Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General information

The fol­lo­wing infor­ma­ti­on pro­vi­des a simp­le over­view of what hap­pens to your per­so­nal data when you visit this web­site. Per­so­nal data is any data that can be used to iden­ti­fy you per­so­nal­ly. Detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on on the sub­ject of data pro­tec­tion can be found in our data pro­tec­tion decla­ra­ti­on lis­ted below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data pro­ces­sing on this web­site is car­ri­ed out by the web­site ope­ra­tor. You can find the operator’s cont­act details in the “Infor­ma­ti­on on the con­trol­ler” sec­tion of this pri­va­cy poli­cy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is coll­ec­ted when you pro­vi­de it to us. This may, for exam­p­le, be data that you enter in a cont­act form.

Other data is coll­ec­ted auto­ma­ti­cal­ly or with your con­sent by our IT sys­tems when you visit the web­site. This is pri­ma­ri­ly tech­ni­cal data (e.g. inter­net brow­ser, ope­ra­ting sys­tem or time of page view). This data is coll­ec­ted auto­ma­ti­cal­ly as soon as you enter this web­site.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is coll­ec­ted to ensu­re that the web­site is pro­vi­ded wit­hout errors. Other data may be used to ana­ly­ze your user beha­vi­or. If con­tracts can be con­cluded or initia­ted via the web­site, the data trans­mit­ted will also be pro­ces­sed for con­tract offers, orders or other order inqui­ries.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to recei­ve infor­ma­ti­on about the ori­gin, reci­pi­ent and pur­po­se of your stored per­so­nal data free of char­ge at any time. You also have the right to request the cor­rec­tion or dele­ti­on of this data. If you have given your con­sent to data pro­ces­sing, you can revo­ke this con­sent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data under cer­tain cir­cum­s­tances. Fur­ther­mo­re, you have the right to lodge a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty.

You can cont­act us at any time if you have fur­ther ques­ti­ons on the sub­ject of data pro­tec­tion.

Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers

When you visit this web­site, your sur­fing beha­vi­or may be sta­tis­ti­cal­ly eva­lua­ted. This is main­ly done with so-cal­led ana­ly­sis pro­grams.

Detail­ed infor­ma­ti­on on the­se ana­ly­sis pro­grams can be found in the fol­lo­wing pri­va­cy poli­cy.

 

2. data protection officer

You can reach the data pro­tec­tion offi­cer as fol­lows:

Dat­a­Co GmbH
Nym­phen­bur­ger Str. 86
80636 Munich, Ger­ma­ny

+49 89 452459 900
info@consulting.dataguard.de
www.dataguard.de

You can cont­act our data pro­tec­tion offi­cer direct­ly at any time with any ques­ti­ons or sug­ges­ti­ons regar­ding data pro­tec­tion.

 

3. hosting

We host the con­tent of our web­site with the fol­lo­wing pro­vi­der:

IONOS

The pro­vi­der is IONOS SE, Elgen­dor­fer Str. 57, 56410 Mon­ta­baur (her­ein­af­ter refer­red to as IONOS). When you visit our web­site, IONOS coll­ects various log files inclu­ding your IP addres­ses. Details can be found in the IONOS pri­va­cy poli­cy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in dis­play­ing our web­site as relia­bly as pos­si­ble. If a cor­re­spon­ding con­sent has been reques­ted, the pro­ces­sing is car­ri­ed out exclu­si­ve­ly on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, inso­far as the con­sent includes the sto­rage of coo­kies or access to infor­ma­ti­on in the user’s ter­mi­nal device (e.g. device fin­ger­prin­ting) within the mea­ning of the TDDDG. Con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

Order processing

We have con­cluded a data pro­ces­sing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the abo­ve-men­tio­ned ser­vice. This is a con­tract pre­scri­bed by data pro­tec­tion law, which ensu­res that it pro­ces­ses the per­so­nal data of our web­site visi­tors only in accordance with our ins­truc­tions and in com­pli­ance with the GDPR.

