Privacy Policy

This english translation is for your information. Only the german text is legally binding. Link to german version: Datenschutz

The protection of natural persons when processing personal data is a fundamental right. Pursuant to Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (hereafter "Charter") and Article 16(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), every person has the right to the protection of personal data concerning them.

The principles and rules on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data should ensure that their fundamental rights and freedoms, and in particular their right to the protection of personal data, are respected, regardless of their nationality or place of residence.

Individuals should be in control of their own data.

The principles of data protection should apply to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The principles of data protection should therefore not apply to anonymous information, i.e. information that does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person, or personal data that has been made anonymous in such a way that the data subject is not or no longer identified can.

We take data protection seriously and appreciate your interest in our website. Our website can generally be used without providing any personal data. However, certain services that we offer on our website may be dependent on the processing of personal data. If this is the case, we will always point this out on the website and obtain the consent of the person concerned before processing the data.

If we process personal data, for example the name, address and e-mail address of a data subject who has entered this data, for example via a contact form available on our website, this processing is always and in any case based on the current data Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and of course in accordance with the local country-specific data protection regulations. With this data protection declaration, we would like to publicly inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the data collected, used and, if necessary, inform the processed personal data and at the same time inform the persons concerned of the rights they are entitled to.

Together with our website provider, page4 GmbH, numerous technical and organizational measures have been implemented to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as completely as possible. Due to internet-based data transmission, which can generally have gaps, absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. Every visitor to our website is therefore free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, for example by post or telephone.

This data protection declaration is based, among other things, on terms used by the European legislator for the publication of the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR for short. In order to ensure the comprehensibility of this data protection declaration, we will take the liberty of explaining the most important terms used here.

"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features that express the physical , physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

"Processing" refers to any process or series of processes in connection with personal data carried out with or without the aid of automated processes, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading out, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or any other form of making available, matching or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction;

"Restriction of processing" means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing;

"Profiling" means any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists in using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, analyze or predict personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or relocation of that natural person;"Profiling" means any type of automated processing of personal data, which consists in using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, analyze or predict personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or relocation of that natural person;

"Pseudonymization" is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is stored separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

“File System” means any structured collection of Personal Data accessible according to specific criteria, whether that collection is centralized, decentralized, or organized according to functional or geographical criteria;“File System” means any structured collection of Personal Data accessible according to specific criteria, whether that collection is centralized, decentralized, or organized according to functional or geographical criteria;

“Responsible” or person responsible for the processing of data is any natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; if the purposes and means of this processing are specified by Union law or the law of the Member States, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his naming can be provided for by Union law or the law of the Member States;

"Processor" is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible;

The term "recipient" means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigation mandate under Union or Member State law are not considered recipients; the processing of this data by said authorities is carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations, according to the purposes of the processing;

The term "third party" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor, are authorized to process the personal data process;

The term "consent" of the data subject means any voluntarily given, informed and unequivocal expression of will in the form of a declaration or other clear affirmative action, with which the data subject indicates that they agree to the processing of their data agrees to the personal data concerned;

The term "personal data breach" means a breach of security resulting in the destruction, loss or alteration, whether accidental or unlawful, or unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or accessed otherwise processed;

The owner of this website is responsible within the meaning of Article 4 of the GDPR or other laws applicable in the member states of the European Union or the European Economic Area for the protection of personal data and other provisions whose nature is the protection of data. Name and address can be found in the imprint.

If you visit our website, we may set cookies and other tracking technologies. On the one hand, this serves to provide the necessary technologies and, on the other hand, to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, improve advertising measures and carry out analyzes so that we can constantly optimize our service. Some functions of our website are only possible through the use of cookies. You can deactivate or reject cookies, but you must be aware that the use of the website and services may then be restricted or no longer possible at all.

Cookies can be disabled or removed using tools that are built into most browsers by default. We do not store any personal data in the cookies.

When you visit our website, the servers of our provider page4 automatically save the data sent by the browser. So the call (web address, request and response code) of the page, the IP address of the visitor, browser type, browser version and the date and time of the call. We need this information for statistical purposes and to combat abuse. The data is automatically deleted after 3 months.

Our website adheres to the legal regulations and therefore has information, for example in the imprint, which enables our visitors to contact us by e-mail. If a data subject contacts the person responsible for processing data by email or via a contact form on our website, the personal data voluntarily transmitted by this person will be automatically stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject . Under no circumstances will this personal data be passed on to third parties.

If you use a contact form on our website, the data you enter, which can be the content of a text field, i.e. your name, your address, a comment, etc., but also information about which radio box or check box you have selected, directly without being saved server of our provider page4 sent by email to the address we have provided. The data is sent encrypted via SSL to the server, the mail is secured with TLS. We store this information and use your data for the reasons explained in this privacy statement.

As soon as the purpose of the data collection has been achieved, the data collected from you will be deleted either manually immediately and permanently or automatically after the legally prescribed time has expired. We take appropriate measures to ensure that your data is neither lost nor changed and use all technologically available means to protect your data from unauthorized access. We do not pass on your data to third parties without your consent unless required by law (e.g. in the event of misuse).

