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 any data that can be used to identify you personally.
Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on this 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 the operator’s contact details at
in the “Information on the controller” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us.
This may, for example, be
data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website.
This is primarily technical data (e.g.
B. Internet browser, operating system or time
of 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 without errors.
Other
data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time.
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 to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
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-party providers

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated.
This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

Links to other Internet sites

This privacy policy applies exclusively to our own website. The Internet pages on this website may contain links (references) to third-party websites. Our data protection declaration does not extend to these Internet pages. When you leave our website, we recommend that you carefully read the privacy policy of every website that collects personal data.

ONLINE PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA

We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply. Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process users’ data if they communicate with us within social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send us messages.

2. hosting

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

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS).
When you visit our
website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses.
For details, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy at
:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy
The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6 para. 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 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or the
access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG
.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3 General notes and mandatory information

Privacy

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 and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Sokratel GmbH
Karl-Drais-Straße 3
86159 Augsburg

Phone: +49 821 66601500
E-mail: info@sokratel.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the  processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

You can reach our data protection officer Mr. Werner Mökesch at datenschutz@sokratel.com

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for 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 under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the deletion will take place 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 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

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 fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When using processors, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the 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 the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found 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 defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR). Where your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which 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 to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have 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 to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions 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 contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we
    generally need time to verify this.
    For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request
    restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, 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,
    defense or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of the
    deletion.
  • If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para.
    1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between
    your interests and ours.
    As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests
    outweigh yours, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from
its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or
defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or
legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or
a Member State.

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 inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. 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 you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”.
Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device on
.
They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session
(session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device.
Session cookies
are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.
Permanent cookies remain stored on your end 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 (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 various functions.
Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain
website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos).
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
with certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the
website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on
on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the
technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
If consent to the
storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the
processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1
TDDDG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow
cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general
and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
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 in this
privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us.
These are

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has
a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website –
the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the
inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry
and in the event of follow-up questions.
We will not pass on this data without your
consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your request is related to
the performance of a contract or is necessary 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 inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time
.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion
, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains
(e.g. after fulfilling your request).
Mandatory statutory provisions –
in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry) resulting from it
for the purpose of processing your request
.
We will not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your request is related to
the performance of a contract or is necessary 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 inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time
.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion
, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains
(e.g. after fulfilling your request).
Mandatory statutory provisions –
in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected

5. analysis tools and advertising

WP Statistics

This website uses the analysis tool WP Statistics to statistically evaluate visitor access.
The provider
is Veronalabs, Tatari 64, 10134, Tallinn, Estonia (
https://veronalabs.com).

We can use WP Statistics to analyze the use of our website.
Among other things, WP Statistics records
log files (IP address, referrer, browser used, origin of the user, search engine used)
and actions that website visitors have taken on the page (e.g. clicks and views).

The data collected with WP Statistics is stored exclusively on our own server.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a
legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both our website
and our advertising.
If a corresponding consent has been requested,
is processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TDDDG, insofar as
consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device
(e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG.
Consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymization

We use WP Statistics with anonymized IP.
Your IP address is shortened so that it can no longer be directly assigned to you.

6. plugins and tools

YouTube with enhanced data protection

This website integrates videos from the YouTube website.
The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited
(“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of these websites on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the
servers of YouTube 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
from your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode.
According to YouTube, videos that are played in the extended data protection mode
are not used to personalize browsing on YouTube
.
Ads that are played in extended data protection mode are also not
personalized.
No cookies are set in extended data protection mode.
Instead, however,
so-called local storage elements are stored in the user’s browser, which contain personal data similar to cookies
and can be used for recognition.
Details on the
extended data protection mode can be found here:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

After activating a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered
over which we have no control.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.
This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If a corresponding
consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a
GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to
information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG.
The
consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their privacy policy at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
The
DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with
European data protection standards for data processing in the USA.
Every company certified in accordance with
the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.
Further
information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps.
The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon
House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
With the help of this service, we can integrate map material on our
website.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This
information is usually transferred 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 may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform representation of fonts. When you access
from Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and
fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes
a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If a corresponding
consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a
GDPR and § 25 para.
1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to
information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG.
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 the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF).
The
DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with
European data protection standards for data processing in the USA.
Every company certified in accordance with
the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.
Further
information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Source:
https://www.e-recht24.de

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