Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in FJA and your visit to our website. In addition to the support of our customers and prospects, the protection of your personal data is very important to us.

Below you will find out what activities we perform during your visit to our website, in accordance with applicable data security legislation, what information we collect, if any, and how it is processed.

Any change to the privacy policy will be updated on this page to keep you informed about what data FJA-US Inc., a subsidiary of msg life ag, stores and uses. The most important data protection information can be found below.

I. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE

Responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation is:

msg life ag

If you wish to object to the collection, processing and use of your data by FJA-US Inc. in accordance with this Privacy Policy as a whole or for individual measures, you can send your objection by e-mail, fax or letter to the above address.

II. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

The data protection officer of the responsible person is:

Claus Bauer

III. GENERAL DATA PROCESSING

1) Why we use data

Our offers should be constantly improved and made more attractive. If we know which sections of our website are visited most frequently and for the longest period of time, we can then optimize the content of our website according to visitor needs. Personal information is used by FJA-US, Inc. for the purposes of technical website administration, customer administration, product surveys and marketing. The better we understand your needs, the faster you will find the information you are looking for on our website.

2) Collection and processing of personal data

This section will explain about the personal data collected when our website is visited. Personal data is defined as all data personally available to you, e.g., name, address, e-mail addresses, and user behavior.

If you are requested to provide personal information such as name, address or telephone number on our pages, this is subject to special conditions, which are referred to as follows:

“I agree that my personal data may be collected, processed and used in connection with, for example, a registration, contact form, survey, competition, request for publication, newsletter subscription or contract, as well as for customer loyalty and promotional activities become. This consent can be obtained at any time from FJA-US Inc., 1040 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018, and revoked. ”

In addition to the information you provide to us, we use information in the way you use our services to guide you as quickly as possible to the information that may be of interest to you and to constantly optimize our offerings.

When you visit our websites, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect data that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure stability and security. The following data is collected:

  • IP address of the user,
  • Date and time of request or registration,
  • Content of the requirement (concrete page),
  • each transferred amount of data, website,
  • the request comes from
  • Information about the browser type,
  • Operating system of the user,
  • Language and version of the browser software,
  • Web pages from which the user’s system accesses our website,
  • Web pages accessed by the user’s system through our website.

This data is also stored in the log files of our system.

We only store other personal data if you provide us with this data, for example in the context of a registration, a contact form, a survey, a competition, a request for a publication, a newsletter subscription or for the execution of a contract, acquisition, survey and request for information. We only store this information based on your consent or the applicable laws. The data is entered into an input mask, sent encrypted to us, and stored. This data is for example: first name, name, function, company, e-mail address, telephone, your message or comment, street, zip code, city, country, website. This data can also be in the form of a contact’s email address.

For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the transmission process and reference is made to this privacy policy.

3) Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is used as legal basis.

In the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract of which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO is used as legal basis. This also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation that our company is subject to, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO is used as legal basis.

In addition, we process personal data for the purpose of exercising our legitimate interests and legitimate interests of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Legitimate interests include: maintaining the functionality of our IT systems, marketing our own and third-party products and services, as well as legally-required documentation of business contacts.

4) Purpose of processing

a) The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to allow delivery of the website to the computer of the user. This requires the user’s IP address to be stored for the duration of the session. The IP addresses are needed for problem diagnostics, website administration, and demographic information. The logged data is used exclusively for statistical evaluations and data security, particularly for defense against attacks on our web server.

b) If you provide us with more personal information, such as part of a registration, a contact form, a survey, a contest, a request for publication of a newsletter subscription or to execute a contract, prospecting, customer surveys and information, we use this data for purposes of customer administration and, if necessary, for the purpose of processing and settling any business transactions, to the extent required to do so.

c) If the person concerned sent a request for information through the contact form on msg life group’s or FJA-US Inc.’s website, data must be processed to fulfil this request. The processing of personal data for the purposes of advertising or marketing and opinion research is permitted, provided that this is consistent with the purpose for which the data was originally collected.

d) The processing of personal data in the event of e-mail contact substantiates the necessary legitimate interest in the processing of the data.

e) The other personal data processed during the transmission process serves to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

5) Data deletion and storage duration

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is deleted. In addition, it may be stored if provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other regulations to which the controller is subject. A blocking or deletion of the data takes place even if a storage period prescribed by the mentioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for a contract conclusion or a contract fulfillment.

