Privacy policy

• I. General
• II. Responsible party
• III. Your rights
• IV. Processing of personal data during informational use of our website
• V. Processing of personal data by cookies
• VI. Other functions and offers of our website
• VII. Contacting us
• VIII. Newsletter
• IX. Blog
• X. Purchase or order
• XI. Microsoft Teams
• XII. Manychat
• XIII. ablefy
• XIV. Circle.so
• XV. Microsoft Forms
• XVI. Links
• XVII. Borlabs Cookie
• XVIII. Brevo
• XIX. GetResponse
• XX. Google Ads
• XXI. Google Ads Measurement
• XXII. Google Analytics
• XXIII. Google Custom Search
• XXIV. Google Fonts
• XXV. Google Maps
• XXVI. Google Tag Manager
• XXVII. Gravatar
• XXVIII. Instagram
• XXIX. Podigee
• XXX. Proven Expert
• XXXI. Yoast
• XXXII. YouTube

I. General

(1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website.

(2) The term 'personal data' means, with reference to the definition of Article 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as 'General Data Protection Regulation' or 'GDPR' for short), all data that can be personally related to you. This includes, for example, name, address, e-mail address, user behavior. With regard to further terminology, in particular the terms processing', 'controller', 'processor' and 'consent', we refer to the legal data protection definitions of Art. 4 DSGVO.

(3) We process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and the content and services offered by us. Personal data is regularly processed only if you have given us your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) a) DSGVO or if the processing is permitted by statutory provisions, in particular by one of the legal bases mentioned in Art. 6 (1) b) to f) DSGVO.

(4) Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. In addition, storage may take place if this has been provided for by national or European regulations to which we are subject. In this case, the data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed by the respective regulations has expired. The latter does not apply if further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

(5) If we wish to use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our website or use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below.

II. Responsible party

(1) The responsible party within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDRP, the other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other regulations and provisions of a data protection nature is:

Dr. Thomas Bacharach und Marielena Bacharach GbR
represented by Dr. Thomas Bacharach, Marielena Bacharach

Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 13
76275 Ettlingen

Phone: +49 157 34414860
Email address: info@sibo-academy.de

(2) For further details on the responsible body, please refer to our imprint.

III. Your rights

(1) You have the following rights in relation to us in respect of personal data relating to you:

• the right of access,
• the right to rectification and erasure,
• the right to restriction of processing,
• the right to object to processing,
• the right to data portability.

(2) Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.

IV. Processing of personal data during informational use of our website

(1) If you access our website without registering or otherwise providing us with information ('Informational Use'), we only collect the personal data that your web browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to enable you to view our website and to ensure its stability and security: IP address, Date and time of the request, Time zone difference to GMT, Content of the web page, Access status (HTTP status), Amount of data transferred, Request website, Web browser, operating system, browser language and version

(2) The aforementioned data is also stored in so-called log files on our servers. A storage of this data together with other personal data of you does not take place.

(3) The collection and temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to enable the delivery of our website to your terminal device. For this purpose, your IP address must be stored for the duration of your visit to our website.

(4) The storage of the above-mentioned data in log files serves to ensure the functionality and optimization of our website as well as to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(5) An evaluation of this data for marketing purposes does not take place. In the above purposes lies our legitimate interest in data processing. The legal basis for the collection and temporary storage of the aforementioned data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDRP. The aforementioned data for the provision of our website will be deleted when the respective session has ended. The collection of the above data for the provision of our website and the storage of this data in log files is mandatory for the operation of our website. There is no possibility to object.

V. Processing of personal data by cookies

(1) We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the storage medium of your end device, for example on a hard drive, and through which certain information flows to us as the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your end device. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below.

(2) Cookies that are stored in association with your web browser:

• Transient cookies: these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, by means of which various requests of your web browser can be assigned to the common session. This makes it possible to recognise your terminal device when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close the web browser.

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

(3) The processing of personal data by the aforementioned cookies serves to make the offer of our website as a whole more user-friendly and effective for you. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of these cookies. In particular, some functions of our website require that your web browser can still be identified after a page change. If you have an account, we use the cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. This prevents you from having to log in again each time you visit our website. The data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. Where cookies are used for analysis purposes, they are used to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to track how the website, which functions and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimize our offer.

(4) In the above purposes lies our legitimate interest in data processing. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDRP.

(5) The above cookies are stored on your terminal device and transmitted from it to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, through which you can, for example, reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all functions of our website properly. In addition, we recommend a regular manual deletion of cookies as well as your browser history.

VI. Other functions and offers of our website

(1) In addition to the aforementioned informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. This usually requires the provision of further personal data. We need this data to provide the respective service. The aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process this data, which have been carefully selected and commissioned by us. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. Insofar as personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services which we offer jointly with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more detailed information about the consequences of this circumstance in the following descriptions of the individual services.

VII. Contacting us

(1) If you contact us by e-mail, the personal data you send to us with your e-mail will be stored.

