Privacy Policy

General Information and Mandatory InformationDesignation of the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Private Individual

Thomas Genster

Am Lilienbaum 43

58135 Hagen

Germany

The controller determines, either alone or jointly with others, the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.).

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Certain data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification via email is sufficient for this purpose. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection breach. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the State Data Protection Officer (Landesdatenschutzbeauftragter) of the federal state in which our enterprise is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability

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

Right of Access, Rectification, Restriction of Processing, and Erasure

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free access to your stored personal data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, if applicable, a right to rectification, restriction of processing (Sperrung), or erasure of this data. In this regard, and also for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact options listed in our Legal Notice (Impressum).

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line in your browser and by the lock symbol in the browser bar.

Contact Form

Data transmitted via the contact form will be stored, including your contact details, in order to process your inquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent. The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification via email is sufficient for this purpose. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal. Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request its erasure, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analytics service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses "cookies." These are small text files that your web browser stores on your terminal device and which enable an analysis of website usage. Information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA. Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and, if applicable, our advertising.

IP Anonymization

We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization function. This ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. There may be exceptional cases in which Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and shortens it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. However, some functions of our website might be restricted as a result. You can also prevent the collection of data regarding your website usage, including your IP address, as well as the subsequent processing of this data by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin accessible via the following link: google.com.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents the collection of your data during future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics. Details on how user data is handled by Google Analytics can be found in Google's privacy policy: google.com.

Data Processing Agreement

In order to fully comply with statutory data protection requirements, we have entered into a data processing agreement with Google.

Demographic Characteristics in Google Analytics

Our website uses the "demographic characteristics" function of Google Analytics. It can be used to generate reports containing details about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time. This is possible via the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics as explained in the section "Objection to Data Collection".

PayPal

Our website enables payment via PayPal. The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. If you pay with PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal. The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. Data processing operations carried out in the past remain effective in the event of a withdrawal.Source: Data Protection Configurator by mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de