Privacy Policy 

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the topic of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

 

 

 

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the site’s legal notice (Impressum).

 

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This includes primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.


What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.


What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice.

You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Details can be found in the privacy policy section “Right to Restriction of Processing.”

 

 

 

General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

 

Note on the Responsible Entity

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

 

RJ Consulting

Renate Harasch
Auf der Schönbach 7
66119 Saarbrücken
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 681 30988320
Email: info@rj-consulting.eu

 

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

 

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. A simple informal email is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

 

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis for processing can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (Objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing, including profiling to the extent it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (Objection under Art. 21(2) GDPR).

 

 

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Right to Access, Blocking, Deletion, and Rectification

Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose, and for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice.

 

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

  • If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

  • If we no longer need your personal data but you require it to exercise, defend, or establish legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.

  • If you have objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of interests must be carried out. As long as it is not yet determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

 

Objection to Promotional Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the legal notice obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of the site expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

 

 

 

Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

Some of our webpages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies required for the performance of electronic communication processes or for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g., those used to analyze your browsing behavior) are stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

 

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

  • Browser type and version

  • Operating system used

  • Referrer URL

  • Hostname of the accessing computer

  • Time of the server request

  • IP address

These data are not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website – for this, the server log files must be collected.

 

Contact Form

When you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, are stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

Inquiry by Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us.

The data you send to us via contact requests remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

 

 

Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted after you cancel the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes remain unaffected.

 

 

 

Plugins and Tools

YouTube with Enhanced Privacy Mode

Our website may use plugins from the YouTube website. The provider is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, data transfer to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the enhanced privacy mode. Regardless of whether you watch a video, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.

Once you start a YouTube video on our website, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your browsing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your device after starting a video. These cookies can provide YouTube with information about visitors to our website. Among other things, this information is used to collect video statistics, improve usability, and prevent fraud. These cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

After starting a YouTube video, additional data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no control.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information about data privacy at YouTube, see their privacy policy: 
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

Google Maps (with Consent)

This site may use the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To protect your data on our website, Google Maps is deactivated the first time you enter our site. A direct connection to Google’s servers is only established once you activate Google Maps yourself (consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). This prevents your data from being transmitted to Google upon your first visit to the site.

After activation, Google Maps will store your IP address. This is then usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer after the activation of Google Maps.

More information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy: 
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/