(2) In addition, we maintain a contact form on our website with which you can contact us. In doing so, the data you enter in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored: First name, Last name, Email address .

(3) The data will only be used to answer your questions. Unless explicitly stated in this privacy policy, the data will not be shared with third parties. In addition, we record your IP address and the time of sending.

(4) The processing of the above personal data is solely for the purpose of dealing with your enquiries.

(5) The processing of further personal data, which is generated by the use of the contact form provided on our website, serves to prevent misuse as well as to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(6) This is also our legitimate interest in processing your personal data. Insofar as you have given us consent for this, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDRP. Otherwise, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDRP, in particular in the event that the data is transmitted to us by you by sending us an e-mail. Insofar as you wish to work towards the conclusion of a contract by sending us an e-mail, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDRP constitutes an additional legal basis.

(7) The data will be deleted, subject to statutory retention periods, as soon as we have conclusively processed your request. When contacting us by e-mail, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that in this case your request cannot be processed any further. You can declare the revocation or the objection by sending an e-mail to our e-mail address given in the imprint.

VIII. Newsletter

(1) We provide a newsletter to which you can subscribe on our website. Details of the newsletter, in particular its possible contents, are named in the declaration of consent. If you subscribe to our newsletter, the data you entered in the input mask when registering for the newsletter will be transmitted to us. To sign up to receive the newsletter, you must provide mandatory data requested by us: First name, Last name, Email address .

(2) If you provide any other personally identifiable information during the registration process, such information is optional.

(3) For the registration to our newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. After your registration, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you want us to send you the newsletter in the future. If you do not confirm your registration within the period specified in the e-mail, the data you provided will be blocked and deleted after 24 Stunden. In addition, we store in each case your IP address and the time of registration for the newsletter and the time of confirmation. In connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter, the data will not be passed on to third parties. This data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

(4) Unless we make use of a third-party provider named below to send the newsletter, no data will be passed on to third parties in connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter.

(5) The data you enter in the input mask when registering will be processed for the purpose of addressing you personally. After your confirmation, we store your e-mail address in order to be able to send you the newsletter. We store the respective IP address and the times of registration and confirmation in order to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify a possible misuse of your personal data. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDRP. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f) GDRP.

(6) The above data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for achieving the above purposes. We therefore store your above-mentioned data as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing from the newsletter, we store the aforementioned data purely statistically and anonymously.

(7) You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time by unsubscribing. You can unsubscribe by clicking on the link contained in every newsletter e-mail sent to you by us.

(8) We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behaviour when sending the newsletter. The newsletter emails we send contain a so-called web beacon or a so-called tracking pixel. This is a one-pixel image file that is stored on our website. This data is collected pseudonymously, only.

(9) This processing of data serves the purpose of tailoring the newsletter to your individual interests, optimising our offer and making it more interesting for you overall. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDRP. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) S. 1 lit. f) GDRP. Insofar as you have given us consent for the aforementioned processing of the data, you can revoke this consent at any time. You can object to this evaluation of your user behaviour at any time by clicking on the separate link contained in every newsletter e-mail. Furthermore, you can prevent the aforementioned evaluation of your user behaviour if you have deactivated the display of images in your e-mail program by default. Please note that in this case the newsletter will not be displayed in full and you may not be able to use all the functions of the newsletter. If you manually activate the display of images, the evaluation of your user behavior just described will take place again.

IX. Blog

(1) On our website we offer a blog. In this blog we publish contributions to different topics.

(2) You can comment on the respective posts. When you post a comment, it will be published with the username you provide associated with the respective post. We recommend that you use a pseudonym instead of your real name when choosing a username. In order to use the comment function, it is obligatory to enter the user name you have chosen as well as your e-mail address. All other information you provide is voluntary.

(3) Your e-mail address is stored for the purpose of contacting you in the event that a third party reports your comment to us as unlawful or in order to be able to defend ourselves against claims by third parties in the event that you publish unlawful content. This is also our legitimate interest. Insofar as you have given us your consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDRP. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) GDRP. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as unlawful.

(4) If you have given us consent to store the data, you can revoke this consent at any time. You may object to this storage of the aforementioned data at any time.

(5) We process and/or store your personal data on a server of an external provider in the European Union. This ensures that the standards and regulations of European data protection law are adhered to.

X. Purchase or order

(1) We offer you paid services on our website. For this purpose, we process personal data provided by you.

(2) The processing is carried out for the purpose of establishing and implementing a contractual relationship with you. Insofar as you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) GDRP. Otherwise, the legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDRP.

(3) You can revoke your consent at any time. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. However, we would like to point out that without this data, it is not possible to conclude a contract.

(4) The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case when we no longer need your personal data for the performance of the contractual relationship. Deletion does not take place if we are obliged to continue storing your personal data due to legal regulations.

