The controller within the meaning of the data protection laws, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Dipl.-Ing., M.Sc. Alexander Maier
Your Rights as an Affected Party
Under the contact information provided for our data protection officer, you may exercise the following rights at any time:
- Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing, provided we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
- Data portability, provided you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can file a complaint at any time with a supervisory authority, e.g., the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website
Type and Purpose of Processing: When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise provide information, general information is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar information.
This information is processed for the following purposes:
- To ensure a trouble-free connection to the website,
- To ensure smooth use of our website,
- To evaluate system security and stability, and
- To optimize our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. We may statistically evaluate anonymous information of this kind to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
egal Basis and Legitimate Interest: Processing takes place pursuant to Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage Duration:
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session ends.
If data is stored in log files, this is the case after no more than 14 days. Further storage is possible. In this case, users’ IP addresses are anonymized so that they can no longer be assigned to the calling client.
Provision Prescribed or Required: The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed without the IP address. Additionally, individual services may not be available or may be limited. Therefore, objection is excluded.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/cookies-delete-remove-site-info
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
- Opera: http://www.opera.com/help
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191
Storage Duration and Used Cookies::
If you have allowed the use of cookies via your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites.
Technically Necessary Cookies
Type and Purpose of Processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require the calling browser to be recognized even after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.
We require cookies for the following applications:
Storing search terms
Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest: Processing takes place pursuant to Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed without this data. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be limited.
Objection:
See the information on your right of objection under Art. 21 GDPR below.
Technically Non-Necessary Cookies
We also use cookies to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it based on statistical evaluations.
Which providers set cookies can be found in the information provided below about the used display, tracking, remarketing, and web analysis technologies.
Legal Basis:
The legal basis for these processes is your consent, Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
For further recipients, please refer to the information provided below on the used display, tracking, remarketing, and web analysis technologies.
Third Country Transfer:
Please refer to the listings of the individual display, tracking, remarketing, and web analysis providers for information.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
Of course, you can view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revoke Consent).
Please note that individual features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.
Withdrawal of Consent:
You can revoke your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.
Profiling:
To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles can be found in the information provided below about the used display, tracking, remarketing, and web analysis technologies.
Providing Paid Services
Type and Purpose of Processing:
To provide paid services, we request additional data, such as payment information, to process your order.
Legal Basis:
The processing of the data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage Duration:
We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years, for reasons of proper bookkeeping and tax requirements.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our content and services.
Newsletter
Type and Purpose of Processing:
To send out our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input form.
For effective registration, we need a valid email address. To verify that a registration is genuinely made by the owner of an email address, we use the “double opt-in” procedure. This involves logging the newsletter subscription, sending a confirmation email, and receiving the requested response. No other data is collected.
Legal Basis:
Based on your expressly given consent (Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by email to your specified email address.
The consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for the newsletter can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. Each newsletter contains a corresponding link for this. You can also unsubscribe directly from this website at any time or communicate your revocation via the contact options provided at the end of this privacy policy.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage Duration:
The data will be processed as long as the respective consent exists. Afterward, it will be deleted.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without consent, we cannot send you our newsletter.
Withdrawal of Consent:
The consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for the newsletter can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. The cancellation can be requested via the link contained in every email or directly to the data protection officer or person responsible for data protection listed below.
Contact Form
Type and Purpose of Processing:
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. A valid email address and your name are required for this. This information is needed to assign and respond to your request. The provision of further information is optional.
Legal Basis: The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR).
By providing the contact form, we aim to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.
If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR).
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage Duration:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.
If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods expire.
Provision Prescribed or Required: The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address, and the reason for your inquiry.
Use of Google Analytics
If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”), is used on this website. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. By activating IP anonymization on these websites, Google will shorten your IP address within the Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
Further information on the terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html and https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator.
The data we send and link to cookies, user IDs, or advertising IDs will be automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached occurs automatically once a month.
Withdrawal of Consent:
You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will be set on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following link: Browser Add-on to disable Google Analytics.
Use of Google Signals
We use the Google Signals feature on our website, which is part of Google Analytics. Google Signals collects visitor data from our website and/or apps and links it to the Google accounts of logged-in users who have previously agreed to be associated with personalized advertising. Collected visitor data includes the location of the end user, search history, YouTube history, and data about websites from Google partners. The data is used to provide cross-device, aggregated, and anonymized statistics on the behavior of our users.
We confirm that we comply with policy requirements for Google Analytics advertising features, including rules regarding sensitive categories, and that we have obtained the required permissions from end users for disclosure of information. End users can access and/or delete their data via “My Activity.”
We have enabled data sharing for the improvement of Google products and services, which also applies to authenticated end-user data collected through Google Signals and assigned to Google user accounts. Our privacy policy indicates that this data is shared with Google. Enhanced reports on performance by demographic characteristics and interests are available only if we have shared data with Google.
Use of Typekit Web Fonts from Adobe Fonts
We use Typekit web fonts from Adobe Fonts for the visual design of our website. Adobe Fonts is a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; “Adobe”), which grants us access to a library of fonts.
To integrate the fonts we use, your browser must connect to an Adobe server in the USA and download the font required for our website. Adobe thus receives the information that our website was accessed from your IP address.
Further information on Adobe Fonts can be found in Adobe’s privacy policy, available here: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html
If your browser does not support web fonts, or if you do not provide your consent, a default font will be used from your computer.
Withdrawal of Consent: Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you wish to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers using our cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to fully use our website.
Use of Google Maps
We use Google Maps on this website. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website, providing convenient use of the map feature. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the privacy center.
Comprehensive guides on managing your own data related to Google products can be found here: https://www.dataliberation.org
By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in, or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account.
If you do not wish your profile to be linked to Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research, and/or customized website design purposes. Such an evaluation is carried out (even for users who are not logged in) for the provision of customized advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right.
Withdrawal of Consent: Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in our cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to use our website or its features to the fullest extent.
Embedded YouTube Videos
We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (“YouTube”). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed about which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also find more information about your rights and settings to protect your privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Withdrawal of Consent: Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you wish to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers using our cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to fully use our website.
Google AdWords
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The service provider for Google AdWords is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you arrived at our website via a Google advertisement, Google AdWords will place a cookie on your computer. The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google.
If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted in for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users.
Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the privacy center.
Withdrawal of Consent:
Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in our cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to use our website or its features to the fullest extent.
Cloudflare Turnstile
On our website, we integrate the Cloudflare Turnstile function when using forms, provided by Cloudflare Inc. (Address: 8665 3rd St. #200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). The primary purpose of this feature is to determine whether entries are made by a real person or abusive interventions from automated, machine-based processing.
In the process, the IP address and possibly other data required by Cloudflare for Turnstile are transmitted to Cloudflare.
Our use of Cloudflare Turnstile is in accordance with Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in ensuring individual accountability on the internet and preventing abuse and spam. Using Cloudflare Turnstile may result in the transmission of personal data to Cloudflare servers in the USA.
Detailed information on Cloudflare Turnstile and Cloudflare’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/gdpr/introduction/
SSL Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g., SSL) over HTTPS.
Information About Your Right to Object Under Art. 21 GDPR
Right to Object in Specific Cases:
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an Objection: Dipl.-Ing., M.Sc. Alexander Maier
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. Your renewed visit will then be subject to the new privacy policy.
Questions for the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection directly within our organization: info@zeitundraum
The data protection declaration was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).