Privacy Policy

Preamble

Your privacy is very important to us. doMEn d.o.o (“Me Registry”, “domain.me”) wants to make your experience on the Internet as enjoyable and rewarding as possible, and we want you to use the Internet’s vast array of information, tools, and opportunities with complete confidence.

This Privacy Policy informs about the manner in which we use, maintain and disclose Personal Data collected from customers as well as users of this website. Personal Data (hereinafter referred to as “Data”) means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (Data Subject). Categories of data are e.g. your name, your address, your email-address, but also data about your usage behavior on www.domain.me.

We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and security. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect information from all end users of our Services, what we do with the information we collect, and the choices you have concerning the collection and use of your information. We request that you read this Privacy Policy carefully.

A. General Information

1. Controller, Contact

The controller pursuant to Art. 4 No. 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is:

doMEn d.o.o.
City kvart
Masa Djurovica Lamela 3/1
Podgorica, 81000
Montenegro
Phone: +382 77 300 070
info@domain.me.

If at any time you have questions about our practices or any of your rights described below, you may contact us via the following form https://domain.me/gdpr-data-request-form/. This inbox is actively monitored and managed so that we can deliver an experience that you can confidently trust.

doMEn d.o.o.’s EU-GDPR Representative according to Art. 27 GDPR is

Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
– doMEn –
Colmantstraße 15
53115 Bonn
Germany
art-27-rep-domen@rickert.law

doMEn d.o.o.’s EU-GDPR Representative according to Art. 27 GDPR is

Rickert Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
– doMEn –
Colmantstraße 15
53115 Bonn
Germany
art-27-rep-domen@rickert.law

doMEn d.o.o.’s UK-GDPR Representative is
Rickert Services Ltd UK
– doMEn –
PO Box 1487
Peterborough
PE1 9XX
United Kingdom
art-27-rep-domen@rickert-services.uk

Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or about data protection in general, please contact our data protection officer by email at legal@domain.me.

2. Legal Bases For Processing Your Data

In general, we only process data when a legal basis is existent. We provide the legal basis in the sections on data processing, but in general we may process your personal data if one of the following conditions applies. The following information refers to data processing of personal data from both natural persons (B2C) and responsible and/or contact persons of legal entities (B2B). Insofar as we obtain the data subject’s consent for processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (a) GDPR is the legal basis.
In case of processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (b) GDPR. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary for the compliance of a legal obligation our company is subject to, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (c) GDPR.
In the case that vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person require a processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights, and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh these legitimate interests, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (f) GDPR.

3. Security Of Processing

We use technical and organizational security measures in order to protect Data, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, damage or attack by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. This site uses DNSSEC and SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

HTTPS encrypts nearly all information sent between a client and a web service. It ensures

The visitor’s connection is encrypted, obscuring URLs, cookies, and other sensitive metadata.
The visitor is talking to the “real” website, and not to an impersonator or through a “man-in-the-middle”.
The data sent between the visitor and the website has not been tampered with or modified.

Retention Periods – How Long We Keep Your Data

The data processed by us is erased or its processing is restricted in compliance with statutory requirements, in particular Art. 17 and Art. 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise within the scope of this privacy statement, we erase data stored by us as soon as such is no longer required for the intended purpose. Data will be retained beyond the time at which the purpose ends only if such data is necessary for other, legally permissible purposes or if the data must continue to be retained due to statutory retention periods. In these cases, processing is restricted, i.e. it is blocked, and will not be processed for other purposes. A statutory retention obligation may exist, for example, due to documentation obligations under tax and corporate law. In certain cases, a longer retention period may be necessary, for example, for the purpose of preserving evidence within the framework of the statutory period of limitation.

Children

Our website and offered services are not intended for children under the age of 16.

4. Processors, Third Party Service Providers

In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data, which are bound to our instructions, based on data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. We use only processors providing sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in such a manner that processing will meet the requirements of GDPR and ensure the protection of your rights. The processor does not independently process data for its own purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and as permitted by applicable data protection laws. Especially if data is transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area, it is ensured that this is in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR.

Sharing with trusted third parties. We may share your Data with affiliated companies within our corporate family, with third parties with which we have partnered to facilitate the use of our own Services, and with trusted third party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as:

Accredited UDRP providers for .ME (https://domain.me/policies/#dispute-policy)
Serving advertisements
Conducting contests or surveys
Performing analysis of our Services and customers demographics
Communicating with you, such as by way email or survey delivery
Customer relationship management
Compliance with legal, regulatory and law enforcement requests.

