Privacy policy

1. Overview of Data Protection General Information

The following information briefly outlines what will happen to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to identify your personal identity. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to the privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact information in the "Responsibility Institution Explanation" section of this data protection statement.

How do we collect your data?

On one hand, when you provide data to us, we will collect your data. For example, this could be: For instance, this could be the data you input into the contact form.

When you visit our website, our IT system will automatically collect or collect other data with your consent. These are mainly technical data (such as the internet browser, operating system or page access time). Once you enter this website, these data will be automatically collected.

What will we do with your data?

Some data will be collected to ensure the smooth operation of the website. Other data might be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have over your data?

You have the right to obtain free of charge at any time information about the source, recipients and purposes of the personal data you have stored. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of these data. If you have agreed to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time. In certain circumstances, you also have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority.

If you have any questions regarding this or other issues related to data protection, please feel free to contact us at any time.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be subject to statistical evaluation. This is mainly accomplished through so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information regarding these analytical procedures can be found in the following Privacy Policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Network (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hosting provider). The personal data collected by this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider. This may particularly include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website visits and other data generated through the website.

The purpose of using the managed service is to fulfill the contracts we have signed with our potential and existing customers (Article 6(1)(b) of GDPR), and to provide our online services through professional providers in a safe, fast and efficient manner (Article 6(1)(f) of GDPR).

Our host will only process your data within the scope necessary for fulfilling its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding these data.

We use the following hosts:

domainfactory GmbH

Oskar-Messter-Str. 33

85737 Ismaning Germany

The signing of the order processing contract

In order to ensure compliance with data protection processing, we have signed an order processing contract with our hosting provider.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages attach great importance to protecting your personal data. We will keep your personal data confidential and comply with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data refers to the data that can be used to identify your personal identity. This Privacy Policy explains which data we collect and how we use these data. It also explains how and for what purposes such actions are carried out.

We would like to point out that there may be security loopholes when transmitting data via the Internet (for instance, when communicating via email). It is impossible to completely prevent data from being accessed by third parties.

Responsibility Institution Statement

The responsible institution for data processing on this website is:

Hof Alpermuhle GmbH

Management: Mechthild Klose and Andreas Klose

Schontal 10

51588 Numbrecht

Telephone: 02293 8169901

Email: [email protected]

The responsible agency is either a natural person or a legal person, and it decides alone or jointly with others the purposes and methods for processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention Period

Unless otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy regarding the retention period, your personal data will be retained by us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you submit a legal request for deletion or revoke your consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legal reasons for retaining your personal data (such as retention periods stipulated by tax laws or commercial laws); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.

Notes on Data Transmission to the United States

Our website contains tools from American companies. When these tools are activated, your personal data may be transmitted to the servers of the corresponding American companies. We would like to point out that the United States is not a safe third country in the sense of the EU Data Protection Law. American companies have the obligation to disclose personal data to the security authorities, but as the data subject, you cannot take legal action against this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the authorities of the United States (such as the Secret Service) will process, evaluate and permanently store the data located on the servers in the United States for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revoking Your Consent for Data Processing

Many data processing operations can only be carried out with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of data processing that has been conducted before the revocation will not be affected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special circumstances and direct advertising (Article 21 of GDPR)

If the data processing is based on ART. 6 paragraph 1 LIT. E or F of GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to the analysis based on these provisions. The corresponding legal basis on which the processing is based can be found in this Data Protection Statement. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove that the processing's legitimate reasons are convincing and that such reasons prevail over your interests, rights and freedoms, or that the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (under Article 21(1) of GDPR).

If your personal data is used for direct advertising purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the use of your personal data for such advertising purposes; this also applies to the analysis of such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (as proposed under Article 21(2) of the GDPR).

The right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

If a violation of GDPR occurs, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, especially in the member state where they habitually reside, work, or where the infringement is alleged to have occurred. The right of appeal does not affect other administrative or judicial remedies.

Data Portability Right

You have the right to request that we process your data automatically based on your consent or for the performance of a contract, and to have the data provided to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request that the data be directly transmitted to another responsible party, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the orders or inquiries you send to us as a website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can identify the encrypted connection by changing the URL from "http://" to "https://" in the browser address bar and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you send to us will not be readable by third parties.

