1. Data protection at a glance

General Information

The following information provide a short and easy overview of what happens with your personal data when you are visiting our website. Personal data are all data which you can be identified with personally. Further information can be retrieved from the following data privacy statement.  

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website? 

The data processing on this website is executed by the website operator. Whose contact information can be retrieved from the section “Information about the responsible department” in this data privacy statement. 

How do we collect your data? 

On the one hand your data are collected when you are communicating those to us.  It can be e.g. about data which you insert in the contact form. 

Other data are collected automatically or after your given consent during your visit to our website by our IT systems. Those are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). The collection of those data takes place automatically as soon as you visit our website. 

For what do we use your data?

A part of the data is collected in order to guarantee a faultless presentation of our website.  Other data are collected to analyze your user conduct. 

Which rights do you have in regards of your data? 

At all times you have the right of gratuitous information about origin, recipient and purpose of your collected data. Furthermore, you have the right to demand correction or erasure of your data. If you have given your consent for the processing of your data, you can recant the compliance for the future at all times. Moreover, under certain circumstances you have the right to demand a restricition of the processing of your personal data. In addition, you are entitled to the right of appeal at the competent supervisory authority . Regarding this topic and regarding other questions you may contact us at all times directly. 

2. Hosting

Strato

Our website is hosted by Strato. PrvWir hosten unsere Website bei Strato. The provider is Strato AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin (in the following referred to as: „Strato“). Whe nyou are visiting our website Strato is collecting several logfiles including your IP addresses.

Further information can be retrieved from Strato’s data privacy statement:  https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in an as reliable as possible presentation of our website. Provided that a correspondent agreement was requested, the processing is carried out based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO; The agreement can be recanted at all times .

Processing of data

We have concluded an agreement for the processing of data with the above mentioned provider. This is a contract for data protection, which guarantees that the provider processes the personal data  of our website visitors under our instruction and under compliance with DSGVO (GDPR).

3. General And Mandatory Information

Data protection

The website operators take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidential and in accordance with the legal data stipulations as well as this data privacy statement. 

When you use this website several personal data will be collected. Personal data are all data which you can be identified with personally. This data privacy statement explains, which data will be collected and what those are used for. Furthermore, it is explained how and for which purpose this is carried out. 

Note of the responsible body

The responsible organization for the data processing on this website is: 

Simatos Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Ackergrenze 8
44287 Dortmund

Phone: +49 (0) 123 44 55 66
E-Mail: info@simatos-consulting.de

The responsible organization is the natural or legal person, which decides alone or collectively with others about the purposes and measures for the processing of personal data (e.g. Names, mail addresses).

Time of storage

Provided that in this data privacy statement a time of storage is not specified, your personal data are stored until the purpose of processing your data is lapsed. If you claim a legitimate request for erasure or if you withdraw your consent for the processing of your data, your personal data will be deleted, if no other legal reasons (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods)  for the storage of your data are applicable. In the latter named case, the erasure will be carried out, once the reasons are not applicable anymore. 

Note of transfer of data to the USA and other third countries 

Amongst others we use tools from companies which are located in the United States of America or in other data protection wise unsafe countries. If those tools are active your personal data may transferred to the third states and be processed there.  We point out that that a level of data protection which is similar to the EU cannot be guaranteed. For example, US companies are obliged to hand out personal data to security authorities and you as a person concerned are not able to take legal actions.  Hence, it cannot be excluded that US authorities (e.g. intelligent services)  process, evaluate and permanently store your personal data which are available on US servers due to monitoring purposes. We do not have any influence on the processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to personal data processing 

Many data processing procedures are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing procedure until you express your revoke remains unaffected.    

Right to file an objection against data gathering in special cases as well as objection against direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT BASED ON ART 6. PAR. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU HAVE TO RIGHT TO FILE AN OBJECTION DUE TO REASONS WHICH MAY ARISE FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION; THIS IS ALSO VALID FOR A PROFILING WHICH IS BASED ON THIS STIPULATIONS. THE CORRESPONDENT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH A DATA PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE RETRIEVED FROM THIS DATA PROTECTION STATEMENT. IF YOU FILE AN OBJECTION, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NOT BE PROCESSED ANYMORE, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE LEGITIMATE REASONS WHICH PREDOMINATE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ENFORCEMENT, EXERCISE OR PROTECTION OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PAR. 1 DSGVO). 

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FILE AN OBJECTION AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF SUCH DATA; THIS IS ALSO VALID FOR THE PROFILING INSOFAR IT IS IN DIRECT CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU FILE AN OBJECTION YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NOT BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART 21 PAR. 2 DSGVO). )  

Right of appeal at the responsible supervisory authority 

Im Falle von Verstößen gegen die DSGVO steht den Betroffenen ein Beschwerderecht bei einer Aufsichtsbehörde, insbesondere in dem Mitgliedstaat ihres gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts, ihres Arbeitsplatzes oder des Orts des mutmaßlichen Verstoßes zu. Das Beschwerderecht besteht unbeschadet anderweitiger verwaltungsrechtlicher oder gerichtlicher Rechtsbehelfe.

Right of data portability 

You have the right to obtain the data, which are processed automatically based on your consent or in conformance with a contract in a prevalent machine-readable format. If you a a transmission of data to a third party responsible, it will only be fulfilled in the frame of technical feasibility. 

SSL and TLS encryption

This website uses a SSL respectively TLS encryption due to safety reasons and due to protection of the transmission of confidential contents, such as orders or requests which are sent to us as the operators of this website.  You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change of the adress bar from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol. 