In the case of storing the data in log files, data may be deleted after a maximum of seven (7) days. Additional storage is possible; in this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or blocked.

6) Opposition and disposal option

The collection of the data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. There is consequently no contradiction on the part of the user.

The user has the opportunity to revoke his consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he may object to the storage of his personal data at any time. If you have your consent / storage for contacting, registration or similar. If you wish to revoke or modify it, please contact the marketing department of FJA-US Inc. by e-mail: advantage@fja.com

Any personal information that has been saved will be deleted in this case.

IV. USE OF COOKIES

1) Description and scope of the data collection

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is reopened. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser be identified even after a page break.

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: browser type and browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer, time of server request and IP address.

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. There is no merge of this data with other data sources. We reserve the right to examine this data retrospectively if we become aware of any concrete indications of unlawful use.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about cooking settings. You can set your browser to allow cookies only in certain cases or for certain websites. You can also set your browser to exclude cookies and activate automatic deletion of cookies upon closing your browsers. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

2) Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Article 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of services.

3) Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of using technically-necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some features of our website cannot be displayed without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page break.

The user data collected by technically-necessary cookies will not be used to create user profiles.

For these purposes, our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data is pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

4) Duration of storage

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our website. Therefore, as a user, you have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies.

5) Opposition and removal possibility

Previously saved cookies can be deleted at any time through your browser settings. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are disabled for our website, it may not be possible to view all of the website.

V. ONLINE APPLICATIONS

If you apply via our online application form, all the data you provide will be stored in our applicant management system. FJA-US Inc. will not pass on this data to third parties outside msg life group.

VI. USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service operated by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your device and allow an analysis of your use of the website.

The information collected may also be transmitted to and stored by Google on a third-party server, in particular Google’s parent company, Google LLC, located at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California, USA , Google LLC is certified under the “EU-US Privacy Shield” (found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/list under the keyword “Google”). The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the United States.

IP anonymization has been activated on this website so that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to and shortened to a Google LLC server in the United States.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide us with other website and internet related services, thereby enabling us to analyze the use of the website. In this case, pseudonymous usage profiles can be created from the processed data. The shortened IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies on your hard disk by selecting “Do not accept cookies” in the browser settings. However, then you may not be able to use all features of this website.

You may also prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by a cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by using the browser plug-in available under the following link Download and install deactivation of Google Analytics: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en .

For browsers on mobile devices, please click on the following link Disable Google Analytics to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from entering this site in the future. Please note that this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click the link again.

The analysis of the use of the website constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

For more information about Google’s use of data, recruitment, and opt-out options, please visit Google’s websites at:

VII. ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA

We maintain publicly accessible profiles in social networks in order to connect with users, prospects and customers active there and to inform them about our services there.

Social media such as Linkedin, Facebook, or Google + may have users’ data processed outside the European Union in third countries such as the United States. The enforcement of user rights can be made more difficult. With respect to US providers that are certified under the Privacy Shield, we point out that they are committing to comply with EU privacy standards.

If you are logged in to your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be recorded if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data is collected, for example, via cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.

With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which their preferences and interests are stored. The data is usually used for market research and advertising purposes. This way, you can see personal ads inside and outside your social media presence. If you have an account with the social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices and platforms on which you are logged in or logged in.

Please also note that we cannot understand all processing processes on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, therefore, further processing operations may possibly be carried out. Details can be found in the terms of use and privacy policy of the respective social media portals.

1) Legal basis

Our social media presence is designed to ensure the widest possible audience on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on divergent legal bases to be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a), Art. 7 GDPR).