The encrypted payment transactions on this website

If after signing the payment contract, you are obligated to provide us with your payment details (such as the account number for direct debit authorization), then these details will be used for payment processing.

Payment transactions using common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are conducted entirely through encrypted SSL or TLS connections. You can identify encrypted connections by changing the URL from "http://" to "https://" in the browser address bar and by observing the lock symbol in the browser row.

By means of encrypted communication, the payment data you send to us cannot be read by any third party.

Information, Deletion and Correction

Within the framework prescribed by applicable laws, you have the right to freely obtain information at any time regarding the personal data you have stored, the sources and recipients of such data, as well as the purposes for which the data is processed. Additionally, if applicable, you have the right to correct or delete such data. If you have any questions regarding this or other matters related to personal data, please feel free to contact us at any time.

The right to request restriction of processing

You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time regarding this matter. In the following circumstances, there is a right to restrict processing:

If you have any doubts about the accuracy of the personal data we store about you, we usually need time to verify it. During the review period, you have the right to request restrictions on the processing of your personal data.

If the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you can request restrictions on data processing rather than deletion.

If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend or claim a legal claim, you have the right to request restrictions rather than deletion of the processing of your personal data.

If you object to the processing of your personal data under Article 14(21)(1) GDPR, you must strike a balance between your interests and ours. As long as it is not clear which interest prevails, you have the right to request restrictions on the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data (except for storage) can only be processed with your consent or for establishing, exercising or defending a legal claim or for protecting the rights of other natural persons or legal persons or for the important public interests of the EU or member states.

Opposition to Unsolicited Advertising Emails

It is prohibited to use contact data published within the scope of copyright obligations to send unsolicited advertisements and information materials. If there is an occurrence of unsolicited advertising information (such as through spam emails), website operators explicitly reserve the right to take legal actions.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Our website uses so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored during a session (session cookies) or permanently stored (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, when you visit our website, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services provided by third-party companies (such as cookies for handling payment services).

Cookies have multiple functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because without them, certain website functions cannot operate (such as the shopping cart function or video display). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or display advertisements.

The Cookies required for the execution of electronic communication processes (necessary Cookies), or those providing certain functions you need (functional Cookies, such as the shopping cart function), or those optimizing the website (such as Cookies for measuring the web audience) are stored in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless otherwise stipulated. Website operators have the legitimate interest to store cookies to ensure the error-free and optimized provision of their services. If consent is requested for storing Cookies, they will only be stored based on this consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(a)); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser so that you can understand the settings of cookies, and only allow cookies in certain circumstances, exclude accepting cookies in specific or general situations, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functions of this website may be restricted.

If a third-party company uses cookies or employs them for analytical purposes, we will notify you separately within the framework of this Data Protection Statement and, if necessary, seek your consent.

Agree to Borlabs Cookie's Cookie

Our website uses the cookie consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent for certain cookies stored in your browser, and to record this consent in accordance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs — Benjamin A. Bornschein, Rubenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter referred to as Borlabs).

When you visit our website, Borlabs cookies will be stored in your browser, where information about your consent or revocation of such consent is stored. These data will not be passed on to the provider of Borlabs cookies.

The collected data will be stored until you request us to delete it or you yourself delete the Borlabs cookies or the purpose of storing the data no longer applies. The mandatory legal retention period is not affected. For detailed information on the processing of Borlabs Cookie data, please visit https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The Borlabs Cookie Consent technology is used to obtain the legal consent required for the use of cookies. Its legal basis is artistry. According to GDPR Article 6(1)(c).

Server log files

The page provider will automatically collect information and store it in so-called server log files. Your browser will automatically transmit this information to us. These are:

Browser type and version

Operating system used

Source website for referral

Hostname of the accessed computer

Time of server request IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources.

These data are collected in accordance with art. 6(1)(f) of GDPR. The website operator has the legitimate interest in presenting and optimizing the technical aspects of its website without errors – for this purpose, server log files must be recorded.

By email, phone or fax consultation

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, your inquiries, including all personal data (name, inquiries) generated thereby, will be stored by us.