Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website.

Personal data comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you.

For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for recording data on this website (i.e. the “controller”)

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “Information about the responsible party” on this website. You can find their contact details in the ‘Information on the responsible party’ section of this data protection declaration.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data are collected by our IT systems automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of 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 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 requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to the data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time in the future. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

You can contact us at any time regarding this as well as other questions on the topic of data protection.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with so-called analysis programmes.

Detailed information about these analysis programmes can be found in the following data protection declaration.

2. Hosting

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

webgo

The provider is webgo GmbH, Heidenkampsweg 81, 20097, Hamburg (hereinafter ‘webgo’). When you visit our website, webgo collects various log files including your IP addresses.

For details, please refer to the webgo privacy webgo’s data protection declaration: https://www.webgo.de/datenschutz/.

webgo is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. If the appropriate 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 device (e.g. for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data processing

We have concluded an agreement on commissioned data processing for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. 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 e-mail) may have security gaps. It is not possible to provide complete protection of data against access by third parties.

Note on the responsible party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Klaus Krechan
Am Kirmesplatz 8
66646 Marpingen
Germany

Telephone: + 49 6853 2843
Email: E-Mail

The responsible party 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, email addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies.

If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided that we have no other legally permissible reasons for the storage of your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); 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 the data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) point a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 (1) (a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Furthermore, data processing can be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The following paragraphs of this data protection declaration will inform you about the relevant legal basis in each individual case.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work together with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transmission of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary for the fulfilment 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 doing so in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter f GDPR or if some other legal basis permits the data to be passed on. When using processors, we only disclose personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for data processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IS PROVIDED IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVIDE COMPELLING PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR PROCESSING, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS PROTECTION (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists regardless of any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

You have the right to receive information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct or delete this data at any time and at no cost within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have further questions about personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you wish to do so. You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time in this regard. The right to request a restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. During the period in which we are investigating this, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of its deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims , you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its erasure.
• If you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from being stored – – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence 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 of a Member State.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL and/or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise 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 transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in accordance with the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The site operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising material being sent, for example by 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 device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

We may use cookies (first-party cookies) or cookies from third parties (so-called 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 because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required for the performance of the electronic communications process, for the provision of certain functions you want (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or for optimising the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is given. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing 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, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 sec. 1 TDDDG); consent may be revoked at any time.

You can can adjust the settings on your browser to make sure that you are notified whenever cookies are placed and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific cases or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

This data protection declaration explains which cookies and services are used on this website.

Request form

When you complete the request form on the Resources page, your details will be sent to the Mandala-Online-Shop. The forwarding is used to deliver the requested texts. For details, please refer to the Mandala Online Shop data protection declaration: Privacy Policy and Imprint , In German: https://drikung-aachen.de/impressum/datenschutzerklaerung/

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it 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 the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR), provided that the request was made; consent can be revoked at any time .

Contact form

If you send us enquiries using the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it 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 the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR), provided that the request was made; 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 – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Social media

Facebook

This website includes elements of the social network Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

If the social media element is active, a direct connection will be established between your device and the Facebook server. This enables Facebook to receive information that you have visited this website from your IP address. If you click on the Facebook ‘Like button’ while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents 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 its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to the Facebook privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

This service is used on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. This consent can be withdrawn at any time.

To the extent that personal data is collected on our website using the tools described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). This joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its forwarding to Facebook. The processing carried out by Facebook after the data has been forwarded is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us have been set out in a joint processing agreement. You can find the wording of the agreement at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a manner that is secure under data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook directly with 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. You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

The company is certified according to the ‘EU-US Data Privacy Framework’ (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

6. Analytics and advertising

WP Statistics

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

WP Statistics allows us to analyse the use of our website. WP Statistics collects, among other things, log files (IP address, referrer, browser used, user’s origin, search engine used) and actions that website visitors have taken on the site (such as clicks and views ).

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

This analysis tool is used on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymised analysis of user patterns to optimise both, our web offer and our advertising. 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 terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymisation

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

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require 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 agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use these data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke your consent to the storage of data, email address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. through the ‘unsubscribe’ link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us with 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 cancel the newsletter or the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email 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 used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

8. Plugins and tools

YouTube with advanced data protection

This website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (‘Google’), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of these websites on which YouTube is embedded, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your surfing behaviour to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

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

It is possible that further data processing operations may be triggered after the activation of a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

YouTube is used 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 terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified according to the ‘EU-US Data Privacy Framework’ (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

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 determine whether data entered on this website (e.g. on a contact form) is being provided by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour 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, time spent on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not advised that an analysis is taking place.

The data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated crawling and from SPAM. 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 terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en

The company is certified according to the ‘EU-US Data Privacy Framework’ (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

hCaptcha

We use hCaptcha (hereinafter ‘hCaptcha’) on this website. The provider is Intuition Machines, Inc., 2211 Selig Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA (hereinafter ‘IMI’).

The purpose of hCaptcha is designed to check whether the data entered on this website (e.g. on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, hCaptcha analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics.

This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters a website with activated hCaptcha. For the analysis, hCaptcha evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to IMI. If hCaptcha is used in ‘invisible mode’, the analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The data is stored and analysed on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings against abusive automated crawling and against SPAM. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data processing is based on standard contractual clauses, which are included in the data processing addendum to the IMI General Terms and Conditions or the data processing contracts.

For more information about hCaptcha, please refer to the privacy policy and terms of use at the following links: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy and https://hcaptcha.com/terms.

The company is certified according to the ‘EU-US Data Privacy Framework’ (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/6388.

Ninja Firewall

We have integrated Ninja Firewall into this website. The provider is NinTechNet Limited, Unit 1603, 16th Floor, The L. Plaza 367 – 375 Queen’s Road Central Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (hereinafter Ninja Firewall).

Ninja Firewall is used to protect our website from unwanted access or malicious cyber attacks. For this purpose, Ninja Firewall collects IP address, request, referrer and time of page access. Ninja Firewall is integrated on our own servers and does not transmit any personal data to the tool provider or other third parties.

We have activated IP anonymisation for Ninja Firewall so that the tool only collects the IP address in abbreviated form.

Ninja Firewall is used on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the highest possible protection of the operator’s website against cyber attacks.

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