privacy policy

1. Privacy 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 are any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy 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 in the “Information about the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is automatically collected or obtained with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

How do we use your data?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

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. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding these rights and for further questions about data protection.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

This website may use analysis programs to statistically evaluate your browsing behavior. Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

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

Alfahosting

The provider is Alfahosting GmbH, Ankerstraße 3b, 06108 Halle (Saale) (hereinafter referred to as Alfahosting). When you visit our website, Alfahosting collects various log files, including your IP addresses.

For details, please refer to Alfahosting’s privacy policy: https://alfahosting.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Alfahosting is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in displaying our website as reliably as possible. If the appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively based on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the German Federal Data Protection Act (TTDSG), to the extent that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable 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 personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data 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., communication via email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the Controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

Michael Jasinski, Isebekstr. 30, 22769 Hamburg, Germany

Telephone: +49 176 43620062
Email: hi@diploria.lighting

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.).

Data retention

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will be stored by us until the purpose for data processing ceases to exist. If you make a legitimate 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., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after the expiration of these reasons.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have given your consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on 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), data processing additionally takes place on the basis of § 25(1) German Telemedia Act (TMG). Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also take place based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal basis for each case will be provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent that you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

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

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, including 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 unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(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 the location of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where:

  • the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR; and
  • the processing is carried out by automated means.

Where technically feasible, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller.

Access, rectification, and erasure

Within the scope of applicable law, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, the right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

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 exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. During the period of verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data is unlawful but you oppose the erasure of the data and request the restriction of their use instead.
  • If we no longer need your personal data for the purposes of processing, but you require them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of their erasure.
  • If you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have obtained the restriction of the processing of your personal data, these data may be processed, with the exception of storage, only 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.

WP Statistics

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

With WP Statistics, we can analyze the usage of our website. WP Statistics collects, among other things, log files (IP address, referrer, used browsers, user origin, used search engine) and actions that website visitors have taken on the site (e.g., clicks and views).

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

The use of this analytics tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior to optimize both our website and our advertising. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the TTDSG, to the extent that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

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