If the SSL respectively the TLS encryption is activated, the transmitted data cannot be read by third parties. 

Disclosure, Erasure and Correction 

In the frame of the valid legal stipulation you have the right of free disclosure about your personal data which are stored, their origin, recipients and purpose and if applicbale the right of correction or erasure of those data. You can refer to us at any time for questions regarding this topic and the topic of personal data in general.

Right of restricition of processing

You have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can refer to us at any time for this issue. The right of restriction of processing is applicable under the following circumstances: 

• If you dispute the correctness of your personal data which are stored, wie usually need time to review. For the duration of the review you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data. 
• If the processing of your personal data is/was carried out unlawfully, you can demand a restriction instead of an erasure.
• If we do not need your personal data anymore, but the data are needed for the exercise, protection or assertion of legal claims you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing instead of erasure. 
• If you have filed an objection according to Art. 21 Par. 1 DSGVO, a consideration between your and our interests must be carried out. For the period of time in which the predomination of interests is unclear, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing.  

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, those may only be processed with your consent or for purposes of exercise, assertion and protection of legal claims or for reasons of protection of a third legal or natural person or for purposes of a major public interest of the European Union or member state.  

Objection against advertising e-mails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of published contact information as part of our duty to publish an imprint for the purpose of advertisement and promotion. The operator of the site expressly reserves legal action in the event of unsolicited promotional information, such as through spam mails.

4. Data Gathering on this Website 

Server Log Files

The provider of this pages gathers and stores information in form of server log files automatically. Those information are transmitted automatically by your browser. Those are:

• Browser type and browser version
• used operating system 
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer 
• Time of server request 
• IP address 

A junction of this data with other data sources is not carried out.

The gathering of this data is carried out based on Art 6 Par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a technically faultless  presentation of the website – for this purpose the server log files must be gathered.

Contact Form

If you provide us with request over the contact form, we will store the indicated information including the provided contact details for the purpose of handling your request and possible further questions. We do not transfer your data without your consent.  

The processing of this data is carried out based on Art 6 Par. 1 lit. b DSGVO, if your request is in conjunction with the fulfillment of a contract or if it is necessary for the execution of prematurely contract. In all other cases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in an effective handling of the provided request (Art. 6 Abs1 lit. f DSGVO) or is based on your consent if it has been retrieved (Art. 6 Abs1 lit. a DSGVO).  

The indicated data in the contact form remain with us until you demand the erasure of those, you retract your consent or the purpose of storing those data is not applicable any more (e.g. finished execution of your request). Mandatory legal stipulations – in particilar retention periods remain unaffected. 

Request via E-Mail, Phone or Telefax 

If you contact us via e-mail, phone or telefax, your request including all resulting personal data will be stored for the purpose of handling your request. We do not handle this data to third parties without your consent.   

The processing of this data is carried out based on Art 6 Par. 1 lit. b DSGVO, if your request is in conjunction with the fulfillment of a contract or if it is necessary for the execution of prematurely contract. In all other cases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in an effective handling of the provided request (Art. 6 Abs1 lit. f DSGVO) or is based on your consent if it has been retrieved (Art. 6 Abs1 lit. a DSGVO).  

The indicated data remain with us until you demand the erasure of those, you retract your consent or the purpose of storing those data is not applicable any more (e.g. finished execution of your request). Mandatory legal stipulations – in particilar retention periods remain unaffected. 

5. Analysis tools and Advertisement 

WordPress statistics

This website uses “WordPress Statistics” to evaluate visitor’s access. Provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Statistics uses technologies, which allow the recognition of users for the purpose of analysing the user conduct (e.g. Cookies or device fingerprinting). For analysis purposes, WordPress Statistics gathers amongst others log files (Referrer, IP addresse, Browser, etc.), the origin of the website visitor (State, city) and which actions have been taken during the visit (e.g. Clicks, Views, Downloads). The gathered information are stored on servers in the United States of America. Your IP address is anonymized after the processing and before the storage. 

The use of those analysis tools is based on Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of the usage in order to optimize web offerings as well as advertisement. If an according consent has been retrieved (e.g. consent for the storage of cookies), the processing is exclusively carried out based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO; The consent can be retracted at any times. 

6. Plugins and Tools

Google Web Fonts

Web fonts are used for unitary presentation of fonts and are provided by Google. Upon visiting our website your browser loads the needed web fonts in your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. 

For this purpose your browser must connect to servers of Google. Upon this moment Google gathers knowledge of the information that via your IP address this website has been visited. The use of Google WebFonts is carried out based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in unitary presentation of fonts on his website. If an according consent has been retrieved (e.g. consent for the storage of cookies), the processing is exclusively carried out based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO; The consent can be retracted at any times. 

If your browser does not support Web Fonts a standard font from your computer will be used. 

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found under https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq an in the data privacy statement of Google:  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This website uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. 

For the use of the services provided by Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP Address. This information will be transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and will be stored there. The provider of this website does not have any influence on the data transmission. If Google Maps is activated, Google can use the font types of Google Web Fonts for the unitary presentation of fonts. Upon accessing Google Maps, your browser downloads the necessary web fonts in your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. 

The use of Google Maps is carried out in the interest of a pleasant presentation of our website and of an easily location of the indicated locations. This embodies a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If an according consent has been retrieved (e.g. consent for the storage of cookies), the processing is exclusively carried out based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO; The consent can be retracted at any times. 

The data transmission to the USA is based on the standard contract stipulation of the EU commission. Details can be found under  https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

More information about the handling of user data can be found in the data privacy statement of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Quelle: https://www.e-recht24.de