The responsible party decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. A simple notification by email is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of a breach of data protection law, you, as the person concerned, have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company 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 based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion

You have the right, within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, to free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, their recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data using the contact options listed in the imprint.

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 of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

Data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer.

Dr. Markus Sondermann Blumenstraße 30 40212 Düsseldorf

Phone: +49 211 93 88 68 – 0 Email: duesseldorf@vs-partner.de

Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Visited page on our domain
• Date and time of the server request
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• IP address

There is no merging of this data with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure.

Some cookies are “session cookies.” Such cookies are automatically deleted after your browser session. Other cookies, on the other hand, remain on your device until you delete them yourself. These cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website.

With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

The setting of cookies necessary for the execution of electronic communication processes or the provision of certain functions desired by you (e.g., shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g., for analysis functions), they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

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 device and allow an analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA.

The setting of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize our web offer and, if necessary, advertising.

IP anonymization

We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization feature. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it 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, compile reports on website activities, and provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. There is no merging of the IP address transmitted by Google Analytics with other Google data.

Browser plugin

The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted as a result. You can also prevent the collection of data regarding your website usage, including your IP address and subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

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 to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics.

For details on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Order processing

To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have entered into a contract for order processing with Google.

Demographic features on Google Analytics

Our website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. It allows reports to be generated that include statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third-party providers. It is not possible to assign the data to a specific person. You can disable this function at any time. This can be done through the ad settings in your Google Account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the “Objection to data collection” section.

Twitter plugin

Our website uses functions of the service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

When using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. This involves transmitting data to Twitter. We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Twitter uses this data. For details, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings

Source: Privacy configurator from mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de