The protection of your personal data is a top priority for Benvenuto Toskana (hereinafter referred to as "Benvenuto Toskana"). 

The points at which data is collected from you are explained in this privacy policy.

You give your consent in individual cases by actively pressing the corresponding buttons on our web pages with subsequent opt-in or via the ͳConsent-Bar. You can change your settings at any time for the future.

If personal data is collected and stored on the websites www.benvenuto-toskana.de, this is done legally by - Benvenuto Toskana, Hamerweg 147, 41068 Mönchengladbach .

Benvenuto Toskana collects, stores or processes data only for the exercise of its own business purposes and for the performance of contracts in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1b DSGVO.

In principle, our websites are available to all users without collecting personal data.
Personal data will only be requested, processed and used to the extent necessary to provide services requested by you or to provide content.

You can reach our data protection officer at the contact details given in the imprint

Insofar as personal data is collected and processed by Benvenuto Toskana, the storage and processing takes place on systems of use-media - Hamerweg 172, 41068 Mönchengladbach, support@use-media.de or on systems of service providers integrated in accordance with data protection regulations within Europe and, to the extent permitted by law, also outside Europe.

Each time content from benvenuto-toskana.de is accessed, data is temporarily stored in the form of cookies that may allow identification. The following data is collected in this process: - Date and time of access - IP address - Host name of the accessing computer - Website from which the website was accessed - Websites accessed via the website - Page visited on our website - Message as to whether the access was successful - Amount of data transferred - Information about the browser type and version used - Operating system.

The temporary storage of this data is necessary for the course of a website visit in order to enable the delivery of the website. Further storage in log files takes place in order to ensure the functionality of the website and the security of the information technology systems. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes.

You can obtain ѯInformation (Art. 15 DS-GVO ) about the data stored about you at any time. In addition, under the legally defined conditions (Art.17-21 DSGVO), you have a right to ѭDeletion and Information of your data, to Ѷrestriction of processing or to ѿdata portability of provided data. If data processing is based on consent, you may ѥwithdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 21 (1) DS-GVO).

If data processing is based on a legitimate interest of Benvenuto Toskana, you may object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. Benvenuto Toskana will then only further process your personal data if there are demonstrably compelling legitimate grounds for doing so which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Please contact our data protection officer directly to exercise your rights. You can reach him at or by mail at Benvenuto Toskana, Data Protection Officer, Hamerweg 147, 41068 Mönchengladbach.

Submit your respective request in text form (in writing, by email) using the contact information provided. You may also complain to the Data Protection Officer at any time using the contact details provided.  
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with any data protection supervisory authority. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

The supervisory authority responsible for Benvenuto Toskana is: 
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kavalleriestraße 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Telefon: 0211/38424-0, Telefax: 0211/38424-10, E-Mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de, Homepage: http://www.ldi.nrw.de.

When you visit our websites, we collect data on each access to the server on which this service is located on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 (1f) DSGVO. The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the website visited before, IP address and the requesting provider). 

Benvenuto Toskana also has a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1f) DSGVO in analyzing your usage behavior in a pseudonymized form in order to determine the right content needs and improve our services. Benvenuto Toskana does not use any third-party service for this purpose, but only evaluates the corresponding server data. The IP address is automatically masked for this purpose. We cannot identify you personally through this usage analysis. Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g. to clarify abuse or fraud) for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is necessary for evidentiary purposes will remain stored until the final clarification of the respective incident.

Server log files (IP address, name of the retrieved file, date and time of the retrieval, amount of data transferred, status of the retrieval (successful / unsuccessful), browser type and operating system of the end device as well as URL of the previously accessed page (so-called "referrer URL")) are processed for each page request. This processing is absolutely necessary to ensure the establishment of the connection and the smooth use of our websites and is based on Art. 6 para.1b) DSGVO. This information is stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website, in this regard there is no possibility for the user to object.

