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Data Protection Statement

The operator of these internet pages (hereinafter referred to as “the operator” and “the website”) takes the protection of your personal data very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with Germany’s statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Statement.
Use of this website is generally possible without submitting personal data. To the extent that these website pages require personal data (such as your name, address or email address), these are provided by you, wherever possible, on a strictly voluntary basis. This kind of data will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent.
Please note that the data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) may be subject to security gaps. A complete protection of data against third-party access is not possible.
This Data Protection Statement (hereinafter referred to as “the Statement”) clarifies the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “the data”) within this online service and its associated websites, functions and contents as well as external online presences, such as your own social media profiles (hereinafter referred to jointly as “the online service”). As far as the use of certain terms goes, such as “processing” or “controller,” this Statement follows the terminology defined in Art. 4, German Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

General

Responsible Party (“Operator”)
Georg Guillemin
Friedbergstrasse 16
14057 Berlin, Germany


Definitive Legal Bases
In accordance with Art. 13, GDPR, you hereby receive information on the legal basis of data processing by the Operator. Whenever no other lawful basis is specified in the Statement, the following shall apply: The lawful bases for obtaining consent are Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter a and Art. 7, GDPR, while the lawful basis for processing data to deliver the Operator’s services and to perform contractually agreed services as well as to answer queries is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter b, GDPR, the lawful basis for meeting our legal obligations is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter c, GDPR, while the lawful basis for data processing to protect the Operator’s legitimate interests is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter f, GDPR. In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person necessitate the processing of personal data, Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter d, GDPR, shall serve as legal basis.


Cooperation with Contract Processors and Third Parties
To the extent that the Operator discloses data to other persons and companies (contract processors or third parties) within the scope of its own processing, transfers such data to them or otherwise grants them access to the data, this shall presuppose that a legal permission is in place (e.g. if a transfer of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1 Letter b, GDPR, is necessary for the performance of the contract), if you have consented to this, if a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of the Operator’s legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).
If the Operator commissions third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “order processing contract,” such processing shall be done on the basis of Art. 28, GDPR.


Transfers to Third Countries
If the Operator processes data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this is done in the context of the use of third party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to third parties, this is only done to fulfil the Operator’s (pre)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, a legal obligation or on the basis of the Operator’s legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, the data will only be processed in a third country if the special requirements of Art. 44, GDPR, are met. This means that processing takes place, for example, on the basis of specific guarantees, such as the officially recognised establishment of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU (e.g. for the USA through the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognised specific contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”).


Rights of Data Subjects
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question will be processed and to be notified about the data processing and to receive detailed information and a copy of that data in accordance with Art. 15, GDPR.
Pursuant to Art. 16, GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
Pursuant to Art. 17, GDPR, you have the right to demand that the relevant data be deleted immediately or, alternatively, to demand a restriction on the processing of the data pursuant to Art. 18, GDPR.
You have the right to request receipt of the data concerning you which you provided to the Operator in accordance with Art. 20, GDPR, and to demand that it be transferred to other responsible parties.
Pursuant to Art. 77, GDPR, you also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.


Right of Revocation
You have the right to revoke consents granted pursuant to Art. 7, Sec. 3, GDPR, with effect for the future.


Right to Object
You may object to future processing of the data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21, GDPR, at any time.

Server, Cookies and Encryption

When you visit this website, your internet browser may, for technical reasons, send you information about

- your browser type and your browser version
- the operating system you run
- the web page from which you visit this website (referrer URL)
- the web page you are visiting
- the date and time of your access
- as well as your Internet Protocol (IP) address

to the Internet service provider (in this case, 1&1, Montabaur, Germany). This data is anonymised, i.e. it cannot be assigned to a person, and is deleted after storage for the purpose of statistical evaluation. An evaluation of this data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

For more information about the information collected and stored by 1&1 and their data protection policy, please click here: https://www.1und1/Datenschutz/.


Cookies
This web page may be using so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. The purpose of cookies is to make this online service more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies used by this website are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your endpoint until you delete them. These cookies enable the Operator to recognise your browser the next time you visit this web page. You can configure your browser to notify you about the placement of any cookies and only allow cookies on a case-to-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.


SSL Encryption
This website may be using SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send to us as the Operator of this website. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the character string in your browser’s address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL encryption is enabled, no third party will be able to read the data you transmit to us.

Google Services

Google Web Fonts
Google Web Fonts
This web page may use so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display 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, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This will let Google know that your IP address has been used to access this website. Using Google web fonts is in the interest of a uniform and engaging presentation of this online service. In fact, it constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter f, GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, your endpoint will use a default font instead.
For more details on Google Web Fonts, go to https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/ and see the data protection statement by Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy

Miscellaneous

Objection to Advertising Emails
We hereby expressly object to the third-party use of the contact details published in compliance with the obligation to provide a masthead (hereinafter referred to as “the Legal Notice”) for sending advertisements and information unless these were demonstrably requested. The operator of these pages expressly reserves the right to take legal action or curse your soul in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, e.g. through so-called spam emails.


Right to Information, Deletion, Blocking
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing as well as a right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You may contact the Operator any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice if you have any other questions on the subject of personal data.