Privacy Policy

Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually required, nor is it necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide it has no consequences. This only applies insofar as no other information is provided in the following processing operations.

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server Log Files

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information.

Each time you access our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host / IT service provider by your internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the accessed page, date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the trouble-free operation of our website and improving our offering.

Contact

Controller

Contact us on request. The controller responsible for data processing is: Linus Kern, Bahnhofstraße 13A, 17094 Burg Stargard Germany, 01738575740, info@linuskern.com

Initiated customer contact by email

If you contact us proactively by email for business purposes, we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. Data processing serves the purpose of processing and responding to your contact request.

If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We only use your email address to process your request. Your data is then deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection and processing when using the contact form

When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent provided by you. Data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact.

If the contact serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures (e.g. consultation in case of purchase interest, preparation of an offer) or concerns a contract already concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We only use your email address to process your request. Your data is then deleted in compliance with statutory retention periods unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on a user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that enables unique identification of the browser when the website is accessed again.

Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and decide individually whether to accept them, as well as prevent the storage of cookies and transmission of the data they contain. Cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. However, please note that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can find information on how to manage (including disabling) cookies in the most important browsers via the following links:

Technically Necessary Cookies

Unless otherwise stated below in this privacy policy, we use only these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. In addition, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser even after a page change and to offer you services. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized again after a page change.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 25 para. 2 TDDDG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website as well as a user-friendly and effective design of our offering.

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to this processing of personal data concerning you.

Use of Usercentrics

We use the consent management tool Usercentrics from Usercentrics GmbH (Rosenthal 4, 80331 Munich; “Usercentrics”) on our website.

The tool enables you to grant consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to exercise your right of withdrawal for consent already granted. Data processing serves the purpose of obtaining and documenting required consents for data processing and thereby complying with legal obligations. Cookies may be used for this purpose. In this context, the following information may be collected and transmitted to Usercentrics, among other things: date and time of page access, information about the browser you use and the device you use, anonymized IP address, opt-in and opt-out data.

Usercentrics uses the Google Cloud Platform of Google Ireland Limited, which may result in your data being transferred to the USA. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. Data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.

Data processing is carried out to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Proof of withdrawal of a previously granted consent is stored for a period of three years.

Further information on data protection at Usercentrics can be found at: https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

Plug-ins and Other Services

Use of All In One WP Security & Firewall

We use the security plug-in “All In One WP Security & Firewall” from Tips and Tricks HQ on our website.

Data processing serves the purpose of increasing the security and protection of our website and detecting security vulnerabilities. Cookies may be used for this purpose, through which user data such as your IP address may be collected. The data is stored only on our servers. The data is not disclosed to third parties.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal.

Further information on data processing when using the plug-in can be found at https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/ and at https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-security-and-firewall-plugin.

Use of YouTube

We use the function for embedding YouTube videos from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “YouTube”) on our website. YouTube is a company affiliated with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).

The function displays videos stored on YouTube in an iFrame on the website. The “Enhanced Privacy Mode” option is activated. As a result, YouTube does not store information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is information transmitted to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transferred to the USA. For the USA, an adequacy decision of the EU Commission exists, the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). YouTube is certified under the TADPF and thereby commits to complying with European data protection principles.

The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 sentence 1 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal.

Further information on the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy.

Data Subject Rights and Retention Period

Duration of storage

The data is stored in compliance with statutory retention periods and deleted after these periods expire, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Rights of the data subject

If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, and data portability.

In addition, under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, and to processing for the purpose of direct marketing.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.

You may submit a complaint, among others, to the supervisory authority responsible for us, which you can reach using the following contact details:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Werderstraße 74a
19055 Schwerin
Tel.: +49 385 594940
Fax: +49 385 5949458
Email: info@datenschutz-mv.de

Right to object

If the personal data processing listed here is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future on grounds relating to your particular situation.

After an objection has been made, processing of the data concerned will be terminated unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

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