Imprint and Privacy Policy Social Media

Imprint

cosnova GmbH
Am Limespark 2
65843 Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany

Telephone: +496196761560
Fax: +496196761561199
E-mail: info@cosnova.com
www.cosnova.com

General Management:
Mathias Delor, Javier González, Gesine Hild, Dennis Martin, Thorsten Mühl, Christina Oster-Daum, Hilko Prahl, Stefan Weinmiller, Yvonne Wutzler

Local Court / Commercial Register:
Frankfurt / Main
HRB 54730

VAT registration number:
DE 813324233

Responsible for the content in accordance with § 18 para 2 MStV (Medienstaatsvertrag [State Media Treaty]):
Mathias Delor, Javier González, Gesine Hild, Dennis Martin, Thorsten Muehl, Christina Oster-Daum, Hilko Prahl, Stefan Weinmiller, Yvonne Wutzler
Am Limespark 2
65843 Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany

Despite diligent review of the contents, cosnova assumes no liability for the content of external links. The contents of the linked pages are the sole responsibility of their operators. The contents of this Internet site have been carefully compiled and reviewed.

Despite the review of the contents, cosnova assumes no liability or responsibility for the nature or accuracy of the information on this site, neither expressed nor implied.

Dispute Resolution
Complaint procedure via online dispute resolution for consumers (DR): http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. We do not participate in any dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Privacy Policy for our TikTok presences

Latest update: August 2024

In this Privacy Policy, we provide information about certain processing of personal data when you visit the TikTok presences of essence („TikTok Presences“).

The information in this document enhances our general Privacy Policy which is available at:
https://www.cosnova.com/en/privacy-policy.

1. Controller

Joint controllers for certain processing of personal data in the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation („GDPR“) in the context of operating the TikTok Presences are:

TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited
4 Lindsey Street, Barbican, London, EC1A 9HP, Großbritannien
(„TikTok UK“),

TikTok Technology Limited
10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Irland
(„TikTok Ireland“)

(together: „TikTok“)

and

cosnova GmbH
Am Limespark 2
65843 Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany

Telephone: +496196761560
Fax: +496196761561199
E-mail: info@cosnova.com
www.cosnova.com

(„cosnova“ or „we“)

As the operator of our TikTok Presences, we have entered into agreements with TikTok regarding the joint control. The relevant document, „TikTok Analytics Joint Controller Addendum“, which also describes in more detail which processing activities are covered by joint control is available at:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/tiktok-analytics-joint-controller-addendum/en.

2. Data protection officer contact

You can contact TikTok’s data protection officer at:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/report/DPO/en.

Our data protection officer is: Moritz Görmann, CTM-COM GmbH, Marienburgstr. 27, 64297 Darmstadt, Telefon: 06151 3942-71, E-Mail: m.goermann(at)ctm-com.de.

3. Data processing in the context of operating the TikTok Presences

As the operator of the TikTok Presences, we use the „TikTok Analytics“ function made available by TikTok. We only receive this statistical information in anonymous form, which means that we cannot attribute this information to specific users who have visited our TikTok Presences. We also do not have access to the data underlying these statistics.

Informationen regarding TikTok’s use of cookies is available at:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/cookie-policy/de.

Further information about TikTok’s processing of personal data is available in TikTok’s Data Use Policy: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en.

If you interact with us through the TikTok Presences, and especially if you contact us, we may receive additional information from you, e.g. because of your comments or private messages which you send through the TikTok Presences.

4. Purposes of processing

We operate the TikTok Presences to inform about our products and to communicate with you. For this purpose, we also use the data made available through „TikTok Analytics“. This data helps us to understand your interests and to better reach our audience. We can advertise based on interests and to publish more relevant content on our TikTok Presences. Further information about us and our products is available at http://www.cosnova.com/en/; our general Privacy Policy is available at
https://www.cosnova.com/en/privacy-policy.

If you interact with us through the TikTok Presences (e.g. when you send a private message), we will process any personal data for purposes of communicating and interacting with you. We may store your comments (usually in the form of screenshots) if we decide to delete or block such comments because of inappropriate or illegal content.

5. Transfer of personal data

TikTok processes personal data about you which has been collected in the context of your use of the TikTok Presences and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. TikTok provides a general description of the personal data it collects and processes in its Data Use Policy. There, you also find information about how to contact TikTok and settings for advertising. This information is available at:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en.

In the context of the joint control, we do not receive any personal data from TikTok. Other personal data obtained through the TikTok Presences is processed in accordance with out general Privacy Policy:
https://www.cosnova.com/en/privacy-policy.
We may decide to inform the competent authorities about comments with illegal content.

6. Legal Basis

We operate these TikTok Presences to inform about our products and to interact with you. The processing is based on our legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, to have effective communications and interactions with user and an optimized presentation of our products and services. We also rely on legitimate interests when we store comments or inform the competent authorities about comments. Or legitimate interest is the preparation for possible legal disputes and the general public’s interest having competent authorities investigate illegal behaviour. We hereby inform you about your right to object, which you have when the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (see Section 7 below)

7. Your data subject rights

(a) Right of access to information

You have the right, at any time and on request, to obtain from us information about the personal data processed by us concerning you in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. You can send a request by post or email for this purpose to the contact address provided.

(b) Right to rectification of incorrect data

You have the right to demand that we rectify, without undue delay, the personal data that concerns you in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR if it is incorrect. Please contact us at the address provided to do so.

(c) Right to erasure

You have the right, under the conditions described in Art. 17 GDPR, to demand that we erase the personal data that concerns you. These conditions provide in particular for a right of erasure if the personal data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed, and in cases of unlawful processing, withdrawal or the existence of an obligation to erase the data under European Union law or the law of the member state to which we are subject. To exercise your right of erasure, please contact us at the address provided.

(d) Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to demand that we restrict processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. This right exists in particular if the accuracy of the personal data is disputed between the user and us, for the period of time required to verify its accuracy, and if the user requests restricted processing instead of erasure if there is an existing right to erasure; also if the data is no longer required for the purposes we pursue, but the user needs it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, and if the successful exercise of an objection is still disputed between us and the user. To exercise your right to restrict processing, please contact us at the address provided.

(e) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive from us the personal data concerning you which you have provided to us in a structured, common, machine-readable format in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR. To exercise your right to data portability, please contact us at the address provided.

(f) Right to object

Under Art. 21 GDPR, for reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data that concerns you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. We will cease processing your personal data unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

(g) Right to withdraw consent (in the event of consent having been given)

You have the right to withdraw consents given in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR with effect for the future. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out until its withdrawal on the basis of the consent.

(h) Right to lodge a complaint

You also have the right to lodge complaints with a data protection supervisory authoritiy.