Privacy Policy

General information on data processing

Person responsible for data collection on this website

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find his contact details in the imprint of this website.

Scope of the processing of personal data

The processing of personal data of users on this website only takes place insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functioning website as well as its contents and services.

However, if special services and offers are used via the website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number, is always in line with the basic data protection regulation and in accordance with the applicable country-specific data protection regulations. This data protection declaration aims to inform the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed. Furthermore, users of this website are informed of their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

Numerous technical and organisational measures have been implemented for this website in order to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can always have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as consent of the data subject is obtained for processing operations of personal data on this website, Art. 6 (1) lit. a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Interseite is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of the operator of this website or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the operator of this website is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

Existence of automated decision-making

The operator of this website does not use automated decision-making or profiling.

Data transmission on the internet and hosting

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 data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Provision of the website (hosting)

Description and scope of data processing

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster) and collects a series of general data and information with each access by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is temporarily stored in the server’s log files.

  • nformation about the type of browser and the version used
  • The user’s operating system
  • The user’s internet service provider
  • The IP address of the user
  • Date and time of access
  • The website from which the user’s system accessed this website
  • The website accessed by the user’s system via this website

The hoster of this website will only process your data to the extent that this is necessary for the fulfilment of its service obligations and will follow the instructions of the controller of this website with regard to this data. In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, the person responsible for this website has concluded a contract on commissioned processing with the hoster.

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Purpose of the data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

The storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data is used to optimise the website and to ensure the security of the information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

These purposes are also our legitimate interest in data processing according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. In the case of storage of data in log files, this is done automatically after six weeks.

Possibilities of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.

GDPRGDPRRights of the data subjects

If personal data is processed by you, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights against the controller:

Right of access

You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is taking place, you can request information from the controller about the following:

  1. the purposes of the processing
  2. the categories of personal data processed
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
  4. if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
  5. the existence of the right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her, or the restriction of processing by the controller, or the right to object to such processing
  6. the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
  7. if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: Any available information on the origin of the data
  8. The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information on the appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

Right to rectification

You have the right granted by the European Directives and Regulations to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you are inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must make the rectification without undue delay. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Obligation to erase

You have the right granted by the European Directives and Regulations to request that the controller erases the personal data concerning you without delay, and the controller is obliged to erase such data without delay if one of the following reasons applies and to the extent that the processing is no longer necessary:

The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
The data subject revokes the consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.
The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data have been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

Duty to inform third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, it shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested that they erase all links to, or copies or replications of, that personal data.

Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

  1. for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
  2. for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) GDPR;
  4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
  5. for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right granted by the European Directive and Regulation to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

  1. The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
  2. The processing is unlawful, the data subject objects to the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of the use of the personal data.
  3. The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  4. The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

Where the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may be processed, with the exception of storage, only with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest of the Union or a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Right to information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

You have the right against the controller to be informed about these recipients.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

  1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) b GDPR and
  2. the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. This must not affect the freedoms and rights of other persons.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the possibility, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

Right to revoke consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Automated decision in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

  1. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller,
  2. is permissible under Union or Member State legislation to which the controller is subject and that legislation contains adequate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, or
  3. is done with your explicit consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9(1) of the GDPR, unless Article 9(2)(a) or (g) of the GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases mentioned in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, which include at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.

Routine erasure and blocking of personal data

The controller shall process and store personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or where provided for by the European Directive and Regulation or other legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European Directive and Regulation Maker or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Data collection on this website

Use of cookies

Description and scope of data processing

This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on the user’s computer system via an Internet browser. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. Through the use of cookies, the users of this website can be provided with more user-friendly services and offers that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on this website can be optimised in the interests of the user. As already mentioned, cookies make it possible to recognise the user of this website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use this website. For example, the user of an Internet site that uses cookies does not have to re-enter his or her access data each time he or she visits the Internet site, because this is done by the Internet site and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping basket in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping basket via a cookie.

The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

  • Language settings
  • Articles in a shopping basket
  • Log-in information

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Purpose of the data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of Internet pages for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised again even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

  • Shopping cart
  • Acceptance of language settings
  • Remembering search terms

The user data collected through technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing the personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Duration of storage, objection and removal options

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted by it to this website. The user can prevent the setting of cookies by this website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time using an internet browser or other software programmes. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the user deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, it may not be possible to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

The user also has the option of adjusting his or her preferences for this website at any time.

Contact form and e-mail enquiry

Description and scope of data processing

This website contains a contact form that can be used to contact us electronically. If a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored.

The following data is also stored at the time the message is sent:

  • Concrete specification of the data concerned
  • Technical data, such as IP address and date and time.

For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during the submission process and reference is made to this data protection declaration.

Alternatively, it is possible to contact us by e-mail. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his or her consent.

The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the e-mail contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Purpose of the data processing

The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. In the case of contact by e-mail, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.

The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is deemed to have ended when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified.

Possibilities of objection and removal

The user has the option of revoking his or her consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he or she can object to the storage of his or her personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.

Social networks

In addition to this website, the person responsible for this website also maintains publicly accessible presences on social networks. If you visit such a social network, your personal data and your user behaviour may be comprehensively transmitted to the provider of the social network and analysed. In this context, user data will also be transmitted to a server in a third country and processed outside the area of the European Union. It is possible that, in addition to the storage of the data specifically entered by you in this social network, further information will also be processed by the provider of the social network, possibly also the most important data of the computer system from which you visit it, for example your IP address and browser version.

If you are logged in with your personal user account of the respective network while visiting such a social network, the operator of this network can assign the visit to your user account. Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have a user account with the corresponding social network. In this case, this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your terminal device or by recording your IP address.

Please note that we are not able to track all processing procedures on the social networks. Depending on the provider, further processing procedures may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social networks. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social networks.

Facebook

The person responsible for this website has a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. The purpose and scope of data collection by Facebook and the further processing of your data there, as well as your rights in this regard, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can adjust your advertising settings yourself at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Instagram

The person responsible for this website has a profile on Instagram. The provider of this service is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. For the purpose and scope of data collection by Instagram and the further processing of your data there, as well as your rights in this regard, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.

Translation with DeepL | deepl. com – original in German.

Michel Lask : Fotografie