We cooperate with the Government of Montenegro and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about you to the Government of Montenegro or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (such as subpoena requests), to protect our property and rights or the property and rights of a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we consider to be illegal or unethical.

To the extent we are legally permitted to do so, we will take reasonable steps to notify you in the event that we are required to provide your personal information to third parties as part of legal process. We will also share your information to the extent necessary to comply with ccTLD rules, regulations and policies when you register a .ME domain name.

5. Contact Form, E-Mail, Telephone, Social Media

We are pleased to give you the opportunity to contact us for:

Informational purposes via https://domain.me/contact-me/
WHOIS data via https://domain.me/whois-data-request-form/
GDPR questions via https://domain.me/gdpr-data-request-form/
Abuse report via https://domain.me/report-abuse/
Premium program via https://domain.me/application-form/

If you contact us regarding the issue of data protection as well as any other matters, we will process the data provided by you so that we can take care of your request and respond to it. Within the scope of contacting us via contact form the legal basis for the processing of your data depends on the content of your enquiry. Purely informational enquiries are legally based on your (presumed) consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (a) GDPR. As far as the contacts are in connection with (pre-)contractual performance obligations processing is based on Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (b) GDPR. The information provided by users on the basis of Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (b) GDPR can be stored in a customer relationship management system (“CRM System”).

If you contact us by contact form for informational purposes, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continue.

We will delete your contact inquiries from our active systems immediately after final processing, unless legal permissions or storage obligations permit or require further storage. For example, when you send general inquiries about .ME domains, we will store your data for a period of six months from the moment when your request is completed.

6. Your Rights

Pursuant to the statutory provisions, you can assert the following rights with regard to personal data relating to you:

Right to withdraw given consent (Art. 7 (3) GDPR),
Right to access by the data subject (Art. 15 GDPR),
Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and Art. 17 GDPR),
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR),
Right to object where processing serves legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR).

To assert your rights, please send your request to the contact details listed above.

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR), in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

7. Changes In Our Privacy Policy

Please note that this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time due to technical progress and appropriate implementation of new technologies and/or due to changes of the law. We therefore reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy or any other places we deem appropriate, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about our Privacy Policy, our practices or our Services, you may contact us via the following form https://domain.me/gdpr-data-request-form/.

B. Information About The Processing When Visiting Our Website

1. Server Log Files

For the informational use of our website, it is generally not required that you actively provide personal data. In this case we collect and use only your data which is automatically transmitted to us by your Internet browser. These include:

date and time of your retrieval of one of our websites;
time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT);
your browser type;
the amount of the data transferred;
your browser settings;
the utilized operating system;
your most recently visited site;
the transferred data volume and access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.);
your IP address.

The data is stored on our servers. This data is not stored together with other personal data except those stated above. The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to allow delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must be stored for the duration of the session. We create so-called log files from this data. The created log files are stored to safeguard the security of our IT systems. A personal evaluation of the data, in particular for marketing purposes, does not take place.

Processing of the above data is required for technical reasons to offer a website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (b), (c), (f) GDPR in order to correctly display our website to you and to safeguard stability and security. In particular, log files are created to verify attacks on our systems. We erase server log data from our systems regularly, at the latest 30 days.

2. Newsletter

With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter in which we inform you of our current interesting offers. We used the so-called double opt-in process for registration to our newsletter. This means that after your registration, an email is sent to the disclosed email address, in which we ask you to confirm your request to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration through the hyperlink within, your information is blocked and erased after the expiration of one month. We furthermore retain your utilized IP addresses and the time of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this process is to verify your registration and clarify a possible abuse of your personal data, if necessary. Only the disclosure of your email address is required to receive the newsletter. All other disclosed information is voluntary and will be used to allow us to address you personally. After your confirmation, we store your email address for sending you the newsletter. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR.

To unsubscribe from the newsletter, you can click on the link provided in every newsletter email.

Please note that we analyze your user behavior when sending the newsletter. For this analysis, the emails sent by us contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel images that are stored on our website. For the analysis we combine the data listed under “Server log files” and the web beacons with your email address and an individual ID.

Your data will be stored and processed in an electronic newsletter system for the duration of your subscription. For this purpose and for mailing the newsletter, we use the service MailChimp, provided by Intuit Inc., 2632 Marine Way Mountain View, CA 04043, USA, which processes the data on our behalf in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. In addition, we have concluded European Standard Contractual Clauses with the provider, with which the provider has undertaken to comply with the European data protection law for the services it provides. For more information please visit MailChimp’s Privacy Policy.