Personal data of the persons concerned will only be stored for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose of storage or if this is regulated by legal guidelines and regulations or regulations, as long as the legislator prescribes it. If the reason for the storage no longer applies or if the legally prescribed storage period has expired, the personal data will be routinely and of course properly deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

The data subject has the right to request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data relating to them are being processed; if this is the case, you have the right to information about this personal data and the following information:

1. the processing purposes;
2. the categories of personal data being processed;
3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;
4. if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration;
5. the existence of a right to correction or deletion of the personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the person responsible or a right to object to this processing;
6. the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
7. if the personal data are not collected from the data subject, all available information about the origin of the data;
8. the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, the data subject has the right to be informed of the appropriate guarantees pursuant to Article 46 in connection with the transfer.

The controller provides a copy of the personal data that is the subject of the processing. For any additional copies requested by the data subject, the controller may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs. If the data subject submits the request electronically, the information must be made available in a common electronic format, unless otherwise specified.

The data subject has the right to demand that the person responsible correct incorrect personal data concerning them without delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data - also by means of a supplementary declaration.

This right is also known as the "right to be forgotten"

1) The data subject has the right to request that the person responsible delete personal data concerning them immediately, and the person responsible is obliged to delete personal data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

1. The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
2. The data subject revokes their consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a or Article 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
3. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2).
4. The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
5. Erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
6. The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1).

2) If the person responsible has made the personal data public and is obliged to delete them in accordance with paragraph 1, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to protect the data controllers who process the personal data , to inform that a data subject has requested them to delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

Paragraphs 1) and 2) above, among other things, do not apply to the extent that the processing is necessary

1. to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
2. to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If one of the above reasons applies, the person responsible for this website will immediately comply with the request for deletion. Deleted data is irrevocably deleted and cannot be restored.

The data subject has the right to demand that the person responsible restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:

1. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
2. the processing is unlawful and the data subject refuses to have the personal data deleted and instead requests that the use of the personal data be restricted;
3. the person responsible no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
4. the data subject has lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If the processing has been restricted in accordance with paragraph 1, this personal data - apart from its storage - may only be used with the consent of the person concerned or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important processed in the public interest of the Union or a Member State.

A data subject who has obtained restriction of processing pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be informed by the person responsible before the restriction is lifted.

The data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning them that they have provided to a person responsible in a structured, common and machine-readable format, and they have the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance by the person responsible personal data have been provided, provided that

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a or Article 9 paragraph 2 letter a or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b and
2. the processing is carried out using automated procedures.

When exercising their right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, the data subject has the right to obtain that the personal data is transmitted directly from one person responsible to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible.

The right under paragraph 1 shall not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

1. The data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to them, which is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 letters e or f; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The person responsible no longer processes the personal data unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
2. If personal data is processed in order to operate direct advertising, the person concerned has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to them for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising.
3. If the data subject objects to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
4. The data subject must be expressly informed of the right referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 at the latest at the time of the first communication with him or her; this notice must be provided in an understandable form and separate from other information.
5. In connection with the use of information society services, the data subject may, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, exercise their right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
6. The data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data relating to them for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 paragraph 1, unless because the processing is necessary to fulfill a task in the public interest.

1. The data subject has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them.
2. Paragraph 1 does not apply if the decision
   1. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the person responsible,
   2. is permissible on the basis of legal provisions of the Union or the Member States to which the person responsible is subject and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, or
   3. with the express consent of the data subject.
3. In the cases referred to in paragraph 2 letters a and c, the person responsible shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the person concerned, including at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the person responsible, to present his or her own position and to challenge the decision.

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing at any time. To do this, the data subject must contact the person responsible for the processing of personal data and assert the revocation.

For the https encryption of our page4 website, our provider page4 uses the free "Let`s Encrypt" service. The integration of the SSL certificates allows a so-called transport encryption of the data. Likewise, all data that a visitor to our website enters, for example in a contact form, is sent in encrypted form and is thus protected from access by third parties. You can find information on the Let`s Encrypt website.

Article 6 of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data on and through our website. We only process data if at least one of the following reasons applies:

1. the data subject has given their consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes;
2. the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures that are taken at the request of the data subject;
3. the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
4. the processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the person responsible or a third party, provided that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject that require the protection of personal data do not prevail, in particular if the data subject is a child .

The personal data collected and processed by us will only be stored for as long as required by law or as long as the purpose of this processing has not yet been fulfilled, provided this does not contradict the legal requirements. After expiry, the corresponding data will be automatically and permanently deleted, unless they are still necessary for the fulfillment of a contract.

1. Description and scope of data processing
This page uses an integration of the liability seal of Exali AG. The graphic element of the seal is reloaded from the Exali AG servers. Due to the technical design of the Internet, your IP address is processed for this purpose in order to transfer the graphic to your browser.

If you click on this seal, you will leave our site and be forwarded to the servers of Exali AG.

For more information, see Exali's privacy policy:

https://www.exali.de/Ueber-exali/Rechtliches/Datenschutzerklaerung,100401.php#Verwendung/Einbindung%20des%20exali.de-Haftpflicht-Siegels

2. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR (legitimate interest).

3. Purpose of data processing
The data processing serves the purpose of providing evidence of the legally required information on professional liability according to § 2 Para. 11 DL-InfoV) in a visually appealing way.

4. Legitimate Interest
Our legitimate interest in data processing results from the purpose of providing an attractive online offer and fulfilling our information obligations in a creatively appealing manner.