Data protection information for visitors to the TAG websites

Tag information for visitors and users of TAG websites for the processing of personal data on the websites of TAG companies and on the use of website services (cookies, etc.)

The following statements inform you of what happens to your personal data when you open a website of TAG Immobilien AG (hereinafter also referred to as “TAG”) or the website of a company belonging to the TAG Group. These statements are addressed to the users of the website of TAG Immobilien AG, TAG Wohnen & Service GmbH (hereinafter also referred to as: TAG Wohnen), the association Bau-Verein zu Hamburg Hausverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (hereinafter also referred to as Bau-Verein), Trinom Business Apartments (hereinafter also referred to as TRINOM), of TAG-Wohnen-Sz, Studihome and tag-wohnen.myhome-smart.de. TAG Wohnen and Bau-Verein each have supplementary data protection statements that are specifically aimed at their target groups and customers (tenants or owners). Anyone who would like to be fully informed about data protection in the TAG Group may additionally read these data protection statements at www.tag-wohnen.de or www.bau-verein.de.

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and treat your data in strict confidence and in accordance with the relevant statutory regulations. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. In addition, we refer to the TAG Terms of Use, which contain further regulations on the use of websites.

1. Who is responsible for data collection on the TAG websites and whom can I contact?

The responsible entity is TAG Immobilien AG, Steckelhörn 5, 20457 Hamburg, the operator and “controller” of this website [under the GDPR].

TAG Immobilien AG
Datenschutzmanagement
Kreuzstraße 7c, 04103 Leipzig
E-Mail: datenschutz(at)tag-ag.com

As an external data protection officer, TAG Immobilien AG has appointed:

DOMUS Consult Wirtschaftsberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Schornsteinfegergasse 13
14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg
Phone: 0049 (0) 331 - 74330-0
E-Mail: datenschutz(at)tag-ag.com

These contact details for TAG also apply to all companies affiliated under company law with TAG Immobilien AG (hereinafter “TAG”), i.e. all companies belonging to the TAG Group.

2. In what way are my personal data processed via the company's website?

a) If you use the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not log in, register or otherwise provide us with information, we do not collect any personal data, with the exception of the data that your browser transmits to enable you to visit the website. The data in question include the date and time of access, the IP address, Internet service provider, browser type and version, the URL of the referring website and websites accessed. These server logfiles are stored separately from other data and cannot be assigned to a certain person. No consolidation of such data takes place with other data sources.

b) These data collected via a web interface are intended to enable visitors to the homepage to ensure error-free availability of the website and to improve the latter. These data are processed for the technical administration of the website, to analyse your user behaviour and to initiate and implement pre-contractual measures and are thus based on Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letters b) and f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

c) These data collected via a web interface are transmitted exclusively via encrypted connections. If you use the contact form offered by us for a request or to establish contact, this system uses SSL and/or TLS encryption for security reasons and to safeguard the transmission of confidential content, which you can recognise by the fact that the address line of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, then the data you transmit to us cannot be read by any third parties.

3. What are cookies and are they used on the websites?

When using the company’s website, cookies are used to ensure the correct technical procedure when visiting the website and to make the Internet offering more user-friendly, more effective and safer overall and to analyse user behaviour. Cookies are small text files that are assigned and stored on your hard disk to the browser you use and through which certain information flows to the site that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute any programs or transmit viruses to your computer. This website uses transient cookies (temporary use), persistent cookies (use subject to time limits), third-party cookies (from third-party providers) and flash cookies (possibly from third parties as well).

Transient cookies are automatically erased when you close your browser. In particular, these include session cookies. These store a so-called session ID with which various queries of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognised when you return to the website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

You can set your browser to notify you of the placement of cookies and permit cookies only on an individual-case basis, to preclude acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. On the other hand, the functionality of this website may be impaired or restricted if cookies are deactivated.

Cookies that are necessary to perform the electronic communication process to provide certain functions a restored on the basis of Article 6 (1), letter f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in storage in order to guarantee technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. This also applies to the analysis of your user behaviour.

4. Which website services are used?

a) Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google, Inc. (hereafter: “Google”). The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

In technical terms, as a rule the information generated by the cookie on your use of this website is transmitted to and stored on a server operated by Google in the U.S. However, in the event of IP anonymisation being activated on this website, your IP address will initially be truncated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the U.S., where it will be truncated. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to render other services associated with the use of the website and the Internet in relation to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be consolidated with other data from Google. You may prevent the storage of cookies by an appropriate setting in your browser software; we wish to point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website. Moreover, you may prevent the data generated by the Cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) Download and install browser plug-in available. This sets an opt-out cookie that prevents the future collection of data when you visit this website and thus deactivates Google Analytics.

