Disclaimer

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy set out below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the legal notice (Imprint) of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or, where you have given your consent, when you visit the website through our IT systems. This primarily concerns technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time at which the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (Imprint) with regard to this and any other questions concerning data protection.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily using cookies and so-called analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact inquiries, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated through a website.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online services securely, quickly, and efficiently through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws and this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various items of personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

ME Meditation GmbH

Torstraße 103

10119 Berlin

Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 30 44044 794

Email: [email protected]

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar information).

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent that you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE PROCESSING OF DATA IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract provided to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol displayed in your browser's address bar.

When SSL/TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, Deletion and Correction

Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, where applicable, the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for any other questions concerning personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (Imprint).

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (Imprint). The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of the deletion of your data.

If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its deletion.

If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be carried out. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may — apart from being stored — only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily on your device for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted when you leave the website. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, third-party companies’ cookies may also be stored on your device when you visit our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to make use of certain services provided by the third-party company (e.g., cookies used to process payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to analyze user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies), to provide certain functions requested by you (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring website traffic) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to provide its services in a technically error-free and optimized manner. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the relevant cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can configure your browser so that you are informed when cookies are being set and can allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, accept cookies in certain cases or generally reject them, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Where cookies from third-party companies or cookies used for analytical purposes are employed, we will inform you separately about this in this Privacy Policy and, where applicable, request your consent.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if consent has been requested.

The data you enter into the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.

Inquiries by Email, Telephone or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.

The data you send to us through contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.

5. Social Media

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)

This website integrates plugins from the social network Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, however, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button (“Gefällt mir”) on this website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When you visit this website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook’s server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited this website using your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Facebook uses it. Further information can be found in Facebook’s Privacy Policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to this website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

The use of Facebook plugins is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in achieving the broadest possible visibility on social media. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Twitter Plugin

This website incorporates functions of the Twitter service. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter in the process. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Twitter uses it. Further information can be found in Twitter’s Privacy Policy at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.

The use of the Twitter plugin is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in achieving the broadest possible visibility on social media. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in your account settings at: https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Instagram Plugin

This website incorporates functions of the Instagram service. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in achieving the broadest possible visibility on social media. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Further information can be found in Instagram’s Privacy Policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Tumblr Plugin

This website uses buttons provided by the Tumblr service. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA.

These buttons allow you to share a post or page on Tumblr or follow the provider on Tumblr. When you access one of our websites containing a Tumblr button, your browser establishes a direct connection with Tumblr’s servers. We have no influence over the amount of data that Tumblr collects and transmits using this plugin. According to current information, the user’s IP address and the URL of the respective website are transmitted.

Further information can be found in Tumblr’s Privacy Policy at: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/de.

Pinterest Plugin

This website uses social plugins from the Pinterest social network, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”).

When you access a page containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin transmits log data to Pinterest’s server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the addresses of websites you visit that also contain Pinterest functions, browser type and settings, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.

Further information about the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Pinterest’s Privacy Policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

6. Analytics Tools and Advertising

1&1 Web Analytics

This website uses the analytics services of 1&1 WebAnalytics. The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D-56410 Montabaur, Germany.

As part of the analytics performed by 1&1, visitor numbers and visitor behavior (e.g., number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e., the website from which the visitor arrives), visitor locations, and technical data (browser and operating system versions) may be analyzed. For this purpose, 1&1 stores, in particular, the following data:

Referrer (previously visited website)

Requested website or file

Browser type and browser version

Operating system used

Device type used

Time of access

IP address in anonymized form (used only to determine the location from which the website was accessed)

According to 1&1, data collection is completely anonymized, meaning that it cannot be traced back to individual persons. Cookies are not stored by 1&1 WebAnalytics.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in statistically analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its online services and its advertising. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Further information on data collection and processing by 1&1 WebAnalytics can be found at the following links:

https://hosting.1und1.de/hilfe/online-marketing/

https://hosting.1und1.de/hilfe/datenschutz/datenverarbeitung-von-webseitenbesuchern-ihres-company-name-produktes/webanalytics/

https://hosting.1und1.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy/

7. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require your email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No additional data is collected, or it is collected only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent to the storage of your data and email address and to their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by using the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

The data you provide to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or by the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will then be deleted from the newsletter distribution list. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data in the blacklist is used only for this purpose and is not combined with other data. This serves both your interests and our interest in complying with the legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not subject to a time limit. You may object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

8. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with Enhanced Privacy

This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transmission of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the enhanced privacy mode. For example, regardless of whether you watch a video, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device after you start a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to compile video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent attempts at fraud. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

After starting a YouTube video, additional data processing operations may potentially be triggered over which we have no control.

YouTube is used in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in YouTube’s Privacy Policy at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Vimeo

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

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection to Vimeo’s servers is established. This informs the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also receives your IP address. This applies even if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to Vimeo’s server in the USA.

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

Vimeo is used in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Further information about the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo’s Privacy Policy at:

https://vimeo.com/privacy

Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to ensure a consistent display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must establish a connection to Google’s servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that this website has been accessed using your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring a consistent presentation of fonts on its website. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font installed on your computer will be used.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at:

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq

and in Google’s Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps mapping service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence over this data transmission.

Google Maps is used in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online services and making it easy to find the locations specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

More information about the handling of user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to determine whether data is entered on this website (e.g., in a contact form) by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, the length of time the website visitor spends on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its online services against abusive automated access and SPAM. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Terms of Service at the following links:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de