Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection
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 by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on This Website
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.
Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page visit). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter this website.
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other inquiries.
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the 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. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions about data protection.
Analytics and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily using analytics programs.
Detailed information on these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Dogado
The provider is dogado GmbH, Saarlandstr. 25, 44139 Dortmund, Germany (hereinafter „Dogado“). When you visit our website, Dogado collects various log files including your IP address.
For details, please refer to Dogado’s privacy policy: https://www.dogado.de/legal/datenschutz
The use of Dogado is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called „cookies.“ Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any harm to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies allow the integration of certain services provided by third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or displaying videos). Other cookies are used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out electronic communications, providing certain functions you have requested (e.g., the shopping cart function), or optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies, the processing takes place exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies, to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Server Log Files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
- Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing device
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if this has been obtained; consent can be withdrawn at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.
Inquiry via Email, Phone, or Fax
If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (e.g., name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if this has been obtained; consent can be withdrawn at any time.
The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.