1) General
The use of our website is generally possible without prividing any personal data. If we collect personal data on our sides (e.g. name, address or email address), this takes place on a volutary basis. This data will not be passed on to a third party without your explicit consent.
We point out however, that the data transmission on the internet (e.g. the communication via email) may have security holes. A gapless protection against the access by third parties is not possible.
2) Use of cookies
a. Use of cookies by taiji-forum.com
Our websites use cookies and active components (e.g. JavaScript), to track preferences of the users and to be able to organise the websites correspondingly.
Cookies are small text files, which are saved on your computer, when you visit our website. You can delete these cookies anytime in your own browser. As a consequence single functions of our website may cease to be available for you.
b. Use of cookies by third parties
Some of our web pages contain content and services by other providers (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Google), who in turn may themselves use cookies and active components. You can delete these cookies anytime in your own browser as well. We do not have any influence on the processing of personal data by other suppliers. Please inform yourself on the websites of the supplier in question about the treatment of your data.
3) taiji-forum.com uses „Shariff“
Social-Media-Buttons with data protection
With Shariff you can use social media without putting your privacy unnecessarily at risk. The c’t-project Shariff replaces the usual share buttons of the social networks and protects your surfing habits against curious looks. However, a single click on the button is enough to share information with others. You do not need to take any action – the webmaster already did that for you.
The usual social media buttons transmit the user data with every page view to Facebook resp. other networks and give these social networks exact information about their surfing habits (user tracking). To that end you do neither be logged in nor member of the network. In contrast to that the Shariff-Button enables the direct contact between social network and visitor only then, when the latter actively clicks on the share button.
Thereby, Shariff prevents your leaving a digital trace on every site you visit and improves data protection. Now you can like, +1 oder tweet as you think best – more information is not transmitted to the social network.
The notification of the „likes“ reaches the network via the operator of the site with the buttons (Betreiber der Seite mit den Knöpfen). Because Shariff is integrated by the webmaster, you as visitor do not need to take any action.
(Read the whole article here on heise.de – german language only): https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html
4) Privacy statement for the use of social media plugins
Our websites use the following social media plugins resp. buttons: YouTube, Facebook, Google +1, Twitter, Pinterest and Reddit.
a. Privacy statement for the use of YouTube (video/audio plugins)
Our websites use the video platform YouTube (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066, USA). YouTube enables the embedding and playback of audio and video files.
If you access a page of our website, the embedded YouTube player establishes a connection to YouTube, so the the video resp. audio file can be replayed. In the course of that, data is transferred to YouTube.
We point out that we as provider of the website do not have any knowledge about the content of the transmitted data and the use of that data by YouTube. You can find further information concerning this topic in the privacy statement of YouTube: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801895?hl=en-GB.
b. Privacy statement for the use of Facebook plugins (like button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook (Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA) are integrated in our websites. You can identify the facebook plugins by their use of the facebook logo or the symbol of the like button (like) on our pages.
If you click on the facebook „like button“, while you are logged into your facebook account, you can link the content of or website to your facebook profile. Thereby, facebook can attribute your visit on our pages to your facebook user account. We point out that we as provider of the website do not have any knowledge about the content of the transmitted data and the use of that data by facebook. You can find further information concerning this topic in the privacy statement of facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
If you do not wish facebook to attribute the visit of our website to your facebook user account, you should log out of your facebook account beforehand.
c. Datenschutzerklärung für die Nutzung von Google+-Plugins
Plugins of the social network Google+ (Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre, Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043,
USA) are integrated in our websites. You can identify the Google+ plugins by their use of the G+ logo on our pages.
If you click on the „G+ button“, while you are logged into your Google+ account, you can link the content of or website to your Google+ profile. Thereby, Google+ can attribute your visit on our pages to your Google+ user account. We point out that we as provider of the website do not have any knowledge about the content of the transmitted data and the use of that data by Google. You can find further information concerning this topic in the privacy statement of Google:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
If you do not wish Google to attribute the visit of our website to your Google+ user account, you should log out of your Google account beforehand.
d. Privacy statement for the use of Twitter plugins
Plugins of the service Twitter (Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) are integrated in our pages. By clicking on the twitter button and by the function re-tweet the web pages visited by you are linked to your twitter account and made public to other users. Thereby, data is transmitted to twitter.
