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 with which you can be personally identified.

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 section “Information on the controller” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form or send to us by e-mail.

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 the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients 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 with effect for the future.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Vercel

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may primarily include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

3. General information and mandatory information

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 the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the 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 on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful
• If we no longer need your personal data
• If you have lodged an objection to the processing

SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise 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.

4. Data collection on this website

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Contact form & e-mail contact

If you contact us by e-mail, your enquiry including all personal data resulting from it (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

5. Analysis tools

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use GA4 with the Measurement ID for event-based analysis of user behaviour.

GA4 collects usage data such as page views, scroll depth, clicks on outgoing links, time spent, operating systems used and the origin of the user. This data is collected on an event basis and assigned to the respective end device of the user.

Google Analytics 4 uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analysing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

IP anonymisation

In Google Analytics 4, IP anonymisation is activated by default. Your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. The full IP address is not stored.

Google Consent Mode v2

We use Google Consent Mode v2. Without your express consent, no analytics cookies are set and no personal data is transmitted to Google. Full measurement is only activated after you have given your consent via our cookie banner.

Legal basis

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can find details here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/

Browser plugin

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Data processing on behalf

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Google Ads conversion tracking

This website uses Google Ads conversion tracking, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. If you reached our website via a Google ad, a cookie is set on your end device. This cookie expires after 30 days and does not serve to personally identify you.

The cookie is used to track whether certain actions (e.g. submitting a contact form) took place after clicking on an ad. This allows us and Google to determine which ads lead to enquiries.

The information collected is transmitted to Google servers in the USA. The data transfer takes place on the basis of the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Legal basis

Processing takes place on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Without consent given, conversion tracking is not active.

Objection

You can deactivate conversion tracking by disabling the storage of cookies in your browser settings or by switching off personalised advertising via the Google ad settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads

6. Review widget

ProvenExpert

This website embeds a review seal from Expert Systems AG (“ProvenExpert”), Friedrichstraße 200, 10117 Berlin, Germany. When the page is loaded, the widget loads an external JavaScript script from www.provenexpert.com, whereby your IP address is transmitted to the ProvenExpert servers.

ProvenExpert processes this data in accordance with its own privacy policy: https://www.provenexpert.com/datenschutz/

Legal basis

The integration takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in displaying customer reviews to inform website visitors, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.