PRIVACY POLICY

Table of contents
1 DATA PROTECTION - SIMPLE AND COMPACT:
1.1 Who is responsible for data processing?
1.2 Is there a data protection officer I can contact?
1.3 Who is the competent supervisory authority?
1.4 What rights do I have in relation to the processing of my data?
1.5 What data is actually involved?

2. data protection - not quite so simple and longer, but quite precise
2.1. information on the collection of personal data
2.1.1. making contact
2.2. collection of personal data by and for us when visiting our website
2.2.1. data processed in principle
2.3. newsletter
2.4. social media content
2.5. website analysis

3. PROCESSING BASED ON YOUR CONSENT
4. LINKS
5. FURTHER INFORMATION

Data protection is about protecting you from the misuse of your data.

When you visit a website, data flows that the website owner knows belongs to you. This data is called personal data. This is always the case, including with us. We want (and need) to explain to you exactly what happens. As this can be quite a long text, even with a small amount of data, here is the most important information in brief:

This is us:

Kettenbach SNC,
7, Place de la Gare,
57200 Sarreguemines,
France.

You can find the complete data in the imprint.

Yes, he does exist. His name is Henning Welz and you can reach him at welz gdsm.de or at our postal address with the addition "the data protection officer".

This is the "Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information",

Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1,
65389 Wiesbaden
Germany.

You have the following rights:

• Right to information.
• Right to rectification.
• Right to cancellation.
• Right to restriction of processing.
• Right to object.
• Right to data portability.
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

If you have any questions about exercising these rights, please contact our data protection officer.

Firstly, there is the technical data that is always collected when you visit a website: IP address, date and time, type of enquiry, amount of data transferred, browser type, operating system, language, requesting website. As I said, this is always the case.

In addition, we also use small pieces of information that we store on your computer to make it easier for you to use the site. These are called cookies. This is usually the case and is necessary so that you can use our website conveniently. However, you can also prevent this (by changing the settings in your browser). In this case, however, the site will not work as well.

If you enter data on our website, for example to create an account, subscribe to a newsletter or contact us, we use the data exclusively for the respective purpose.

We do not require consent for any of these processes (we call them "processing"). If we intend to do something else with the data, we will ask you for your consent.

We ask for such consent at the very beginning, immediately after you access the page in a so-called consent tool. In this tool, you can also find out exactly what data we need for what purpose, what technology is used to collect it and how long we store it. By changing the settings in this consent tool, you can withdraw your consent at any time.

A summary of the settings you have made in the consent tool and the option to change them can be found in section "3. Processing based on your consent".

As a general rule, we store all data for as long as we need it for the respective purpose and only longer if we are required to do so by law. If an exact time period can be specified, you will find it in the following text.

Basically, you have now understood what this is all about. For more detailed and comprehensive information, please read on:

When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, possibly your name and telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

If you use the website for purely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security on the basis of 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):

• IP address
• Date and time of the enquiry
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Amount of data transferred in each case
• Website from which the request comes
• Browser
• Operating system and its interface
• Language and version of the browser software.

If you have registered on this page, you will receive our newsletter. (You may also receive it independently of registration, in which case you will find the information in the privacy policy for third parties). The newsletter is sent following registration on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to subscribe to our newsletter. This means that after you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. We also store the IP addresses you use and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data.

The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. After your confirmation, we will save your e-mail address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter, unless it is the same e-mail address that we use for normal communication within the contractual relationship with you. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare your cancellation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email or by sending a message to the contact details given in the legal notice. If you have provided an exclusive e-mail address for the delivery of the newsletter, we will delete it.

We would like to point out that, if you have given your consent, we will evaluate your user behaviour when sending the newsletter. For this analysis, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website. For the analyses, we link the web beacons with your email address and an individual ID. The data is only collected in pseudonymised form, i.e. the IDs are not linked to your other personal data, and direct personal identification is excluded.

You can object to this tracking at any time by revoking your consent in the consent tool. The information will be stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. After you unsubscribe, we store the data purely statistically and anonymously. Such tracking is also not possible if you have deactivated the display of images in your e-mail programme by default. In this case, the newsletter will not be displayed in full and you may not be able to use all the functions. If you display the images manually, the above-mentioned tracking will take place.

If you have given us your consent in the consent tool displayed when you start the website, we will use the social media services you have authorised to display content from the relevant social media on our website. In this context, personal data will also be passed on to these social media providers. Consent constitutes a legal basis within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR as well as authorisation in accordance with § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.

Yes, with your consent in the Consent Tool, we also use plug-ins from social media providers that allow you to quickly switch to them. We use the so-called two-click solution. This means that just because you have visited our site, no personal data is passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. This only happens after you have activated the plug-in by clicking on it. In this case, the data mentioned under point 2.2.1. of this declaration will be transmitted.

Please refer to the providers' data protection declarations for information on the exact circumstances of the processing of your personal data.

If you have given your consent, we use a corresponding web analysis service to analyse the activities on the website. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.

As already mentioned, when you accessed our website for the first time, we used a consent tool to ask you for your consent to use various services. These can be, for example, services that provide certain fonts for our website, enable you to navigate to us or, as also briefly mentioned above, establish a connection to social media channels or enable us to analyse website activities. The services for which we ask for your consent are subject to change. What they all have in common is that we will only use them if we have your consent and will stop using them immediately if you withdraw this consent. This so-called revocation extends to the future; data that has already been collected will not be deleted, but processed within the scope of the consent given.

All services used within the scope of the given consent are used on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG and within the scope of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can view the status of your consents here.
You can find out about the activities of the individual services in the following list:

If you find links to other sites on our website, clicking on these links will take you from our website to the website of another provider. This other provider is responsible for everything that then happens with your data; you will find more detailed information in the data protection declaration associated with this website.

If you would like to find out how we process the data of third parties outside the website environment, please read our privacy policy for third parties!