3. Cookies And Integrated Services Of Third Parties

The following types of cookies can be set on your device:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for, e.g. identifying you as being signed in with the Site user ID and password, and keeping you logged in throughout your visit. These cookies do not contain any personally-identifiable information and are typically set by us.
Performance cookies: These cookies are used to collect statistical information about visitors to the Site and the pages they view. All information is aggregated and used anonymously. We use these cookies to understand what content is popular. For more information on how to manage cookies, including opt-out of performance cookies please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1
Functional cookies: These cookies allow the Site to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personal features. Note that if you disable these cookies Site may not work properly. For more information on how to manage cookies, including opting-out of functional cookies please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1
Targeting and advertising or other third party cookies: Some cookies that have been set on our Site are not related to us. Please check the third party websites for more information about these cookies.
Other companies which advertise or offer their products or services on our website may also allocate cookies to your device. The types of cookies such other companies use and how they use the information generated by them will be governed by their own privacy policies and not ours.

4. Own Cookies

When you visit domain.me, the website also stores so-called cookies on your computer. Cookies are small text files that within the scope of your visit of our website are transmitted from our web server to your browser and are stored by your browser on your computer for later retrieval. You can determine by the settings in your browser, whether cookies can be set and retrieved. You can completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, limit it to certain websites or configure your browser so that it automatically informs you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for feedback.

In particular, we use session cookies. They store a so-called session ID, with which different requests of your browser can be assigned to a certain session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website, which offers significant added value for the registration function for our conference, for example. The session cookies are deleted when the expiry time of one week has been reached.

Unless otherwise stated, the legal basis for the use of cookies is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. This can be done here or by deleting the cookies in your browser.

5. Third-Party-Cookies, Web Analytics And Third-Party-Services

You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and refuse the acceptance of third party cookies or all cookies, for example.

We use multiple web analytics tools provided by service partners to collect information about how you interact with our website or mobile applications, including what pages you visit, what site you visited prior to visiting our website, how much time you spend on each page, what operating system and web browser you use and network and IP information. In some cases, we or our partners use cookies or process your data in a way that requires your consent. Consent is given via the so-called cookie banner, which must be actively clicked.

Unless otherwise stated, the processing described in this section is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR.

The information collected from the cookie may be transmitted to and stored by these service partners on servers in a country other than the country in which you reside. Though information collected does not include Data such as name, address, billing information, etc., the information collected is used and shared by these service providers in accordance with their individual privacy policies. You can control the technologies we use by managing your browser settings, or by utilizing settings in your browser or third-party services, such as Disconnect, Ghostery and others.

Targeted ads or interest-based offers may be presented to you based on your activities on our webpages, and other websites, and based on the products you currently own. These offers will display as varying product banners presented to you while browsing. We also partner with third parties to manage our advertising on our webpages and other websites. Our third party partners may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about such activities in order to provide you with advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests, and to measure advertising effectiveness. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising click here [or if located in the European Union click here]. Please note you will continue to receive generic ads. Details of the services can be found below.

Consent to the use of cookies

For our website to function properly we use cookies. To obtain your valid consent for the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.

When you access our website, a connection is established with CookieFirst’s server to give us the possibility to obtain valid consent from you to the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only those cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The data processed is stored until the predefined storage period expires or you request to delete the data. Certain mandatory legal storage periods may apply notwithstanding the aforementioned.

CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files. Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:

Your consent status or the withdrawal of consent
Your anonymised IP address
Information about your Browser
Information about your Device
The date and time you have visited our website
The webpage url where you saved or updated your consent preferences
The approximate location of the user that saved their consent preference
A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor that clicked the cookie banner

6. Analytics, Advertising

a. Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. Holding company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The information concerning the use of the user’s online offer generated through cookies is generally transmitted to and stored at a Google server in the USA.

We inform you that, on this website, Google Analytics was expanded by the code “anonymizeIp” in order to guarantee anonymized capture of IP addresses (so-called “IP masking”). By activating IP anonymization on this website, your IP address within member states of the European Union or other contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area is first abbreviated by Google. The full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. Google uses this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to create reports concerning website activities, and to provide other services in connection with website use and Internet use vis-à-vis the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google. Pseudonym profiles of users may be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted by your browser is not combined with other data held by Google.

The website usage data is processed on our behalf and Google is contractually committed to measures to ensure the confidentiality of the processed data.

