The Watch2Gether Browser extension may be used without entering personal information. Different rules may apply to certain services, however, and are explained separately below. We collect personal information from you (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, etc.) in accordance with the provisions of German data protection statutes. Information is considered personal if it can be associated exclusively to a specific natural person. The legal framework for data protection may be found in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). The provisions below serve to provide information as to the manner, extent and purpose for collecting, using and processing personal information by the provider.

Florian Sailer
florian@watch2gether.com

Please be aware that data transfer via the internet is subject to security risks and, therefore, complete protection against third-party access to transferred data cannot be ensured.

# Cookies

Our service makes use of so-called cookies in order to recognize repeat use of our service by the same user/internet connection subscriber. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser downloads and stores on your computer. They are used to improve our service and services. In most cases these are so-called "session cookies" that are deleted once you leave our service.

To an extent, however, these cookies also pass along information used to automatically recognize you. Recognition occurs through an IP address saved to the cookies. The information thereby obtained is used to improve our services and to expedite your access to the service.

You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your browser software accordingly. You should be aware, however, that by doing so you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of our service.

# Server Data

For technical reasons, data such as the following, which your internet browser transmits to us or to our hosting provider (so called server log files), is collected:

* type and version of the browser you use
* operating system
* websites that linked you to our service (referrer URL)
* your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal information you may have provided, thereby making it impossible to connect it to any particular person. The data is used for statistical purposes in order to improve our service and services.

# Browser Extension & 3rd Party Websites

When you use the W2gSync feature and open a 3rd party website through a link on the Watch2Gether website, Javascript code is injected into the 3rd party website to find and control the embedded video and to display a status bar at the top of the 3rd party website. Besides commands to control the video (play, pause, seek) no personal information is passed to the 3rd party website. However, due to the presence of the status bar, the 3rd party website might be able to detect that you have the Watch2Gether browser extension installed.

# Purpose of Registering

We offer you the opportunity to sign up for our service to be able to offer you additional features. The information entered when signing up, as shown in the registration form

Email, Username, Password, Status, Avatar-Image

is collected and stored solely for use by our service. When signing up for our service, we also store your IP address and the date and time you registered. This serves to protect us in the event a third party improperly and without your knowledge makes use of your data to sign up for our site. None of this information is transferred to third parties. Nor is any of this information matched to any information that may be collected by other components of our service.

# Use of Facebook components

Our service employs components provided by facebook.com. Facebook is a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.

Each time our service receives an access request equipped with a Facebook component, the component prompts your browser to download an image of this Facebook component. Through this process, Facebook is informed precisely which page of our service is being visited.

When you access our site while logged into Facebook, Facebook uses information gathered by this component to identify the precise page you are viewing and associates this information to your personal account on Facebook. Whenever you click on the “Like“ button, for example, or enter a comment, this information is transmitted to your personal account on Facebook and stored there. In addition, Facebook is informed of your visit to our service. This occurs regardless of whether you click on a component or not.

If you wish to prevent the transfer to and storage of data by Facebook about you and your interaction with our service, you must first log out of Facebook before visiting our service. The data protection policies of Facebook provide additional information, in particular about the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard as well as the options available to you for protecting your privacy: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/

In addition, tools are freely available on the market that can be used to block Facebook social plug-ins with add-ons from being added to all commonly used browsers: http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/
You can find an overview of Facebook plugins at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

# Use of YouTube components

In our service we use components (videos) of YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, a company belonging to Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the YouTube server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by YouTube is provided by Google under the following link:

https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

# Use of Vimeo components

In our service we use components (videos) of Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA

When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Vimeo server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by Vimeo is provided by Vimeo under the following link:

https://vimeo.com/privacy

# Use of Vidme components

In our service we use components (videos) of Vidme a service operated by the Bit Kitchen Inc., Los Angeles, USA

When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Vidme server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by Vidme is provided by Vidme under the following link:

https://vid.me/privacy

# Use of Dailymotion components

In our website we use components (videos) of Dailymotion, 140 boulevard Malesherbes, 75017 Paris, France

When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Dailymotion server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by Dailymotion is provided by Dailymotion under the following link:

http://www.dailymotion.com/us/legal/privacy1

# Use of Twitch components

In our website we use components (videos) of Twitch inc., 225 Bush Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the Twitch server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by Twitch is provided by Twitch under the following link:

https://www.twitch.tv/p/privacy-policy

# Use of Soundcloud components

In our website we use components (audio) of Soundcloud Limited, Rheinsberger Str. 76/77, 10115 Berlin, Germany

When you display a page that has an embedded audio player, a connection will be made to the Soundcloud server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by Soundcloud is provided by Soundcloud under the following link:

https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy

# Use of Mixcloud components

In our website we use components (audio) of Mixcloud Ltd, First Floor, 96 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4RH, UK

When you display a page that has an embedded audio player, a connection will be made to the Mixcloud server and the content will appear in the browser extension via a communication to your browser.

Further information about data protection by Mixcloud is provided by Mixcloud under the following link:

https://www.mixcloud.com/terms/#privacy

# Use of Cloudflare

The data of this service is delivered by the service provider CloudFlare Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. All data being transferred to and from this website is therefore passing through the global network of Cloudflare Inc.

Further information about data protection by Cloudflare is provided by Cloudflare Inc. under the following link:

https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy1

# Information/Cancellation/Deletion

On the basis of the Federal Data Protection Act, you may contact us at no cost if you have questions relating to the collection, processing or use of your personal information, if you wish to request the correction, blocking or deletion of the same, or if you wish to cancel explicitly granted consent. Please note that you have the right to have incorrect data corrected or to have personal data deleted, where such claim is not barred by any legal obligation to retain this data.

Based on sample Data Privacy Policy Statement provided by the Law Offices of Weiß & Partner