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. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below.
Data Collection on This Website
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 section "Notice regarding the responsible party" in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may include data you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is automatically collected or collected 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 access).
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given 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 the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
dogado
The provider is dogado GmbH, Antonio-Segni-Straße 11, D-44263 Dortmund (hereinafter dogado).
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.
The use of dogado is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the 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 device.
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. 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., communication by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Notice Regarding the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Codeäffchen UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Lenzenhecke 9
91466 Gerhardshofen
Phone: +49 9163 6791505
Email: [Load email]
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data; in the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.
General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing
If your consent is the legal basis, this is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR. For consent to cookies and device access, § 25(1) TDDDG applies. Processing for the fulfillment of a contract is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, legal obligations on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and legitimate interests on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, the transfer of personal data to these external parties is necessary. We only share personal data with external parties if this is required for the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so, if we have a legitimate interest, or if another legal basis permits it. When using data processors, we only share personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke 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 Special Cases (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests. If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you can object at any time. We will then no longer use the affected data for direct marketing.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the 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 the place of the alleged violation.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment 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 to the extent that it is technically feasible.
Access, Correction, and Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. This applies if: you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, we no longer need the data but you need it for the assertion of legal claims, or you have objected to the processing.
If the processing has been restricted, this data may – apart from its storage – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest.
SSL/TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser bar. When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Plugins and Tools
Google Fonts (Local Hosting)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts, which are installed locally. No connection to Google servers is made. For more information about Google Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.
5. Audio and Video Conferencing
Data Processing
For communication with our customers, we use online conferencing tools, among other things. The specific tools we use are listed below. If you communicate with us via video or audio conference, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conferencing tool.
The conferencing tools collect all data that you provide/use to use the tools (email address and/or your phone number). Furthermore, the conferencing tools process the duration of the conference, start and end of participation, number of participants, and other "context information" (IP address, MAC address, device ID, operating system, camera/microphone information, and type of connection).
Purpose and Legal Basis
The conferencing tools are used to communicate with customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of the most efficient and fast communication possible (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If consent has been requested, the use is based on this consent.
Storage Duration
The data directly collected by us via the conferencing tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request deletion, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage duration of your data that is stored by the operators of the conferencing tools for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the conferencing tools directly.
Conferencing Tools Used
We use the following conferencing tools:
Google Meet
We use Google Meet. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. For details on data processing, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). For more information, see: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the aforementioned provider.