Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General notes

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our data protection declaration listed below this text.

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. His contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.


How do we collect your data?

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

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of the page call). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter this website.

 

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior and knowing where you come from, so that we can optimize our services and our presentation in the best way that you benefit from it.

 

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to demand the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent for the future at any time. In addition, you have the right to demand, under certain circumstances, the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and with so-called analysis programs.

You will find detailed information on these analysis programs in the following data protection declaration.

2. Hosting and content delivery networks (CDN) External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated by a website.

The use of the hoster is for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

 

Conclusion of a contract on order processing

In order to guarantee data protection compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our host.

3. General information and compulsory 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 the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how we do this and for what purpose.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

 

Note on the responsible body

The person responsible for data processing on this website can be found in the imprint section of this website. 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, e-mail addresses, etc.).

 

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent already given at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

 

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION, INCLUDING 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 PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN PROVE THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS FOR PROCESSING WHICH ARE WORTHY OF PROTECTION AND WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR UNLESS THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 DSGVO).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING, INCLUDING PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).

 

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the case of infringements of the DPAs, the persons concerned have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the suspected infringement. This right of appeal is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data, which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only take place to the extent that 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 site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise 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.

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

 

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

 

Right to limitation of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the correctness of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

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

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

  • If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 1 DSGVO, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh the interests of the parties concerned, you have the right to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

 

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 purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

 

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information material not expressly requested. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event that unsolicited advertising information is sent, for example by spam e-mails.

4. Data protection officer

Upon request, you as a user will receive information free of charge about what personal data about you has been stored. Provided that your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g. data retention), you have the right to have incorrect data corrected and to have your personal data blocked or deleted.

Our data protection officer can be reached as follows:

contact@christianschnepf.com

5. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage on your end device. They are either stored 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 terminal 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 the processing of payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertisements.

Cookies that are required 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 basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is given. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of his services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question will be carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting 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 you deactivate cookies, 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.

 

Server log files

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

  • Browser type and browser version

  • Operating system used

  • Referrer

  • URL

  • Host name of the accessing computer

  • Time of the server request

  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

These data are recorded on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of his website – for this purpose the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, insofar as your enquiry is connected with the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), provided that the enquiry was made.

The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or the purpose for which it was stored ceases to apply (e.g. after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

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

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

The data sent to us by you via contact enquiries remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or the purpose for which it was stored ceases to apply (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

Registration on the website

If you create a customer account with us via our website, we will collect and store the data you enter during registration (e.g. your name, your address or your e-mail address) exclusively for pre-contractual services, for the fulfillment of the contract or for the purpose of customer care (e.g. to provide you with an overview of your previous orders with us or to offer you the so-called notepad function). At the same time we will save the IP address and the date of your registration together with the time. Of course, this data will not be passed on to third parties.

Within the scope of the further registration process, your consent to this processing will be obtained and reference will be made to this data protection declaration. The data collected by us in the process will be used exclusively for the provision of the customer account.

Insofar as you consent to this processing, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO is the legal basis for the processing.

If the opening of the customer account also serves the purpose of pre-contractual measures or the fulfilment of the contract, the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

You may revoke the consent given to us to open and maintain the customer account at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. To do so, you must only inform us of your revocation.

The data collected in this respect will be deleted as soon as the processing is no longer necessary. However, we have to observe tax and commercial law retention periods.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

We  use Google Analytics in our Internet presence. This is a web analytics  service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street,  Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through the certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that the data protection requirements of the EU will also be observed when processing data in the USA.

The  Google Analytics service is used to analyse the usage behaviour of our  website. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate  interest lies in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of  our website.

Usage and user-related information, such as IP  address, place, time or frequency of the visit to our website, is  transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we  use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymisation function. With  this function Google shortens the IP address already within the EU or  EEA.

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to  provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website and the usage  activities there. This data can also be used to provide other services  related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.

Google states that it will not link your IP address to other data. Google also keeps a record of your IP address under

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners

will  provide you with further information on data protection law, for  example on the possibilities of preventing the use of data.

In addition, Google offers under

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

a  so-called deactivation add-on together with further information on  this. This add-on can be installed with all common internet browsers and  offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you  visit our website. The add-on informs the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google  Analytics that information about your visit to our website should not be  transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent  information from being transmitted to us or to other web analysis  services. Whether and which other web analysis services are used by us,  you will of course also find out in this data protection declaration.

 

Google AdSense

We  use Google AdSense in our Internet presence for the integration of  advertisements. This is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon  House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter only “Google”.

Through the certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that the data protection requirements of the EU will also be observed when processing data in the USA.

