1) Introduction and Contact Information of the Responsible Party
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data that can be used to identify you personally.
1.2 The party responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Robin Cameron Wolfmeier, RCW, Dorfstraße 19, 25795 Stelle-Wittenwurth, Germany, Tel.: +4915226336788, Email: rc@rcwolfmeier.com. The responsible party for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
2.1 When using our website for informational purposes only, meaning you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. No disclosure or other use of the data takes place. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the responsible party). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.
Hosting & Content Delivery Network
To host our website and display the content of the pages, we use a provider who provides services exclusively on servers within the European Union, either themselves or through selected subcontractors.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Cookies
To make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device longer, allowing the site settings to be saved (so-called "persistent cookies"). You can find the storage duration in your web browser's cookie settings overview.
If personal data is processed by cookies we use, this is done either pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR to execute the contract, pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR if consent has been granted, or pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally.
Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.
Contacting us
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form is visible on the respective form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully processed, provided there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.
Rights of the Data Subject
6.1 Under the applicable data protection law, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data:
- Right to access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;
- Right to notification pursuant to Article 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR;
- Right to revoke consent granted pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.
6.2 Right to object
If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest following a balancing of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, with effect for the future.
If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data for such marketing. You can exercise this objection as described above.
If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.
Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data depends on the respective legal basis, the processing purpose, and—if relevant—any statutory retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
If personal data is processed based on explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data will be stored until you revoke your consent.
If statutory retention periods apply for data processed in the context of legal or similar obligations based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, such data is routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided it is no longer necessary for fulfilling or initiating a contract and/or there is no legitimate interest in continued storage on our part.
If personal data is processed based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise specified in the information within this declaration for specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted once it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
