🧾 Privacy Policy 🧾

Privacy Policy

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Ibrahim Atila

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by 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 are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
  • Data portability, provided that you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

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

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, for example, the competent supervisory authority in the federal state in which you reside or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschrift/Laender/Laender-node.html .

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Type and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide information, general information 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 similar information.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  • Ensuring smooth use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
  • to optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. We may statistically evaluate this type of information anonymously to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR 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 processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries:

no

The following data protection guarantees are in place:

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session ends.

If the data is stored in log files, this will be the case after 14 days at the latest. Longer storage is possible. In this case, the users' IP addresses are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services may be unavailable or restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies

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

You can delete individual cookies or all cookies. You can also find information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you can find the necessary information at the following links:

Storage period and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Technically necessary cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after changing pages.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. These require that the browser be recognized even after changing pages.

We need cookies for the following applications:

Shopping cart
Remembering search terms

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipient:

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

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.

Contradiction

Please read the information about your right of objection under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Cookies that are not technically necessary

We also use cookies to better tailor the offerings on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve them based on statistical evaluations.

To find out which providers use cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

Recipient:

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

For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Third country transfer:

For further information, please refer to the lists of individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.

Provision required or necessary:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are usually configured to accept cookies. Generally, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of Consent).

Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Revocation of consent:

You can revoke your consent at any time using our cookie consent tool.

Profiling:

To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Comment function

Type and purpose of processing:

When users leave comments on our website, we save this information, along with the time of their creation and the username previously chosen by the website visitor. This is for our security, as we can be held liable for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered as a comment is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

By providing the comment function, we want to enable you to interact easily. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when communication with the user has been concluded and the company can determine from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved. We reserve the right to delete data without stating reasons and without prior or subsequent notification.

You can also request that we delete your comment at any time. To do so, please send an email to the data protection officer listed below and include the link to your comment and, for identification purposes, the email address used when creating the comment.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.

Newsletter

Type and purpose of processing:

To deliver our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.

For effective registration, we require a valid email address. To verify that the registration is actually made by the owner of the email address, we use the "double opt-in" process. For this purpose, we log the newsletter registration, the sending of a confirmation email, and the receipt of the requested response. No further data is collected.

Legal basis:

Based on your express consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or similar information by email to the email address you provided.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with future effect. A corresponding link is included in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or notify us of your revocation using the contact option provided at the end of this privacy policy.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:

In this context, the data will only be processed as long as the corresponding consent has been obtained. After that, it will be deleted.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and solely based on your consent. Without your consent, we unfortunately cannot send you our newsletter.

Revocation of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with future effect. You can unsubscribe using the link included in every email or by contacting the data protection officer or person responsible for data protection listed below.

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, you must provide a valid email address and your name. This will be used to assign the request and subsequently respond to it. Providing additional data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

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

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.

If a contractual relationship is entered into, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision required or necessary:

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

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and that 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 beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de .

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 the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

The data we send and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g., user ID), or advertising IDs is automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Revocation of consent:

You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by Click this link . This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data for this website and this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can also prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; 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 relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics .

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plug-in is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter "Google"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, a connection is established to YouTube servers. This tells YouTube which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube can be found in the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy ( https://policies.google.com/privacy ).

Revocation of consent:

The provider currently does not offer a simple opt-out or blocking option for data transfer. If you wish to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers using the Cookie Consent Tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or may only use it to a limited extent.

Social Plugins

Type and purpose of processing:

We offer you the option of using so-called "social media buttons" on our website. To protect your data, we use the "Shariff" solution for implementation. These buttons are integrated into the website only as graphics containing a link to the corresponding website of the button provider. Clicking on the graphic will redirect you to the services of the respective provider. Only then will your data be sent to the respective provider. If you do not click on the graphic, no exchange of data will take place between you and the providers of the social media buttons. Information about the collection and use of your data on social networks can be found in the respective providers' terms of use. More information about the Shariff solution can be found here: http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Case-specific right of objection

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests), for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4 (4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

Yes

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, for example, when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for 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 organization directly:

Ibrahim Atila

This privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officer (Version #2020-09-30).

Video