The data is also processed for evaluations of system security and stability and, if there is a specific reason, also for the clarification of legal violations (e.g. for the clarification of acts of abuse or fraud) due to an overriding legitimate interest in improving stability and functionality as well as clarification in accordance with Art. 6 para.1f) DSGVO. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes will remain stored until the final clarification of the respective incident.

Our website uses so-called "cookies". These are small text files that are stored on your computer and in which information for recognition is documented. This does not allow us to identify you as a person. We use cookies exclusively to improve our website in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 f DS-GVO. Currently, we only use session cookies. These are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. 

If you have expressly consented in advance to the setting of further cookies (e.g. for range analysis or for advertising purposes), this is done on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a DSGVO. You can revoke any consent granted with effect for the future via our ͳ Consent-Bar.

If you use a service to enter data (e.g. contact form, login to the CMS), you will be prompted to enter certain displayed characters in order to detect and prevent misuse of the services by machines. The captchas are generated and verified on the servers of Benvenuto Toskana. No data is transmitted to third parties in this process.

If you contact us via the contact form, we store title, first name, last name, your contact details (e-mail address and telephone number, if applicable) and the content of the message.  We use this data exclusively to process your inquiry and to communicate with you regarding your request. The processing is necessary for this and is based on Art. 6 para. 1 b DSGVO. Data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be deleted 1 year after processing your request. If there is a contractual relationship, we delete the data after the statutory retention period (six or 10 years).

For the operation of our Facebook websites, Facebook Ireland Ltd. (("Facebook"), 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Habour, Dublin 2, Ireland and Benvenuto Toskana are jointly responsible under data protection law, with Facebook bearing primary responsibility for fulfilling information obligations and ensuring technical and organizational measures in accordance with the existing agreement.

The full agreement can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum. 

Processing of personal data by Benvenuto Toskana
For the data collected in the context of promotional activities or when leaving comments or other contributions on our pages is Benvenuto Toskana responsible under data protection law. If you, as a visitor to our fan pages, leave comments , likes and other posts on this page, this data will be permanently published on our Facebook/Instagram page. Benvenuto Toskana uses the data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO exclusively to contact you via the medium Facebook in our interest if necessary and to respond to your wishes, suggestions or criticisms. If you give us, as the case may be, via our Facebook fan page purpose-bound consents to the use of your personal data, you can revoke these consents at any time under .

You do not need to be a Facebook member to view the content of our Facebook fan page or on Instagram. However, we would like to point out that each time you visit our Facebook page, personal data is collected and processed by Facebook itself. Benvenuto Toskana has no influence on this data collection and processing, for which Facebook is the responsible party under data protection law.

Processing of personal data by Facebook
As soon as you call up our Facebook page, your browser establishes a connection with Facebook and transmits information. Facebook uses this data as well as data of your interaction with our Facebook websites at least for the creation of personalized advertising, for the creation of user profiles as well as for market research. Information about what information is collected by Facebook can be found in the privacy policies of Facebook and Instagram, which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/instagram/155833707900388. 

Facebook uses cookies to store and further process this information, which are stored on the various end devices of the users. If you are logged in to Facebook when you call up our Facebook page, Facebook can link your visit to our Facebook website with your personal user account on Facebook and also store and analyze your activities across devices.

You can object to the processing of your personal data by Facebook (so-called opt-out) here: https:// www.facebook.com/settings  and here www.youronlinechoices.com. 

Processing of personal data for statistical purposes (Insights)
Via the so-called "Insights" of our Facebook / Instagram pages, statistical data of different categories are available for Benvenuto Toskana. In our own interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO, we use Insights to obtain statistical information about the use of our site. This information enables us to record the reach and effectiveness of campaigns, postings and other activities by means of processed statistics and to continuously optimize our Facebook pages on this basis in line with requirements. Detailed information on Facebook Insights can also be found at https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights. 

