Data protection
Introduction and general information
Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Below you will find information about how we handle your data, which is collected through your use of our website. Your data will be processed in accordance with the statutory provisions on data protection.
Responsible body within the meaning of data protection law
Kloepfel Consulting GmbH
Cecilienallee 6-7
40474 Düsseldorf
info@kloepfel-consulting.com
021188259417
Contact details of the data protection officer
PROLIANCE GmbH / www.datenschutzexperte.de
Data Protection Officer
Leopoldstr. 21
80802 Munich
datenschutzbeauftragter@datenschutzexperte.de
Definitions
Our privacy policy is intended to be simple and understandable for everyone. This privacy policy generally uses the official terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The official definitions are explained in Art. 4 GDPR.
Processing of data by visiting our website
When you visit our websites, it is technically necessary for data to be transmitted to our web server via your internet browser. The following data is recorded during an active connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server:
Date and time of request
Name of requested file
Page from which the file was requested
Access status
Web browser and operating system used
(Full) IP address of the requesting computer
Data transferred
The data listed is collected to ensure a smooth connection to the website and to enable users to make comfortable use of our website. Furthermore, the log file is used for the evaluation of system security and stability, as well as for administrative purposes. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data or log files is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Contact form and contact via email
If you send us enquiries via the contact form or email, your details from the enquiry form or your email, including those you provided there, will be
First and last name are stored for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions. An email address is required for contact details; providing your name and telephone number is voluntary. We will not pass on this data without your consent under any circumstances. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and, if applicable, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, if your enquiry aims at concluding a contract. Your data will be deleted after your enquiry has been fully processed, provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent this. In the case of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you can object to the processing of your personal data at any time.
Leadinfo
We use the lead generation service of Leadinfo B.V., Rotterdam, Netherlands. This identifies visits by companies to our website using IP addresses and provides us with publicly available information, such as company names or addresses. Furthermore, Leadinfo sets two first-party cookies to analyse user behaviour on our website and processes domains from form entries (e.g. „leadinfo.com“) to correlate IP addresses with companies and improve its services. For more information, please visit www.leadinfo.com. You have an opt-out option on this page: www.leadinfo.com/en/opt-out. If you opt-out, your data will no longer be collected by Leadinfo.“
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files stored on your computer enabling an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymisation enabled. This means that users„ IP addresses will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, thereby precluding direct personal identification. Google Inc., located in the USA, is certified under the US-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield", which guarantees compliance with the data protection level applicable in the EU.
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or § 15 para. 3 TMG on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The terms and conditions of Google Analytics and information on data protection can be accessed via the following links: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by.
Clicking the following link prevents data from being collected by Google Analytics by setting an opt-out cookie:
Deactivating Google Analytics
You can find information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
Google Analytics
Australia
Google Maps
Our homepage uses the online map service provider Google Maps via an interface. The map service provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functionalities of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer. The use of the Google Maps map service is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offering and for easier location of the addresses specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Opt-out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/
Cookies
Our website uses cookies, which are stored by your browser on your device and contain certain settings for website use (e.g. for the current session). Cookies are used to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted after closing the browser. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them or the storage period expires. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
Partially, cookies serve to simplify website processes by storing settings (e.g., pre-selected options). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, processing will be carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for the performance of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR for the protection of our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The cookie settings can be managed under the following links for the respective browsers.
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
You can also individually manage the cookies of many companies and functions that are used for advertising. To do this, use the relevant user tools, available at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices. Most browsers also offer a so-called „do-not-track function“, with which you can indicate that you do not wish to be „tracked“ by websites. When this function is activated, the respective browser informs advertising networks, websites and applications that you do not wish to be tracked for the purpose of behaviour-based advertising and the like. For information and instructions on how to edit this function, please refer to the following links, depending on your browser provider:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761?co=GENIE.PlatformDesktop&hl=de
Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/dnt/
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17288/windows-internet-explorer-11-use-do-not-track
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/de/notrack.html
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21416?locale=de_DE
Additionally, you can prevent the loading of so-called scripts by default. NoScript allows the execution of JavaScripts, Java and other plug-ins only for trusted domains of your choice. Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be obtained from your browser provider (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox at: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/). Please note that deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
Data transfer and recipients
Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties, except
- if we have explicitly pointed this out in the description of the respective data processing.
- if you have given your express consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR,
- the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims pursuant to Article 6(1) sentence 1(f) GDPR and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
- in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure under Art. 6(1) sentence 1(c) GDPR and
- insofar as this is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you under Art. 6(1) sentence 1(b) GDPR.
Furthermore, we use external service providers for the processing of our services, whom we have carefully selected and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. With whom we have concluded order processing agreements in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, where necessary. These service providers are responsible for web hosting, sending emails, and maintenance and care of our IT systems, etc. The service providers will not pass this data on to third parties.
Data security
In accordance with Article 32 GDPR, we implement appropriate technical and organisational measures, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of processing, as well as the varying risk of likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk. This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content.
Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data.
Your Rights
The following provides information about the data subject rights that current data protection law grants you in relation to the controller regarding the processing of your personal data:
The right, in accordance with Article 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us.
In particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned duration of storage, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if they were not collected from us, as well as about the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.
The right, in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR, to demand the rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us, without undue delay.
The right to request the deletion of your personal data stored with us, in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The right, in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, where the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or where you have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR.
The right, according to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR. As a general rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of the federal state of our registered office indicated above, or, if applicable, the supervisory authority of your habitual place of residence or place of work.
Right of withdrawal of granted consents pursuant to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to withdraw consent granted for the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of withdrawal, we will immediately delete the affected data, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. Withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out based on consent prior to its withdrawal.
Right to object
If your personal data is processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. If the objection relates to the processing of personal data for the purposes of direct marketing, you have a general right of objection, without the need to state reasons relating to your particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to info@kloepfel-consulting.com
External links
Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Xing, etc.) are only embedded on our website as links to the respective services. After clicking on the embedded text/image link, you will be redirected to the page of the respective provider. User information is only transferred to the respective provider after redirection. Please refer to the respective data protection regulations of the provider you are using for information on how your personal data is handled when using these websites.
Subject to change
We reserve the right to adapt or update this privacy policy as necessary, in compliance with applicable data protection regulations. This will allow us to adapt it to current legal requirements and take into account changes in our services, such as the introduction of new services. The latest version applies to your visit.
This privacy policy was created by www.datenschutzexperte.de
Status of this privacy policy: 21.02.2019