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 that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed 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 “Information about the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected partly because you provide it to us. This can include data you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website via our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time of page access). Collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter the website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts are concluded or initiated via the website, the data you transmit will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other service requests.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the 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 correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Additionally, you have the right to request restriction of processing your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For this and any other questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with so-called analytics programs.
For detailed information on these analytics programs, please refer to the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the contents of our website with the following provider:
IONOS
The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter “IONOS”). When you visit our website, IONOS records various log files including your IP addresses. For details, see IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. Where consent has been obtained, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined by the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Order Processing
We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the above service. This is a contract required under data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Notes 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 statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information about the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
NiCoTa GmbH
Kutschenweg 20
76287 Rheinstetten
Phone: [Phone number of the responsible party]
Email: [Email address of the responsible party]
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.).
Data Retention Period
Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a rightful request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons to retain your personal data (e.g., statutory retention periods under tax or commercial law); in such cases, deletion will occur after those reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also takes place on the basis of § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data are required for contract performance or the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation. The data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The specific legal bases for processing in each case are indicated in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
As part of our business activities, we work with various external entities. In some cases, the transfer of personal data to these external parties is necessary. We only share personal data with external parties if it is necessary for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in sharing data, or if another legal basis permits data sharing. When using order processors, we only share our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid order 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 can withdraw consent at any time. The legality of processing carried out based on consent prior to its withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms or processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data are processed for direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations 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. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the data we process about you on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller. If you request direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
Right to Access, Rectification, and Deletion
You have the right under applicable law at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, their origin, and recipients, and the purpose of processing, as well as the right to request correction or deletion of this data. For this and any other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data. You can contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
- If processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request restriction instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data but you require them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of interests must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may – aside from storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or to protect 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 websites use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packets and cause no harm to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them or they are automatically deleted by your browser.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third parties (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third parties within websites (e.g., cookies for payment processing).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, the provision of certain functions you request (e.g., shopping cart function), or for website optimization (e.g., cookies for audience measurement) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is given. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically flawless and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.
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