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Datenschutzerklärung


Privacy Policy

1. General Information

This website is operated by Hemmersbach Michael, Alte Neusser Landstraße 151, 50769 Cologne, Germany, worringen.sued@gmail.com. If you have any questions regarding data protection, you can contact us using the contact details provided above.

2. Processing of Personal Data and Disclosure to Third Parties

2.1 When you use our website, certain personal data is automatically collected through your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.). The information collected includes the IP address currently used by your device, the date and time of access, the browser type and operating system of your device, and the pages visited. This data is processed for the purposes of ensuring data security, optimising our services, and improving our website. The processing of this personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Protecting our website and optimising our services constitute legitimate interests on our part.

2.2 If you contact us, for example by submitting an enquiry using the contact details provided on our website, we will process only the personal data you provide to us that is necessary to handle and respond to your enquiry.

2.3 We use external service providers to facilitate the data processing activities described in this Privacy Policy, including website hosting and maintenance.

3. Cookies

3.1 To make our services more attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.

Some cookies we use are deleted at the end of your browser session, i.e. when you close your browser (known as session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognise your browser when you visit our website again (persistent cookies).

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are being placed, allowing you to decide whether to accept them individually, reject them in certain circumstances, or reject them altogether. Further information can be found in your internet browser's help section. Please note that rejecting cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

By accepting our cookie banner, you consent to the processing of your personal data through cookies. This processing is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. The specific cookies we use are described below.

3.2 Adobe Analytics

We use Adobe Analytics, a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited (4–6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; hereinafter referred to as "Adobe").

This service uses cookies stored on your device to analyse how you use our website. The information generated by these cookies about your use of our website, including your IP address, is transmitted to Adobe servers in Ireland, where it is anonymised. The anonymised information is then transferred to servers in the United States for further processing and storage.

Adobe uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services relating to website and internet usage.

Where required by law, or where third parties process this data on Adobe's behalf, the information may be disclosed to third parties. Under no circumstances will your IP address be combined with other data held by Adobe.

You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting your browser settings. However, please note that doing so may prevent you from using all the functions of this website to their full extent.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data collected about you in the manner and for the purposes described above.

You may object to data collection by Adobe at any time with effect for the future. Further information on opting out is available at:

https://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html

3.3 Google Analytics

We also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google").

Google Analytics also uses cookies. The information generated by these cookies about your use of our website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States.

However, Google truncates your IP address within Member States of the European Union or other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services relating to website and internet usage.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings.

You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by cookies relating to your use of the website, including your IP address, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

3.4 Advertising Cookies

We also use third-party advertising cookies for advertising purposes. These cookies enable us to tailor advertisements displayed in your browser to your interests based on your browsing behaviour.

We use the following advertising cookies:

a) Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel on our website, a tool operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, for residents of the European Union, by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Facebook").

Facebook Pixel is used to analyse and optimise our website and support its commercial operation. It also enables Facebook to identify visitors to our website as a target audience for Facebook advertisements.

We therefore use Facebook Pixel to display our Facebook advertisements to Facebook users who have shown an interest in our website. This helps us ensure that our advertisements are relevant to users' potential interests and are not unnecessarily intrusive.

We may also use Facebook Pixel to measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes. This includes determining whether users visit our website after clicking on a Facebook advertisement (known as a "conversion" or "user interaction").

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Facebook Pixel is activated directly by Facebook when you visit our website and may place a cookie on your device. If you subsequently log in to Facebook or visit Facebook while logged in, your visit to our website may be associated with your Facebook profile.

The data collected about you is anonymous to us, meaning that we do not receive information that directly identifies individual users. However, Facebook stores and processes this data, which may allow it to associate the information with the relevant user profile. This means that Facebook may create user profiles based on the processed data.

Facebook processes this information in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Further information about how Facebook Pixel works and how Facebook advertisements are displayed can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/policy

You can opt out of the collection and use of your data by Facebook Pixel for advertising purposes. To manage the types of advertisements you see on Facebook, visit Facebook's advertising preferences page and follow the instructions for managing interest-based advertising:

https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/ad_settings

These settings apply across platforms and devices, including desktop computers and mobile devices.

You can also object to the use of cookies for tracking and advertising purposes through the following opt-out services:

  • Network Advertising Initiative: https://optout.networkadvertising.org

  • US advertising opt-out website: https://www.aboutads.info/choices

  • European advertising opt-out website: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/

You can also manage your privacy settings using the on-site privacy settings button available on our website.

3.5 Pseudonymisation of Data

The data collected about you through analytics and/or advertising cookies is pseudonymised by us using technical measures. Following pseudonymisation, the data can no longer be directly attributed to the individual user who accessed the website.

3.6 Consent to Analytics and Advertising Cookies

By clicking "Accept" in our cookie banner, you consent to the processing of your personal data through analytics and advertising cookies for the purposes described above.

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

4. Provision of Personal Data and Data Retention Periods

Providing your personal data is voluntary. You are not legally required to provide us with your personal data.

If you choose not to provide your personal data, there will be no consequences for you other than the fact that you may be unable to use certain services we offer.

Personal data you provide to us through our website will be stored only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was processed.

Different retention periods may apply where we have a legitimate interest in retaining the data, for example to ensure data security or prevent misuse.

Personal data that we are required to retain under statutory or contractual retention obligations will be restricted from further processing where appropriate.

5. Your Rights

You may exercise the following rights under the GDPR at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided in Section 1:

  • Right of access (Article 15 GDPR): The right to obtain information about the processing of your personal data and to receive a copy of that data.

  • Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR): The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected and incomplete personal data completed.

  • Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR): The right to request the deletion of your personal data and, where the data has been made public, to request that we inform other data controllers of your erasure request.

  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR): The right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR): The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another data controller without hindrance from us.

  • Right to withdraw consent (Article 7 GDPR): You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent before it was withdrawn.

  • Right to object (Article 21 GDPR): The right to object to the processing of your personal data, where the applicable legal requirements are met.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data does not comply with the GDPR (Article 77 GDPR).

Last updated: May 2018 / AGen ...