Privacy Policy –––––––––––––––––––––––-- 1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Data Controller 1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. 1.2 The data controller for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Jochen Krauss, Marketing Agency for Textile Decoration Jochen Krauss, Dachsweg 8, 73635 Rudersberg, Germany, Tel.: 497183307556, Email: info@marketingagentur-krauss.de. The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. 2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website 2.1 When you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the website server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you: - The website you visited - Date and time of access - Amount of data sent in bytes - Source/referrer from which you accessed the page - Browser used - Operating system used - IP address used (possibly in anonymized form) This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files should there be concrete indications of unlawful use. 2.2 This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the data controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the padlock icon in your browser's address bar. 3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network 3.1 We use a provider to host our website and display its content. This provider performs its services, either directly or through selected subcontractors, exclusively on servers within the European Union. All data collected on our website is processed on these servers. We have concluded a data processing agreement with this provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. 3.2 IONOS We use a Content Delivery Network from the following provider: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. This processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. 4) Cookies To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow the saving of website settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser's cookie settings. If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of the website visit. You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited. 5) Contacting Us When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form is indicated on the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, contacting you, and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter has been conclusively resolved and provided that no statutory retention obligations exist. 6) Web Analytics Services 1&1 IONOS WebAnalytics This website uses the web analytics service of the following provider: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. Using cookies and/or similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data, including information about the device used, such as the IP address and browser information, in order to evaluate it for statistical analysis of user behavior on our website and to create pseudonymized user profiles. Among other things, this allows the evaluation of movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits as well as interactions with page content (e.g., text input, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization fundamentally precludes any direct identification of individuals. This data is not combined with clear personal data collected through other means. All processing described above, in particular the reading or storage of information on the device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the "cookie consent tool" provided on the website. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. 7) Rights of the Data Subject 7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights as a data subject (rights of access and intervention) with regard to the processing of your personal data by the controller, whereby reference is made to the legal basis listed for the respective requirements for exercising these rights: - Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR; - Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR; - Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR; - Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR; - Right to information pursuant to Article 19 GDPR; - Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR; - Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR; - Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR. 7.2 Right to object: If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest as part of a balancing of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, with effect for the future. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data in question. Further processing will only be permitted if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing. You can exercise your right to object as described above. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data in question for direct marketing purposes. 8) Duration of storage of personal data The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the processing purpose, and – where applicable – the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods). When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data in question will be stored until you withdraw your consent. If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided it is no longer required for the performance of a contract or for initiating a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage. When processing personal data based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims. When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR. Unless otherwise specified in this privacy policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed. Copyright notice: This privacy policy was prepared by the specialist lawyers of the IT Law Firm and is protected by copyright (https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de).