Privacy Policy
Effective Date: July 19, 2024
Table of Contents
Controller
Basler, Florian
Graf-Erpo Str. 22
31515 Wunstorf, Germany
Email: iftheyhadheldbitcoin@gmx.de
Overview of Processing Activities
Types of Data Processed
Categories of Data Subjects
Purposes of Processing
Legal Basis
Relevant Legal Basis under GDPR
Below is an overview of the legal basis of the GDPR on which we process personal data. Please note that national data protection regulations in your or our country of residence or seat may apply in addition to the GDPR regulations. If more specific legal bases are applicable in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the privacy policy.
National Data Protection Regulations in Germany
In addition to the GDPR, national data protection regulations in Germany apply. This includes, in particular, the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), which contains special provisions on the right to information, the right to deletion, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes, and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling. State data protection laws of the individual federal states may also apply.
Note on the Applicability of GDPR and Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG)
These privacy notices serve both to provide information under the Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Therefore, please note that due to the broader geographical application and comprehensibility, the terms of the GDPR are used. Specifically, instead of the terms used in the Swiss DSG "processing" of "personal data," "overriding interest," and "particularly sensitive personal data," the terms "processing" of "personal data," "legitimate interest," and "special categories of data" used in the GDPR are used. However, the legal meaning of the terms is determined according to the Swiss DSG within the scope of its applicability.
Security Measures
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs, the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
These measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as the relevant access, input, transmission, securing availability, and separation. We have also established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subjects' rights, the deletion of data, and responses to data threats. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures according to the principle of data protection through technology design and by default privacy-friendly settings.
Transfer of Personal Data
In the course of our processing of personal data, it happens that this data is transferred to other locations, companies, legally independent organizational units, or persons or disclosed to them. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers tasked with IT tasks or providers of services and content integrated into a website. In such cases, we observe the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.
International Data Transfers
Data Processing in Third Countries
If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the use of services from third parties or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies, or companies, this is done only in accordance with the legal requirements. If the data protection level in the third country has been recognized by an adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR), this serves as the basis for the data transfer. Otherwise, data transfers only take place if the data protection level is otherwise guaranteed, in particular through standard contractual clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR), explicit consent, or in the case of contractual or legally required transfer (Art. 49(1) GDPR). Additionally, we will inform you about the foundations of third country transfer in the context of individual providers from third countries, whereby the adequacy decisions are given priority. Information on third country transfers and existing adequacy decisions can be found on the European Commission's website: EU Commission Data Protection.
EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
In the context of the "Data Privacy Framework" (DPF), the European Commission has also recognized the data protection level for certain companies from the USA as safe through the adequacy decision dated 10.07.2023. The list of certified companies and further information on the DPF can be found on the website of the US Department of Commerce: Data Privacy Framework. We inform you in our privacy notices which service providers we use that are certified under the Data Privacy Framework.
General Information on Data Storage and Deletion
We delete personal data that we process in accordance with legal requirements as soon as the consents on which the processing is based are revoked or other legal grounds no longer exist. This applies to cases where the original processing purpose ceases to exist or the data is no longer needed. Exceptions to this rule exist if legal obligations or special interests require a longer storage or archiving of the data.
In particular, data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons or data whose storage is necessary for legal prosecution or the protection of the rights of other natural or legal persons must be archived accordingly.
Our privacy notices contain additional information on data storage and deletion specifically applicable to certain processing activities.
If multiple retention periods or deletion deadlines for data are specified, the longest period is always decisive.
If a period does not explicitly begin on a certain date and is at least one year, it automatically starts at the end of the calendar year in which the triggering event occurred. In the case of ongoing contractual relationships in which data is stored, the triggering event is the effective date of termination or other termination of the legal relationship.
Data that is no longer needed for the original purpose but must be retained due to legal requirements or other reasons will only be processed for the purposes justifying its retention.
Further Information on Processing Activities, Procedures, and Services
Data Retention and Deletion:
The following general periods apply to retention and archiving under German law:
Rights of Data Subjects
Rights of Affected Individuals under the GDPR
As an affected individual, the GDPR grants you various rights, particularly from Articles 15 to 21 GDPR:
Business Services
We process data from our contractual and business partners, such as customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as "contractual partners"), within the scope of contractual and similar legal relationships, as well as associated measures and for communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g., to respond to inquiries.
We use this data to fulfill our contractual obligations, including the obligations to provide the agreed services, any update obligations, and remedies in case of warranty and other service disruptions. Additionally, we use the data to protect our rights and for administrative tasks and business organization related to these obligations. We also process the data based on our legitimate interests in proper and economic business management and security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, threats to their data, secrets, information, and rights (e.g., involving telecommunications, transport, and other auxiliary services, subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers, or tax authorities). In accordance with applicable law, we only share the data of contractual partners with third parties as necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations. Contractual partners are informed about further forms of processing, such as for marketing purposes, within this privacy policy.
We inform contractual partners about which data is necessary for the aforementioned purposes before or during data collection, e.g., in online forms, through specific markings (e.g., colors) or symbols (e.g., asterisks), or personally.
We delete the data after the expiration of legal warranty and comparable obligations, i.e., generally after four years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g., as long as it needs to be retained for legal reasons (e.g., for tax purposes, typically ten years). Data disclosed to us by the contractual partner as part of an order is deleted according to the specifications and generally after the end of the order.
