Privacy statement

Person responsible

Christian Siée
Sonnenau 26
22089 Hamburg
Germany

contact (at) christiansiee (dot) com

Types of data processed:

• Personal data (e.g., names, addresses).
• Contact data (e.g., e-mail, phone numbers).
• Content data (e.g., text input, photographs, videos).
• Usage data (e.g., web pages visited, interest in content, access times).
• Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

Categories of data subjects

Visitors and users of the website (hereinafter, I also refer to the data subjects collectively as „users“).

Purpose of the processing

• Making available the online offer, its functions and content.
• Responding to contact requests and communicating with users.
• Security measures.

Terminology used

„Personal data“ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter „data subject“); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

„Processing“ means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and includes virtually any handling of data.

„Pseudonymization“ means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

„Controller“ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

„Processor“ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the Controller;

Applicable legal bases

In accordance with Art. 13 DSGVO, I will inform you of the legal basis for my data processing activities. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 DSGVO, the legal basis for processing to fulfill my services and perform contractual measures and respond to inquiries is Art. 6(1)(b) DSGVO, the legal basis for processing to fulfill my legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) DSGVO, and the legal basis for processing to protect my legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require processing of personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. d DSGVO.

Security measures

I take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access concerning them, input, disclosure, ensuring availability and their separation. Furthermore, I have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subjects‘ rights, deletion of data and response to data compromise. Furthermore, I take into account the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings (Art. 25 DSGVO).

Cooperation with processors and third parties

If, in the course of my processing, I disclose data to other persons and companies (order processors or third parties), transmit it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g. if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is necessary for the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of my legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If I commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called „order processing agreement“, this is done on the basis of Art. 28 DSGVO.

Transfers to third countries

If I process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this happens in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure, or transfer of data to third parties, this will only happen if it is done for the fulfillment of my (pre)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, due to a legal obligation or on the basis of my legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, I process or allow the processing of data in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. DSGVO process. I.e. the processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection corresponding to the EU (e.g. for the USA by the „Privacy Shield“) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called „standard contractual clauses“).

Rights of the data subjects

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data in question is being processed and to information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO.

You have according to. Art. 16 DSGVO the right to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.

You have the right, in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, to request that data concerning you be deleted without delay, or alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, to request restriction of the processing of the data.

You have the right to request that the data concerning you that you have provided to me be received in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO and to request its transfer to other data controllers.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO.

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to revoke any consent given in accordance with Art. 7 (3) DSGVO with effect for the future.

Right of objection

You may object to the future processing of data relating to you in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO at any time. The objection can be made in particular against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and right to object in the case of direct advertising

Cookies“ are small files that are stored on users‘ computers. Different information can be stored within the cookies. The primary purpose of a cookie is to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after his visit to an online offer. Temporary cookies, or „session cookies“ or „transient cookies“, are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offer and closes his browser. In such a cookie, for example, the contents of a shopping cart in an online store or a login jam can be stored. Cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed are referred to as „permanent“ or „persistent“. For example, the login status can be stored if users visit them after several days. Likewise, the interests of users can be stored in such a cookie, which is used for range measurement or marketing purposes. Third-party cookies“ are cookies that are offered by providers other than the responsible party that operates the online offer (otherwise, if it is only their cookies are called „first-party cookies“).

I may use temporary and permanent cookies and explain this in my privacy policy.

If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to disable the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser or to set the Consent Management Program Complianz implemented for this purpose and available on every page accordingly. Stored cookies can also be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of this online offer.

Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case not all functions of this online offer can be used.

Deletion of data

The data processed by me will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 DSGVO. Unless expressly stated in the context of this privacy policy, the data stored by me will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. I.e. the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law.

According to legal requirements in Germany, data is stored for 10 years in accordance with §§ 147 para. 1 AO, 257 para. 1 nos. 1 and 4, para. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years according to § 257 para. 1 nos. 2 and 3, para. 4 HGB (commercial letters).

According to legal requirements in Austria, the storage is carried out in particular for 7 years in accordance with § 132 para. 1 BAO (accounting records, vouchers/invoices, accounts, receipts, business papers, statement of income and expenditure, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate and for 10 years for documents in connection with electronically provided services, telecommunications, radio and television services provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states and for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.

Hosting

The hosting services I use are for the provision of the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services, which I use for the purpose of operating this online offer.

In doing so, I, or my hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta data and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer on the basis of my legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in conjunction with. Art. 28 DSGVO (conclusion of order processing contract).

Collection of access data and log files

My hosting provider, collects on the basis of my legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO data about each access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.

Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g. for the clarification of abuse or fraud) for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until final clarification of the respective incident.

Contacting

When contacting me (e.g. via contact form, email or via social media), the user’s details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b) DSGVO. The user’s details may be stored in a customer relationship management system („CRM system“) or comparable request organization.

I delete the inquiries if they are no longer necessary. I review the necessity every two years; Furthermore, the legal archiving obligations apply.

Online presences in social media

I maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to be able to communicate with customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about my services there. When calling up the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing policies of their respective operators apply.

Unless otherwise stated in my privacy policy, I process the data of users insofar as they communicate with me within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send me messages.

Integration of services and content of third parties

Within my website, I use content or service providers on the basis of my legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of my website within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO) to integrate content or services offered by third-party providers, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as „content“).

This always requires that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the IP address of the user, since without the IP address they could not send the content to their browser. The IP address is thus necessary for the presentation of this content. I strive to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as „web beacons“) for statistical or marketing purposes. The „pixel tags“ can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of my online offer, as well as be linked to such information from other sources.

Google Analytics

I use Google Analytics, to collect statistical data in order to analyze the use of my website and to better align it towards my visitors in the future. The detailed explanation of the integration of this service and the data collected are listed below.

Google Analytics is provided to me by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google processes the website usage data on my behalf and is contractually committed to measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the processed data.
During your website visit, the following data is recorded, among others:

• Pages viewed
• The achievement of „website goals“ (contact requests or views of specific pages)
• Your behavior on the pages (for example, dwell time, clicks, scrolling behavior)
• Your approximate location (country and city)
• Technical information such as browser, Internet service provider, terminal device and screen resolution
• Source of origin of your visit (i.e. via which website or via which ad in a search engine you came to my website)

No personal data such as name, address or contact details are ever transferred to Google Analytics.

The other data mentioned above is first collected on servers in the EU and then transferred to Google servers in the USA. I would like to point out that the same level of protection under data protection law cannot be guaranteed in the USA as within the EU.

Google Analytics stores cookies in your web browser for a period of two years since your last visit. These cookies contain a randomly generated device ID that can be used to recognize you during future website visits. The recorded data is stored together with the randomly generated device ID, which enables the evaluation of pseudonymous user profiles.

This user-related data is automatically deleted after 14 months. Other data remains stored in aggregated form indefinitely.

If you do not agree with the collection, you can prevent it either by rejecting the statistics cookies via the cookie settings dialog on this website (the settings can be accessed at any time at the bottom right of your browser) or by installing the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics (details about the add-on can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881).

The collection of the data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. DSGVO. A website operator has a legitimate interest in optimizing its website – for this purpose, website usage data is analyzed anonymously, and only as a result of your consent.

Google Fonts

I integrate the fonts („Google Fonts“) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ , Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated .

Instagram

Within my online offer, functions and contents of the service Twitter, offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland may be integrated. This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can announce their liking of the content, the authors of the content or subscribe to my posts. If the users are members of the platform Instagram, Instagram can assign the call of the above content and functions to the profiles of the users there. Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

Objection to advertising e-mails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending advertising and information material not expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Adapted by the website owner.
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