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

DATA COLLECTION ON THIS 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 section "Notice on the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in part when you provide it to us. This may include data entered into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

Why do we use your data?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts are concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other business inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future.

Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this and any further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

ANALYSIS TOOLS AND THIRD-PARTY TOOLS
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily with so-called analytics programs.

Detailed information on these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

1. DATA  Protec-tion at a glance

EXTERNAL HOSTING
This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata, communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.

The external hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, provided that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined in the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our hosting provider processes your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and follows our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider:

One.com Group AB
Carlsgatan 3
211 20 Malmö
Sweden

DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the hosting provider mentioned above. This legally required agreement ensures that the provider processes personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

2. HOSTING

DATA PROTECTION
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

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

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

NOTICE ON THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Stephan Burchardt
Pallasstraße 28
10781 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 17690315104
Email: hello@stephanburchardt.com

The responsible party 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.).

STORAGE DURATION
Unless a more specific storage duration is mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for the data processing ceases. If you request deletion of your data or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless there are legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in such cases, deletion will take place after these reasons cease to exist.

NOTICE ON DATA TRANSFER TO THE USA AND OTHER THIRD COUNTRIES
We use tools from companies based in the USA or other data protection non-secure third countries. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to point out that these countries do not guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU.

For example, US companies are obligated to disclose personal data to security authorities without allowing you as the data subject to take legal action against this. It cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) process, analyze, and permanently store your data stored on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

REVOCATION OF YOUR CONSENT TO DATA PROCESSING
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

RIGHT TO OBJECT TO DATA COLLECTION IN SPECIAL CASES AND TO DIRECT ADVERTISING (ARTICLE 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 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 PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(2) GDPR).

RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMPETENT SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
In the event of a violation 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, workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to yourself or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.

SSL OR TLS ENCRYPTION
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

ACCESS, DELETION, AND CORRECTION
You have the right, within the framework of applicable legal provisions, to obtain free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. For this and any other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

RIGHT TO RESTRICT PROCESSING
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, 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 can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. Until it is 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 being stored – 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 significant public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING EMAILS
The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby objected to. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

3. GENERAL IN FORMATION & MANDATORY DISCLOSURE

COOKIES 

Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser. 

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your terminal device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services). 

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertising. 

Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions that you have requested (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, unless another 

legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO); consent can be revoked at any time. 

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited. 

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately about this within the framework of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.


CONTACT FORM

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your data from the inquiry form including the contact data you provided there will be 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 this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested. 

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.


REQUEST BY E-MAIL, PHONE OR FAX

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

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests sent to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested. 

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular legal retention periods - remain unaffected.

SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGIN FOR FACEBOOK

Our website uses a social button for the social network Facebook. This button is embedded as an HTML link, meaning that no connection to the provider’s servers is established when you visit our website. If you click the button, the Facebook website will open in a new window in your browser, where you can, for example, click the Like or Share button.

If you have given your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR to the respective social media operator, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes when visiting our online presence on Facebook. Using pseudonyms, user profiles are created, which may be used to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that are likely to match your interests. Cookies are typically used for this purpose.

For detailed information on data processing and use by Facebook, as well as contact details and your rights and settings to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy linked below. If you need further assistance, you can contact us.

Facebook is a service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta"). The information automatically collected by Meta about your use of our Facebook online presence is typically transferred to and stored on a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our collaboration with Meta is based on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.

Data processing in connection with visiting a Facebook fan page is carried out based on an agreement on joint responsibility pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. Further information can be found here:
Facebook Privacy Policy


SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGIN FOR LINKEDIN

Our website uses a social button for the social network LinkedIn. This button is embedded as an HTML link, meaning that no connection to the provider’s servers is established when you visit our website. If you click the button, the LinkedIn website will open in a new window in your browser, where you can, for example, use the Share button.

If you have given your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR to LinkedIn, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes when visiting our online presence on LinkedIn. Using pseudonyms, user profiles are created, which may be used to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that are likely to match your interests. Cookies are typically used for this purpose.

For detailed information on data processing and use by LinkedIn, as well as contact details and your rights and settings to protect your privacy, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy linked below. If you need further assistance, you can contact us.

LinkedIn is a service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. The information automatically collected by LinkedIn about your use of our LinkedIn online presence is typically transferred to and stored on a server of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our collaboration with LinkedIn is based on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.

Further information can be found here:
LinkedIn Privacy Policy


SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGIN FOR PINTEREST

Our website uses a social button for the social network Pinterest. This button is embedded as an HTML link, meaning that no connection to the provider’s servers is established when you visit our website. If you click the button, the Pinterest website will open in a new window in your browser, where you can, for example, use the Save or Share button.

If you have given your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR to Pinterest, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes when visiting our online presence on Pinterest. Using pseudonyms, user profiles are created, which may be used to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that are likely to match your interests. Cookies are typically used for this purpose.

For detailed information on data processing and use by Pinterest, as well as contact details and your rights and settings to protect your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy linked below. If you need further assistance, you can contact us.

Pinterest is a service provided by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. The information automatically collected by Pinterest about your use of our Pinterest online presence is typically transferred to and stored on a server of Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our collaboration with Pinterest is based on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.

Further information can be found here:
Pinterest Privacy Policy


SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGIN FOR INSTAGRAM

Our website uses a social button for the social network Instagram. This button is embedded as an HTML link, meaning that no connection to the provider’s servers is established when you visit our website. If you click the button, the Instagram website will open in a new window in your browser, where you can, for example, click the Like or Share button.

If you have given your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR to the respective social media operator, your data will be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes when visiting our online presence on Instagram. Using pseudonyms, user profiles are created, which may be used to display advertisements within and outside the platform that are likely to match your interests. Cookies are typically used for this purpose. The definition of cookies has already been explained above.

For detailed information on data processing and use by Instagram, as well as contact details and your rights and settings to protect your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy linked below. If you need further assistance, you can contact us.

Instagram is a service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Meta”). The information automatically collected by Meta about your use of our online presence on Instagram is typically transferred to and stored on a server of Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.

There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our collaboration with Meta is based on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Data processing in connection with visiting an Instagram fan page is carried out based on an agreement on joint responsibility pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR.

Further information (including details on Instagram Insights data) can be found here:
Instagram Privacy Policy

5. SOCIAL
MEDIA

FOR THE GERMAN VERSION CLICK HERE

4. DATA COLLECTION ON
THIS WEBSITE

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not 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 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their 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 by the revocation. 

The data you provide us with for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or after the purpose has ceased to exist. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. 

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if necessary, in order to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest. 

6. NEWSLETTER

YOUTUBE WITH ENHANCED PRIVACY


This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. 

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

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. 

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve the user experience, and prevent fraud attempts. 

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no control. 

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.   

This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time. 

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


VIMEO WITHOUT TRACKING (DO-NOT-TRACK)

This website uses plugins of the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. 

When you visit one of our pages equipped with Vimeo videos, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. In the process, the Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. However, we have set Vimeo so that Vimeo will not track your user activity and will not set any cookies. 

The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Insofar as a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time. 

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission and, according to Vimeo, on "legitimate business interests". Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy. 

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.


GOOGLE WEB FONTS

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. 

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This enables Google to know that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on his website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. a consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time. 

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. 

For more information on Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and see Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. 

Source: 
e-recht24.de

7.  PLUGINS AND
TOOLS