1. Privacy at a Glance
General Notes The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on this Website
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Who is responsible for data collection on this website? 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.
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How do we collect your data? Your data is collected, on one hand, by you communicating it to us. This may, for example, be data that 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 (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
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What do we use your data for? Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
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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 to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens primarily with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Squarespace We host our website at Squarespace Ireland Ltd., Le Pole House, Shipstreet Great, Dublin 8, Ireland (hereinafter: Squarespace).
Squarespace is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit our website, your data is processed on Squarespace’s servers. Personal data may also be transmitted to Squarespace’s parent company, Squarespace Inc., 8 Clarkson St, New York, NY 10014, USA. Squarespace also stores cookies that are necessary for the display of the page and to ensure security (necessary cookies).
The use of Squarespace is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable representation of our website. If a corresponding consent was requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement We have concluded a data processing agreement with Squarespace. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that Squarespace processes the personal data of our website visitors 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.
Note on the Responsible Party (Controller)
Storage Duration 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 legitimate request for deletion or revoke 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).
Note on Data Transfer to the USA and other Third Countries We use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We point out that in these countries, a level of data protection comparable to the EU cannot be guaranteed. US companies are obliged to release personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent 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 SPECIAL CASES AND TO DIRECT ADVERTISING (ART. 21 GDPR) IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR CONCERNED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED TO OPERATE DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Right to Data Portability
4. Data Collection on this Website
Cookies Our internet pages use “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device.
Contact Form If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
Inquiry by Email, Phone, or Fax If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request.
5. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Squarespace Analytics We use Squarespace Analytics on this website. This allows us to record and evaluate the user behavior of our website visitors (clicks, scrolls, geographical location, etc.). This is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in analysis).
6. Plugins and Tools
YouTube This website embeds videos from YouTube (Google Ireland Limited). When you visit a page with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile.
Google Web Fonts This page uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. Your browser loads the required Web Fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
7. eCommerce and Payment Providers
Processing of Data (Customer and Contract Data) We collect, process, and use personal data only insofar as they are necessary for the establishment, content design, or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.