Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance General information.

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration 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. How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This can be z. B. be data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is recorded automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems . This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or timeof the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided correctly. Otherdata can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right to free information about the origin, recipient and purpose at any time to receive your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on the subject of data protection. Analysis tools and tools from third parties

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens mainly with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

DomainFactoryProvider is DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstraße 5, 80331 Munich (hereinafter DomainFactory).

When you visit our website, DomainFactory collects various log files including your IP address. Details can be found in the data protection declaration of DomainFactory:https://www.df.eu/de/datenschutz/The use of DomainFactory is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in our website being displayed as reliably as possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art Storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

3. General information and mandatory information

Privacy policy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat yourpersonal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations andthis data protection declaration.If you use this website, various personal data will be collected.Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. ThisPrivacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.Note on the responsible bodyThe responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Christiane Toewe Studioporzellan Hainstrasse 57 D 96047 Bamberg 0951 2998661 info{at}toewe.net 

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar). . Ä.)decides.Storage periodInsofar as no specific storage period was mentioned in this data protection declaration,your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you submit a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons have ceased to exist. General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website  If you have consented to the data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. a GDPR, if special data categoriesaccording to Article 9 Paragraph 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Article 49 (1) (a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also based on Section 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required to fulfill the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if they are required to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR. The data processing can also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR. The followingsections of this data protection declaration provide information on the legal basis applicable in each individual case other tools from companies based in the USA or other non-secure third countries in terms of data protection. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to point out that in these countries no level of data protection comparable to that of the EU can be guaranteed. For example, US companies are obliged to release personal data to security authorities without you as the person concerned being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) will process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities. Revocation of your consent to data processing Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent that you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing that took place up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to  direct advertising (Article 21 GDPR)IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICULARSITUATION, AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATATO OBJECT; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH A PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED, UNLESSUNLESS WE CAN KNOW COMPELLING PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSINGWHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE CERTIFICATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (1) GDPR).IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE PROCESSED IN ORDER TO USE DIRECT ADVERTISING,SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA YOURELEVANTINSERT; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATAWILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTIONACCORDING TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authorityIn the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of workor the location of the alleged infringement. The right to complain is without prejudice to any otheradministrative or judicial remedies.Right to data portability  You have the right to data that we automated on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract process, to be handed over to itself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person in charge, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data.

You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.You can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time , to check this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you canrequest the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.If we no longer need your personal data, you can do so However, if you need to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of being deleted.If you object under Art filed, a balance must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for important public reasons Interests of the European Union or a member state are processed.SSL or TLS encryptionFor security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses a SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.Objection to advertising e-mailsThe use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby objected to. The site operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising being sent, such as spam e-mails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored on your end device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until your web browser automatically deletes them. Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).Cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you want (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies for measuring web audience) (necessary cookies). stored on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is given. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of his services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies was requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); Consent can be revoked at any time. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, accept cookies for certain cases or generally exclude them and automatically delete cookies when you close the browser activate. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website from thisdata protection declaration.Contact formIf you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details will be taken from theInquiry form including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions are stored by us. We do not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). this was queried; the consent can be revoked at any time. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). . Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or faxIf you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry) will be processed by us for the purpose of processing your request stored and processed.

We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried; the consent can be revoked at any time. The data you sent to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

5. Social media

Facebook

Elements of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, however, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries. You can find an overview of the Facebook social media elements here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. If the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook. You can find more information on this in the Facebook data protection declaration at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. If consent has been obtained, the above-mentioned service is used on the basis of kind 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media. If personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Article 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited to collecting the data and passing it on to Facebook. The processing by Facebook after the forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. Our joint obligations have been set out in a joint processing agreement. The text of the agreement can be found at:https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for issuing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a secure manner in accordance with data protection law.

Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products.

You can assert your rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook directly on Facebook. If you assert the rights of data subjects with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Instagram

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on this website.

These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your end device and the Instagram server established. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button.

This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how it is used by Instagram. Insofar as consent has been obtained, the above-mentioned service is used on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the greatest possible visibility in social media. Insofar as personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Article 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited to collecting the data and passing it on to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. Our joint obligations have been set out in a joint processing agreement. The text of the agreement can be found at:https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for issuing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a secure manner in accordance with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products. You can assert your rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed on Facebook or Instagram directly on Facebook. If you assert the rights of data subjects with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/5669946660333381. For more information, see Instagram's privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/. 6. Analysis tools and advertising WP Statistics This website uses the analysis tool WP Statistics to statistically evaluate visitor access. The provideris Veronalabs, Tatari 64, 10134, Tallinn, Estonia (https://veronalabs.com).With WP Statistics we can analyze the use of our website. WP Statistics records, among other things, log files (IP address, referrer, browser used, origin of the user, search engine used) and actions that website visitors have taken on the site (e.g. clicks and views). The WP Statistics data is stored exclusively on our own server. This analysis tool is used on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymous analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website and our advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Para(e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.7. Newsletter Newsletter data If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you are the owner of the newsletter agree. Further data is not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.

The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you have canceled the newsletter or if it no longer serves any purpose. We reserve the right, at our own discretion, to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR were, remain unaffected. After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is only used for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests. 8. Plugins and toolsYouTube with extended data protectionThis website includes videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the extended data protection mode does not necessarily exclude the transfer of data to YouTube partners. This is how YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network, regardless of whether you are watching a video. As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can receive information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent attempts at fraud. If necessary, further data processing operations can be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no influence. YouTube is used in the Interest in an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If a correspondingconsent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the end device of the user (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. You can find more information about data protection on YouTube in their data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Fonts (local hosting) This site uses so-called Google Fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers. You can find more information about Google Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google can use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly. Google Maps is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make it easier to find the places we have indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR and Article 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/. You can find more information on handling user data in Google's data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the website visitor spends on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyzes run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place. The storage and analysis of the data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from SPAM. If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 Para (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.

Consent can be revoked at any time. For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, see the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https:// policies.google.com/terms?hl=de. 

Source: Sören Siebert, lawyerhttps://www.e-recht24.de