3.2 Communication DataWhen you are in contact with us via our Website’s contact form or by e-mail, telephone or chat, or by letter or other means of communication, we collect the data exchanged between you and us, including your contact details and the metadata of the communication (like the name, contact details, the means, place and time of communication and its content like the content of e-mails, letters, chats, etc.). If we have to determine your identity, for example in relation to a request for information regarding personal data or a request for press access, etc. we collect personal data to identify you.We use this data, which you may give voluntarily, only in order to answer your contact question / request in the best possible manner.We generally keep your communication data for 12 months from the last exchange between us. This period may be longer where required for evidentiary purposes, to comply with legal or contractual requirements. E-mails in personal mailboxes, written correspondence and chats are generally kept for 2 years.
3.3 Master DataMaster data is the basic data we need, in addition to contract data (see below), for the performance of our contractual and other business relationships or services, such as name and contact details, and information about, for example, your role and function.We process your master data if you are a customer or other business contact or work for one or because we wish to address you for our own purposes or for the purposes of a contractual partner. We receive master data from you (for example as part of a registration), from parties you work for, or from third parties such as contractual partners, associations and address brokers, and from public sources such as public registers or the internet (websites, social media, etc.).We generally keep master data for 2 years from the last exchange between us or from the end of the contract. This period may be longer if required for evidentiary purposes, to comply with legal or contractual requirements. For contacts used only for marketing and advertising, the retention period is usually much shorter, usually no more than 2 years from the last contact.Master data includes data such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and other contact details, gender, date of birth, nationality, data about related persons, websites, social media profiles, photos and videos, copies of ID cards; moreover, details of your relationship with us (customer, supplier, visitor, service recipient, etc.), details of your status, allocations, classifications and mailing lists, details of our interactions with you (if applicable, a history thereof with corresponding entries), reports (for example from the media), or official documents (for example excerpts from the commercial register, permits, etc.) that concern you. As payment information, we collect, for example, your bank details, account number and credit card data. Declarations of consent and opt-out information are also part of the master data, as well as information about third parties, for example contact persons, recipients of services, advertising recipients or representatives.Master data is not collected comprehensively for all contacts. The data collected in an individual case depends mostly on the purpose of the processing activity.
3.4 Contract DataThis means personal data that is collected in relation to the conclusion or performance of a contract, for example information about the contracts and the services provided or to be provided, as well as personal data from the period leading up to the conclusion of a contract, information required or used for performing the services, and information about feedback (for example complaints, feedback about satisfaction, etc.). We generally collect this data from you, from contractual partners and from third parties involved in the performance of the contract, but also from third-party sources (for example credit information providers) and from public sources. We generally keep this data for 2 years from the last contract activity or from the end of the contract. This period may be longer where necessary for evidentiary purposes, to comply with legal or contractual requirements.
3.5 Behavioural and preference dataDepending on our relationship with you, we try to get to know you better and to tailor our services and offers to you. For this purpose, we collect and process data about your behavior and preferences. We do so by evaluating information about your behavior in our domain, and we may also supplement this information with third-party information, including from public sources. Based on this data, we can for example determine the likelihood that you will use certain services or behave in a certain way. The data processed for this purpose is already known to us (for example where and when you use our services), or we collect it by recording your behavior (for example how you navigate our Website).Behavioral data is information about certain actions, such as your response to electronic communications (for example if and when you have opened an e-mail) or your location, as well as your interaction with our social media pages and your participation in sweepstakes, competitions and similar events. Preference data tells us what your needs are, which products or services might be of interest to you or when and how you will likely respond to messages from us.Behavioral and preference data may be analyzed on a personally identifiable basis (for example to show you personalized advertising), but also on a non-identifiable basis (for example for market research or product development). Behavioral and preference data may also be combined with other data (for example, motion data may be used for contact tracing as part of a health protection concept).We anonymize or delete this data when it is no longer relevant for the purposes pursued, which may be 2 years for service preferences. This period may be longer where necessary for evidentiary purposes, to comply with legal or contractual requirements, or for technical reasons. We describe how tracking works on our Website in Section 4.