4 General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The ope­ra­tors of the­se pages take the pro­tec­tion of your per­so­nal data very serious­ly. We tre­at your per­so­nal data con­fi­den­ti­al­ly and in accordance with the sta­tu­to­ry data pro­tec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this pri­va­cy poli­cy.

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

We would like to point out that data trans­mis­si­on over the Inter­net (e.g. when com­mu­ni­ca­ting by email) may be sub­ject to secu­ri­ty vul­nerabi­li­ties. Com­ple­te pro­tec­tion of data against access by third par­ties is not pos­si­ble.

Note on the responsible body

The con­trol­ler respon­si­ble for data pro­ces­sing on this web­site is:

SEAR GmbH
Hunds­bur­g­al­lee 9c
18106 Ros­tock

Pho­ne: +49 381 12834–0
E‑Mail: info@sear-gmbh.de

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

Storage duration

Unless a more spe­ci­fic sto­rage peri­od has been spe­ci­fied in this pri­va­cy poli­cy, your per­so­nal data will remain with us until the pur­po­se for data pro­ces­sing no lon­ger appli­es. If you assert a jus­ti­fied request for dele­ti­on or revo­ke your con­sent to data pro­ces­sing, your data will be dele­ted unless we have other legal­ly per­mis­si­ble reasons for sto­ring your per­so­nal data (e.g. reten­ti­on peri­ods under tax or com­mer­cial law); in the lat­ter case, the dele­ti­on will take place after the­se reasons no lon­ger app­ly.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have con­sen­ted to data pro­ces­sing, we pro­cess your per­so­nal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, inso­far as spe­cial cate­go­ries of data are pro­ces­sed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express con­sent to the trans­fer of per­so­nal data to third count­ries, data pro­ces­sing is also car­ri­ed out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have con­sen­ted to the sto­rage of coo­kies or access to infor­ma­ti­on in your end device (e.g. via device fin­ger­prin­ting), the data pro­ces­sing is also car­ri­ed out on the basis of Sec­tion 25 (1) TDDDG. Con­sent can be revo­ked at any time. If your data is requi­red to ful­fill the con­tract or to car­ry out pre-con­trac­tu­al mea­su­res, we pro­cess your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Fur­ther­mo­re, we pro­cess your data if this is neces­sa­ry to ful­fill a legal obli­ga­ti­on on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data pro­ces­sing may also be car­ri­ed out on the basis of our legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Infor­ma­ti­on on the rele­vant legal bases in each indi­vi­du­al case is pro­vi­ded in the fol­lo­wing para­graphs of this pri­va­cy poli­cy.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our busi­ness acti­vi­ties, we work tog­e­ther with various exter­nal bodies. In some cases, it is also neces­sa­ry to trans­fer per­so­nal data to the­se exter­nal bodies. We only pass on per­so­nal data to exter­nal bodies if this is neces­sa­ry for the ful­fill­ment of a con­tract, if we are legal­ly obli­ged to do so (e.g. pas­sing on data to tax aut­ho­ri­ties), if we have a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the trans­fer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or if ano­ther legal basis per­mits the trans­fer of data. When using pro­ces­sors, we only pass on our cus­to­mers’ per­so­nal data on the basis of a valid con­tract for order pro­ces­sing. In the case of joint pro­ces­sing, a joint pro­ces­sing agree­ment is con­cluded.

