Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens with your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any information by which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our full privacy policy below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the “Notice Concerning the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Some data is provided by you directly (e.g. when you fill out a contact form). Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website—mainly technical information (such as browser, operating system, or time of visit).

What do we use your data for?
Some data is needed to ensure the website functions correctly. Other data helps us analyze user behavior. If contracts are offered via the website, submitted data will be processed to handle offers, orders, or inquiries.

What rights do you have?
You have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your personal data at any time. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of your data. Consent given can be withdrawn at any time. You can request the restriction of data processing and you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. Please contact us anytime regarding data privacy concerns.

2. Hosting

We host our website content with:

Strato
Provider: Strato AG, Otto‑Ostrowski‑Straße 7, 10249 Berlin.
When you visit our website, Strato logs various data including your IP address.
More at: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (“legitimate interest”). If consent is given, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG for cookies or device access. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data Processing Agreement
We have a data processing agreement with Strato, ensuring they process personal data only per our instructions and GDPR.

3. General Notes & Mandatory Information

Data Protection

We take your data privacy seriously and process your data confidentially and in compliance with data-protection laws.

Using this site involves processing personal data. Our privacy policy explains what we collect, why, and how.

Note: Data transmission over the internet (e.g., email) may have security vulnerabilities—complete protection isn’t possible.

Responsible Party

Justus Watermann
Adolfstr. 4
49078 Osnabrück

The responsible party determines the purposes and means of personal data processing.

Data Retention

Unless stated otherwise, your personal data is stored until it’s no longer needed. If you request deletion or withdraw consent, data is erased unless legal obligations require retention (e.g., tax law).

Legal Basis of Processing

We base data processing on:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories apply; § 25(1) TDDDG for cookies/device-access).
• Contract performance/pre-contractual steps (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
• Legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
• Transfers outside the EU only with explicit consent (Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR).

Recipients of Personal Data

We share data only when:

• Necessary for contract performance.
• Legally required (e.g., tax authorities).
• We have a legitimate interest.
• Required by law.

Processors receive data under data-processing contracts; joint controllers under joint-processing agreements.

Withdrawal of Consent

You can withdraw consent at any time. Processing before withdrawal remains lawful.

Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)

If processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f), you can object based on personal reasons, including profiling. We will cease processing unless there are overriding grounds or legal claims. You can also object to direct marketing—profiling included—for future processing.

Complaint to Supervisory Authority

You can complain to your local data protection authority if your rights under GDPR are violated.

Right to Data Portability

You can request data you’ve provided in a machine‑readable format and ask for it to be transferred to another controller, if technically feasible.

Right to Access, Correction, Deletion

You can request access, correction or deletion of personal data at any time. Contact us for this or other questions.

Right to Restrict Processing

You can request processing restriction when:

• You dispute accuracy of your data.
• Processing is unlawful but you oppose deletion.
• Data is no longer needed by us but needed by you for claims.
• You object and it’s undecided whose interests prevail.

Restricted data may only be processed with consent or for legal claims or public interest.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Contact Form

If you send inquiries via contact form, your details are stored to handle your request and follow‑ups. We do not share this data without consent.

Processing is based on:

• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR when related to contracts.
• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for legitimate interest in responding.
• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR with consent. Consent can be withdrawn anytime.

Data remains stored until you ask for deletion, withdraw consent, or purpose ceases. Legal retention rules apply.

5. Analysis Tools & Advertising

WP Statistics

We use WP Statistics by Veronalabs (Tatari 64, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia) to analyze visitor traffic. More info: https://veronalabs.com

WP Statistics logs files such as IP, referrer, browser, origin, search engine, and visitor actions (clicks/views), stored exclusively on our server.

Use of this tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). With consent, processing relies on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG for cookies/device access. Consent is revocable anytime.

IP Anonymization

We use WP Statistics with anonymized IP addresses, cut so that they cannot be linked to you.