Data Protection

1. Overview of Data Protection

General Information
The following provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any data by which you can be personally identified. Comprehensive information on data protection can be found in my 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 conducted by the website operator. Contact details can be found in the section “Notice Regarding the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do I collect your data?
Your data is collected firstly when you provide it to me. This could be data that you enter into a contact form, for example. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly comprises technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). The collection of this data occurs automatically when you enter this website.

What do I use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to request information free of charge about the source, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time in the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this as well as further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact me at any time.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
Your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated when you visit this website. This is primarily done with what are known as analytics programs. Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

Strato

I host my website with Strato. The provider is Strato AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit my website, Strato collects different log files including your IP addresses. More information can be found in Strato’s privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/

The use of Strato is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. I have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of my website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, 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 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection
The operator of these pages takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. I handle 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 is collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data I collect and what I use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

I would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Regarding the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Ferdinand Bader
Goethestr. 9c
83661 Lenggries
Phone: +49 175 4040299
E-Mail: fb@ferdinand-bader.de

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

Retention Period
Unless a specific retention period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with me until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will occur after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases of Data Processing on this Website If you have consented to data processing, I process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing takes place additionally on the basis of § 25(1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, I process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, I process your data if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. The data processing can also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case will be informed within the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Notice on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries
I use tools from companies based in the USA or other countries outside the EU that are not considered secure under EU data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. I must point out that no comparable level of data protection can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are required to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence services) may process, evaluate, and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. I have no control over these processing activities.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already 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 and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If the data processing is 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; 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, I will no longer process your personal data unless I can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed in order to operate direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is associated with 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 a Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability
You have the right to obtain data that we process on the basis of your consent or in the fulfillment of a contract in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, Deletion, and Correction
You have the right at any time within the framework of the applicable legal provisions to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, 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 on the subject of personal data, you can contact me at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this, you can contact me at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, I usually need time to check this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

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

If I 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 under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and mine. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

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

Objection to Advertising Emails
The use of contact data published within the framework of 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
My internet pages use what are known as “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do no harm to 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 after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion takes place through your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your end 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 serve to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies that are required for carrying out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or for providing certain functions you have requested (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function) or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, 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 has been requested for the storage of cookies, the corresponding cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); the 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 specific cases or generally, and activate automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

As far as cookies from third-party companies or for analysis purposes are used, we will inform you about this during this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.

Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in what are known as 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 server request
IP address

This data is not combined with data from other sources.

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

Contact Form, Email, and Telephone Inquiries
If you send inquiries to me via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by me for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. I will not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on my legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries directed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

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

5. Social Media

Instagram Plugin

Instagram
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are offered by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate this website visit with your user account. I would like to point out that I, as the provider of the sites, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the broadest possible visibility within social media. If the appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on my website with the aid of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, I and Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. Facebook or Instagram’s subsequent processing is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly were set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be accessed at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, I am responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection compliant implementation of the tool on my website. For the data security of Facebook or Instagram products, Facebook is responsible. Data subject rights (e.g., access requests) with regard to the data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert the data subject rights with me, I am obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Further information on this can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Xing
When visiting Ferdinand Bader’s profile, XING SE, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (hereinafter “XING”) stores and processes personal data within the scope described in the privacy policy. XING’s privacy policy can be found here: https://privacy.xing.com/en.

Data processing takes place via the statistics service made available for profiles by XING. This service captures your activity on my page and provides it to me in anonymized statistics.

LinkedIn
When visiting Ferdinand Bader’s profile, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter “LinkedIn”) stores and processes personal data within the scope described in the privacy policy. LinkedIn’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Data processing takes place, among other things, via LinkedIn’s page analytics. This service captures your activity on my page and provides it to me in anonymized statistics.

6. Plugins and Tools

Google Web Fonts
Google Web Fonts This site uses web fonts provided by Google for uniform representation of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, your browser must connect to the servers of Google. Google thereby gains knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts takes place on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on its website. If the appropriate consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; 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.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Font Awesome
This site uses Font Awesome for the uniform representation of fonts and symbols. The provider is Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

When you call up a page, your browser loads the required fonts into its browser cache to display texts, fonts, and symbols correctly. For this purpose, your browser must connect to the servers of Font Awesome. Font Awesome thereby gains knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Font Awesome takes place on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the uniform representation of the typeface on our website. If the appropriate consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

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

Further information about Font Awesome can be found here and in Font Awesome’s privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.

Source: https://www.e-recht24.de