When visiting our website, the following data may be recorded, among others:

IP address (in shortened form, a clear assignment is not possible)
Approximate location (country and city)
Technical information such as browser, Internet provider, terminal device and screen resolution
Behavior on the site (pages viewed, clicks and scrolling behavior)
Orders including sales and products ordered
Source of origin of the visit (via which website or advertising medium the page was reached)
Session duration and whether the page was left without interaction
Add to favorites
Content sharing (social media)

The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (a), Art. 7 GDPR, which may be given during the first visit to the website. This consent may be withdrawn at any time in the cookie settings by amending the settings or by deleting the cookies of this website in your own browser.

It cannot be ruled out that Google Ireland Limited will transmit personal data to the holding company Google LLC (USA) as part of the commissioned processing. The USA is assessed by the European Court of Justice as a country with an insufficient level of data protection according to EU standards. Despite standard contractual clauses concluded between Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC, according to which Google LLC undertakes to maintain European data protection standards, there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes, possibly also without any legal remedy.
Google Analytics stores cookies in your web browser for a period of two years since your last visit. These cookies contain a randomly generated user ID, with which you can be recognized during future website visits.

The recorded data is stored together with the randomly generated user ID, which enables the evaluation of pseudonymous user profiles. This user-related data is automatically deleted by default after 14 months. Other data remains stored in aggregated form indefinitely.

For more information, please see Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

b. Facebook Pixel

When using our website, we place a visitor action pixel of the social network Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (mother company: Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; “Facebook”) on your computer. This allows us to track your behavior when you click on a Facebook advertisement and are then redirected to our web page. The service helps to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements in order to optimize future advertising measures. The data will remain completely anonymous to us and cannot be traced back to the respective person. However, Facebook will store and process the data and hence establish a connection between the data and the user’s Facebook profile. Data processing by Facebook is carried out in accordance with Facebook’s data usage guidelines. For this purpose, we have concluded a joint controller agreement with Facebook.

For more information about Facebook’s data processing, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If you wish to object to this procedure, please click here: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN or change your cookie settings for this website here. [MISSING LINK TO COOKIE BANNER ]

c. Crazy Egg

On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. our interest in the analysis, optimisation and operation of our websites in accordance with Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (f) GDPR, we use the Crazy Egg analysis technology from Crazy Egg, Inc. 16220 Ridgeview Lane, La Mirada, CA, 90638 USA. We have concluded a data processing agreement and so-called EU standard contractual clauses with Crazy-Egg. Through this, Crazy-Egg offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law.

Crazy Egg allows us to track the effects of various changes to a website (e.g. changes to input fields, design, etc.) within the framework of so-called “A/B-Testings”, “Clicktracking” and “Heatmaps”. A/B tests are designed to improve the usability and performance of online services. For example, users are presented with different versions of a website or its elements, such as input forms, on which the placement of the contents or labels of the navigation elements can differ. The behavior of users, e.g. length of time spent on the website or more frequent interaction with the elements, can then be used to determine which of these websites or elements are more suited to users’ needs. “Clicktracking” allows you to keep track of the movements of users within an entire online offering. Since the results of these tests are more accurate if the interaction of the users can be followed over a certain period of time (e.g. if a user likes to return), cookies are usually stored on your device for these test purposes. Technical data such as selected language, system, screen resolution and browser type are recorded. For technical reasons, this information is stored in a so-called session cookie. This means that this cookie is deleted after leaving the site and is not used to track users across multiple sites or to identify returning visitors. The information collected does not include passwords, the IP address is anonymized and the information is not shared with third parties.

Further information can be found in Crazy Egg’s privacy policy under https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy.

You can object to the analysis of Crazy Egg by clicking https://www.crazyegg.com/opt-out.

d. WordPress Stats

On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our website in the sense of Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (f) GDPR we make use of the information provided on this website. GDPR) the plugin WordPress Stats, which includes a tool for statistical evaluation of visitor access and from Automattic Inc. 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Jetpack uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Automattic.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this online service is stored on a server in the USA. User profiles of the users can be created from the processed data, whereby these are only used for analysis and not for advertising purposes.

The European Court of Justice has assessed that the USA does not provide an adequate level of data protection according to EU standards, posing a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for monitoring and control purposes—potentially without legal remedy.

Further information can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Information on jetpack cookies can be found at https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/.

e. Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA to block automated programs/bots from using our contact form. This improves the security of our website and prevents SPAM.

The data collected is hardware and software information, e.g. device and application data and the results of security checks. This data is transmitted to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The data is not being used for personalized advertising.

For more information, please see Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Further information can be found at https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/ and at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create.

f. Google Maps

We use Google Maps from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (Holding Company: Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to embed maps hosted on servers in the United States.