Further information on Terms of Use and Privacy Policy is available at http://www. google.com/analytics/terms/en.html or at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. In addition, it is pointed out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

b) Google Maps

This website uses a map service known as Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway,Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

In order to use the function of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. As a rule, this information will be transmitted to a Google server in the U.S., where it will be stored. The provider of this website has no influence on such data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and to make it easy to find the locations specified by us on our website. This represents a legitimate interest as contemplated by Art. 6 (1) letter f) GDPR.

Further particulars on the handling of user data are available in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

c) Vimeo

Our website uses Vimeo video plugins. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages featuring a Vimeo plugin, a connection with the Vimeo servers will be established. This tells the Vimeo server which pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the United States.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you will enable Vimeo to assign your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

For further information on how user data is handled, please refer to Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://Vimeo.com/privacy.

d) YouTube

Our website uses YouTube plugins operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, United States.

When you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection with YouTube servers will be established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you will enable YouTube to assign your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. We use YouTube to make our online presence more attractive. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR.

For further information on how user data is handled, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

e) EQS Newsletter

Our website uses the option to register for the newsletter. The provider of the newsletter is EQS Group AG, Karlstraße 47, D-80333 Munich.

If you use the newsletter registration on our website, the data you enter in the registration mask will be transmitted to EQS Group AG. The information you provide will only be processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter and will, of course, be treated confidentially. The transmission of your data to EQS Group AG is based on Art. 6 para. 1lit.a DSGVO (consent). You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the validity of past data processing operations. We have concluded a contract with EQS Group AG for commissioned data processing. Further information on the handling of user data for the newsletter service on our website can be found at https://www.eqs.com/en-gb/about-eqs/data-protection.

5. What rights do I have as a visitor to the homepage?

Each data subject has the right to information pursuant to Article 15 GDPR, the right to rectification in accordance with Article 16 GDPR, the right to erasure according to Article 17 GDPR, the right to limitation of processing under Article 18 GDPR, the right to objection arising from Article 21 GDPR as well as the right to data portability based on Article 20 GDPR. As regards the right to information and the right to erasure, the restrictions of Sections 34 and 35 of the [German] Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) apply to the extent that personal data have been stored separately on TAG’s servers. This means that the right to erasure applies to the limitation of processing of personal data since TAG is obliged to secure its automated data processing security systems (backups) and erasure in these systems would involve unreasonable disproportionate effort. Finally, the data subject has a right to complain to a competent data protection supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR, read in conjunction with Section 3 BDSG).

You may revoke your consent to the processing of personal data by contacting us at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent given prior to the validity of the GDPR, i.e. before 25 May 2018. Please note that such revocation will only take effect for the future. Processing that took place before revocation is not affected by this.

The assertion of these data protection rights and in particular the exercise of the right of revocation are to be sent by email to

datenschutz(at)tag-ag.com

Or in writing by post to the Data Protection Management

TAG Immobilien AG 
Datenschutzmanagement 
Kreuzstraße 7c, 04103 Leipzig

The assertion of these rights is free of charge.

Moreover, we refer to the options described in these notes to object to the placement of cookies and to the service provider used and to exclude this from happening in technical terms in your browser settings.

6. Are my data passed on to third parties or to a third country and, if so, on what basis will this take place?

Your personal data will not be passed on to any third parties, with the exception of the anonymised IP address and the use of the website service providers as described here, and your personal data will not be passed on outside the EU.

If the IP addresses are passed on to third parties in anonymised form, TAG has entered into data processing agreements to the extent required. Only after you have contacted us via the contact form will your personal data continue to be recorded and processed/distributed within the Group. You agreed to this before opening the contact form.

7. Other notes

As a rule, no further transmission of personal data takes place to countries outside the EEA (European Economic Area) or to an international organisation. Within the scope of remote maintenance of standard IT components, it cannot be ruled out that an IT service provider from a third country (e.g. USA) may in rare cases have controlled and limited access to personal data in order to rectify any errors.

The personal data of the data subject will be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Moreover, data may be stored if this has been provided for by European or national legislation or other regulations required to be observed by the controller. The data will be blocked or erased also if a storage period prescribed by the above-mentioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion of, or performance under, a contract.

Hamburg, 13 August 2021

TAG Immobilien AG

TAG Wohnen & Service GmbH