p r i v a c y   p o l i c y

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 with which you can be personally identified.
Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section "Information on the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). The collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If the website enables the conclusion or initiation of contracts, the transmitted data is also processed for contract offers, orders, or other inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, 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 consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.
Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about data protection.

Analysis Tools and Tools from Third Parties

When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This happens primarily with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

 

2. Hosting

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider(s). This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access records, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is performed for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online services securely, quickly, and efficiently by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Where consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (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(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their performance obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider:

Webador / JouwWeb B.V.
Torenallee 20
5617 BC Eindhoven
THE NETHERLANDS

 

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Responsible Party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Webador / JouwWeb B.V.
Torenallee 20
5617 BC Eindhoven
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone: +31(0)40-3031360
Email: [Email address of the responsible party]

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted—unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed under Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.
If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is also based on § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
If your data is required to fulfill a legal obligation, we process it based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal basis for each specific case is explained in the following 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, the transfer of personal data to these external parties is necessary.
We only share personal data with external parties if it is necessary for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the data transfer, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer.

When using processors, we only share personal data of our customers based on a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

 

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.


Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; 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 DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).


Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.


Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, either to yourself or to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.


Right of Access, Rectification, and Erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing. You may also have a right to rectification or erasure of your data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose or for further questions about personal data.


Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can 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 the restriction of processing of your personal data.

- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.

- If you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data – apart from being stored – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.


SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the address line of the browser from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called "cookies." Cookies are small data packets that do not harm your device. They may be stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.

Cookies can be set by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services on the website (e.g., cookies for payment processing services).

Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., shopping cart functionality or video display). Other cookies are used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for electronic communication, the provision of certain functions requested by you (e.g., the shopping cart function), or the optimization of the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the web audience) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Where consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies, processing is based solely on that consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

You can find more information about which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

 

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the form, including the contact information you provided, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for potential follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries directed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by Email, Telephone or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been handled). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

5. Social Media

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated into this website. These functions are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

When the social media feature is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram is thus informed that you have visited this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. Please note that we, as the website operator, do not have knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how it is used by Instagram.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If personal data is collected on our website using the tool described and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection and transfer of data to Facebook or Instagram. The subsequent processing by Facebook or Instagram is not part of the joint responsibility.

The obligations jointly incumbent upon us have been set out in a joint processing agreement. The text of this agreement can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing privacy information when using the Facebook or Instagram tools and for the secure integration of the tools on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products. You may assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) directly with Facebook. If you assert them with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found at:

For more information, please see Instagram’s privacy policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/

This company is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the EU and the USA that ensures compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Each DPF-certified company commits to these standards. More information is available here:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452

 

6. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website. The operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube video, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

YouTube may also store cookies on your device or use similar recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting). This enables YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. Among other things, this information is used to collect video statistics, improve usability, and prevent fraud. Data may also be processed in the Google advertising network.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of providing an appealing online presence. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as consent includes cookie storage or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting). Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on handling user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

The company is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), an agreement between the EU and the USA ensuring compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. More information:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780

 

Source: https://www.e-recht24.de