Data Protection
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 our 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 listed below this text.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Note on the responsible body” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand your data is collected by you communicating it to us. This can be data that you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page call). These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data collected is to ensure that the website is error-free. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order enquiries.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right at any time and free of charge to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your saved personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of these data. If you have consented to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
Furthermore, you also have the right to appeal to the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time about this, and with regard to other questions on the subject of data protection, at the address given in the publication details.
Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is implemented primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programmes.
Find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
DomainFactory
The provider is DomainFactory GmbH, c/o WeWork, Neuturmstraße 5, 80331 Munich, Germany (hereinafter referred to as DomainFactory). When you visit our website, DomainFactory records various log files, including your IP addresses.
Details can be found in the DomainFactory privacy policy:
https://www.df.eu/de/datenschutz/.
The use of DomainFactory is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG (Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
3. General notes and mandatory information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains which data we collect and for what purpose we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to indicate that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Petershagen Communications GmbH
Chief Executive Officer: Jens Petershagen
Ehrenstraße 41
50672 Cologne
Phone: +49 (0)221 42 07 95 – 00
E-mail: info@petershagen-communications.com
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses etc.).
Period of storage
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified 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. retention periods regarding tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will be carried out after these reasons no longer apply.
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, insofar as special data categories are processed in accordance with Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the event of specific consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 (1) lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfilment of the contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR if this is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. F GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the paragraphs of this privacy policy below.
Recipients of personal data
As part of our business activities, we work together with various external bodies. In some cases, it is also necessary to transfer personal data to these external bodies. We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. forwarding of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in forwarding data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the forwarding of data. When using order processors, we only forward the personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing procedures are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke a given consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is performed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons attesting to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based is specified in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR). If your personal data are processed for the implementation of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).
Right of appeal with the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of infringements of the GDPR, the affected party has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer of the data to another responsible person, this will only be implemented as far as technically feasible.
Information, rectification and erasure
You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to rectification or erasure of this data at any time within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions. You can contact us at any time for this and other issues on the subject of personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. 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. You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data for the duration of checking.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defence or enforcement of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its erasure.
- If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be achieved between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear which interests are prevalent, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator.
You can identify 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 sent by you to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Our internet pages partly use cookies. Cookies are small data packets that cause no damage to your terminal device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your terminal device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for the processing of payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. shopping basket function or video display). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes.
Cookies required (necessary cookies) for the electronic communication process or for the provision of certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping basket function) or for optimisation of the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a justified interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser so that you will be informed about the setting of cookies, only permit cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies either generally or in specific cases, and for the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.
Enquiry via e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us via e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all resultant personal data (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us in order to process your enquiry. We do not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR if your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is required for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us via contact requests remains with us until you ask that we delete it, until you revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.
SSL or TLS encryption
The provider of the web pages automatically collects and stores information in server log files automatically forwarded to us by your browser. This information is:
Type and version of the browser
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
The data are not brought together with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Use of WPML (multilingualism)
This website uses WPML to display multilingual content. WPML sets a technically necessary cookie to save the language selected by the user and to retain it for the subsequent viewing of pages. This cookie is required to ensure that the website functions correctly.
Cookie used: _icl_visitor_lang_js, wp-wpml_current_language
Period of storage: for the session, or up to 24 hours
Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in a functioning multilingual website)
5.Analysis tools and advertising
Web analysis with Matomo
To improve our website, we use the open source software Matomo for anonymised analysis of page accesses.
Matomo is operated on our own server. No cookies are set, and the IP addresses of users are stored in anonymised form.
Only aggregated information is recorded, e.g. which pages are accessed and how frequently. It is not possible to assign the data to individual persons. The data is not passed on to third parties.
The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to optimise our website technically and with regard to content.
Your visit is automatically excluded from the analysis if your browser has activated the “do not track” function.
A cookie banner is not required as no personal data is processed or stored.
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