As the operator of these pages, Benvenuto Toskana has no influence on the generation and presentation of statistical data by Insights. The function cannot be turned off and the generation and processing of data by Benvenuto Toskana cannot be prevented. In the context of Facebook Insights usage, Benvenuto Toskana only receives anonymized statistics from Facebook about the usage of our Facebook pages. For Benvenuto Toskana it is only recognizable how many users have performed certain interactions. Insight data statistics do not allow Benvenuto Toskana to infer who you are, however, in accordance with Facebook's Terms of Use, we may identify subscribers and fans of our pages and view their publicly shared profiles and information. You can find more information about this at https://www.facebook.com/help/794890670645072. 

Your rights
You can assert your rights to information, correction, objection, deletion, restriction of processing as well as data portability in connection with our Facebook fanpages directly against Facebook or also against Benvenuto Toskana. Benvenuto Toskana is obligated under a supplemental agreement ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum) with Facebook to forward these requests to Facebook within 7 days.

For the operation of our LinkedIn career page, Benvenuto Toskana and LinkedIn are jointly responsible under data protection law. Benvenuto Toskana uses the LinkedIn platform to promote our company and our quality as an employer and to make it easier for you to contact us. LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) is responsible for the operation of the LinkedIn platform.

Processing of personal data by LinkedIn
When you visit our LinkedIn page, LinkedIn collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is present on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used, among other things, to provide us as the operator of the LinkedIn page of Benvenuto Toskana with statistical information about the use of the page. If you visit our LinkedIn page and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time, LinkedIn can directly assign the visit to our LinkedIn page to your LinkedIn account.

We expressly point out that LinkedIn stores this data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and uses it for its own purposes. Benvenuto Toskana has no influence on the data processing by LinkedIn. LinkedIn is solely responsible for this under data protection law.

You can find more information on data processing at LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=d_checkpoint_lg_consumerlogin_ft_privacy_policy. 

Here you will also find information on how you can manage or delete existing information about you at LinkedIn. Information on how you can object to the use of cookies and tracking measures by LinkedIn can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?trk=hb_ft_cookie. 

Processing of personal data by Benvenuto Toskana
Benvenuto Toskana is responsible for data protection when you contact us via our LinkedIn page. We use this data solely for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f) DSGVO. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, Art. 6 (1) b) DSGVO applies; possibly in conjunction with § 26 BDSG as the legal basis. Your data will be deleted at Benvenuto Toskana after processing has been completed, provided that there are no legal obligations to retain data.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. (("Facebook"), 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Habour, Dublin 2, Ireland and Benvenuto Toskana are jointly responsible under data protection law for the operation of our Instagram websites, with Facebook bearing primary responsibility for fulfilling information obligations and ensuring technical and organizational measures in accordance with the existing agreement.

The full agreement can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum. 

Processing of personal data by Benvenuto Toskana
Benvenuto Toskana is responsible for the data collected in the context of promotional activities or when leaving comments or other contributions on our pages. If you leave comments , likes and other posts on this page as a visitor of our fanpages, this data will be published permanently on our Instagram page. Benvenuto Toskana uses the data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO exclusively to contact you via the medium Instagram in our interest if necessary and to respond to your wishes, suggestions or criticisms. If you give us, as the case may be, purpose-bound consents to the use of your personal data via our Instagram Fanpage, you can revoke these consents at any time under .

You do not need to be a Facebook member to see the content of our fan page on Instagram. However, we would like to point out that each time you visit our Instagram page, personal data is collected and processed by Facebook itself. On this data collection and processing Benvenuto Toskana has no influence, for this Facebook is responsible under data protection law.

Processing of personal data by Facebook
As soon as you call up our Instagram page, your browser establishes a connection with Facebook and transmits information. Facebook uses this data as well as data of your interaction with our Instagram websites at least for the creation of personalized advertising, for the creation of user profiles as well as for market research. Information about what information is collected by Facebook can be found in Instagram's privacy policy, which can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/instagram/155833707900388. 

Facebook uses cookies to store and further process this information, which are stored on the various end devices of the users. If you are logged into Instagram when you visit our Instagram page, Facebook can link your visit to our Instagram website with your personal user account on Instagram and also store and analyze your activities across devices.

You can object to the processing of your personal data by Facebook (so-called opt-out) here: https:// www.facebook.com/settings and here www.youronlinechoices.com. 

