Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

with the Neuromaster

Our state-of-the-art device is able to measure up to 27 parameters and thus offers you a wide range of therapeutical approaches.

Intuitive handling and dual screens for the therapist and patient ensure ease of application.

The Neuromaster-System (Made in Germany) is a certified medical product and can be used for Biofeedback, Neurofeedback and psychohysiological research.

The Neuromaster-System consists of the:

  • Neuromaster itself
  • Neuromoduls (which measure the parameters)
  • Biolife-Software (where you control therapy and training)
  • Therapy-libraries (sets of premade therapy-sessions)

The system is completely modular. Thus you can’t „choose the wrong combination“, since you can expand it at any time. Also you do not have to pay for things you dont need.

No matter if therapy or training – the Neuromaster-System offers the right solution for everyone!

The System

Hardware: Neuromaster and Sensors

– Multifunctional Use: Tabletop unit, portable unit and long-term measurement
– 7 Neuromoduls measure up to 28 parameters
– EMG – EKG – EEG – Breathing – Sweat Gland Activity – Temperature
– Biofeedback and Neurofeedback in one device!

Software: Biolife

– Easy to use
– Start sessions with one click
– Libraries for 14 areas
– Create sessions on your own
– einzelner Bildschirm für Therapeut und Klient
– HRV-Training and diagnostic
– for Windows 7/8/10 and following systems

What is Biofeedback?

Biofeedback is a scientifically based method that immediately displays the patients learning curve that enables control of otherwise unconscious bodily functions. Biofeedback could also be called an image processing system in psychosomatic medicine. Via biofeedback, physiological responses to stress- or relaxation-related situations are measured and reported back to patients in a simple and understandable manner (=feedback).

The objective of biofeedback therapy is to enable patients to control (autonomous) physiological reactions to stress in order to relieve stress-induced symptoms.

Insight into the relationship between body and mind 
Probands may find it hard to accept that mental or psychological factors can cause diseases. Biofeedback facilitates the realization of “invisible influences” of the mind activated by thoughts, feelings or fears, especially for “skeptical patients”. This happens via objectively visible parameters onscreen. Thus, patients’ individual models of diseases open up to psychological causes.

Biofeedback for Relaxation Training

Relaxation training helps to consciously integrate phases of regeneration in daily routines. The learned techniques can reduce many psychosomatic symptoms and prevent negative consequences of chronic stress. Biolife-Therapy library for Relaxation training.

Relaxation is achieved particularly through training sessions in breathing, distractions, suggestions or mental images. Many patients, intending to learn relaxation techniques, experience low body awareness and deficient in trusting one’s own ability to relax. The misguided effort, pressure to succeed, as well as, fear of losing control inhibit relaxation. Biofeedback allows clients to see their SUCCESS immediately onscreen by applying relaxation techniques. These have a positive and relaxing effects the body – even absent of conscious perception. Expectations regarding self-efficacy also increases.

Biofeedback in the therapy of Anxiety and panic disorders

Anxiety is a significant obstacle in everyday life of people who suffer from this illness and can (partly) lead to massive psychological strain. Using Biofeedback as a therapeutic intervention method for anxiety disorders can be considered as a complementary therapy that supports the self-competency of patients and influences the progress of the therapy positively.

Biofeedback for Stress-diagnosis

Before starting a relaxation treatment , it is useful to answer some question first.

The stress profile is used to answer the following questions:

  • Which body system reacts most strongly to mental stress?
  • Which body system shows a delayed recovery after the stressor?
  • Which content triggers the strongest physiological response?

The physical reaction to stressors and the ability to relax after the stressor is objectively measured and tested and the psycho-physiological effects of certain contents (ideas, people, situations, images) is shown. Biofeedback can also be used to detect which relaxation technique (AT, PMR, etc.) is most appropriate for a patient.

Sleeping disorders

Chronic sleeping disorders are often accompanied by stressful life events, increased general anxiety, depression, as well as anxiety relating to the disorder itself.

A common treatment method for insomnia involves prescription drugs. While offering satisfactory effects on one hand, these drugs are accompanied by considerable drawbacks (deterioration of diurnal affectivity, addiction or increase in dose due to tolerance).

While sleeping pills should be prescribed only in addition to therapy, especially during crisis, behavior-orientated therapies, such as biofeedback offer long-lasting effectiveness and lack possible side effects. Thus, biofeedback is regarded as first-line treatment.

Biofeedback for headache and back pain

Throughout their lives 70% of the population suffer from tension headaches, 15% from migraines. The German headache and migraine society mentions biofeedback as the most effective non-drug method for the treatment of this indications.

