Privacy Policy
Responsible party according to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Klaus Nitsche
Im Grund 5
D-35428 Langgöns
Your Rights as a Data Subject
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact information provided by our data protection officer:
- Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR)
If you have given us consent, you can withdraw it at any time with future effect.
You may at any time lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence or the place of the alleged infringement.
A list of supervisory authorities (for non-public sectors) with their addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/EN/Service/Addresses/Laender/Laender-node.html.
Collection of General Information when Visiting our Website
Type and purpose of processing:
When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and the like.
The data is processed for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
- Ensuring the seamless use of our website
- Evaluating system security and stability
- Optimization of our website
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us if necessary, to optimize our website and the underlying technology.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who work as contract processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage period:
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for data used to provide the website when the respective session is ended.
In the case of data stored in log files, this is the case after no later than 14 days. Storage beyond this is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that an allocation of the accessing client is no longer possible.
Provision required or necessary:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services and services may not be available or limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you can find the necessary information under the following links:
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Opera: http://www.opera.com/help
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
Storage duration and cookies used:
If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our website:
Technically necessary cookies
Type and purpose of processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can also be identified after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. It is necessary for these that the browser is recognized even after a page change.
We require cookies for the following applications:
- Transfer of language settings
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who work as contract processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Provision required or necessary:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services and services may not be available or limited.
Objection
Read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.
Contact Form
Type and purpose of processing:
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires that a valid email address and your name are provided. This is used for assigning the inquiry and the subsequent answering of the same. Providing additional data is optional.Legal basis:
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. Your information will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of the data entered into the contact form will take place to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipient:
Recipients of the data may be contract processors.
Storage duration:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.
If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.
Provision required or necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address, and the reason for the inquiry.
Use of Matomo
If you have given your consent, this website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open-source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. Provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.
When individual pages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored:
- The IP address of the user, truncated by the last two bytes (anonymized)
- The accessed subpage and the time of access
- The page from which the user accessed our website (referrer)
- Which browser with which plugins, which operating system, and what screen resolution is used
- The duration of the visit to the website
- The pages accessed from the accessed subpage
Matomo is used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. This allows us to learn how the website is used and can thus continuously optimize our offer.
By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take into account the interest of website visitors in protecting their personal data. The data will not be used to personally identify the user of this website and will not be merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties.
Revoking consent:
You can also prevent the use of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their fullest extent.
SSL encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g., SSL) over HTTPS.
Information about your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR
Individual right to object
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you, which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
Klaus Nitsche
Im Grund 5
35428 Langgöns
Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. Your next visit will be subject to the new privacy policy.
Questions for the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact directly the person responsible for data protection in our organization:
Contact: info@klaus-nitsche.de
This privacy policy was created with the assistance of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (Version #2020-09-30).
