Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection Overview
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.
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. You can find their contact details in the “Notice Concerning the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected firstly by you providing it to us. This could, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website, either with your consent or automatically. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
A part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
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 for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.
2. Hosting
We host the contents of our website with the following provider:
Strato
The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Strasse 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files, including your IP addresses.
For more information, please refer to Strato’s privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.
The use of Strato is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable possible presentation of our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDG, as long as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined in the TDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Notice Concerning the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Manuela Guntermann
Auf der Böcke 28
58762 Altena
Phone: Available upon request
Email: spiess-manuela@gmx.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing ceases to apply. If you assert 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 deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.
General Information on the Legal Bases of Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, provided special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9(1) GDPR. If you have explicitly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting) has been requested, the data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if required by a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. The data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases for each individual case are provided in the subsequent sections of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. This may also involve the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only share personal data with external parties when it is necessary for fulfilling a contract, when we are legally required to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest in doing so under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or when another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using processors, we only share our customers’ personal data based on a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED 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 THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER 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 THEN NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER 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, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
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 that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser’s address line from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Deletion, and Correction
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can 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 the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your and our interests. As long as it is not yet clear 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, this data may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense 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 a member state.
Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the site expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.