PRIVACY POLICY
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
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. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to 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 “Information about the Controller” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in two ways: firstly, when you provide it to us directly, such as data you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. 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 this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated through the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other requests.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about data protection.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider: IONOS
The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
The use of IONOS is based on our legitimate interest in reliable website hosting. If we have requested your consent for any data processing activities, you can revoke this consent at any time.
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with our hosting provider to ensure that personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
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 statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is any information 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 happens.
We note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Information about the Controller
The controller for data processing on this website is:
Margit Drescher
c/o Impressumservice Dein-Impressum
Stettiner Straße 41
35410 Hungen
email: 2025@margitdrescher.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you make a legitimate deletion request or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.
Legal Basis for Data Processing
We process your personal data based on:
- Your consent when you provide information voluntarily
- Legitimate business interests for website operation and improvement
- Legal obligations where required by law
- Contract fulfillment when providing services
You can withdraw your consent at any time, and this will not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external entities. This sometimes requires the transmission of personal data to these external entities. We only pass on personal data to external entities when this is necessary for contract fulfillment, when we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the transfer, or when another legal basis permits the data transfer. When using processors, we only pass on personal data from our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke already given consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Processing
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, particularly when processing is based on our legitimate interests. If you object, we will stop processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms.
For direct marketing purposes, you have an absolute right to object, and we will immediately stop processing your data for such purposes upon your request.
Right to Complain
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you have the right to file a complaint with the relevant privacy authority in your jurisdiction.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
Information, Correction and Deletion
Within the framework of 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 data processing, and if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about personal data.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of 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 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 can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for exercising, defending, or asserting legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have filed an objection according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been 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, this data may only be processed – apart from its storage – with your consent or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims or for protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
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.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Contact by Email, Phone or Fax
If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
Processing of this data is necessary for responding to your inquiry and is based on our legitimate interest in providing customer service. If your inquiry relates to a contract or potential contract, processing is necessary for contract fulfillment. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after completion of processing your request). Legal retention requirements remain unaffected.
5. Social Media
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We point out that we, as providers of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
Use of this service is based on your consent. Consent can be revoked at any time.
When personal data is collected on our website through Instagram integration and forwarded to Meta, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited are jointly responsible for this data processing. Our joint responsibility is limited to the collection of data and its forwarding to Instagram. Subsequent processing by Instagram is not part of our joint responsibility.
According to our agreement with Meta, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using Instagram tools and for implementing the tool in compliance with privacy laws on our website. Meta is responsible for the data security of Instagram products. You can exercise your data rights regarding data processed by Instagram directly with Meta. If you exercise data rights with us, we will forward these to Meta.
Data transfer to the USA is based on standard contractual clauses and Meta’s certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.
Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When you access pages containing LinkedIn functions, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click LinkedIn buttons while logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our website with your user account. We have no knowledge of the content of transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
6. Analysis Tools and Advertising
IONOS WebAnalytics
This website uses the analytics services of IONOS WebAnalytics (hereinafter: IONOS). The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D – 56410 Montabaur. Within the framework of analyses with IONOS, visitor numbers and behavior (e.g., number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e., from which page the visitor comes), visitor locations, and technical data (browser and operating system versions) can be analyzed. For this purpose, IONOS stores in particular the following data:
- Referrer (previously visited website)
- Requested webpage or file
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Device type used
- Time of access
- IP address in anonymized form (only used to determine the location of access)
According to IONOS, data collection is completely anonymized so that it cannot be traced back to individual persons. Cookies are not stored by IONOS WebAnalytics.
Storage and analysis of data is based on our legitimate interest in statistical analysis of user behavior to optimize our website and services. If we have requested your consent for any data processing activities, you can revoke this consent at any time.
Further information on data collection and processing by IONOS WebAnalytics can be found in IONOS’s privacy policy at the following link: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/datenschutzerklaerung/
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with IONOS to ensure that personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
7. Plugins and Tools
Google Fonts (Local Hosting)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google servers takes place.
Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Source: e-recht24.de