Processing of personal data for statistical purposes (Insights)
Via the so-called "Insights" of our Instagram pages, statistical data of different categories can be accessed for Benvenuto Toskana. In our own interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO, we use Insights to obtain statistical information about the use of our page. This information enables us to record the reach and effectiveness of campaigns, postings and other activities through processed statistics and to continuously optimize our Instagram pages on this basis in line with requirements. Detailed information on Facebook Insights can also be found at https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights. 

As the operator of these pages, Benvenuto Toskana has no influence on the generation and presentation of statistical data by Insights. The function cannot be turned off and the generation and processing of data by Benvenuto Toskana cannot be prevented. Within the scope of Facebook Insights usage, Benvenuto Toskana only receives anonymized statistics from Facebook about the usage of our Instagram pages. For Benvenuto Toskana it is only recognizable how many users have performed certain interactions. Insight data statistics do not allow Benvenuto Toskana to infer who you are, however, in accordance with Facebook's Terms of Use, we can identify subscribers and fans of our pages and view their publicly shared profiles and information. You can find more information about this at https://www.facebook.com/help/794890670645072. 

Your rights
You can assert your rights to information, correction, objection, deletion, restriction of processing as well as to data portability directly against Facebook or also against Benvenuto Toskana in connection with our Instagram Fanpages. Benvenuto Toskana is obligated under the supplemental agreement ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum ) with Facebook to forward these requests to Facebook within 7 days.

Personal data will be disclosed by Benvenuto Toskana to third parties under the following conditions: 

• To fulfill the purpose of the contract according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO to affiliated companies. Benvenuto Toskana will disclose personal and non-personal data to its affiliates only if and for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. The term "affiliates" refers to companies that may bear the name "Benvenuto Toskana" or are under common ownership or control;
  
  
• To service providers integrated on the basis of Art. 28 DS-GVO in a data protection compliant manner, which Benvenuto Toskana can commission for the provision of services.

Under special circumstances, we transfer personal data to additional parties, 

• if this becomes necessary due to court orders or other orders from governmental or law enforcement authorities in order to fulfill legal requirements (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO);
  
  
• in connection with a group event, such as a merger, transfer, restructuring or sale of all or part of the business of Benvenuto Toskana, on the occasion of which Benvenuto Toskana is required to disclose information to a potential buyer and its professional advisors (Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO),
  
  
• to enforce our contractual rights, take precautions against liability, investigate suspected or actual unlawful activities, or defend ourselves against claims or allegations by third parties (Art. 6 para. 1 f DSGVO) 
  
  
• to protect the rights, personal safety or property of our customers or the public (Art. 6 para. 1 b, c, f DSGVO).

Some service providers we use are located outside your country or process your personal data there. The level of data protection in other countries may not be the same as in your country.

However, Benvenuto Toskana only transfers data to those countries for which the EU Commission has decided that they have an adequate level of data protection. Alternatively, Benvenuto Toskana takes measures required by data protection law to ensure that all recipients achieve an adequate level of data protection. To this end, Benvenuto Toskana enters into data protection agreements using EU standard clauses. 

Your personal data is transferred via web page forms to Benvenuto Toskana servers over the Internet. The transmission is protected.

Benvenuto Toskana uses the SSL/TLS transport protocol for this purpose. Email notifications sent from our servers are sent using STARTTLS encryption. Your data is thus adequately protected from unauthorized access during transport.

As a user, you are obligated to treat personal access data, which may be provided to you for the use of individual offers of Benvenuto Toskana, confidentially and not to make it accessible to third parties. Benvenuto Toskana accepts no liability for misused passwords, insofar as we are not responsible for the misuse.

Benvenuto Toskana has taken technical and organizational measures to ensure compliance with European and German data protection laws. All persons who collect, process or use data at Benvenuto Toskana are obligated to maintain confidentiality. This obligation continues even after their employment with Benvenuto Toskana has ended. In addition, banking secrecy and special confidentiality obligations also apply to certain areas.