Through  Google AdSense, cookies as well as so-called web beacons are stored on  your end device via your internet browser. This enables Google to  analyse the use of our website by you. In addition to your IP address  and the advertising formats displayed to you, the information collected  in this way is transferred to Google in the USA and stored there.  Furthermore, Google may pass on this information to contractual  partners. However, Google declares that your IP address will not be  merged with other data from you.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1  lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis,  optimisation and economic operation of our website.

If you do not  agree with this processing, you have the possibility to prevent the  installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your  Internet browser. You will find details on this above under the item  “Cookies”.

In addition, Google offers the following under https://policies.google.com/privacy, https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated and provides further information, in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of the data.

 

Google Analystics Remarketing

This  website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. (“Google”). This  feature is used to serve interest-based advertisements to visitors to  the website as part of the Google advertising network. The website  visitor’s browser stores so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored  on your computer and that make it possible to recognize the visitor  when he or she calls up websites that belong to the Google advertising  network. These pages may then display ads to the visitor that relate to  content that the visitor has previously viewed on sites that use  Google’s remarketing feature. According to its own statements, Google  does not collect any personal data during this process. If you still do  not wish to use Google’s remarketing function, you can deactivate it by  making the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads.  Alternatively, you can disable the use of cookies for interest-based  advertising through the ad network initiative by following the  instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

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Google AdWords with conversion tracking

In  our internet presence we use the advertising component Google AdWords  and the so-called conversion tracking. This is a service of Google  Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland,  hereinafter only referred to as “Google”.

Through the certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that the data protection requirements of the EU will also be observed when processing data in the USA.

We  use conversion tracking to advertise our offer in a targeted manner.  The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest  lies in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our  website.

If you click on an advertisement placed by Google, the  conversion tracking system we use stores a cookie on your end device.  These so-called conversion cookies lose their validity after 30 days and  do not serve for your personal identification.

If the cookie is  still valid and you visit a particular page of our website, both we and  Google can evaluate that you have clicked on one of our ads placed on  Google and that you have subsequently been redirected to our website.

Google  uses the information collected in this way to create statistics about  your visit to our website. We also receive information about the number  of users who clicked on our advertisement(s) and the pages of our  website that were subsequently called up. However, neither we nor third  parties who also use Google AdWords are able to identify you in this  way.

You can also prevent or restrict the installation of cookies  by means of the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. At the  same time you can delete already stored cookies at any time. However,  the steps and measures required for this depend on the Internet browser  you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function  or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or  support.

Furthermore, Google also offers cookies under https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html, https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/, http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/ and provides further information on this subject and in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of data.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If  you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we  need an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to  verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that  you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not or only  collected on a voluntary basis. We use these data exclusively for  sending the requested information and do not pass them 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 as well as its use for sending the  newsletter at any time, for example by using the “unsubscribe” link in  the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already  carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

 

The data  you have provided us with for the purpose of subscribing to the  newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until  you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter  distribution list after you have cancelled your subscription. Data that  has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

 

After  you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your  e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in  a blacklist 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 compliance with  the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest in  the sense of Art. 6 para. 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.

8. plugins and tools

YouTube with enhanced data protection

This  website integrates videos from YouTube. The operator of the site is  Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin  4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode.  According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any  information about visitors to this site before they watch the video.  However, the enhanced privacy mode does not necessarily preclude the  sharing of information with YouTube partners. For example, YouTube  connects to the Google DoubleClick network whether or not you are  watching a video.

When you start a YouTube video on this  site, it connects to the YouTube servers. This tells the YouTube server  which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your  YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing habits  directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out  of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube can store  various cookies on your end device after starting a video. With the help  of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this  website. This information is used, among other things, to gather video  statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud. The cookies  remain on your device until you delete them.

Once a YouTube video is launched, it may trigger other data processing operations over which we have no control.

YouTube  is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online  offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6  para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If 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.

Further  information on data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy  policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

 

Google Web Fonts

This  site uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the  uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There  is no connection to Google servers.

Further information  about Google Web Fonts can be found at  https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy  policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

 

Google Maps

This  site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is  Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin  4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to  store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a  Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has  no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google  Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online  offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the  website. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6  Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If consent has been requested, the processing is  carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO;  consent may be revoked at any time.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

9. Media sources

Most media displayed on the website are created by Christian Schnepf who has exclusive right of usage of those. For interest of using, please request a permission.

The website contains also stock footage provided by https://Canva.com, https://flaticon.com, https://elements.envato.com.

For concerns regards the legal usage of certain media, please reach out via e-mail to contact@christianschnepf.com.

10. External links

The responsible person for this website does not bare responsibility for the content provided on websites linked to this website.

Original text sources*:

eRecht24

Sample data protection declaration of the law firm Weiß & Partner

Samples from spreerecht.de

* Text and paragraphs were modified.