Privacy Policy under the GDPR

1. Name and address of the controller
2. General information on data processing
3. Provision of the website and creation of log files
4. Use of cookies
5. Rights of the data subject
6. External services

1. Name and address of the controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection provisions is:

buero-K GmbH
Graphic Design | Advertising Agency
Am Berggarten 3a
89250 Senden
Germany

Contact:
Email: info@buero-kreuzer.de

2. General information on data processing

2.1 Scope of the processing of personal data

We generally collect and use personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The collection and use of personal data of our users regularly takes place only with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal provisions.

2.2 Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Where we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.

When processing personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.

Where processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, and these interests are not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

2.3 Data deletion and storage duration

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a necessity for further storage of the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

3. Provision of the website and creation of log files

3.1 Description and scope of data processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling device.
The following data is collected:

1. Information about the browser type and version used
2. The user’s operating system
3. The user’s IP address
4. Date and time of access
5. Websites from which the user’s system reaches our website
6. Websites accessed by the user’s system via our website

The data is also stored in our system’s log files, with the IP address being shortened immediately after being captured, namely an IPv4 address to the first two bytes and an IPv6 address to the first 32 bits. Personal profiles cannot be created with such reduced IP addresses. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

3.2 Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3.3 Purpose of data processing

Temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.
Storage in log files is carried out to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.
These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3.4 Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of data collection for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after no more than seven days. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, due to the shortened IP addresses, it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.

3.5 Possibility of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

4. Use of cookies

The website does not use cookies requiring consent.

5. Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

5.1 Right of access

You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
Where such processing is taking place, you may request information from the controller about the following:

1. the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
2. the categories of personal data that are processed;
3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;
4. the envisaged duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
5. the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
7. all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
8. the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Art. 22 paras. 1 and 4 GDPR and — at least in these cases — meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to be informed whether personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

This right of access may be limited insofar as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the realization of research or statistical purposes and the limitation is necessary for the fulfillment of research or statistical purposes.

5.2 Right to rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must make the correction without delay.

Your right to rectification may be limited insofar as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the realization of research or statistical purposes and the limitation is necessary for the fulfillment of research or statistical purposes.

5.3 Right to restriction of processing

Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you:

1. if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the deletion of the personal data and request the restriction of the use of the personal data instead;
3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or
4. if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller override your reasons.

Where processing of the personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may — apart from being stored — only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted according to the aforementioned conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Your right to restriction of processing may be limited insofar as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the realization of research or statistical purposes and the limitation is necessary for the fulfillment of research or statistical purposes.

5.4 Right to erasure

a. Obligation to erase

You may request the controller to erase personal data concerning you without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase this data without undue delay where one of the following reasons applies:

1. The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing is based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
3. You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
4. The personal data concerning you has been unlawfully processed.
5. The deletion of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
6. The personal data concerning you has been collected in relation to the offer of information society services pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

b. Information to third parties

Where the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR to erase it, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.

c. Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist to the extent that processing is necessary

1. for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
2. for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to under section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
5. for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

5.5 Right to be informed

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed by the controller about these recipients.

5.6 Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data has been provided, where

1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and
2. the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of others must not be adversely affected thereby.

The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

5.7 Right to object

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on those provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Where personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, 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 to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for such purposes.
You have the option of exercising your right to object in the context of the use of information society services — notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC — by automated means using technical specifications.

You also have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR.

Your right to object may be limited insofar as it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the realization of research or statistical purposes and the limitation is necessary for the fulfillment of research or statistical purposes.

5.8 Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

5.9 Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

1. is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between you and the controller,
2. is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law also
3. lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or is based on your explicit consent.

However, such decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or g applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

In the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision.

5.10 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

6 External services

6.1 Use of social media links

We currently use various links to different social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. These are not social media plugins, but mere links. When you click on one of the links, you will be redirected to the respective provider’s website and your IP address will be transmitted. If you are logged in to the respective social media account at the same time, further data may be collected by the respective provider.

6.2 Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.

6.3 Use of Matomo

To better understand what visitors are interested in on our websites and whether they can find their way around, we use the open-source analysis tool Matomo (formerly Piwik). This tool does not set cookies to distinguish individual users. The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Matomo is hosted on our server; data is not passed on to third parties. IP addresses are anonymized by six digits in our configuration and do not allow any inference to the actual connection of the visitor. Returning visitors cannot be identified.

If you do not want your visits to our websites to be recorded, you can activate the ‘Do not track’ option in your browser and Matomo will not collect any data from you. You can deactivate your visit statistics via this click. For this purpose, an opt-out cookie is set in your browser, which deactivates tracking. If you generally do not want tracking, activate the “Do not Track” function in your browser.

Additionally, you can object to processing by activating the checkbox at the end of the page.