Privacy Policy
1. Overview of Data Protection
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data includes all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on 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?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details of the operator can be found in the "Responsible Party" section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can include data you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.
How do we use your data?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how users interact with the site.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time for further questions regarding data protection.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host provider. This can include IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated by a website.
External hosting is carried out to fulfill the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out solely on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, provided that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) according to TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations and to follow our instructions with regard to this data.
We use the following host:
HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Švitrigailos str. 34, Vilnius 03230 Lithuania
Phone: +37064503378
Email: domains@hostinger.com
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
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 the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to 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.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Maria Rüssel
Kupferstraße 20
09456 Annaberg-Buchholz
Germany
Email: maria.russel@example.com
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 (Article 4 No. 7 GDPR).
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to File Complaints with Regulatory Authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: [Link to Data Protection Officers](https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html).
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to you or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, 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 fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
Information, Deletion, and Correction
Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipient, and the purpose of data processing, as well as a right to correction or deletion of 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 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 with 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 pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion is carried out by your web browser.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies allow the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for payment processing).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for the provision of certain functions requested by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or for the optimization of the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) are stored based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. 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. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Information about which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing inquiries directed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if it has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completing the processing of your inquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.
5. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
When you visit one of our web pages that includes a YouTube video, a connection is established to YouTube's servers. This informs the YouTube server about which of our pages you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device or use comparable technologies for recognition (e.g., device fingerprinting). This way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. Among other things, this information is used to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to 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 an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, to the extent that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in terms of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information about how user data is handled, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these data protection standards. You can find more information about this from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Google Fonts (Local Hosting)
This page uses Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts, provided by Google. The Google Fonts are locally installed. There is no connection to Google's servers.
For more information about Google Fonts, please visit: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
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