Even more individuals (80%) suffer from chronic back pain. Therapy trials showed that biofeedback had the biggest and most stable therapeutic results in the treatment of chronic back pain.

Through breath or EMG-Biofeedback the patients learn to consciously relax different muscle groups, which leads to lower level of pain. In addition, the improved body awareness is also useful in stress situations.

Bruxism and spasmodic torticollis

Training and consolidation of general relaxation skills precede EMG feedback which will subsequently be collected of the M. masseter, the M. temporalis and the M. frontalis in order to train discriminative perception of the muscles. This skill can be used to independently maintain a relaxed state of the affected muscles and to ensure to be lastingly free of symptoms.

Via feedback of the M. frontalis general relaxation is trained.

After consolidation of this skill precise training will focus on discriminative muscle perception through different stress levels of the EMG signal (e.g. 5μV-15μV-30μV-60μV, recordings of M. masseter). Increase in training, especially for bruxism alongside dental damage, is achieved via massaged practise to build-up a conditioned, reactive inhibition in accordance with additional training of relaxation and contraction of the M. masseter.

Spasmodic torticollis

EMG feedback is given bilaterally on the M. sternocleidomastoids in order to train both reduction of tension as well as balancing both SCM muscles in accordance with increasing level of difficulty of the exercises along advancement of therapy.

After general relaxation training (EMG of M. frontalis or feedback on SCL) exercises progress to bilateral feedback of the M. sternocleidomastoids. If patients achieve the goals of this phase of therapy (conscious reduction of tension of the affected muscle, balancing out both SCM muscles, contraction or relaxation of the non-affected SCM muscle), these skills can be trained under gradually increasing difficulty (while lying down, standing, sitting, moving, during a conversation…). It is recommended for patients to practice at home as well (relaxation practices, movement exercises of the neck). Therapy should be concluded with booster sessions after six or 12 months.

Biofeedback in the treatment of essential hypertension

Essential hypertension covers all diseases concerning regulation of blood pressure which lead to chronically increased blood pressure in absence of organic causes. Hypertension is considered the major risk factor for cardiac infarction and stroke. Along with high cholesterol level and smoking, these constitute the major risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Probands are led to conscious variation in vascular resistance and increase in heart rate variability (RSA) by way of practising general relaxation techniques (e.g. abdominal breathing) which results in ongoing relief of the cardiovascular system. Optimal interaction between respiration and cardiovascular system increases general well-being, reduces blood pressure and subsequently facilitates medical treatment.

Biofeedback for the treatment of Morbus Raynaud

Morbus Raynaud is expressed through numbness, pain and low temperature in fingers and toes which can expand to the whole hand or foot as well as to the whole face in rare cases. The disease is related to dysfunctions of the peripheral blood supply leading to massive ischemia. According to a Danish study 22% of women aged 21-50 years suffer from Morbus Raynaud.

At first training of hand warming is implemented under relaxation phases, afterwards cold stimuli (room temperature, objects) are introduced and training continues. Constancy of training effects and therapeutic success can be achieved through training at home without feedback and subjectively estimating the changes in temperature.

Biofeedback constitutes as a very successful and effective method of treatment for urinary and faecal incontinence. The muscle tone of the pelvic floor can be measured using vaginal and rectal electrodes and is shown patients onscreen. The muscle can be trained in systematic sequences of contraction and relaxation. High success rates, absence of side effect and acknowledgment of patients’ active role in treatment sum up essential advantages of non-invasive and non-medicinal biofeedback therapy.

Pareses and Paralysis

The purpose of training for patients with paresis or paralysis is efficient and extensive rehabilitation of as many as possible impaired functions due to damage to the central nervous system, damage to the spinal cord or nerve damage in the periphery. It was possible to prove efficiency of Biofeedback under a great many specific applications. Particularly patients’ motivation increases with regard to visualizing residual activity in the EMG as well as accelerating treatment trough systematic training.

Neurofeedback in the treatment of ADHD

Neurofeedback is a scientifically recognized method which can be applied to treat disorders related to decreased cognitive performance such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in order to increase cognitive performance once again. Children suffering from ADHD often show a reduced attention span or an increased motoric activity (e.g. standing up frequently) leading to problems in school. As a result these children might perform poorly at school despite of some being very intelligent. Neurofeedback is a method of treatment featuring long-lasting therapeutic effects which are shown by several studies.

