Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Infomation
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For more detailed information on the subject of privacy, please refer to our full Privacy Policy below this text.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Responsible Party" section of this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
On one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example, by filling out a contact form.
Other data is automatically or after your consent collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This mainly involves technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used for analyzing your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other requests.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent for data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of processing your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time for this purpose or for further questions regarding data protection.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This happens mainly through analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
webgo
The provider is webgo GmbH, Heidenkampsweg 81, 20097, Hamburg (hereinafter referred to as "webgo"). When you visit our website, webgo collects various log files, including your IP addresses.
For more details, please refer to the webgo privacy policy: https://www.webgo.de/datenschutz/.
The use of webgo is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring our website is presented reliably. If consent was requested, the processing will be based solely on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, if the consent involves the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., for device fingerprinting) in accordance with the TDDDG. The consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Order Processing
We have concluded a contract on order processing (AVV) to use the service mentioned above. This is a legally required contract that ensures the data is processed only according to 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 legal 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 which data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Dr. Elena Krause-Söhner
Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 34
76137 Karlsruhe
Email: info@elenakrausesoehner.com
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.).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage duration is stated within this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in such cases, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website
If you have given your consent to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, provided special data categories are processed according to Art. 9 para. 1 DSGVO. If you explicitly consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing will also be based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also based on § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. The consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. Data processing may also occur based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The relevant legal basis will be informed in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external entities. In some cases, it is necessary to transfer personal data to these external entities. We only share personal data with external entities if it is necessary for fulfilling a contract, if we are legally required to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in sharing the data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, or if another legal basis allows data sharing. When using processors, we only share personal data based on a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases as Well as Direct Marketing (Art. 21 DSGVO)
If the data processing is based on Art. 6 par. 1 lit. e or f DSGVO, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The relevant legal basis for the processing can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will not process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legal reasons for the processing that override your rights and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under Art. 21 par. 1 DSGVO).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for such marketing at any time. This also applies to profiling, as far as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection under Art. 21 par. 2 DSGVO).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their usual residence, workplace, or the location 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 have data processed on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract automatically provided to you or to a third party in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
Access, Correction, and Deletion
You have the right, in accordance with applicable legal provisions, to receive information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipient, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding these matters and for any further questions about 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 for this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification process, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have filed an objection under Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, a balancing of interests must be carried out. As long as it is unclear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, those data 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.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
Our website uses "cookies". Cookies are small data packets that do not harm your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of your session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party providers (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g., cookies for payment services).
Cookies serve various purposes. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies can be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are required for the execution of the electronic communication process, for providing specific functions you want (e.g., for the shopping cart), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web traffic) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless otherwise stated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of their services. If consent for storing cookies or similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing will be solely based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be withdrawn at any time.
You can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
The cookies and services used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.
5. Newsletter
Newsletter Data
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No additional data is collected unless provided voluntarily. We will only use this data for sending the requested information and will not share it with third parties.The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is carried out solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You may withdraw your consent for the storage of the data, email address, and use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
The data you have provided for receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted after unsubscribing or once the purpose ceases. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter list at our discretion within the framework of our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
Data stored for other purposes will remain unaffected.
After unsubscribing from the newsletter list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist with the newsletter service provider to prevent future mailings, if necessary. The data in the blacklist is used exclusively for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). The storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.
6. Plugins and Tools
YouTube with Enhanced Privacy
This website embeds videos from YouTube. The provider of the website is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.When you visit a page on our website with an embedded YouTube video, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can directly assign your browsing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, videos played in this mode will not be used to personalize your YouTube experience. Ads displayed in this mode are also not personalized. No cookies are set in this mode. However, "Local Storage" elements are saved in the user’s browser, which may contain personal data and can be used for recognition. More information about the enhanced privacy mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.
After activating a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered, over which we have no control.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of providing an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If consent has been requested, processing will occur solely on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, to the extent consent involves the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in accordance with the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
More information on YouTube’s privacy practices can be found in their privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?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 that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the U.S. Any company certified under the DPF agrees to comply with these standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
Quelle: https://www.e-recht24.de