Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website.
happens when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be
can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found
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. Their contact details
can be found in the section "Information on the controller" in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be, for example
data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website.
systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view).

of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other
data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your
stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or
deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing,
you can revoke this consent 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 under certain circumstances.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection.
Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done
mainly with so-called analysis programmes.
Detailed information on these analysis programmes can be found in the following
privacy policy.

2. hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider
IONOS
The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our
website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. Details can be found in
the privacy policy of IONOS:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
IONOS is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a
legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. Insofar as a
corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art.
6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent authorises the storage of cookies or the
access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG
includes. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service.
concluded. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which
guarantees that it will only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our
instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3 General notes and mandatory information
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 the statutory data protection regulations and
this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected.

Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This
privacy 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)
can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not
possible.

Note on the responsible body
The party responsible for data processing on this website is
Simon Thiessen
Skopelou 54, 113 63 Athens, Greece
E-mail: simon@simon-thiessen.com

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

Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain
your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a
legitimate request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing,
your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g.
personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter
In the latter case, the deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of
on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special data categories
are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to
of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art.
49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in
your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of
on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for
fulfilment of the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of
data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is
necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f
GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following
paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third
third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may
personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out
that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you
authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be
It therefore cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence agencies) may process, analyse and permanently
process, analyse and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on 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
processing remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to
direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR
SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES
DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.
PROFILING. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED,
CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU LODGE AN OBJECTION,
WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING
UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE
THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO
PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS
LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU
PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING
ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT
CONNECTION WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY
SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 21 ABS. 2 GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the 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 infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any 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
automatically to yourself or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will
controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.
Information, rectification and erasure
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free
information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data
purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You can contact us at any time to do this. The right to restriction of processing exists in
the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this.
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 has occurred/is occurring unlawfully, you can
request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defence or
defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your
request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between
your interests and our interests. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests
interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its
apart from its storage - only with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of
defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person
legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.
of a Member State.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as

such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, SSL or TLS encryption.
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 SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
be read by third parties.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for the transmission of
advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested. The
The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited
advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

4. data collection on this website

Cookies
Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packets and do not cause
do no damage 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 at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device
until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser. Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies).
cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies

third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website
website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos).
of videos). Other cookies can be used to analyse user behaviour or for advertising purposes.
be used.

Cookies that are used to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain
certain functions you have requested (e.g. for the shopping basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies for
website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of
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 the storage of necessary cookies for the technically
technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of
storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing takes place
processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1
TTDSG); 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 certain cases or in general
and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. With the
deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this
privacy policy.

Contact form
If you send us enquiries using the contact form, your details from the enquiry form
enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, for the purpose of processing the enquiry
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 GDPR, insofar as your enquiry is
related to the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures
is required. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective
effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
revocable at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your
request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies
(e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular
in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data (name, enquiry
personal data (name, enquiry) for the purpose of processing your request.
stored and processed by us. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your enquiry is related to
related to the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures
is required. 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 GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
revocable at any time.

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

5. social media
Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on this website. These functions are
offered by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02
AX07, Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Twitter server.
Twitter server is established. Twitter thereby receives information about your visit to this website.
By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and
linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. We would like to point out that we
as the provider of the pages no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by
Twitter. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at
https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service is based on
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Insofar as no
consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible
interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here:
https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.
You can change your data protection settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings
Instagram
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are
offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2,
Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server.
Instagram server is established. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.
by you.
If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can click on the Instagram button
link the content of this website to your Instagram profile. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this
website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no
knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by Instagram.
If consent has been obtained, the use of the above-mentioned service is based on
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility.
interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.
Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to
Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Har
Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing
responsible (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to
to the collection of data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. The processing that takes place after
processing by Facebook or Instagram is not part of the joint responsibility.
The obligations incumbent on us jointly were set out in an agreement on joint processing.
processing agreement. You can find the wording of the agreement at
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing
data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the secure
implementation of the tool on our website in accordance with data protection law. For the
Facebook or Instagram products is responsible for data security. Rights of data subjects
(e.g. requests for information) with regard to the data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be asserted
directly with Facebook. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are
obliged to forward them to Facebook.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
You can find details here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 und
https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
Further information can be found in Instagram's privacy policy:
https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

6. analysis tools and advertising
IONOS WebAnalytics
This website uses the analysis services of IONOS WebAnalytics (hereinafter: IONOS). The provider is
1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D - 56410 Montabaur. As part of the analyses with IONOS
visitor numbers and behaviour (e.g. number of page views, duration of a website visit,
bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e. which page the visitor comes from), visitor locations and technical data (browser and
technical data (browser and operating system versions) are analysed. For this purpose
IONOS stores the following data in particular:
Referrer (previously visited website)
Requested website or file
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Type of device used
Time of access
IP address in anonymised form (only used to determine the location of access)
According to IONOS, data collection is completely anonymised so that it cannot be traced back to individual persons.
can be traced back to individual persons. Cookies are not stored by IONOS WebAnalytics.
The data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour in order to
optimise both its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent
If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or access to information
in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent is
revocable at any time.
Further information on data collection and processing by IONOS WebAnalytics can be found in
the IONOS privacy policy at the following link:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/datenschutzerklaerung/

Order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service.
concluded. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which
guarantees that it will only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our
instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

7 Newsletter
Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you
e-mail address 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 collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for
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 takes place exclusively on the basis of your
on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The consent given for the storage of the data
data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time
via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have
data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the cancellation.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after you
newsletter service provider and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after cancellation of the newsletter or after the purpose no longer applies. We
reserve the right to delete email addresses from our newsletter mailing list at our own discretion within the scope of our
our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist.
newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if this is necessary to prevent future mailings.
mailings is necessary. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with
merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in
compliance with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). 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 embeds videos from the YouTube website. 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.
watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode.
however, does not necessarily exclude it. This means that YouTube - regardless of whether you watch a video
video - establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established.
YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behaviour directly

directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
account.

Furthermore, YouTube can store 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
used to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.
prevent attempts at fraud.
If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video
be triggered, over which we have no influence.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.
This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding
consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a
DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or access to
information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The
consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
 

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