Privacy policy

This English version is provided for convenience. In case of doubt, the German privacy policy is authoritative.

General information and mandatory disclosures

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Christian Echternacht
Nollendorfstrasse 25, 10777 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0) 1705416838
Email: info@echternacht.com

The controller decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data such as names or contact details.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Some data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent already given at any time. An informal email is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

If you believe that data protection law has been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent authority for data protection matters is the state data protection commissioner of the German federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details is available here: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party, in a machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.

Right of access, rectification, restriction and erasure

Within the framework of applicable law, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients and the purpose of processing and, where applicable, a right to rectification, restriction or erasure of that data. For this and other questions on personal data, you may contact us at any time using the contact details listed in the legal notice.

SSL / TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line in your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • visited page on our domain
  • date and time of the server request
  • browser type and browser version
  • operating system used
  • referrer URL
  • host name of the accessing computer
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. Data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits processing for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. Cookies help us make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are session cookies. Such cookies are automatically deleted when your browser session ends. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies help us recognise you when you return to our website.

With a modern browser, you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many browsers can also be configured so that cookies are deleted automatically when the program is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Cookies required to carry out electronic communication processes or provide certain functions requested by you are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set, for example for analytics, they are handled separately in this privacy policy.

Google Analytics

Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses cookies. These text files are stored on your device by your web browser and allow analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour to optimise both our web offer and, where applicable, advertising.

IP anonymisation

We use Google Analytics together with IP anonymisation. This ensures that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. In exceptional cases, Google may transfer the full IP address to a server in the USA and truncate it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide further services related to website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

You can prevent cookies from being stored by your browser. However, some functions of our website may then be limited. You can also prevent Google from collecting data relating to your website use, including your IP address, and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will then be set to prevent collection of your data on future visits to this website: disable Google Analytics. Details on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Data processing agreement

To fully meet legal data protection requirements, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

Our website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created about the age, gender and interests of website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising by Google and from visitor data from third-party providers. The data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time in your Google account ad settings or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described above.

Google Web Fonts

Our website uses web fonts provided by Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

The use of these web fonts makes it possible to present our website in the desired way regardless of which fonts are available locally on your device. This occurs by retrieving Google Web Fonts from a Google server in the USA and the related transfer of your data to Google. This includes your IP address and the page you visited on our site. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transmission of our web presence.

Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework. This data protection framework is intended to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable within the EU.

Details on Google Web Fonts are available at https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and further information is available in Google’s privacy provisions at https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de.

Source: translated from the German original based on mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de