Privacy Policy

This is a translation of the German Privacy Policy. The German version is the original and legally binding document. 

Controller

Jens Dede, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Types of Data Processed

• Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).

• Contact data (e.g., email, phone numbers).

• Content data (e.g., text input, photographs, videos).

• Usage data (e.g., websites visited, interest in content, access times).

• Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

Categories of Affected Persons

Visitors and users of the online services. (Hereinafter, we collectively refer to the affected persons as "users").

Purpose of Processing

• Providing the online services, their functions, and content.

• Responding to contact inquiries and communicating with users.

• Security measures.

• Reach measurement/marketing.

Terminology Used

"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., a cookie), or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

"Processing" means any operation or set of operations that is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

"Pseudonymization" is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

"Profiling" means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evalu³ate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

"Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

"Processor" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Relevant Legal Basis

In accordance with Art. 13 of the GDPR, we inform you of the legal basis for our data processing. Unless the legal basis is mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and contractual measures as well as responding to inquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security Measures

In accordance with Art. 32 of the GDPR, and taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation, and the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access, input, disclosure, and ensuring availability and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, data deletion, and response to data breaches. We also consider the protection of personal data during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in line with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Art. 25 GDPR).

Cooperation with Processors and Third Parties

If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transmit it to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of legal permission (e.g., if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required for contract performance in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), if you have consented, if a legal obligation requires it, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties with the processing of data on the basis of a so-called "Data Processing Agreement," this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.

Transfers to Third Countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this happens in the context of using third-party services or disclosing/transmitting data to third parties, this only happens if it is necessary for the fulfillment of our (pre)contractual obligations, based on your consent, due to a legal obligation, or based on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only if the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means that processing takes place, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level equivalent to the EU (e.g., for the USA through the "Privacy Shield") or compliance with officially recognized specific contractual obligations (so-called "Standard Contractual Clauses").

Rights of Data Subjects

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed and to receive information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data, in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.

In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to demand the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.

In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand that data concerning you be deleted immediately, or, alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand a restriction of the processing of the data.

You have the right, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us and to demand its transmission to other controllers.

Furthermore, in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Right of Withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw consent given in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR with effect for the future.

Right to Object

You can object to the future processing of data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. The objection can be made, in particular, against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and Right to Object to Direct Marketing

"Cookies" are small files that are stored on users' computers. Different information can be stored within the cookies. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online service. Temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies," are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online service and closes their browser. Such a cookie can, for example, store the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status. Cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed are called "permanent" or "persistent" cookies. For example, the login status can be saved when users visit them after several days. The interests of the users, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes, can also be stored in such a cookie. "Third-party cookies" are cookies offered by providers other than the controller who operates the online service (otherwise, if it is only their own cookies, they are called "first-party cookies").

We may use temporary and permanent cookies and explain this in our privacy policy.

If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in their browser's system settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser's system settings. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional limitations of this online service.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this online service may be usable.

Deletion of Data

The data we process will be deleted or their processing restricted in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated in this privacy policy, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and no legal retention obligations prevent the deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be kept for commercial or tax reasons.

According to legal requirements in Germany, retention is in particular for 10 years in accordance with §§ 147 para. 1 AO, 257 para. 1 no. 1 and 4, para. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, booking vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years in accordance with § 257 para. 1 no. 2 and 3, para. 4 HGB (commercial letters).

According to legal requirements in Austria, retention is in particular for 7 years in accordance with § 132 para. 1 BAO (accounting documents, receipts/invoices, accounts, receipts, business papers, statement of income and expenses, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate, and for 10 years for documents in connection with electronically supplied services, telecommunications, broadcasting and television services provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.

Hosting and Email Dispatch

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, email dispatch, security services, as well as technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online service.

In this context, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties, and visitors to this online service on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online service⁶ in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of a data processing agreement).⁷

Collection of Access Data and Log Files

We, or our hosting provider, collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. The access data includes the name of the retrieved website, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider.

Log file information is stored for a maximum of 7 days for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident.

Integration of Third-Party Services and Content

Within our online service, we use content or service offers from third-party providers on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online service within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").

This always requires that the third-party providers of this content perceive the user's IP address, as they would not be able to send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content. We strive to only use such content whose respective providers only use the IP address for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymized information can also be stored in cookies on the user's device and, among other things, contain technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time, and other information about the use of our online service, and can also be linked to such information from other sources.

Erstellt mit Datenschutz-Generator.de von RA Dr. Thomas Schwenke und übersetzt mit Google Gemini.