Privacy Policy

1. Personal data protection at a glance

General remarks

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section ‘Information on the responsible body’ in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view).

What we use your data for.

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

Analytics tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done using so-called analysis programmes. Detailed information about these analysis programmes can be found in the following privacy policy.

What are your rights regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient 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 for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on this subject or on the subject of data protection.

2. Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses 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 (1) (b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host:

SiteGround Spain S.L.
Calle de Prim 19
28004 Madrid (Spain)

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 visit this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over 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.

Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Dr. iur. Ulrike Weinhold
Heidekaten 4 b
D-23974 Blowatz
Telefon: 0049 (0)38427 / 389809
E-Mail: info@weg-zu-dir.eu

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will take place once these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

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 in accordance with Art. 9 (1) GDPR.
In the event of express 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 end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.
If your data is necessary for the performance 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 to fulfil a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.
Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
The relevant legal basis in each individual case is explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the United States or other third countries that are not secure in terms of data protection. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that these countries cannot guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revoking your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke any consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 (1) (a) OR (f) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. E OR F OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.

THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION.

IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE 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, INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING.

IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Inquiry, deletion, correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data.
You can contact us at any time with any questions you may have on this subject or on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do so. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from its storage – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence 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 a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from ‘http://’ to ‘https://’ and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact details published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example via spam emails.

4. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services provided by the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for the provision of certain functions you have requested (e.g. for the shopping basket function) or for the optimisation of the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. 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 optimised provision of its services.
If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG). Consent can be revoked at any time.

Withdraw consent

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Change privacy settings

Web analytics, monitoring and optimisation

We use cookies from third-party companies and for analysis purposes.

Web analysis (also known as ‘reach measurement’) is used to evaluate visitor traffic to our online offering and may include behaviour, interests or demographic information about visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of reach analysis, we can, for example, identify at what time our online offering or its functions or content are used most frequently or invite reuse. We can also identify which areas need optimisation.

In addition to web analysis, we can also use test procedures to test and optimise different versions of our online offering or its components, for example.

Unless otherwise stated below, profiles, i.e. data summarised for a usage process, may be created for these purposes and information may be stored in a browser or on a terminal device and read from these. The information collected includes, in particular, websites visited and elements used there, as well as technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times. If users have consented to the collection of their location data by us or by the providers of the services we use, location data may also be processed.

The IP addresses of users are also stored. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear data of users (such as email addresses or names) is stored in the context of web analysis, A/B testing and optimisation, but rather pseudonyms. This means that neither we nor the providers of the software used know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purposes of the respective procedures.

Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
Purposes of processing: Reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles); tracking (e.g. interest/behaviour-based profiling, use of cookies); provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

Google Analytics: Web analysis, reach measurement and measurement of user flows.

Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4 (Ireland)
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR)
Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms
Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing data protection when processing in third countries): https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms
Opt-out option: Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
Further information: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices (types of processing and data processed).

Server-Log-Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website. This is not possible without collecting server log files.

Contact Form

When you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information you provide, including your contact details, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for any follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract.

In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), if such consent has been obtained. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed).

Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiries via email, telephone or fax

When you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract.

The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed).

5. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This website uses the map service “Google Maps.”

The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer. When Google Maps is activated, Google may use “Google Fonts” for the purpose of consistent map display. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online services in an appealing way and making it easy to find the locations we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If corresponding consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here:

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/

More information on how Google handles user data can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Web Fonts

We use “Google Web Fonts” on our website, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Web Fonts allows us to use external fonts, so-called Google Fonts. When you access our website, the required Google Font is loaded from your web browser into its cache. This is necessary so that your browser can display our text with improved visual quality. If your browser does not support this feature, a standard font from your computer will be used.

The integration of these web fonts is achieved by making a request to a server of our website host, SiteGround Spain S.L. The information in the “Hosting” section applies.

No query is made to Google’s servers. Accordingly, no data is transmitted to Google through this server request.

This privacy policy was created with the support of the following third-party providers:

https://eRecht24.de

https://datenschutz-generator.de