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 their contact details 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 be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.
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. 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 may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the data transmitted will also be processed for contract offers, orders or other order inquiries.
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 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 using so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider
WIX
The provider is Wix.com Ltd, 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel (hereinafter “WIX”).
WIX is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit our website, WIX is used to analyze user behavior, visitor sources, the region of website visitors and visitor numbers. WIX stores cookies on your browser that are required to display the website and to ensure security (necessary cookies).
The data collected by WIX may be stored on various servers worldwide. The WIX servers are located in the USA, among other places.
Details can be found in the WIX privacy policy: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy.
According to WIX, data transfer to the USA and other third countries is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or comparable guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR. You can find details here: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy-dpa-users.
The use of WIX 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 access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
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, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under 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/5626.
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 the provider 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
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 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.
Note on the responsible body
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is: Crede & Company Consulting GmbH
Zierenberger Strasse 35
34317 Habichtswald Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 56065603627
E-mail: info@crede-company.com
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, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data 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, 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 or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. 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 (1) TDDDG. 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 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 carried out on the basis of 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 the transfer 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.
Withdrawal 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 data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 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.
TO OBJECT; 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 PARA. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations 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 violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
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 applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time with regard to this and other 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 to do this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
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 its erasure.
If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests
interests prevail, 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 of 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.
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4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called "cookies."Cookies are small data packets that do no harm to your device. They are storedeither temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on yourdevice.Session cookies are automatically deleted after the end of your visit.Permanent cookies remain stored on yourdevice until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion by your web browser.
Cookies may come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-calledthird-party cookies).Third-party cookies allow the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g. cookies for processing paymentservices).
Cookies have different functions.Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would notwork without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos).Other cookies can be used to analyse userbehaviour or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that youwant (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is indicated.Thewebsite operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimizedprovision of its services.If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has beenrequested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para.1 lit. a GDPR and Art. 25 para. 1 TDDDG); the consent is revocable at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individualcases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookieswhen closing the browser.Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Which cookies and services are used on this website, you can
See privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files that your browserautomatically transmits to us.These are:
Browser type and browser version used operating system 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 thetechnically error-free presentation and optimization of its website - for this purpose the server log files must berecorded.
Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request including any resulting personal data (name, request) will bestored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request.We will not pass on this data without yourconsent.
The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as your request is related to theperformance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.In all other cases, the processing isbased on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 para.1 lit. f GDPR) oron your consent (Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a GDPR) if it has been requested; the consent is revocable at any time.
The data transmitted by you to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke yourconsent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after completion of the processing ofyour request).Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.
5. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well asinformation that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receivethe newsletter.Further data is not collected or collected on a voluntary basis.We use this data exclusively for sending therequested 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 yourconsent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and theiruse for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.The legality of thedata processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data stored by you with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletterservice provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list afterunsubscribing from the newsletter or after the purpose ceases.We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addressesfrom our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Data stored by us for other purposes remain unaffected.
After you are unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be stored by us or thenewsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings.The data from the blacklist willonly be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data.This serves both your interest and our interest incomplying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).The storage in the blacklist is not temporary.You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh ourlegitimate interest.
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6. Plugins and tools
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 the data entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is by a humanor by an automated program.To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on variouscharacteristics.This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website.For analysis, reCAPTCHA, evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, length of stay of the website visitor on the website ormouse movements made by the user).The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background.Website visitors are not alerted that an analysis is takingplace.
The storage and analysis of the data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.The website operator has alegitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and SPAM.If a corresponding consenthas been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR and Art. 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminaldevice (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG.The consent is revocable at any time.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, see the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Service atthe following links:
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies. https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF).The DPF is an agreement between theEuropean Union and the United States designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for dataprocessing in the United States.Each company certified under the DPF commits to comply with these data protectionstandards.For more information, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.