The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is: Ulrich Kohler. I, Ulrich Kohler, take the protection of your personal data very seriously and strictly adhere to the rules of data protection laws. I only collect personal data to the extent necessary. Under no circumstances will I sell your data or pass it on to third parties for any other reason.

Please remember that there can always be security gaps when transmitting data over the Internet. Complete protection against access by strangers is not possible.

Your rights as a data subject You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided (legal notice)

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing.
• Correction of inaccurate personal data,
• Deletion of your data stored by us,
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations.
• Objection to the processing of your data by us and
• Data portability, provided that you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us.

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time with a complaint. Your responsible supervisory authority depends on the federal state in which you live, your work or the alleged violation. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DElnfothek/Anschriften Links/Anschriften links-node.html

Purposes of Data Processing by the Responsible Entity and Third Parties we process your personal data solely for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties for purposes other than those specified. We will only share your personal data with third parties if:

• you have given your explicit consent for this,
• processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you,
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation,

processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests, and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding, protectable interest in preventing the disclosure of your data.

Collection of general information when visiting our website When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically recorded using a cookie. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider and similar. This is exclusively information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you personally.

This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the content of websites you have requested and is mandatory when using the Internet. It is processed in particular for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
• Ensuring smooth use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
• for further administrative purposes.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest in the aforementioned data collection purposes. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. The only recipients of the data are the responsible body and, if applicable, the contract processor.

We may statistically evaluate anonymous information of this type in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Data processing on this website The following information is temporarily recorded in a log file by the provider, hosting.de GmbH, without your intervention and stored in their server log files until it is automatically deleted.

• browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address)
• time of the server request

This data is not assigned to specific people and is not merged with other data sources. Your data will be deleted after statistical evaluation.

cookies

My websites use so-called cookies in several places. They are designed to make the service more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that your browser saves and stores on your device. Most of the cookies I use are so-called session cookies. They are automatically deleted after you leave the site. Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the sending of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them. You can also exclude acceptance for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses.

use of Matomo

This website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software for the statistical evaluation of visitor access. Matomo uses so-called cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is stored on a server in Germany.

The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before storage. You have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by changing the settings of your browser software. We would like to point out that if you make such a setting, not all functions of this website may be available.

You can decide whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the website operator to collect and analyze various statistical data

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on some of our websites. The operator of the corresponding plug-ins is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, a connection is established to YouTube servers. YouTube is informed of the pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior

Anyone who has deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program will not have to worry about such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.

Further information on data protection at “Youtube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

contact via email

You can also contact me by email. If you write me an email, the data you provide (e.g. your email address, and if applicable, your name and telephone number) will initially be saved in order to answer your questions. If storage is no longer required, I will delete the personal data collected. If there is a legal obligation to retain data, I will restrict processing. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of establishing contact is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 GDPR.

change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt 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. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact Ulrich Kohler directly. This privacy statement was created with theData protection declaration generator of activeMind AG.