privacy policy
1. Privacy at a glance
General notes
The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Your data are collected in part by you providing them to us. This may be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). 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 error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain free information about origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request rectification or erasure of these data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may withdraw that consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request restriction of processing of your personal data. Furthermore you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
On this and further questions about data protection you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
2. Hosting and content delivery networks (CDN)
External hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website are stored on the host's servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact enquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
The host is used for the purpose of performing the contract towards our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Our host will process your data only insofar as this is necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to these data.
Conclusion of a data-processing agreement
To ensure processing in accordance with data protection law, we have concluded a data-processing agreement with our host.
3. General information and mandatory disclosures
Privacy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data-protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use them for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses or similar).
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data-processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent already given at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to 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 affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data are processed for direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently 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, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Access, erasure and rectification
Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, where applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of these data. For this and further questions on personal data you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. To do so you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need them for the exercise, defence or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data — apart from their storage — may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.
4. Data collection on this website
Server log files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of the website — server log files must be collected for this purpose.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form including the contact data you provide there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass these data on without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this was requested.
The data you enter in the contact form remain with us until you request us to erase them, you withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.
Enquiry by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your matter. We do not pass these data on without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this was requested.
The data you send to us via contact enquiries remain with us until you request us to erase them, you withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your matter has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.