We point out that we as provider of the website do not have any knowledge about the content of the transmitted data and the use of that data by twitter. You can find further information concerning this topic in the privacy statement of twitter:
https://twitter.com/en/privacy
e. Privacy statement for the use of Pinterest plugins
Plugins of the social network Pinterest (Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) are integrated in our pages. You can identify the pinterest plugins by their use of the pinterst logo on our pages.
If you click on the „pin button“, while you are logged into your pinterest account, you can link the content of or website to your pinterest profile. Thereby, pinterest can attribute your visit on our pages to your pinterest user account. We point out that we as provider of the website do not have any knowledge about the content of the transmitted data and the use of that data by pinterest. You can find further information concerning this topic in the privacy statement of pinterest:
https://policy.pinterest.com/en-gb/privacy-policy
If you do not wish pinterest to attribute the visit of our website to your pinterest user account, you should log out of your pinterest account beforehand.
f. Privacy statement for the use of reddit plugins
Plugins of the social network Reddit (Reddit Inc., 520 Third Street, Suite 305, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) are integrated in our pages. You can recognize the reddit plugins by their use of the orange reddit smiley logo on our pages.
If you click on the reddit share button, while you are logged into your reddit account, you can link the content of or website to your reddit profile. Thereby, reddit can attribute your visit on our pages to your reddit user account. We point out that we as provider of the website do not have any knowledge about the content of the transmitted data and the use of that data by reddit. You can find further information concerning this topic in the privacy statement of reddit: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy
If you do not wish reddit to attribute the visit of our website to your reddit user account, you should log out of your reddit account beforehand.
5) Privacy statement for the use of Google Analytics for the purpose of website optimizing
This website uses Google Analytics, a service of web analysis by Google Inc. (Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre, Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043,
USA). Google Analytics uses „Cookies“, text files, which are saved on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information obtained by use of the cookie about your use of the website will normally be transmitted and saved on to a Google server in the US. In case of activation of IP anonymization on this website Google will shorten your IP address if you are accessing from within the member states of the European Union or form other contracting states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the US and shortened there.
On behalf of the operator of this website Google will use the information to evaluate your use of the website, to arrange reports about the website’s activity and to povide further services for the webiste operator. The IP address transmitted in the context of Google Analystics will not be merged with other data by Google.
You can prevent the saving of the cookies by adjusting the relevant setting in your browser software; we point out, however, that in this case you might not be able to use all features of this website entirely. Moreover, you can prevent Google’s collection of the data about your use of the website (your IP address included), which is produced by means of the cookie, and the processing of that data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin, which is available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB
More information concerning the handling of data by Google can be found in the privacy statement of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB&gl=de
6) Privacy statement for the use of Google Adsense for the inclusion of advertisements
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for the inclusion of advertisements by Google Inc. („Google“). Google AdSense uses „cookies“, text files, which are saved on your computer and which allow an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible grafics). By means of these web beacons information like the visitor traffic on these pages can be assessed.
The information about the use of this website generated by cookies and web beacons (including your IP address) and the information about the delivery of advertising formats are transmitted and saved on to a Google server in the US. These information can be passed on by Google to other contractors of Google. You can prevent the installation of cookies by by adjusting the relevant setting in your browser software; we point out, however, that in this case you might not be able to use all features of this website entirely.
More information concerning the handling of data by Google can be found in the privacy statement of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB&gl=de
7) Information, deletion, blocking
At any time you are entitled to free information about your saved personal data, its sources and its recipients as well as about the reason of the data processing and you have the right of correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further question concerning personal data you can contact us anytime via the address of the operator of the website as stated in our imprint.