google Ireland Limited

Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data Protection Officer of the Processing Company

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form

Data Processing Purposes

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Tag management

Technologies Used

This list contains all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels placed in the browser.

  • Website tags

Data Collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of the service.

  • Aggregated data about tag triggering

Legal Basis

The following is the required legal basis for processing data.

Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO

Processing Location

This is the primary location where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

European Union

Retention Period

The retention period is the time span during which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.

Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for processing purposes.

Third Country Transfers

When using this service, the collected data may be transferred to another country. Please note that data may be transferred to a country that does not have the required data protection standards. Below is a list of countries to which data is transferred. For more information on security measures, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider or contact the provider directly.

  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • Chile
  • United States of America

Data Recipients

The following lists the recipients of the collected data.

Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited

Service Description

This is a domain used by Google to offload static content to a different domain name to reduce bandwidth usage and increase network performance for the end user.

Processing Company

Alphabet Inc.

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States of America

Data Protection Officer of the Processing Company

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form

Data Processing Purposes

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Increasing network performance
  • Reducing bandwidth usage

Technologies Used

This list contains all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels placed in the browser.

  • JavaScript

Data Collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of the service.

  • Images
  • CSS

Legal Basis

The following is the required legal basis for processing data.

Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO

Processing Location

This is the primary location where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

United States of America

Retention Period

The retention period is the time span during which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.

CSS asset requests are cached for 1 day, font files are cached for one year. Some information is stored until it is removed by the user, others expire after a certain time, others are stored until the user's Google account is deleted.

Third Country Transfers

When using this service, the collected data may be transferred to another country. Please note that data may be transferred to a country that does not have the required data protection standards. Below is a list of countries to which data is transferred. For more information on security measures, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider or contact the provider directly.

  • United States of America
  • China
  • Taiwan
  • Singapore

Data Recipients

The following lists the recipients of the collected data.

Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited

Stored Information

Below you can see the longest potential storage duration on a device, set when using the cookie storage method and when using other methods.

Maximum Cookie Storage Duration: Session

Service Description

This is a service that checks whether data input is performed by a human or by an automated program.

Processing Company

Google Ireland Limited

Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data Protection Officer of the Processing Company

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form

Data Processing Purposes

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Bot protection
  • Spam prevention
  • Fraud detection

Technologies Used

This list contains all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels placed in the browser.

  • Scripts

Data Collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of the service.

  • Browser language
  • Browser plugins
  • Click path
  • Date and time of visit
  • IP address
  • User behavior
  • Time spent on page
  • User input
  • Device information
  • Mouse movements
  • Geographic location
  • Device operating system

Legal Basis

The following is the required legal basis for processing data.

Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO

Processing Location

This is the primary location where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

European Union

Retention Period

The retention period is the time span during which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.

Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for processing purposes.

Third Country Transfers

When using this service, the collected data may be transferred to another country. Please note that data may be transferred to a country that does not have the required data protection standards. Below is a list of countries to which data is transferred. For more information on security measures, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider or contact the provider directly.

  • United States of America
  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • Chile

Data Recipients

The following lists the recipients of the collected data.

Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited

Stored Information

Below you can see the longest potential storage duration on a device, set when using the cookie storage method and when using other methods.

Maximum Cookie Storage Duration: 180 days

Service Description

This is a consent management service. On websites and apps, Usercentrics GmbH is used as a data processor to ensure consent management.

Processing Company

Usercentrics GmbH

Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich, Germany

Data Protection Officer of the Processing Company

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

mailto:datenschutz@usercentrics.com

Data Processing Purposes

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Compliance with legal obligations
  • Consent storage

Technologies Used

This list contains all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels placed in the browser.

  • Local Storage
  • Pixel

Data Collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of the service.

  • Opt-in and opt-out data
  • Referrer URL
  • User Agent
  • User settings
  • Consent ID
  • Time of consent
  • Consent type
  • Template version
  • Banner language
  • IP address
  • Geographic location

Legal Basis

The following is the required legal basis for processing data.

Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. c DSGVO

Processing Location

This is the primary location where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

European Union

Retention Period

The retention period is the time span during which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.

Consent data (granted consent and revocation of consent) is stored for one year. The data is then deleted immediately.

Data Recipients

The following lists the recipients of the collected data.

Usercentrics GmbH

Service Description

This is an analytics service. The service enables measuring traffic and engagement on websites and mobile apps across devices using customizable reports.

Processing Company

Google Ireland Limited

Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data Protection Officer of the Processing Company

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form

Data Processing Purposes

This list represents the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Marketing
  • Analytics

Technologies Used

This list contains all technologies with which this service collects data. Typical technologies are cookies and pixels placed in the browser.

  • Tracking code
  • Cookies

Data Collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of the service.

  • Device information
  • Geographic location
  • Browser information
  • Screen resolution
  • Referrer URL
  • Interaction data
  • Date and time of visit
  • User behavior
  • Visited pages
  • Online identifiers
  • Truncated IP address
  • User ID
  • Advertising identifier
  • Purchase information
  • Device operating system

Legal Basis

The following is the required legal basis for processing data.

Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO

Processing Location

This is the primary location where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

European Union

Retention Period

The retention period is the time span during which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.

Data is stored for up to 50 months depending on the controller's choice.

Third Country Transfers

When using this service, the collected data may be transferred to another country. Please note that data may be transferred to a country that does not have the required data protection standards. Below is a list of countries to which data is transferred. For more information on security measures, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider or contact the provider directly.

  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • Chile
  • United States of America

Data Recipients

The following lists the recipients of the collected data.

Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited

Stored Information

Below you can see the longest potential storage duration on a device, set when using the cookie storage method and when using other methods.

Maximum Cookie Storage Duration: 731 days