Processed Data Types: Inventory data (e.g., full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); payment data (e.g., bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g., postal and email addresses or phone numbers); contract data (e.g., contract subject, duration, customer category); usage data (e.g., page views and dwell time, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and features). Meta-, communication-, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time details, identification numbers, involved persons). Affected Individuals: Service recipients and clients; interested parties; business and contractual partners. Processing Purposes: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; security measures; communication; office and organizational procedures; organizational and administrative procedures; business processes and economic procedures. Storage and Deletion: Deletion as per the information in the "General Information on Data Storage and Deletion" section. Legal Bases: Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR); legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR); legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Further Notes on Processing, Procedures, and Services:
Provision of Online Services and Web Hosting
We process users' data to provide our online services. For this purpose, we process the user's IP address, which is necessary to deliver the content and functions of our online services to the user's browser or device.
Processed Data Types: Usage data (e.g., page views and dwell time, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and features); meta-, communication-, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time details, identification numbers, involved persons); log data (e.g., log files related to logins or data retrieval or access times). Affected Individuals: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services). Processing Purposes: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.)); security measures. Storage and Deletion: Deletion according to the information in the "General Information on Data Storage and Deletion" section. Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Further Notes on Processing, Procedures, and Services:
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files or other storage notes that store information on end devices and read from them. They are used, for example, to save login statuses in a user account, a shopping cart content in an online shop, the retrieved content or used functions of an online offer. Cookies can also be used for different purposes, such as ensuring the functionality, security, and comfort of online offers and creating analyses of visitor flows.
Consent Notice: We use cookies in accordance with legal regulations. Therefore, we obtain prior consent from users, unless it is not required by law. Permission is not necessary, particularly if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary to provide users with a service they expressly requested (i.e., our online offer). The revocable consent is clearly communicated to them and contains information on the respective cookie usage.
Legal Basis Notice: The legal basis for processing personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask users for consent. If users consent, the legal basis for processing their data is their declared consent. Otherwise, data processed using cookies is based on our legitimate interests (e.g., in a commercially viable operation of our online offer and its improvement) or, if necessary for fulfilling our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is required to fulfill our contractual obligations. The purposes for which cookies are used are explained in this privacy policy or within our consent and processing processes.
Storage Duration: Regarding storage duration, the following types of cookies are distinguished:
Further Notes on Processing, Procedures, and Services:
Blogs and Publication Media
We use blogs and similar online communication and publication media (hereinafter referred to as "Publication Medium"). The data of readers is processed only to the extent necessary for the presentation and communication between authors and readers, or for security reasons. For further information regarding the processing of visitors' data on our Publication Medium, please refer to the privacy information provided.
Processed Data Types:
Affected Persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, online service users).
Purposes of Processing:
Storage and Deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information provided in the section "General Information on Data Storage and Deletion."
Legal Bases:
Additional Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:
Comments and Contributions: If users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses may be stored based on our legitimate interests. This is done to ensure our security in case someone posts unlawful content (e.g., insults, prohibited political propaganda). We may also need to know the identity of the author to avoid liability for such content.
Spam Detection: Based on our legitimate interests, we may process user data to detect spam.
Surveys: IP addresses may be stored during surveys to prevent multiple voting and cookies may be used.
Retention of Personal Information: Information provided in comments and contributions, including contact and website information and content details, will be stored until users object, based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Contact and Inquiry Management
When contacting us (e.g., via post, contact form, email, phone, or social media) or in the context of existing user and business relationships, the details of the inquiring persons are processed as necessary to answer inquiries and handle requested actions.
Processed Data Types:
Affected Persons: Communication partners.
Purposes of Processing:
Storage and Deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information provided in the section "General Information on Data Storage and Deletion."
Legal Bases:
Additional Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:
Web Analysis, Monitoring, and Optimization
Web analysis (also known as "reach measurement") is used to evaluate visitor traffic on our online offerings and may include pseudonymous data on behavior, interests, or demographics, such as age or gender. Web analysis helps us understand how our online offering is used, identify frequently used functions or content, and determine areas needing optimization.
In addition to web analysis, we may use testing procedures to evaluate different versions of our online offering or its components.
Processed Data Types:
Affected Persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, online service users).
Purposes of Processing:
Storage and Deletion: Data deletion according to the section "General Information on Data Storage and Deletion." Cookies may be stored for up to 2 years.
Security Measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of IP addresses).
Legal Bases:
Additional Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online offerings based on pseudonymous user identification numbers. These numbers do not contain personal data like names or email addresses but help link analysis information to an end device. Google Analytics does not store individual IP addresses for EU users but provides broad geographical location data. For EU traffic, IP addresses are used only for geographic location and are deleted immediately. Google Analytics only processes pseudonymous data and does not record personal identifiers.
Plug-ins and Embedded Functions
We incorporate functional and content elements into our online offering from third-party servers (hereinafter referred to as "Third-Party Providers"). This may include graphics, videos, or maps.
Incorporating these elements usually requires the Third-Party Providers to process the IP address of users, as without it, they cannot send the content to the users' browsers. We strive to use only content from providers who use the IP address solely for content delivery. Third-Party Providers may also use pixel tags (invisible graphics) for statistical or marketing purposes, allowing them to track visitor traffic on the site.
Processed Data Types:
Affected Persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, online service users).
Purposes of Processing:
Storage and Deletion: Data deletion according to the section "General Information on Data Storage and Deletion." Cookies may be stored for up to 2 years.
Legal Bases:
Additional Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:
Google Fonts (Fetched from Google Servers): Fonts and symbols are used for a technically secure, maintenance-free, and efficient usage experience. The provider of the fonts receives the IP address to provide the fonts to the users' browsers. Technical data, such as language settings and screen resolution, may also be transmitted. This data may be processed on a server in the USA. Google Fonts does not log or analyze IP addresses and uses collected data only for technical support and aggregated usage statistics.
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