Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data means all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Carsten Kikul, Dunzweiler Strasse 22, 66914 Waldmohr, Germany, Tel.: +49 176 72223653, e-mail: carsten.kikul@gmx.de. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. when you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the server of our website (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time at the moment of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/referrer from which you reached the page
  • Used browser
  • Used operating system
  • Used IP address (if applicable, in anonymised form)

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. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries sent to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & content delivery network

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use a provider who provides its services itself or through selected sub-contractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website are processed on these servers.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

In order to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are deleted automatically after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable us to save site settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). You can see the storage duration of persistent cookies in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.

Where personal data are also processed by individual cookies that we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of a contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of your visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

5) Contacting us

Within the scope of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data are collected. Which data are collected in the case of using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request and for the related technical administration.

The legal basis for processing these data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been finally processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

6) Website functionalities

YouTube

This website uses plugins for displaying and playing videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA.

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers at the latest when the video is played in order to load the content. In this process, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour, to compile playback statistics and to prevent abusive behaviour.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider while visiting our site, your data will be directly assigned to your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your data to be associated with your account, you must log out before activating the playback button.

All the processing operations described above, in particular the setting of cookies to read information on the device used, are carried out only if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke the consent you have given at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which, on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European level of data protection.

7) Rights of the data subject

7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights with regard to the processing of your personal data vis-à-vis the controller (rights of access and intervention), where reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:

  • Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consent given pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

7.2 Right to object

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

8) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing and – if applicable – also by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, these data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that they are no longer required for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.