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. Personal data is any data by whichyou can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the privacy policy listed below.

Data Collection on This Website                                  

Who isr esponsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after you have given your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time a page was accessed). 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. Othe rdata may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You havethe right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin,recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this consent at any time for thefuture. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have theright to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You may contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions about data protection.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using 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:

Webflow

Theprovider is Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA94103, USA (hereinafter referred to as Webflow). When you visit ourwebsite, Webflow collects various log files including your IP addresses.

Webflow is a tool for building and hosting websites. Webflow stores cookies or other recognition technologies that are necessary for displaying the page, providingcertain website functions, and ensuring security (necessary cookies).

Details canbe found in Webflow’s privacy policy:
https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy

The use of Webflow is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimateinterest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website possible. Ifconsent has been requested, processing will take place exclusively on the basisof Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and §25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consentincludes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting). Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard ContractualClauses.

The companyis certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is anagreement between the European Union and the United States intended to ensurecompliance with European data protection standards for data processing in theUSA.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the provider mentioned above. This is a contract required under data protection law that ensures thatthe provider processes personal data of our website visitors only according toour instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

Theoperators of these pages take the protection of your personal data veryseriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance withthe statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When youuse this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is datathat can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains whatdata we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for whatpurpose this happens.

Please note that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) mayhave security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access bythird parties is not possible.

Informationon the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Tico Pudzich
PDZ-Advisory – Unternehmensberatung
Ostereschweg 7a
25469 Halstenbek
Germany

Phone: +49162 4007496
Email: tico@pdz-advisory.com

Theresponsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly withothers decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g.,names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless amore specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy,your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the dataprocessing no longer applies.

If youassert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to dataprocessing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissiblereasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods). In the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons nolonger apply.

Legal Bases for Data Processing

If you have given consent to the processing of your data, we process your personal data onthe basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR ifspecial categories of data are processed.

If you have expressly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, dataprocessing is also based on Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR.

If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device, data processing is also carried out on the basis of §25 (1) TDDDG.

Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation ofpre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1)lit. b GDPR.

Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on thebasis of Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR.

Data processing may also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuantto Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

Recipient sof Personal Data

As part ofour business activities, we cooperate with various external parties. In somecases, it is necessary to transfer personal data to these external parties.

We onlydisclose personal data if:

• it is required for the     fulfillment of a contract
• we are legally obliged to do so
• we have a legitimate interest     according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR
• another legal basis permits the     data transfer

When usingdata processors, we only pass on personal data based on a valid data processing agreement.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of the data processingcarried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to Object to Data Collection (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing, you have the right toobject at any time to such processing.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge acomplaint with a supervisory authority.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of yourconsent or in fulfillment of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readableformat.

Information, Correction and Deletion

Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients,and the purpose of the data processing, and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from “http://” to “https://”.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small data packages and do not causeany damage to your device.

They may be stored:

• temporarily for the duration of     a session (session cookies)
• permanently     (persistent cookies)

Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (third-party cookies).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certainwebsite functions would not work without them.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, or automatically delete cookies when closingthe browser.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in serverlog files, which your browser automatically transmits to us:

• Browser     type and browser version
• Operating     system used
• Referrer     URL
• Hostname     of the accessing computer
• Time     of the server request
• IP     address

These dataare not merged with other data sources.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form includingthe contact data you provided will be stored by us for the purpose ofprocessing the request and in case of follow-up questions.

Requests by Email, Telephone or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handlingyour request.

6. Plugins and Tools

Googler eCAPTCHA

We use Googler eCAPTCHA on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland.

reCAPTCHAis used to verify whether data entered on this website (e.g., in a contactform) is entered by a human or by an automated program.

For thispurpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based onvarious characteristics.

Theanalysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters thewebsite.

The datacollected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

Furtherinformation can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
https://policies.google.com/terms

Google iscertified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

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

The Germanversion of this privacy policy is legally binding. The English version is provided for convenience.