Revocation of your 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 until the revo­ca­ti­on remains unaf­fec­ted by the revo­ca­ti­on.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of brea­ches of the GDPR, data sub­jects have the right to lodge a com­plaint with a super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty, in par­ti­cu­lar in the Mem­ber Sta­te of their habi­tu­al resi­dence, place of work or place of the alle­ged inf­rin­ge­ment. The right to lodge a com­plaint is wit­hout pre­ju­di­ce to other admi­nis­tra­ti­ve or judi­cial reme­dies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we pro­cess auto­ma­ti­cal­ly on the basis of your con­sent or in ful­fill­ment of a con­tract han­ded over to you or to a third par­ty in a com­mon, machi­ne-rea­da­ble for­mat. If you request the direct trans­fer of the data to ano­ther con­trol­ler, this will only take place if it is tech­ni­cal­ly fea­si­ble.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the frame­work of the appli­ca­ble legal pro­vi­si­ons, you have the right to free infor­ma­ti­on about your stored per­so­nal data, its ori­gin and reci­pi­ent and the pur­po­se of the data pro­ces­sing and, if neces­sa­ry, a right to cor­rec­tion or dele­ti­on of this data at any time. You can cont­act us at any time if you have fur­ther ques­ti­ons on the sub­ject of per­so­nal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data. You can cont­act us at any time to do this. The right to rest­ric­tion of pro­ces­sing exists in the fol­lo­wing cases:

• If you dis­pu­te the accu­ra­cy of your per­so­nal data stored by us, we gene­ral­ly need time to check this. You have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data for the dura­ti­on of the review.
• If the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data was/is car­ri­ed out unlawful­ly, you can request the rest­ric­tion of data pro­ces­sing ins­tead of era­su­re.
• If we no lon­ger need your per­so­nal data, but you need it for the exer­cise, defen­se or asser­ti­on of legal claims, you have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data ins­tead of dele­ti­on.
• If you have lodged an objec­tion pur­su­ant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balan­ce must be struck bet­ween your inte­rests and ours. As long as it has not yet been deter­mi­ned who­se inte­rests pre­vail, you have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data.

If you have rest­ric­ted the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data, this data — apart from its sto­rage — may 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 Euro­pean Uni­on or of a Mem­ber Sta­te.

5. data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Inter­net pages use so-cal­led “coo­kies”. Coo­kies are small data packets and do not cau­se any dama­ge to your end device. They are stored on your device eit­her tem­po­r­a­ri­ly for the dura­ti­on of a ses­si­on (ses­si­on coo­kies) or per­ma­nent­ly (per­ma­nent coo­kies). Ses­si­on coo­kies are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted at the end of your visit. Per­ma­nent coo­kies remain stored on your end device until you dele­te them yours­elf or they are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted by your web brow­ser.

Coo­kies may ori­gi­na­te from us (first-par­ty coo­kies) or from third-par­ty com­pa­nies (so-cal­led third-par­ty coo­kies). Third-par­ty coo­kies enable the inte­gra­ti­on of cer­tain ser­vices from third-par­ty com­pa­nies within web­sites (e.g. coo­kies for pro­ces­sing pay­ment ser­vices).

Coo­kies have various 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 can be used to eva­lua­te user beha­vi­or or for adver­ti­sing pur­po­ses.

Coo­kies that are requi­red to car­ry out the elec­tro­nic com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on pro­cess, to pro­vi­de cer­tain func­tions that you have reques­ted (e.g. for the shop­ping cart func­tion) or to opti­mi­ze the web­site (e.g. coo­kies to mea­su­re the web audi­ence) (neces­sa­ry coo­kies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless ano­ther legal basis is spe­ci­fied. The web­site ope­ra­tor has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the sto­rage of neces­sa­ry coo­kies for the tech­ni­cal­ly error-free and opti­mi­zed pro­vi­si­on of its ser­vices. If con­sent to the sto­rage of coo­kies and com­pa­ra­ble reco­gni­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies has been reques­ted, the pro­ces­sing is car­ri­ed out exclu­si­ve­ly on the basis of this con­sent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); the con­sent can be revo­ked at any time.

You can set your brow­ser so that you are infor­med about the set­ting of coo­kies and only allow coo­kies in indi­vi­du­al cases, exclude the accep­tance of coo­kies for cer­tain cases or in gene­ral and acti­va­te the auto­ma­tic dele­ti­on of coo­kies when clo­sing the brow­ser. If coo­kies are deac­ti­va­ted, the func­tion­a­li­ty of this web­site may be rest­ric­ted.

You can find out which coo­kies and ser­vices are used on this web­site in this pri­va­cy poli­cy.