Data Protection at a Glance

 

1. 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 by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

 

Data collection on this website

 

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

 

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find its contact details in the section “Note on the responsible party” in this privacy policy.

 

How do we collect your data?

 

On the one hand, your data are collected by you providing them to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.

 

Other data are collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

 

What do we use your data for?

 

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the data provided will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other requests for assignments.

 

What rights do you have regarding your data?

 

You have the right at any time, free of charge, to obtain information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of these data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

 

You can contact us at any time regarding these rights as well as any other questions on the subject of data protection.

 

Analysis tools and third-party tools

 

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.

 

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

 

 

2. Hosting

 

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

 

WIX

 

The provider is Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel (hereinafter “WIX”).

 

WIX is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit our website, WIX analyzes user behavior, visitor sources, the region of website visitors, and visitor numbers. WIX stores cookies in your browser, which are necessary for the display of the website and for ensuring security (necessary cookies).

 

The data collected via WIX can be stored on various servers worldwide. WIX servers are located, among other places, in the USA.

 

For details, please refer to WIX’s privacy policy: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy.

 

According to WIX, data transmission to the USA and other third countries is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses or comparable safeguards under Art. 46 GDPR. For details, see here: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy-dpa-users.

 

Use of WIX is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable display of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

 

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Any company certified under the DPF is committed to complying with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5626.

 

Order processing

 

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

 

 

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

 

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and for what purposes we use them. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

 

We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may 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:

 

André Cohnen
Zur Mühle 14
41189 Mönchengladbach

 

Phone: +49 (0) 157 57 08 49 33

 

Email: admin(at)acohnen.com

 

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

 

Storage period

 

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

 

General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website

 

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and/or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data as per Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is additionally based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also based on Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data are required for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, if processing is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal basis in each individual case is explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

 

Recipients of personal data

 

In the course of our business activities, we cooperate with various external entities. In some cases, it may also be necessary to transfer personal data to these external entities. We only disclose personal data to external entities if it is necessary in the context of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the disclosure, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer. When we employ processors, we only disclose the personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid Data Processing Agreement. In the case of joint processing, a Joint Processing Agreement is concluded.

 

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

 

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

 

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

 

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(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. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

 

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY 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 breaches 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 place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

 

Right to data portability

 

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will take place only to the extent that it is technically feasible.

 

Access, rectification, and erasure

 

Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of these data. For this purpose and for any other questions relating to personal data, you can contact us at any time.

 

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 for this purpose. 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. For the duration of this 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 may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.

• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need them for the exercise, defense, or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.

• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and 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.

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If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from being stored – 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.

 

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 website operator. 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’s address bar.

 

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

 

Objection to promotional emails

 

We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, e.g. via spam emails.

 

 

4. Data collection on this website

 

Cookies

 

Our internet pages use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packages that do not cause any 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 on your end device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

 

Cookies may be placed by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the provision of certain services by third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for handling payment services).

 

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

 

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions you desire (e.g. for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) 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 necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to store cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG); the consent can be withdrawn at any time.

 

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the placement of cookies and only allow cookies 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 cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

 

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

 

Server log files

 

The provider of the 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

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This data is not merged with other data 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 collected.

 

Contact form

 

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

 

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

 

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to erase them, withdraw your consent to store them, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular 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 arising from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

 

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

 

The data sent by you to us via contact inquiries remain with us until you request erasure, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose of data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

 

 

5. Social media

 

Instagram

 

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website. These functions are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

 

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Instagram server. As a result, Instagram receives information that you have visited this website.

 

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

 

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

 

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the aid of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transmission to Facebook or Instagram. The processing carried out by Facebook or Instagram after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. You can view the wording of this agreement here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for implementing the tool in a data protection-compliant manner on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for access) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

 

Data transmission to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

 

Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

 

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Any company certified under the DPF is committed to these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

 

 

6. Newsletter

 

Newsletter data

 

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data are collected or only 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(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent to the storage of the data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of any data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

 

The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or by the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be erased from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe or once the purpose of storage no longer applies. We reserve the right to erase or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

 

Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

 

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email 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 are not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending out newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

 

 

7. Plugins and tools

 

Google reCAPTCHA

 

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

 

reCAPTCHA is designed to check whether data entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various pieces of information (e.g. IP address, how long the visitor stays on the website, or user mouse movements). The data collected during the analysis are forwarded to Google.

 

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

 

The storage and analysis of data are based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from SPAM. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

 

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Terms of Service at the following links:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

 

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Any company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

 

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