Responsible party pursuant to data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is

Dr. Susanne Scheer
Luise-Büchner-Weg 21
64289 Darmstadt
Germany
+49 (0)162 2489150

In order to make this website data protection friendly, we deliberately avoid the use of cookies, analysis software such as Google Analytics and social plugins.

Your rights as the data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection officer:

• Information on your data stored by us and the processing thereof (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of the data processing, provided that we may not delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
• Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, provide that you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you may withdraw it at any time, which will remain in effect in the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g. the supervisory authority of the state of your residence or the authority that oversees us as the responsible party. You’ll find a list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their respective addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de.

Collecting general information and personal data during a visit to our website

In general, it is possible to visit this website without providing personal data. By personal data is meant all data that can be personally related to the user. This includes in particular the first and last name, postal address, e-mail address and user behavior on the website.

Type and purpose of the processing

When you access our website – i.e. if you do not register or submit information – information of a general nature will be collected automatically by the internet browser and send to our server. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 lit. f) DS-GVO and serves to play and display the contents of the website in a secure and stable manner. In this context we collect the following data:

• Date and time of the request including the time difference to the Greenwich Mean Time ("GMT") time zone
• Internet Protocol, (IP) address
• Requested contents, especially files, including the transferred contents
• The type of browser used by the user, its version and set language and the operating system used by the user

We will not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. This type of information will be statistically analyzed by us if necessary to optimize our website and its underlying technology.

Host:

STRATO AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin, is the host of this website and operates its servers exclusively in Germany.

Retention period

Most of the above-mentioned data used to provide the website will be deleted as soon as the respective session has ended. For data protection reasons, the host name or IP address of the client who accesses the website is made anonymous in the log files by STRATO AG and deleted after 6 weeks.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory. Without the IP address however, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services can be unavailable or limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Contact form

Type and purpose of the processing

The data you enter are used for individual communication with you. A valid e-mail address and your name are required for this communication, which serves to organize your inquiry and the respective subsequent reply. Providing additional information is optional.

Legal basis

The processing of the data entered in the contact form occurs on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR). By providing the contact form, our aim is to facilitate an uncomplicated means for you to contact us. The information you enter will be used to process the inquiry and saved for possible follow-up questions. If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of the information provided in the contact form will occur in order to implement pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR).

Retention period

The data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the inquiry. Provided that we enter into a contract together, we will use the statutory retention periods in the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) and delete your data according to the respective stipulated deadlines.

Mandatory or required provision

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for your inquiry.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Revision of our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. Your next visit will be subject to the new privacy policy.

If you have any questions pertaining to data protection, please contact Dr. Susanne Scheer.

The privacy policy was created with the help of the activeMind AG privacy policy generator (Version: #2018-09-24).