This allows our customers to easily find our company location and use it for navigation.

By integrating the plugin, information about the use of this website, including your IP address, is collected and transmitted to a Google server. If you are logged into your Google account, this data is related to it. Otherwise, they will be related to a separate Ad-ID.

7. Social Media

If not otherwise stated, we process your data on the basis of our legitimate interests to improve the content and make it more comfortable for you to use. The purposes we describe coincide with our legitimate interests. If cookies are used in connection with the social media content embedding, this is based on your consent.

a. YouTube

We integrate the videos of the platform “YouTube” of the provider Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (Holding company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed of which of our pages you have visited, stating your IP address.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You may be able to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Insofar as Google Ireland Limited transfers personal data to the US parent company Google LLC, USA, Google guarantees by means of standard contractual clauses to maintain EU level of data protection. Nevertheless, the USA is assessed by the European Court of Justice as a country with an insufficient level of data protection according to EU standards, and there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes, possibly also without any legal remedy.
YouTube (Google) permanently stores cookies on your device. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies in the settings of your browser. Further information on data use by Google, possible settings and objections can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www .google.com/policies/privacy/.

b. X (former Twitter) Plug-In

Our web pages include features of the X service. These features are available from Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland. By using X and the “repost” feature, the web pages you visit are linked to your X account and disclosed to other users. Data is also transmitted to X. Please note: as the provider of the web pages, we are not made aware of the content of the transmitted data or its use by X. For more information, please see the X’s privacy policy at: https://x.com/en/privacy.

You can change your X privacy settings in your account settings at https://x.com/settings/account.

c. LinkedIn

We use services of LinkedIn, offered by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can share content from this website within LinkedIn. If the users are members of the platform LinkedIn, LinkedIn can assign the call of the above contents and functions to the profiles of the users there. LinkedIn’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

8. Other Third-Party-Services

a. SurveyMonkey

We use the services of SurveyMonkey Europe UC, 2 Shelbourne Buildings, Shelbourne Road, Dublin, Ireland to conduct surveys on our website. This purpose also includes our legitimate interest in the processing of the aforementioned data, which is based on Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (f) GDPR. When you participate in a survey, SurveyMonkey collects information about the device and application you are using while participating in the survey. This includes the IP address, version of your operating system, device type, system and performance information, and browser type. It also uses third-party tracking services, which in turn use cookies and web beacons to collect usage data and user statistics. We have concluded a data processing agreement and so-called EU standard contractual clauses with SurveyMonkey. Through this, SurveyMonkey offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law. For more information about SurveyMonkey’s use of cookies, privacy, and retention periods, please visit the following link https://www.surveymonkey.de/mp/legal/privacy-policy/#pp-section-10 .

b. Gravatar

We use the service Gravatar of Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street 343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA, within our website. Gravatar is used on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (f) GDPR, as we use Gravatar to offer authors of contributions and comments the opportunity to personalize your contributions with a profile picture. By displaying the images, Gravatar knows the IP address of you, as this is necessary for communication between a browser and an online service. Gravatar is a service where you can register and store profile pictures and your email addresses. If you leave contributions or comments with the respective email address on other online presences (especially in blogs), your profile pictures can be displayed next to the contributions or comments. For this purpose, the email address provided by you is transmitted to Gravatar in encrypted form for the purpose of checking whether a profile is stored for it. This is the only purpose of transmitting the email address and it will not be used for other purposes, but deleted thereafter.

The USA is assessed by the European Court of Justice as a country with an insufficient level of data protection according to EU standards, and there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes, possibly also without any legal remedy.

Further information on the collection and use of data by Gravatar can be found in Automattic’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

c. Google Fonts

This page uses fonts from Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. holding company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers.

The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 (f) GDPR, our legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest in this case is to present our website as beautifully, consistently and securely as possible.

More information about these Google fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

d. OpenAI

To conduct our AI domain search we use the services of OpenAI OpCo, LLC, 1960 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California 94110, United States, where your data (name and last name, profession and location as provided in the form) is transferred and then processed as described in OpenAI’s https://openai.com/policies/row-privacy-policy/.

The USA is assessed by the European Court of Justice as a country with an insufficient level of data protection according to EU standards. This means, despite standard contractual clauses concluded between doMEn d.o.o. and OpenAI OpCo, LLC, according to which OpenAI undertakes to maintain European data protection standards, there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes, possibly also without any legal remedy.

9. Third-Party Websites

Our website and our mobile applications contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third-party sites. Please read the privacy policy of any website you visit.