2) Responsible and asserting rights

If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g., Facebook), we, together with the operator of the social media platform, are responsible for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. Your rights (information, correction, deletion, limitation of processing, data portability and complaint) can in principle be us as well as against. the operator of the respective social media portal (eg Facebook).

Please note that despite the shared responsibility with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on their data processing operations. Our options are determined by the company policy of the respective provider.

3) Storage duration

The data collected via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for their storage is removed, you ask us to delete it, or you revoke your consent to the storage. Saved cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

We have no control over the storage time of your data stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the social network operators directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

4) Social networks in detail

VIII. USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS

On our website so-called “social plugins” are used. Currently these are the plugins of the services LinkedIn and YouTube. These plugins can be used to send data, including personal data, to and from service providers in the United States, among others.

1) Protection Tools Shariff

2) Facebook

4) LinkedIn

Our website uses features of the LinkedIn network. Providers is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.

Each time you visit one of our pages that includes LinkedIn features, it will connect to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click LinkedIn’s “Recommend Button” and are logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by LinkedIn.

For more information, see the LinkedIn privacy statement at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

5) Google Maps

We use Google Maps on this website to visually display geographic information and provide directions. Google Maps is a mapping service operated by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

When you use Google Maps, Google collects information about your use of Google Maps features, including your IP address. It can not be ruled out that the information collected may also be transmitted to and stored by Google on a third-party server, in particular Google’s parent company, Google LLC, located at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California, USA , Google LLC is certified under the “EU-US Privacy Shield” (found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/list under the keyword “Google”). The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the United States.

If you’re signed in to your Google Account, Google may add the processed information to your account and treat it as personally identifiable information, depending on your account settings. Refer specifically to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ .

You can deactivate the service of Google Maps and thus prevent the data transfer to Google by deactivating the JavaScript in your browser. We point out, however, that you cannot use the map display in this case.

The provision of the visual representation constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of the relevant legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

For more information about Google Maps Terms of Use and Google’s data processing, visit Google’s Web sites, such as:

6) YouTube

We may embed videos from YouTube (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA) on our website. This has happened via the so-called “double-click” procedure. Thus, on our website, you will initially see only a preview image without connecting to YouTube. Only when you click on the respective preview image, a connection will be established to YouTube and your IP address will be forwarded to the servers of YouTube. YouTube is informed that our website has been visited with your IP address. We are not aware of the data collected in this way and their use.

YouTube LLC, a subsidiary of Google LLC, located at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, California, USA, is certified under the “EU US Privacy Shield” ( https://www.privacyshield.gov/list under to find the search term “Google”). The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the US to ensure compliance with European privacy standards in the United States.

If you’re signed in to your YouTube or Google Account, Google may add the processed information to your account and treat it as personally identifiable information, depending on your account settings. Refer specifically to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ .

We embed YouTube so you can watch videos directly on our website. By integrating external videos, we relieve our servers effectively increasing their stability. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

For more information about Google’s data processing, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy .

7) Google Ads

IX. USE OF CAMPAIGN MONITOR AND SALESFORCE

1) Campaign Monitor

FJA-US Inc. stores and uses the data provided by you on the website in campaignmonitor.com, whose US headquarters is located at 123 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105.  Campaign Monitor may access the data only as part of our instructions (order processing). Campaign Monitor also takes rigorous technical measures to protect your personal information. Salesforce does not disclose your personal information to third parties except that disclosure is required to complete the agreed services, or Salesforce must do so in order to comply with the law or a valid and binding governmental or regulatory mandate. The data transmitted is limited to the necessary minimum.

In the event that Users intend to transfer the Personal Data of an EU Data Subject (as defined by the GDPR), Customer shall notify Company and the Parties shall execute Company’s Data Protection Addendum (the “

For more information, visit: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/policies/#privacy-policy.

