Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy 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 „Note on the Responsible Party“ in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data are automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website, either automatically or after your consent. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts are concluded or initiated via the website, the data transmitted will also be processed for contractual offers, orders, or other service requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right under certain circumstances to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

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

2. Hosting

We host the contents of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. Details can be found in IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a reliable presentation of our website. If consent is obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

3. 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 the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are 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 and for what purpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission on the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

[Full name or full company name of the website operator including complete address]

Phone: [Phone number of the responsible party]
Email: [Email address of the responsible party]

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 period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis of Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR if special categories of data according to Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also takes place on the basis of § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for contract fulfillment or the execution of pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing can also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The respective legal bases applicable in each case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, the transmission of personal data to these external parties is necessary. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary to fulfill a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., transmission of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in passing on the data, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer. When using processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for data processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract on joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent given 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 as well as Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE APPLICABLE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 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 TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Complain to the Competent Supervisory Authority

In case of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, especially in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right to complain is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format and to have it transmitted to yourself or a third party. If you request the direct transmission of data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction and Deletion

You have the right at any time under the applicable legal provisions to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing as well as a right to correct or delete this data. For this and further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of 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. During the verification period, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing instead of deletion.
If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of interests must be carried out. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request 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 assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for important public interest reasons of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS Encryption

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

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

Objection to Advertising Emails

The use of contact data published under the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are deleted automatically after your visit ends. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion is carried out by your web browser.

Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third parties within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies serve different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., shopping cart function or display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies required for carrying out the electronic communication process, providing certain functions requested by you (e.g., shopping cart function), or optimizing the website (e.g., cookies to measure web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG); 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 generally, or activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide 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.

Processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to contract fulfillment or required for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after completed processing of your inquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by Email, Telephone or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (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 data sent to us via contact inquiries remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply (e.g., after completed processing of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially legal retention periods – remain unaffected.

Comment Function on This Website

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, details about the time the comment was created and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you chose will also be stored.

Storage Duration of Comments

Comments and related data are stored and remain on this website until the commented content is completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).

Legal Basis

Storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. A simple email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected.

Gravatar

We have integrated Gravatar on this website. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA (hereinafter Gravatar).

Gravatar is a tool that allows personal images (avatars) to be provided for users of our website. The avatars serve as visual representations of users and are displayed wherever a user interacts with the platform (e.g., in forums or chats). When a user interacts with the platform, their avatar is displayed based on the selection linked to their email address. This gives the users’ online presence a personal touch and facilitates identification, as the chosen image is assigned to users when they are active online.

If you comment or interact on our website and Gravatar is activated, the hash of the email address of the user using Gravatar (used as an ID) is processed by Gravatar.

The use of Gravatar is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in an appealing presentation of its forums. If consent has been obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further details can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

The company is certified under the „EU-US Data Privacy Framework“ (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4709.

5. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

Google Calendar Integration

If you use our booking or scheduling features, we may offer integration with Google Calendar to enhance your experience. This integration is used solely to schedule appointments and display availability.

Data accessed:

Calendar metadata (e.g., calendar name and time zone)
Event details (e.g., title, date, time, description)
Availability status (free/busy information)

Purpose of data use:

To display available time slots
To create, update, or delete calendar events on your behalf (only with your consent)
To prevent double bookings and support real-time scheduling

Data sharing and storage:

We do not store your calendar data on our servers beyond what is necessary to provide the service
Your data is not shared with third parties unless required by law

Your consent:

You will be explicitly asked to authorize access to your Google Calendar via Google’s OAuth service. You can revoke this access at any time in your Google account settings.

Legal basis:

The use of Google Calendar data is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and/or for the performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), where applicable.

Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts. Google Fonts is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. This service enables the use of fonts provided by Google to enhance the visual appearance of this website.

To ensure the protection of your data, Google Fonts are hosted locally on our own server. This means that no connection is established to Google’s servers and your IP address is not transmitted to Google. Your data remains entirely on the server of the responsible party and is not shared with third parties.

Third-party provider:

This service uses Google Calendar, provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

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

When you visit one of our pages on which YouTube is embedded, a connection to YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your device 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 user friendliness, and prevent fraud. Furthermore, the data collected is processed in the Google advertising network.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly assign your surfing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent is obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

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