The following information provides you with an easy-to-navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration below.
Who is the responsible party for recording data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?
The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under the section “responsible party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could be data that you enter in a contact form or when signing up for a newsletter.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website. 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 the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
Please feel free to contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions about data protection.
Our website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated through a website.
IONOS
The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
IONOS is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in displaying our website as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.
Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to provide complete protection of the data against access by third parties.
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Maximilian Vollrath
Koopmanns Hude 32
45326 Essen
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided that we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed pursuant to Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Furthermore, data processing can be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The following paragraphs of this privacy policy will inform you about the relevant legal basis in each individual case.
As part of our business activities, we work together with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in doing so (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), or if another legal basis permits the data to be passed on. When using processors, we only disclose personal data on the basis of a valid Data Processing Agreement (DPA). In the case of joint processing, a Joint Controller Agreement is concluded.
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IS PROVIDED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists regardless of any other administrative or judicial remedies.
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain 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. Please feel free to contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions on the topic of personal data.
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may—apart from being stored—only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a member state.
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address line changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the lock icon in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Our website uses „cookies.“ Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage 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. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
We may use cookies (first-party cookies) or cookies from third-party companies (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or displaying videos). Other cookies may be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of 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 to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
We use the CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to manage user consent for cookies. This plugin sets cookies to store user preferences regarding their consent. The following cookies may be used:
Each of these cookies has a lifespan of one year.
Upon your first visit to our website, a cookie banner will appear, allowing you to accept or decline different categories of cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the „Cookie Settings“ link available on our website.
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in „server log files.“ These are:
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The recording 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.
If you send us inquiries using the contact form (provided by funnelforms), the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.
The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the execution 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 requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular, retention periods—remain unaffected.
If you contact us by e-mail, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this information without your consent.
The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the execution 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 requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular, statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
We use the Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin to protect our website against brute-force attacks. This plugin stores the IP addresses of users who attempt to log in unsuccessfully, to limit the number of login attempts and block malicious activity.
We use the OMGF plugin to host Google Fonts locally on our server, ensuring that no connection to Google’s servers is made when loading fonts.
We have integrated Wordfence Security on this website.
Data Processing: Wordfence protects our website against unwanted access or malicious cyberattacks. To achieve this, the website establishes a connection to Wordfence’s servers to check IP addresses against known attackers. This involves processing your IP address, browser type, and pages accessed.
For more information on data processing by Wordfence, please visit: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/
We use Google reCAPTCHA on this website.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en
This website uses the WP Statistics analysis tool to statistically analyze visitor access.
Legal Basis: Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior to optimize both our web offerings and our advertising (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If consent has been requested, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Data Processing: WP Statistics allows us to analyze the use of our website. WP Statistics collects log files and actions that website visitors have taken on the site.
IP Anonymization: We use WP Statistics with anonymized IP addresses. Your IP address is truncated so that it can no longer be directly associated with you.