Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.
For detailed information on data protection, please refer to the full Privacy Policy below.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The processing of data on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Entity” in this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, information that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or, where applicable, with your consent, by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time at which the page was accessed. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided correctly and without errors. Other data may be used to analyze how visitors use the website.
If contracts can be concluded or initiated via this website, the information you provide will also be processed for the purpose of preparing contractual offers, processing orders, or handling other requests.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data.
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future.
Under certain circumstances, you also have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
If you have any questions about this or about data protection generally, you may contact us at any time.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated through the use of a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contractual obligations towards our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online services securely, quickly, and efficiently through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Where consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Our hosting provider will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil its service obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.
We use the following hosting provider:
HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Švitrigailos str. 34
Vilnius 03230
Lithuania
Phone: +37064503378
Email: domains@hostinger.com
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is information that can be used to identify you personally.
This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we collect it, and for what purposes we use it.
Please note that data transmission over the internet, for example when communicating by email, may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.
Information on the Responsible Entity
The entity responsible for processing personal data on this website is:
Marion Kotzenberg
Gereonshof 6
50670 Köln
Germany
Email: marionkotzenberg@icloud.com
The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data, such as names or email addresses.
Storage Period
Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies.
If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw your consent to the processing of your data, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for retaining it, such as tax or commercial-law retention obligations. In the latter case, the data will be deleted once those reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or, where special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed, on the basis of Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.
If you have expressly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.
Where you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device, for example through device fingerprinting, processing is additionally based on Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for taking steps prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
We may also process your data where this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Data may also be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The specific legal basis applicable in each individual case is explained in the relevant sections of this Privacy Policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this requires personal data to be transferred to these external parties.
We only disclose personal data to external parties where this is necessary for the performance of a contract, where we are legally obliged to do so (for example, providing data to tax authorities), where we have a legitimate interest in disclosure pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or where another legal basis permits the disclosure of the data.
Where we use data processors, we disclose our customers’ personal data only on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. Where data is processed jointly, a joint processing agreement will be concluded.
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing activities are possible only with your express consent. You may withdraw consent that you have already given at any time.
The lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.
THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR UNLESS THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING.
IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.
This right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, in a commonly used and machine-readable format, either for yourself or for a third party.
If you request that your data be transferred directly to another controller, this will only be carried out where technically feasible.
Access, Rectification and Erasure
Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing.
You may also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data.
For this purpose, and for any other questions concerning personal data, you may contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time to exercise this right.
The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
- If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data has been restricted, such data may — apart from being stored — only be processed with your consent, for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Contact Form
If you send us an enquiry via the contact form, the information you provide in the enquiry form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case we need to contact you with follow-up questions.
We will not pass this data on to third parties without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract.
In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), where consent has been requested. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
The data you enter into the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies, for example once your enquiry has been fully processed.
Mandatory statutory retention requirements remain unaffected.
Source: e-recht24.de