General Information

The following notices provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all information that can identify you personally. Detailed information about data protection can be found in our privacy policy at the bottom of this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Responsible Authority” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. For example, this may include data you enter in a contact form.

Other data is automatically or, if necessary, with your consent, collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time of your visit). The collection of this data occurs 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 functions properly. Other data may be used to analyze your usage behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to request information at any time, free of charge, about the origin, recipient, 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 for data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Additionally, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to file a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

For more information or if you have further questions about data protection, feel free to contact us at any time.

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers, including IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated through the website.

The use of the host serves the purpose of fulfilling contracts with potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and is in the interest of providing a secure, fast, and efficient delivery of our online services (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

The host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill their service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host:

Webflow, Inc.

398 11th Street, 2nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94103

General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data that can identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.

Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Beate Niklas

Wohnlichstr. 8

75179 Pforzheim

Phone: 07231 – 76 98 825

Email: [email]

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

Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing is no longer applicable. If you submit a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons to retain your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur once these reasons no longer apply.

Notice on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries

Our website integrates tools from companies located in the USA or other third countries that do not have the same level of data protection as the EU. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these countries and processed there. We would like to point out that a comparable level of data protection cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, U.S. companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you being able to take legal action against it. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. authorities (e.g., intelligence services) may process, analyze, and permanently store your data for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons related to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The legal basis for the respective processing 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 the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes; 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 under Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR).

Complaint to the Supervisory Authority

In case of violations of the GDPR, the affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the EU member state of their usual residence, place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement. The right to complain exists regardless of other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive your personal data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Cookies

Our website uses “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not cause harm to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of your session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use specific services of the third party (e.g., cookies for processing payments).

Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or to display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary for electronic communication (necessary cookies) or to provide specific features (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function) or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is provided. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of their services. If consent is requested for the storage of cookies, the storage of the relevant cookies will occur only based on this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR); consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can set your browser to notify you about the use of cookies and to allow cookies only in specific cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately in this privacy policy and may request consent.

Here’s the English translation of the provided section:

Calendly

On our website, you have the option to schedule appointments with us. For appointment scheduling, we use the tool “Calendly.” The provider is Calendly LLC, 271 17th St NW, 10th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30363, USA (hereinafter “Calendly”).

For the purpose of scheduling appointments, you enter the requested information and your preferred appointment time into the designated form. The entered data is used for planning, conducting, and, if necessary, for follow-up of the appointment. The appointment data is stored for us on Calendly’s servers, whose privacy policy you can view here: https://calendly.com/de/pages/privacy.

The data you provide will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in facilitating appointment scheduling with prospects and clients as easily as possible. If consent was requested, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing; consent can be revoked at any time.

The transfer of data to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://calendly.com/pages/dpa.

5. Plugins and Tools

Vimeo

This website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo video, a connection to Vimeo’s servers is established. This informs the Vimeo server about which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This applies even if you are not logged into Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to Vimeo’s servers in the USA.

If you are logged into your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

Vimeo uses cookies or similar recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) to recognize website visitors.

The use of Vimeo is in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an attractive manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If consent was requested, processing will be based solely on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

The transfer of data to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and, according to Vimeo, on “legitimate business interests.” Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

For more information on handling user data, refer to Vimeo’s privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

6. Audio and Video Conferences

Data Processing

To communicate with our customers, we use online conferencing tools, some of which are listed below. When you communicate with us via video or audio conference over the internet, your personal data is processed by us and the provider of the respective conferencing tool.

The conferencing tools collect all data that you provide or use to access the tools (email address and/or your phone number). Furthermore, the conferencing tools process the duration of the conference, the start and end times, the number of participants, and other “contextual information” related to the communication process (metadata).

In addition, the tool provider processes all technical data necessary for conducting the online communication. This includes IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device types, operating system types and versions, client versions, camera types, microphones or speakers, and connection types.

If content is exchanged, uploaded, or otherwise provided within the tool, it is also stored on the servers of the tool providers. Such content includes cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards, and other information shared during the conference.

Please note that we do not have full control over the data processing operations of the tools used. Our options are largely determined by the policies of the respective providers. Further information on data processing by the conferencing tools can be found in the privacy policies of the respective tools listed below.

Purpose and Legal Basis

The conferencing tools are used to communicate with potential or existing contract partners or to offer specific services to our customers (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). Furthermore, the use of these tools simplifies and speeds up communication with us or our company (legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). If consent was requested, the use of the tools is based on that consent; consent can be revoked at any time with future effect.

Storage Duration

The data directly collected by us via video and conferencing tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected.

We have no influence over the storage duration of your data stored by the operators of the conferencing tools for their own purposes. For details, please refer directly to the operators of the conferencing tools.

Conferencing Tools Used

We use the following conferencing tools:

Zoom

We use Zoom. The provider of this service is Zoom Communications Inc., San Jose, 55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113, USA. Details on data processing can be found in Zoom’s privacy policy: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

Microsoft Teams

We use Microsoft Teams. The provider is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. Details on data processing can be found in Microsoft’s privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

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