Privacy Statement („Datenschutzerklärung“) in accordance with EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)

1. Limitation of Liability

The contents of this website are created with the utmost care. However, the provider does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the provided content. The use of the content of the website is at the user’s own risk. Posts identified by name reflect the opinion of the respective author and not necessarily the opinion of the provider. By merely using the website of the provider, no contractual relationship is established between the user and the provider.

2. External Links
This website contains links to third-party websites („external links“). These websites are the responsibility of the respective operators. When the external links were first established, the provider checked the external content for possible legal violations. At that time, no legal violations were apparent. The provider has no influence on the current and future design and content of the linked pages. The setting of external links does not mean that the provider adopts the content behind the reference or link as his own. A constant control of external links is not reasonable for the provider without concrete evidence of legal violations. If we become aware of legal violations, such external links will be deleted immediately.

3. Copyright and Related Rights
The content published on this website is subject to German copyright and ancillary copyright law. Any use not permitted by German copyright and ancillary copyright law requires the prior written consent of the provider or respective rights holder. This applies in particular to duplication, editing, translation, storage, processing, or reproduction of content in databases or other electronic media and systems. Content and rights of third parties are marked as such. Unauthorized duplication or distribution of individual content or entire pages is not permitted and is punishable by law. Only the production of copies and downloads for personal, private, and non-commercial use is permitted. The presentation of this website in external frames is only permitted with written permission.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as „data“) within the scope of providing our services as well as within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter jointly referred to as „online offering“). With regard to the terms used, such as „processing“ or „controller,“ we refer you to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Controller

Silke Lieser

8700 Küsnacht
Switzerland
lieser[at]ggnpl.com

Types of processed data

– Inventory data (e.g., personal master data, names, or addresses).
– Contact details (e.g., email, phone numbers).
– Content data (e.g., text inputs, photographs, videos).
– Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times).
– Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

Categories of data subjects

Visitors and users of the online offering (Hereinafter, we also collectively refer to the data subjects as „users“).

Purposes of processing

– Provision of the online offering, its functions, and content.
– Responding to contact inquiries and communicating with users.
– Security measures.
– Range measurement/marketing.

Terms used

„Personal data“ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter „data subject“); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

„Processing“ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

„Pseudonymization“ means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

„Profiling“ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

The term „controller“ refers to the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

„Processor“ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Relevant legal bases

Pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal basis of our data processing. For users within the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), i.e., the EU and the EEA, unless the legal basis is mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies:
The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 (1) lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR;
The legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and the execution of contractual measures as well as for answering inquiries is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR;
The legal basis for processing for the fulfillment of our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR;
The legal basis for processing for the protection of our legitimate interests is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
The processing of data for purposes other than those for which they were collected is governed by the provisions of Art. 6 (4) GDPR.

The processing of special categories of data (according to Art. 9 (1) GDPR) is governed by the provisions of Art. 9 (2) GDPR.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk, in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as the access, input, transmission, security of availability, and its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, deletion of data, and response to data threats. Furthermore, we already consider the protection of personal data during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings (Art. 25 GDPR).

Cooperation with processors and third parties

If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transmit it to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of legal permission (e.g., if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required for the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR), if you have consented, if a legal obligation provides for this, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties with the processing of data on the basis of a so-called „processing agreement,“ this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.

Transfers to third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to third parties, this will only take place if it occurs for the fulfillment of our (pre)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation, or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or allow data to be processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are met. This means that the processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level corresponding to the EU (e.g., for the USA through the „Privacy Shield“) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called „standard contractual clauses“).

Rights of data subjects

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data concerned are being processed and to request information about these data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.

You have accordingly. Art. 16 GDPR the right to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of the incorrect data concerning you.

In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand that the relevant data be deleted immediately or, alternatively, to demand a restriction on the processing of the data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR.

You have the right to request that the data concerning you that you have provided to us be received in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and to request its transmission to other responsible parties.

You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to revoke consents granted pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR with effect for the future

Right to object

You can object to the future processing of the data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. The objection may be lodged in particular against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and right to object to direct advertising

„Cookies“ are small files that are stored on the user’s computer. Different data can be stored within the cookies. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after his visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or „session cookies“ or „transient cookies,“ are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offer and closes his browser. In such a cookie, for example, the content of a shopping cart in an online store or a login status can be stored. Cookies are referred to as „permanent“ or „persistent“ and remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be saved if users visit it after several days. The interests of the users who are used for range measurement or marketing purposes can also be stored in such a cookie. Third-party cookies“ are cookies that are offered by providers other than the responsible person who operates the online offer (otherwise, if it is only its cookies, it is called „first-party cookies“).

We may use temporary and permanent cookies and explain this in our privacy policy.

If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of this online offer.

A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for many services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by deactivating them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this online offer can be used.

Deletion of data

The data processed by us will be deleted or their processing restricted in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated in this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal obligations to retain them. If the data are not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.

Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy

We ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our privacy policy. We will adapt the privacy policy as soon as changes in the data processing we carry out make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g., consent) or other individual notification.

Integration of third-party services and content

Within our online offering, we use content or service offers from third parties on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f. GDPR) to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as „content“).

This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the user, as without the IP address, they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is thus required for the display of this content. We make every effort to use only those contents whose respective providers use the IP address only for the delivery of the contents. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as „web beacons“) for statistical or marketing purposes. The „pixel tags“ can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visiting time, and other information about the use of our online offering, as well as may be linked to such information from other sources.

Google Fonts
We integrate the fonts („Google Fonts“) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Contact Form

We use the Contact Form 7 plugin on our website to facilitate communication with our visitors. When you use the contact form on our website, you acknowledge that the data you provide, such as your name, email address, and any message content, will be collected and stored locally on our servers using the Flamingo plugin. We do not share this data with third parties unless required by law.

We assure you that we handle your data with the utmost care and in accordance with applicable data protection laws. By submitting information through the contact form, you consent to the collection and processing of your data for the purpose of responding to your inquiries and maintaining communication with you.

If you have any concerns about the handling of your data or wish to exercise your rights regarding data privacy, please feel free to contact us.

Google Maps
We integrate the maps of the service „Google Maps“ of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The processed data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of the users, which, however, are not collected without their consent (usually within the framework of the settings of their mobile devices). The data can be processed in the USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.