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Data Protection Policy

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can personally identify you. For detailed information about data protection, please refer to our data protection policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section "Information about the responsible party" in this data protection policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems or with your consent when you visit the website. This is primarily 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.

How do we use your data?

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 to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke it at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this purpose, as well as for 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 evaluated. This is mainly done with analytics programs. Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following data protection policy.

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 IP addresses, contact requests, metadata, communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated by a website.

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

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

We use the following hoster:

netcup GmbH
Daimlerstraße 25
D-76185 Karlsruhe

Conclusion of a contract for data processing

To ensure data protection compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for data processing with our hoster.

General Information 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 the legal data protection regulations and this data protection policy.

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

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.

Information about the Responsible Party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Luca Kevin Knoop
Im Speerfeld 8
29328 Faßberg

Email: info@composual.de

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 Period

Your data will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. Once the purpose for data storage ceases to exist, or if you revoke your consent for data processing, your data will be deleted or blocked in accordance with the legal requirements.

Revoking Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email to the email address specified in the "Information about the Responsible Party" section is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of data processing that occurred before the revocation remains unaffected.

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

If data processing is carried out based on Art. 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, including profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this data protection policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct advertising purposes, you have the right to object to the processing of your data for such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct advertising purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of data protection violations, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found on the website of the German Federal Data Protection Commissioner (Bundesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit).

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 you or a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses 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. 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.

Encrypted Payment Transactions on this Website

If, after the conclusion of a contract with costs, there is an obligation to provide us with your payment details (e.g., account number for direct debit authorization), this data is required for payment processing.

Payment transactions using common means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are made exclusively via encrypted SSL or TLS connections. 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.

Information, Deletion, and Correction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, 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 provided in the "Information about the Responsible Party" section.

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 at the address provided in the "Information about the Responsible Party" section. 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 examination, 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 for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your interests must be weighed against ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

Objection to Promotional Emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material is received, such as spam emails.

3. Data Protection Officer

Statutory Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Luca Kevin Knoop
Im Speerfeld 8
29328 Faßberg
Email: info@composual.de

4. Data Collection on this Website

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files." 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 will not be combined with data from other sources.

5. Plugins and Tools

Google Web Fonts

To ensure that fonts used on this website are uniform, this website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This allows Google to know that your IP address has been used to access our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on our interest in presenting our online content in a uniform and appealing way. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information about Google's data processing, please refer to their privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

6. Online Marketing and Analytics

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").

Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. Your IP address will be truncated within the area of the European Union or the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and truncated there. On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) from being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Objecting to Data Collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your information from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

7. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here, the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

For more information about how YouTube handles user data, please see YouTube's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

8. Changes to this Data Protection Policy

We reserve the right to update this data protection policy from time to time. The most current version will always be available on this website. We encourage you to review this data protection policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting and processing your personal information.

If you have any questions about this data protection policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the contact information provided in this policy.

Quelle: eRecht24