Data Protection Declaration

Data Protection Declaration#

1. Data privacy overview#

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

Data collection on this website#

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details can be found in the section “Notice on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How is your data collected?#

On the one hand, your data is collected because you communicate it to us. This could, for example, be data that you send to us via email or a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily involves 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?#

A portion of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website and to ensure IT security (e.g., to defend against cyberattacks).

Your data protection rights#

You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipients and purposes of your stored personal data. You also have a right to rectification, deletion or restriction of processing. You can contact us at any time for these and other questions regarding data protection.

2. Hosting#

We operate our website on a rented Virtual Private Server (VPS) from Strato AG (Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin). In contrast to traditional web hosting, we operate the web server software under our own responsibility. We are therefore responsible for configuring the servers and managing the access data (log files).

Strato AG merely provides us with the infrastructure (data center, hardware, network). We have entered into a data processing agreement (DPA) with Strato AG to ensure compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information#

Data Protection#

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very serious. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. 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.

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 on the Responsible Party#

The responsible party for data processing on this website is the operator of the website. The contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.

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

Retention period#

Unless a more specific storage duration has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, erasure will take place once these reasons no longer apply.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)#

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 ABS. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF 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 TO THE EXTENT THAT 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 ABS. 2 GDPR).

Complaint to 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 violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data transferability#

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL/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, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. 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 bar.

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

Access, rectification, erasure, and restriction of processing#

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to restrict processing#

Sie haben das Recht, die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen. Hierzu können Sie sich jederzeit an uns wenden. Das Recht auf Einschränkung der Verarbeitung besteht in folgenden Fällen:

  • Wenn Sie die Richtigkeit Ihrer bei uns gespeicherten personenbezogenen Daten bestreiten, benötigen wir in der Regel Zeit, um dies zu überprüfen. Für die Dauer der Prüfung haben Sie das Recht, die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen.

  • Wenn die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten unrechtmäßig geschah/geschieht, können Sie statt der Löschung die Einschränkung der Datenverarbeitung verlangen.

  • Wenn wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten nicht mehr benötigen, Sie sie jedoch zur Ausübung, Verteidigung oder Geltendmachung von Rechtsansprüchen benötigen, haben Sie das Recht, statt der Löschung die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen.

  • Wenn Sie einen Widerspruch nach Art. 21 Abs. 1 DSGVO eingelegt haben, muss eine Abwägung zwischen Ihren und unseren Interessen vorgenommen werden. Solange noch nicht feststeht, wessen Interessen überwiegen, haben Sie das Recht, die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen.

  • Wenn Sie die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten eingeschränkt haben, dürfen diese Daten – von ihrer Speicherung abgesehen – nur mit Ihrer Einwilligung oder zur Geltendmachung, Ausübung oder Verteidigung von Rechtsansprüchen oder zum Schutz der Rechte einer anderen natürlichen oder juristischen Person oder aus Gründen eines wichtigen öffentlichen Interesses der Europäischen Union oder eines Mitgliedstaats verarbeitet werden.

4. Datenerfassung auf dieser Website#

Server-Log-Dateien#

Da wir den Server selbst verwalten, erfassen und speichern wir automatisch Informationen in so genannten Server-Log-Dateien, die Ihr Browser automatisch an unseren Server übermittelt. Dies sind:

  • Browsertyp und Browserversion

  • verwendetes Betriebssystem

  • Referrer URL (die zuvor besuchte Seite)

  • Hostname des zugreifenden Rechners (IP-Adresse)

  • Uhrzeit der Serveranfrage

Die Erfassung dieser Daten erfolgt auf Grundlage von Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Wir haben ein berechtigtes Interesse an der technisch fehlerfreien Darstellung und der Sicherheit unserer Website (z. B. zur Abwehr von Angriffsversuchen).

Speicherdauer und Löschung#

Die IP-Adressen und sonstigen Logfile-Daten werden von uns nach 14 Tagen automatisch gelöscht. Die Löschung erfolgt technisch automatisiert durch unsere Server-Konfiguration (logrotate). Eine Zusammenführung dieser Daten mit anderen Datenquellen wird nicht vorgenommen.