XI. Microsoft Teams

We use the service "Microsoft Teams" provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA, to conduct online meetings, audio and video conferences, and/or webinars. When using Microsoft Teams, various data is processed. The scope of the data processed depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an online event. During the use of Microsoft Teams, data of the communication participants is processed and stored on Microsoft servers. This data may include, in particular, your login data (name, email address, telephone (optional), preferred language) and meeting data (e.g., topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional), location, date, time). Additionally, visual and audio contributions from participants as well as chat entries may be processed. Data processing outside the European Union (EU) generally does not take place, as we have restricted our data storage to data centers within the EU. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that data routing may occur via internet servers located outside the EU. This can especially be the case if participants in the online meeting are located in a third country. This may also involve a transfer to Microsoft Corporation servers in the USA. The processing of personal data necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you (including pre-contractual measures) is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. If you have given us your consent for the processing of your data, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. In all other cases, the legal basis for data processing in the course of online meetings, video conferences, or webinars is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conducting the online meeting, webinar, or video conference efficiently. Further information on data use by Microsoft Teams can be found in Microsoft’s privacy policy at https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement/

XII. Manychat

We use the service "Manychat" to connect various web apps and within our online presence (especially "Instagram"). Manychat is a service of Manychat Inc., 535 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. This allows us to automate certain processes within and between these applications, such as sending links to files in response to a specific, predefined, and communicated comment under a post. When using Manychat, it is not excluded that data may be transferred to Manychat servers in the USA. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Manychat. Additionally, the data processing is secured by the EU standard contractual clauses. We use Manychat to automate actions between and within various apps, improving our online presence and saving time, which constitutes our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.For more information on data protection at Manychat, visit: https://manychat.com/legal/privacyLegal Basis The use of Manychat is in the interest of efficient handling of business processes. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

XIII. ablefy

We offer various digital products on our website, such as tickets to online events, online courses, vouchers, and other digital and downloadable products. For this, we use the service "ablefy" provided by elopage GmbH. Once you click on one of our product buttons, you will leave our website and be redirected to our individual ablefy sales page. ablefy is a service provided by: elopage GmbH Potsdamer Straße 125, 10783 Berlin All functions on the sales page and the entire downstream sales process are handled via ablefy. The privacy policy of ablefy can be found here: https://myablefy.com/privacy?locale=de On our ablefy sales page, we provide a separate privacy policy, which you should also observe. We have entered into a data processing agreement with elopage GmbH as our processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. The legal basis for processing personal data when redirecting from our website to the ablefy sales page is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

XIV. Circle.so

We offer graduates of our online courses the opportunity to purchase a membership in our SIBO community (subscription). For our SIBO community, we use the provider "Circle" (Circle.so, Inc. 228 Park Ave S PMB 52933 New York, NY 10003). To become a member of the community, an account with "Circle" is required. By applying for and becoming a member, you also agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of "Circle." The data processing and storage is handled by Circle. Information about data usage and processing by Circle.so can be found here: https://app.circle.so/eu-privacy.

XV. Microsoft Forms

We use the service "Microsoft Forms" provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA, to collect feedback from you, conduct surveys, inquiries for our online live events, and data collection for our expert finder. When using Microsoft Forms, various data is processed. The scope of the processed data depends on the information you provide to us. During the use of Microsoft Teams, your data is processed and stored on Microsoft servers. Data processing outside the European Union (EU) generally does not take place, as we have restricted our storage location to data centers within the EU. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that data routing may occur via internet servers located outside the EU. The processing of personal data required to fulfill a contract with you (including processing operations necessary for pre-contractual measures) is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent may be revoked at any time with future effect. Otherwise, the legal basis for processing data via Microsoft Forms for the effective execution and planning of processes and projects is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Further information on data use by Microsoft Teams can be found in Microsoft’s privacy policy at https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement/

XVI. Links

You can access our social media presences via the appropriate buttons on our website. If you visit us on social media through one of these links, personal data may be transmitted to the provider of the social network. User data may also be transferred to a server in a third country and thus processed outside the European Union. In addition to storing the data you enter in the social medium, the provider of the social network may also process further information. Furthermore, data from the computer system from which you access the social network (e.g., your IP address, processor type, and browser version including plugins) may also be processed by the provider of the social network. If you are logged into the relevant network with your personal user account while visiting such a website, the network may associate the visit with your account. Please refer to the respective provider’s policies for the purpose and scope of data collection, the processing of your data, and your rights, e.g., at: • Facebook (Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA): For fan pages: Agreement on joint processing of personal data (Art. 26(1) GDPR) https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/, Opt-out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/, • Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA), Privacy policy and opt-out: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 • Google and YouTube (Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA): Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated • Spotify (Spotify AB, Regeringsgatan 19, SE-111 53 Stockholm, Sweden), Privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/, Opt-out: https://www.spotify.com/de/privacy/#privacy-center-control-section Our website may also contain additional links to external third-party websites. We have no control over data processing on these external websites.