2) Salesforce
FJA-US Inc. stores and uses the data provided by you on the website in salesforce.com, located at address is: The Landmark @ One Market Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA, 94105. Salesforce may access the data only as part of our instructions (order processing). Salesforce also takes rigorous technical measures to protect your personal information. Salesforce does not disclose your personal information to third parties except that disclosure is required to complete the agreed services, or Salesforce must do so in order to comply with the law or a valid and binding governmental or regulatory mandate. The data transmitted is limited to the necessary minimum.

Salesforce is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement, which provides an additional guarantee to comply with European privacy legislation when processing data in the US (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000KzLyAAK&status=Active). In addition, Salesforce has entered into a contract processing contract using EU standard contract clauses, provided that data is processed for maintenance purposes in the United States.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. f DSGVO. FJA-US Inc. uses the CRM system (customer relationship management system) from the vendor Salesforce to be able to process requests from users faster and more efficiently.

The duration of the data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements. For more information about privacy at Salesforce, visit: https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/

X. DATA PROCESSING LOCATIONS

Your data will be processed in Germany and the United States. To the extent permitted by law, data processing also takes place in European and non-European countries.

XI. DATA SAFETY

Msg life ag and FJA-US Inc. have taken extensive technical and operational safety precautions to protect your data against unauthorized access and misuse in accordance with applicable European law.

XII. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA

A transmission of personal data to recipients outside the msg life group is subject to admissibility requirements for the processing of personal data. Under the terms of a contract processing contract, the recipient of the data will be obliged to use the data only for the specified purposes and to process it on the instructions of the msg life group. If personal data are transmitted by a company located in the European Economic Area to a company located outside the European Economic Area (third country), the data importing company is obliged to cooperate with the supervisory authority responsible for the data. The exporting company is to confirm the findings of the Supervisory authority with regard to the data transmitted. The same applies to data transmissions by companies from other states.

If you participate in an international certification system for binding company regulations on data protection, you must ensure the cooperation provided there with the relevant examination boards authorities. Cross-border order processing complies with the respective national requirements for the transfer of personal data abroad. In particular, the transfer of personal data from the European Union and the European Economic Area to a third country will only take place if the specific requirements of the GDPR for data transfers to third countries are complied with and the processing of personal data is lawful. Suitable instruments can be:

  • Agreement of the EU standard contract clauses for processing orders in third countries with the contractor and possible subcontractors.
  • Participation of the contractor in an EU-recognized certification scheme to provide adequate levels of data protection
  • Recognition of binding company rules by the contractor to ensure an adequate level of data protection by the competent authority.XIII) Rights of the persons concerned

If personal data is processed by you, you are i.S.d. DSGVO and you have the following rights to the responsible person:

1) Right to information: You can request information about the scope, origin and recipients of the stored data as well as the purpose of the storage free of charge. a) If personal data are transmitted to third parties, information must also be provided on the identity of the recipient or on the categories of recipients. b) The data subject can object to the processing of his personal data for the purpose of advertising or market and opinion research. For this purpose, the data must be deleted.

 2) Right to rectification: You have a right to rectification and / or completion to the controller, if the personal data you process is incorrect or incomplete. The person in charge must make the correction without delay.

3) Right to cancellation

You may require the controller to delete your personal information immediately, and the controller is required to oblige if one of the following is true:

(1) Personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

(2) You revoke your consent, to which the processing acc. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

(3) According to. Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO objection to the processing and there are no prior justifiable reasons for the processing, or you lay gem. Art. 21 para. 2 DSGVO objection to the processing.

(4) Your personal data has been processed unlawfully.

(5) The deletion of the personal data concerning you shall be required to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.

(6) The personal data concerning you were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8 (1) of the GDPR.

4) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive personally identifiable information provided to the controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format.

5) Right to object

You have the right at any time against the processing of personal data relating to you, which pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f DSGVO takes an objection; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller will no longer process your personal data, you unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purposes of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

You have the right to revoke your privacy statement at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

6) Right to complain to the supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, employment or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of the personal data concerning you is against the DSGVO violates.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted, including the possibility of a judicial remedy to article 78 of the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted shall inform the complainant of the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 of the GDPR.

 

As of: 05.29.19