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Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

 

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Note on the Responsible Party" section of this privacy policy.

 

How do we collect your data? Your data is collected on the one hand by you communicating it to us, such as data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page view. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

 

What do we use your data for? Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. Insofar as contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order inquiries.

 

What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a 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 for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

 

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

 

2. Hosting

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This may primarily include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

 

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Insofar as corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

 

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data. We use the following host:

Netcup

Data Processing Agreement We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

 

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

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 privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet can have security gaps; complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Lukas Höver, Mathiasstraße 10

50676 Cologne, Germany

Email: kontakt@lukashoever.de

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.

 

Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period has been mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storage (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods).

 

Legal Basis for Data Processing

Data processing on this website is based on various legal foundations: consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), fulfillment of legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR), or on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Rights of the Data Subject

  • Revocation of your consent: Many processes are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time.

  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): You have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to direct marketing.

  • Right of appeal: In the event of violations of the GDPR, you have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority.

  • Data portability: You have the right to have data that we process automatically handed over to you or a third party in a common format.

  • Information, correction, and deletion: You have the right to free information about your stored data as well as a right to correction or deletion.

  • Restriction of processing: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your data under certain conditions (e.g., during an audit of accuracy).

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our internet pages use so-called "cookies". These are small data packets that are stored on your device. We distinguish between technically necessary cookies (e.g., for the shopping cart) and those for analysis or advertising purposes. Necessary cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow them in individual cases or exclude them generally.

Contact Form and Inquiries

If you send us inquiries via contact form, email, telephone, or fax, your details including the contact data provided will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract fulfillment) or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).

Comment Function

For the comment function, in addition to your comment, information about the time of creation, your email address, and your chosen username are stored. Storage is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

5. Social Media

Facebook und Instagram

Elements of the Facebook and Instagram services (Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited) are integrated into this website. If these are active, a direct connection is established to the provider's servers. We are jointly responsible with Meta for the collection and disclosure of data (Art. 26 GDPR). Use is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

6. Analysis Tools and Advertising

WP Statistics

This website uses the WP Statistics analysis tool from Veronalabs for statistical evaluation of visitor access. The collected data is stored exclusively on our own server. Use is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in anonymized analysis).

7. Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter, we require an email address and information for verification. Processing takes place on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), which you can revoke at any time via the "Unsubscribe" link.

8. Plugins und Tools

YouTube und Spotify

We embed videos from YouTube (Google Ireland Limited) and functions from Spotify. In doing so, connections are established to the providers' servers and, if applicable, information about your surfing behavior and cookies are stored. Use is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on the basis of your consent.

Google reCAPTCHA

To prevent SPAM and automated access, we use Google reCAPTCHA. This service analyzes the behavior of website visitors in the background. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (protection against abuse).

 

Source: e-recht24.de