Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection Information

This privacy policy applies to the processing of personal data carried out by a network of:

Jost Das Kreativnetzwerk
Schlachthofstraße 85
41238 Mönchengladbach
Registered Association Register: Local Court (Amtsgericht) Mönchengladbach

Due to the fact that fewer than ten employees are involved in the processing of personal data, the appointment of a data protection officer is not required.

2. Log Files

When visiting the website www.jost-connect.net or accessing the website www.jost-connect.net, information is automatically transmitted by the browser used on your device to the server of the aforementioned website.

This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the retrieved file
• Website from which access was made (referrer URL)
• Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the name of your access provider

The above-mentioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
• Ensuring convenient use of the website
• Evaluating system security and system stability
• For other administrative purposes

3. Data Processing

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your personal identity.

When you visit our website, we also use cookies and analytics services. Further explanations can be found in Sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

If you have expressly given your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, we use your email address to send you our newsletter regularly. Providing an email address is sufficient to receive the newsletter.

You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you may send your request to unsubscribe at any time by email to:

info@jost-connect.net

For inquiries of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. Providing a valid email address is required so that we know who sent the inquiry and can respond accordingly. Additional information may be provided voluntarily.

The processing of personal data for the purpose of contacting us is carried out pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.

The personal data collected by us through the contact form will be automatically deleted once your inquiry has been processed.

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only share your personal data with third parties if:

• You have expressly given your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR;
• The transfer is necessary pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in preventing the disclosure of your data;
• There is a legal obligation to disclose the data pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) GDPR;
• Disclosure is legally permissible and necessary pursuant to Article 6(1)(e) GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, trojans, or other malicious software.

Cookies store information related to the specific device being used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make the use of our services more convenient for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our website.

In addition, we use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness. These cookies are stored on your device for a specified period of time. If you revisit our website to use our services, the system automatically recognizes that you have previously visited us and remembers the entries and settings you have made, so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate this information for the purpose of optimizing our services for you in accordance with Section 5. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you return. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed through cookies is necessary for the purposes mentioned above to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a notification always appears before a new cookie is created. Please note that completely disabling cookies may prevent you from using all functions of our website.

To manage the cookies used and similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) as well as the associated consents, we use the consent management tool “Real Cookie Banner”.

Details about how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at:

https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/

The legal basis for processing personal data in this context is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used, as well as the associated consents.

The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for entering into a contract. You are not obliged to provide personal data. If you do not provide personal data, we cannot manage your consents.

5. Tracking Measures

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Through these tracking measures, we aim to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. We also use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our services for you.

These interests are considered legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective purposes of data processing and categories of data processed can be found in the relevant tracking tools.

For the purpose of adapting and continuously optimizing our website, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc.
(https://www.google.de/intl/de/aboubt/)
(1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”).

In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies are used in accordance with Section 4.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL (the previously visited website)
• Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address)
• Time of the server request

is transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.

The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide other services related to website and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of these websites.

This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.

Your IP address will never be merged with other Google data. IP addresses are anonymized so that identification is not possible (IP masking).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. However, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of the website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

 

Alternatively, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the corresponding opt-out link. An opt-out cookie will then be set, preventing future collection of your data when visiting this website.

The opt-out cookie is only valid for this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete cookies in this browser, you will need to set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics Help section:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

To statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you, we also use Google Conversion Tracking.

If you reached our website through a Google advertisement, Google Ads places a cookie on your computer in accordance with Section 4.

These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification.

If a user visits certain pages of the Google Ads customer’s website while the cookie is still valid, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to this website.

Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Therefore, cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers.

The information obtained through conversion cookies is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have chosen conversion tracking.

Google Ads customers receive the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were redirected to a page containing a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that allows users to be personally identified.

If you do not wish to participate in this tracking process, you can refuse the setting of the required cookie, for example by adjusting your browser settings to generally disable the automatic setting of cookies.

6. Rights of Data Subjects

You have the right to:

• Request information pursuant to Article 15 GDPR about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about the details thereof.
• Request the immediate rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR of inaccurate personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us.
• Request the erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
• Request restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR if the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse the deletion of the data, we no longer need the data but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, or if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 GDPR.
• Receive your personal data pursuant to Article 20 GDPR, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or request that these data be transmitted to another controller.
• Withdraw your consent pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR at any time. This means that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future.
• Lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you may contact the supervisory authority of your habitual place of residence or the location of our company.

7. Right to Object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Article 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons arising from your particular situation or if the objection relates to direct advertising.

In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without requiring you to provide reasons relating to your particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, it is sufficient to send an email to:

info@jost-connect.net

8. Data Security

During your visit to our website, we use the widely used SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in combination with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser.

As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we instead use 128-bit v3 technology.

You can recognize whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed key or padlock symbol displayed in the lower status bar of your browser.

Furthermore, we use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties.

Our security measures are continuously improved in accordance with technological developments.

9. Changes to the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2026.

Due to the further development of our website and our services, or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy.

The current version of this privacy policy can be accessed and printed at any time on our website: www.jost-connect.net

This privacy policy was created by: Rechtsanwälte24