Privacy Policy

Data Controller

The data controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Lutz Vormelker, Kastanienweg 4, 86643 Steinhöring

Your Data Subject Rights

Under the contact details provided, you can exercise the following rights at any time in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),

• Rectification 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 permitted 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 consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g., with the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or with the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

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.

Processing Activities

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 transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and similar.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively should concrete indications point to unlawful use.

Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website as well as ensuring system security and abuse detection.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Duration

Data is stored in server log files in a form that enables identification of the data subjects for a maximum of 14 days, unless a security-relevant event occurs (e.g., a DDoS attack).

In the event of such an incident, server log files are stored until the security-relevant event is eliminated and fully clarified.

Provision Required or Mandatory

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services and features may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Contact

Type and Purpose of Processing

Contact can be made via the provided email addresses. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the email is stored. This includes the date and time of email transmission, email address, IP addresses as well as information about the servers involved in email communication.

You can contact us via the provided telephone numbers. In this case, we collect protocol data that includes your telephone number and the duration of the call.

Regardless of the chosen form of communication, we collect the content of your inquiry. Your data is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you.

Legal Basis

The processing of data is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our legitimate interest in processing your data is to enable uncomplicated contact.

If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of data is carried out for the performance of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Duration

Data is deleted no later than six months after processing the contact request.

If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to legal retention periods. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper bookkeeping and tax law requirements.

Provision Required or Mandatory

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with the necessary data and the reason for the inquiry.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data set that is created when visiting a website and temporarily stored on the website visitor's system. When the server of this website is called up again by the user of the website, the user's browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information obtained through this process. Cookies can particularly facilitate navigation on a website.

Detailed information about cookies and which cookies are used on this website for what purpose can be accessed at any time in the cookie settings.

Deleting Cookies

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you can find the necessary information under the following links::

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen

  Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/verwalten-von-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-anzeigen-zulassen-blockieren-l%C3%B6schen-und-verwenden-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

  Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de

  Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help

  Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Additionally, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. NoScript allows the execution of JavaScript, Java and other plugins only on trusted domains of your choice.

Information and instructions on how you can edit this function are available from your browser provider (e.g., for Mozilla Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/).

Technically Necessary Cookies

Type and Purpose of Processing

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified 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 need cookies for the following applications:

Verwendung von Cloudflare

Our website uses services from Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, to improve security and optimize loading times.

Cloudflare is a so-called Content Delivery Network (CDN) and offers protection mechanisms against abusive access (e.g., DDoS attacks or bots).

In this context, a technically necessary cookie is set:

Name: __cf_bm

Purpose: Detection and management of bot access to secure the website

Storage duration: approx. 1 hour

Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and trouble-free provision of our website)

The cookie serves exclusively to protect the website and does not contain any personal data. Consent is therefore not required.

Further information can be found in Cloudflare's privacy policy: 👉 https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest

Data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website and in documenting consent according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with a balancing test according to §25 Para. 2 TTDSG.

Recipients

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Duration

Please refer to the cookie consent tool for the respective storage duration of the cookies.

Provision Required or Mandatory

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services and features may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection

Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

Information About Your Right to Object According to Art. 21 GDPR

Individual Case-Based Right to Object

You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Recipient of an Objection

Lutz Vormelker lutz@lv1c.com

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions About Data Protection

If you have questions about data protection, please send us an email to the data controller mentioned above.

Urheberrechtliche Hinweise

This is a translation of the German Privacy Policy that you can find under "Datenschutzerklärung" on the German part of this website.