Data protection

 

DATA PROTECTION ( DSGVO)

The person responsible within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU data protection basic regulation (DSGVO), is:

Monika J. Sittek

Your rights of data subjects
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored with us and their processing (Art. 15 DSGVO)
  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 DSGVO)
  • seletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 DSGVO)
  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 DSGVO)
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 DSGVO) and
  • Data transferability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 DSGVO)

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You may at any time file a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g. the competent supervisory authority of the federal state in which you reside or the authority responsible for us.

You will find a list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with their addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collection of general information when you visit our website


the nature and purpose of the processing:
If you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a trouble-free connection to the website
  • Ensuring the smooth use of our website
  • Evaluation of system safety and stability as well as
  • for other administrative purposes
  • We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is evaluated statistically by us if necessary, in order to optimize our Internet appearance and the technology behind it.

Legal basis:
Processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as contract processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

Provision required or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or restricted. For this reason an objection is excluded.

Registration on our website


the nature and purpose of the processing:
When registering for the use of our personalised services, some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data (e.g. telephone number and e-mail address). If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we only offer to registered users. Registered users also have the option of changing or deleting the data provided during registration at any time. Of course, we will also provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time.

Legal basis:
The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

If the registration serves the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the additional legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as contract processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:
Data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. Afterwards they will be deleted, as long as there are no legal obligations to store them. To contact us in this context, please use the contact data provided at the end of this data protection declaration.

Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Without the provision of your personal data we cannot grant you access to our offered contents and services.

 

Comment function


the nature and purpose of the processing:
If users leave comments on our website, the time of their creation and the user name previously chosen by the website visitor are stored in addition to this information. This serves our security, as we can be held responsible for illegal content on our website, even if it has been created by users.

Legal basis:
The processing of data entered as comments is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

By providing the comment function, we would like to enable you to interact in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:
The data are deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case when communication with the user has been completed and the company can infer from the circumstances that the relevant facts have been conclusively clarified.

Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.

 

Newsletter


the nature and purpose of the processing:
Your data will only be used to send you the subscribed newsletter by e-mail. Your name will be entered in order to address you personally in the newsletter and, if necessary, to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.

Your e-mail address is sufficient for receiving the newsletter. When you register to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be informed by e-mail of circumstances relevant to the service or registration (e.g. changes to the newsletter offering or technical circumstances).

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to check that a registration is actually carried out by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the "double opt-in" procedure. To this end, we log the order of the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation e-mail and the receipt of the reply requested herewith. Further data will not be collected. The data will be used exclusively for the newsletter dispatch and will not be passed on to third parties.

Legal basis:
On the basis of your expressly given consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), we regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for newsletter dispatch at any time with effect for the future. In every newsletter you will find a corresponding link. You can also unsubscribe directly from this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation via the contact option given at the end of this data protection notice.

Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:
The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent is available. They will then be deleted.

Provision required or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

 

Contact form


the nature and purpose of the processing:

The data entered by you will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used to assign the query and then answer it. The specification of further data is optional.

Legal basis:
The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

By providing you with the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. Your details will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO).

Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:
Data will be deleted at the latest 6 months after processing of the request.

If it comes to a contractual relationship, we are subject to the legal retention periods according to HGB and delete your data after the expiration of these periods.

Provision prescribed or necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.

 

Use of Google Analytics


the nature and purpose of the processing:
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these web pages, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to and truncated by Google on servers in the United States. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.

The purposes of data processing are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on activities on the website. On the basis of the use of the website and the Internet, further associated services are then to be provided.

Legal basis:
The data is processed on the basis of the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Recipient:
The recipient of the data is Google as the processor. For this purpose, we have concluded the corresponding contract with Google.

Storage period:
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third Country Transfer:
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision required or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. If you block access, this may restrict the functionality of the website.

Revocation of consent:
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: Browser Add On for deactivating Google Analytics.

In addition or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent Google Analytics from collecting cookies for this website and for this browser in the future as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Profiling:
With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behaviour of visitors to the website can be evaluated and their interests analysed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

 

Use of Adobe Analytics (Omniture)


the nature and purpose of the processing:
This website uses Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies ("Adobe"), 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland. Adobe Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. When a tracking record is sent to Adobe Datacenter by a Web site visitor's browser, our server settings ensure that the IP address is anonymized before geolocalization, i.e. that the last octet of the IP address is replaced by zeros. Before the tracking packet is stored, the IP address is replaced by individual generic IP addresses.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Adobe will use this information to evaluate users' use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Adobe Analytics is not merged with other data from Adobe.

Adobe's current privacy policy can be found at http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy.html

Legal basis:
The data is processed on the basis of the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Recipient:
The recipient of the data is Adobe as the processor.

Storage period:
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third country transfer:
Processing does not take place outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA).

Provision required or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Revocation of consent:
You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, this offer reminds users that in this case they may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. In addition, users can prevent the collection by Adobe of the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Adobe by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html

Profiling:
The tracking tool Adobe Analytics (Omniture) is used to improve the design and usability of our website and to optimize the booking process. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

 

Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)


the nature and purpose of the processing:
In order to display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") on this website to display fonts.

The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Legal basis:
The legal basis for the integration of Google Webfonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Recipient:
Calling script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the library operator. It is theoretically possible - but currently unclear whether and, if so, for what purposes - for the operator to collect Google data in this case.

Storage duration:
We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Web Fonts.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Third Country Transfer:
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision required or required:
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, it may not be possible to display the content correctly using standard fonts.

Revocation of consent:
The programming language JavaScript is regularly used to display the contents. You can therefore object to data processing by deactivating the execution of JavaScript in your browser or by installing a JavaScript blocker. Please note that this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

 

SSL encryption


In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

 

Contract processors used
The following organisations, companies or persons have been commissioned by the operator of this website to process data:

Monika J. Sittek

 

Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always corresponds to the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. Your renewed visit will then be subject to the new data protection declaration.

Questions to the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:

Monika J. Sittek by E@[email protected]

The privacy statement has been prepared with the help of activeMind AG, the expert for external data protection officers (version #2018-09-24).

 

 

 

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