Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

We are very pleased about your interest in the services on this website. Data protection is of particularly high importance to me at andreasproehl.com. Use of the website andreasproehl.com is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to make use of special services offered by our company via this website, processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the data subject’s consent.

The processing of personal data—such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject—shall always be in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to andreasproehl.com. By means of this privacy policy, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this privacy policy.

andreasproehl.com, as the controller, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of andreasproehl.com is based on the terminology used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easy to read and understand both for the public and for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.

In this privacy policy, we use, among others, the following terms:

• a) personal data

  Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

• b) data subject

  Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

• c) processing

  Processing means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

• d) restriction of processing

  Restriction of processing means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

• e) profiling

  Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

• f) pseudonymization

  Pseudonymization means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

• g) controller / controller responsible for processing

  Controller means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of the Member States, the controller—or the specific criteria for its nomination—may be provided for by Union law or by the law of the Member States.

• h) processor

  Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

• i) recipient

  Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body, to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

• j) third party

  Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

• k) consent

  Consent means any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes, by which they, by a statement or a clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.

2. Name and Address of the Controller

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union, and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

andreasproehl.com

Andreas Pröhl
Stettiner Str. 18
32805 Horn-Bad Meinberg
Germany

Tel.: +49 176 38248712
E-mail: andreas.proehl@gmail.com
Website: www.andreasproehl.com

3. Cookies

The websites of andreasproehl.com use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on a computer system via an internet browser.

Many websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a string of characters through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, andreasproehl.com can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as already mentioned, to recognize users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter login data again each time the website is visited, because this is handled by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject may prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the internet browser used, and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies already set may be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject disables cookies in the internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

4. Collection of General Data and Information

The website of andreasproehl.com collects a series of general data and information with each access to the website by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following may be collected: (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-pages accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used for security purposes in the event of attacks on our IT systems.

When using these general data and information, andreasproehl.com does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. Therefore, these anonymously collected data and information are evaluated statistically and also with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Registration on our website

The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller results from the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes. The controller may arrange the transfer to one or more processors, for example a parcel service provider, who will also use the personal data exclusively for internal purposes attributable to the controller.

By registering on the controller’s website, the IP address assigned by the internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject, the date, and the time of registration are also stored. The storage of these data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to make it possible to clarify committed offenses. In this respect, the storage of these data is necessary to safeguard the controller. These data are not passed on to third parties, unless there is a legal obligation to do so or the disclosure serves law enforcement.

The registration of the data subject, with voluntary indication of personal data, serves the controller to offer the data subject content or services that can only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the matter. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have them completely deleted from the controller’s database.

The controller shall provide any data subject at any time, upon request, with information as to what personal data about them is stored. Furthermore, the controller shall correct or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. All employees of the controller are available to the data subject as contact persons in this context.

6. Subscription to our newsletter

On the website of andreasproehl.com, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company’s newsletter. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller when ordering the newsletter results from the input mask used for this purpose. We use the provider Mailchimp, whose servers are located in the USA. The user’s newsletter data is stored there.

andreasproehl.com informs its customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of a newsletter about company offers. The company’s newsletter can generally only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for newsletter dispatch. For legal reasons, a confirmation email is sent to the email address entered for the first time for newsletter dispatch in a double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to verify whether the owner of the email address, as the data subject, has authorized the receipt of the newsletter.

When subscribing to the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the ISP of the computer system used by the data subject at the time of subscription, as well as the date and time of subscription. The collection of these data is necessary in order to be able to trace possible misuse of the email address of a data subject at a later time and therefore serves the legal protection of the controller.

The personal data collected as part of a newsletter subscription will be used exclusively for sending our newsletter. Furthermore, newsletter subscribers may be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or for a related registration, such as in the event of changes to the newsletter offering or changes in technical circumstances. There is no disclosure of personal data collected as part of the newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter can be terminated by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given us for sending the newsletter, can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking consent, a corresponding link can be found in each newsletter. Furthermore, it is possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the controller’s website or to inform the controller in another way.

7. Newsletter tracking

The newsletters of andreasproehl.com contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in emails sent in HTML format in order to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, andreasproehl.com can see whether and when an email was opened by a data subject and which links in the email were accessed by the data subject.

Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by the controller in order to optimize newsletter dispatch and to better tailor the content of future newsletters to the interests of the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled at any time to revoke the separate consent declaration issued via the double opt-in procedure. After a revocation, these personal data will be deleted by the controller. Unsubscribing from the receipt of the newsletter is automatically interpreted by andreasproehl.com as a revocation.