Neurofeedback is a non-invasive method using EEG feedback in order to restructure children’s neuronal networks which will subsequently improve symptoms. This is achieved through training of specific frequency bands that are different in children suffering from ADHD compared to healthy controls. “Frequency band training” means to report these parameters to the patients and to practice and consolidate an attentive yet relaxed state of mind with the aid of the therapist. Frequent trainings as well as transferring exercises at home ensure that children memorize this state of mind and are able to retrieve it in daily life.

Insight Instruments: Who we are

THe Experts for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

„As a Biofeedback-Pioneer since 1990, Insight Instruments stands for innovative, practice-oriented and user-friendly systems for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, at the scientific state of the art. With our SOFTmed-Neuromaster System, our own Biolife-Software and partners in the fields of Biofeedback-Education and Healthcare-Marketing we offer the whole world of Biofeedback out of one hand.“

Dr. Dieter Kropfreiter 
CEO and founder of Insight Instruments – Inventor of the SOFTmed System

More than 3,000 therapists already use our systems and tens of thousands of patients benefit from it.
Softmed is certified as a medical device and has the medical CE mark.

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      • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
      • The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
      • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
      • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

      If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the Insight Instruments, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of the Insight Instruments will arrange the restriction of the processing.

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    • g) Right to object

      Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

      The Insight Instruments shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

      If the Insight Instruments processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the Insight Instruments to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the Insight Instruments will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

      In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the Insight Instruments for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

      In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of the Insight Instruments. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

    • h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

      Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

      If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, the Insight Instruments shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.

      If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the Insight Instruments.

    • i) Right to withdraw data protection consent

      Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.

      If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the Insight Instruments.

    11. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook

    On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network.

    A social network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences, or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows social network users to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests.

    The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person lives outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

    With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook component. An overview of all the Facebook Plug-ins may be accessed under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. During the course of this technical procedure, Facebook is made aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited by the data subject.

    If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-site of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the „Like“ button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.

    Facebook always receives, through the Facebook component, information about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook during the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Facebook account before a call-up to our website is made.

    The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is explained there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, different configuration options are made available to allow the elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These applications may be used by the data subject to eliminate a data transmission to Facebook.

    12. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

    On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

    The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.

    For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the application „_gat. _anonymizeIp“. By means of this application the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google and anonymised when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

    The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, inter alia, to evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports, which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services concerning the use of our Internet site for us.

    Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.

    The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits of our website by the data subject. With each visit to our Internet site, such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

    The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.

    In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics through a JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence, or is disabled, it is possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons.

    Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.

    13. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google-AdWords

    On this website, the controller has integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows the advertiser to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the help of which an ad on Google’s search results only then displayed, when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google Advertising Network, the ads are distributed on relevant web pages using an automatic algorithm, taking into account the previously defined keywords.

    The operating company of Google AdWords is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.

    The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by the inclusion of relevant advertising on the websites of third parties and in the search engine results of the search engine Google and an insertion of third-party advertising on our website.

    If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is filed on the information technology system of the data subject through Google. The definition of cookies is explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used to identify the data subject. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to check whether certain sub-pages, e.g, the shopping cart from an online shop system, were called up on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both Google and the controller can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our website generated sales, that is, executed or canceled a sale of goods.

    The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used in order to determine the total number of users who have been served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads in the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could identify the data subject.

    The conversion cookie stores personal information, e.g. the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

    The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as stated above, by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie set by Google AdWords may be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

    The data subject has a possibility of objecting to the interest based advertisement of Google. Therefore, the data subject must access from each of the browsers in use the link www.google.de/settings/ads and set the desired settings.

    Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

    14. Data protection provisions about the application and use of YouTube

    On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, which also provides free viewing, review and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos, so you can access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.

    The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, UNITED STATES. The YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.

    With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube may be obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.

    If the data subject is logged in on YouTube, YouTube recognizes with each call-up to a sub-page that contains a YouTube video, which specific sub-page of our Internet site was visited by the data subject. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.

    YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website, if the data subject at the time of the call to our website is logged in on YouTube; this occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject, the delivery may be prevented if the data subject logs off from their own YouTube account before a call-up to our website is made.

    YouTube’s data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

    Addition (not from the Privacy-Policy Generator as seen after part 19): The use of YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing depiction of our services and for the information of interested parties. This is a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR (DSGVO).

    15. Legal basis for the processing

    Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

    16. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party

    Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.

    17. Period for which the personal data will be stored

    The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

    18. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

    We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

    19. Existence of automated decision-making

    As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

    This Privacy Policy has been generated by the Privacy Policy Generator of the External Data Protection Officers that was developed in cooperation with the Media Law Lawyers from WBS-LAW.