Data protection statement

Responsible in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is: Jürgen Reeh.

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer:

Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR)
Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
Restriction of data processing, if we may not yet delete your data because of legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) AND
Data transferability, if you have consented to data processing or you have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

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

You may at any time submit a complaint to a supervisory authority, e.g. to the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with their addresses can be found below: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Cookies

Nature and purpose of the processing:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.

This enables us to read certain data such as IP address, browser used and operating system.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or to transfer viruses onto a computer. By using the information contained in the cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and enable the correct display of our websites

In no case, will we pass on the data recorded to third parties or create a link to your personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can always deactivate the use of cookies via your browser settings. Please use the help function of your internet browser to find out how you can change these settings. Please be aware that certain functions of our website my possibly not work if you have deactivated the use of cooking.

Storage duration and cookies used:

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Contact form

Nature and purpose of the processing:

The data input by you will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. A valid email address and your name are required for this. These are used for the allocation of your enquiry and the related answer. The provision 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 Point f GDPR).

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

If you contact us to request a quotation, the data entered in the contact form will be processed for the purpose of implementing pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 Point b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data are the order processors.

Storage Duration:

Data will be deleted no more than 6 months after the enquiry.

If a contract is signed, we are subject to the legal storage periods stipulated by the HGB (German commercial code) and will delete your data after expiry of these periods.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, your email address and the reason for your request.

Use of Google Analytics

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 so-called “Cookies“, i.e. text files, which are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the Agreement in the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. 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 further services to the website operator in connection with website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework 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. Based on the use of the website and the Internet, further associated services are then to be provided.

Legal Basis:

Processing takes place based on the consent of the user (Art. 6 Para. 1 Point a GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipient of the data is Google as order processor. We have concluded with Google a related order processing contract.

Storage Duration:

Data will be deleted as soon as this is no longer necessary for recording purposes.

Transfer to a Third Country:

Google processes your data in the USA and is bound by the EU_US Privacy Shield. https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website. If you disable access, there can be limitations to the functioning of the website.

Revoking Consent:

You may prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate setting 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 capturing the data generated by the cookie and the use of the website (including your IP address), and from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link. Browser Add On to deactivate Google Analytics.

In addition, or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can disable the tracking of Google Analytics on our pages by clicking on this link. When you do this, an opt-out cookie will be installed on your device and the capture by Google Analytics for this website and this browser will be prevented in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed on your browser.

Profiling:

With the help of the Google Analytics tracking took, the behaviour of visitors to the website can be evaluated and their interests analysed. For this we create a pseudonym User Profile.

Use of script libraries (Google Webfonts)

Nature and purpose of the processing:

To display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing way across all browsers, we use ”Google Web Fonts” of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter ”Google”) for the display of fonts on this website.

You will find here the data protection guidelines of the library operator Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Legal Basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Web Fonts and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Point a GDPR).

Recipients:

Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the library operator. It is theoretically possible - although it is currently unclear whether and for what purposes - that the operator collects data from Google in this case.

Storage Duration:

We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Webfonts.

You can find further information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the data protection statement of Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Transfer to a Third Country:

Google processes your data in the USA and is bound by the EU_US Privacy Shield. https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The supply of personal data is not required by law or contract. However, it may not be possible to display the contents correctly using standard fonts.

Revoking Consent:

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

Use of Google Maps

Nature and purpose of the processing:

On this website we use the features of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter ”Google”). In this way, we can display for you interactive maps direct on the website and enable you to use the map function comfortably.

You can find more detailed information about data processing by Google at the Google Privacy Notice . Here you can also change your personal data protection settings in the Data Protection Centre.

You will find detailed instructions on managing your own data with Google Products here.

Legal Basis:

The legal basis for the integration of Google Maps and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Point a GDPR).

Recipients:

When you visit the website, Google receives information, that you have called up the sub-pages of our website. This happens regardless of whether Google has created a user account, to which you are logged on, or whether a user account is not in place. When you are logged on to Google, your data is directly allocated to your account.

If you do not want the allocation in your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have a right of objection to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

Storage Duration:

We will not collect personal data through the integration of Google Maps.

Transfer to a Third Country:

Google processes your data in the USA and is bound by the EU_US Privacy Shield. https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Revoking Consent:

If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use our website, or only to a limited extent.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

SSL-encryption

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

Changing our data protection settings

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection statement so that it always meets the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection statement, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement then applies to your next visit.

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:

The Data Protection Statement was produced with the help of activeMind, the experts for external data protection officers (Version #2019-04-10).