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 our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on Our 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 legal notice (Imprint) of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our 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 analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (Imprint) regarding this and any other questions concerning data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please refer to the privacy policy under “Right to Restriction of Processing”.
2. General Information 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 applicable data protection laws and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data may be 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.
Please note 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.
Information on the Data Controller
The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Hildenbrand & Malsch GbR
Thomas Hildenbrand
Olaf Malsch
Rintheimer Str. 45
76131 Karlsruhe
Telephone: +49 (0) 721 - 623 77 50
Email: webmaster@hmnet.de
The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent that you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If the data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation; 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 defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes 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 purposes of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of infringements 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 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 have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out where technically feasible.
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 enquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol displayed in your browser.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Blocking, Deletion and Correction
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, where applicable, the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (Imprint) regarding this and any other questions concerning 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 at the address provided in the legal notice (Imprint). The right to restriction of processing applies 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 verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of the deletion of the data.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose 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, such data may — 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 a Member State.
Objection to Promotional Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact details published as part of our legal notice requirements for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited promotional information being sent, such as spam emails.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
This website uses so-called cookies in some cases. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our services more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website.
You can configure your browser to inform you when cookies are being set and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to accept cookies in certain cases or generally exclude them, and to automatically delete cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions requested by you (e.g. shopping cart functionality) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Where other cookies (e.g. cookies used to analyse your browsing behaviour) are stored, these are addressed separately in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data are not combined with data from other sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website; server log files must therefore be recorded for this purpose.
Contact Form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass this data on without your consent.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing operations carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
The data you enter into the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.
4. Newsletter
Newsletter Data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. No other data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent to the storage of the data, the email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
The data stored by us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be retained until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will then be deleted. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
5. Plugins and Tools
Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps mapping service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
In order to use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence over this data transmission.
Google Maps is used in the interest of providing an attractive presentation of our online services and making it easy to find the locations specified by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
6. Our Social Media Presence
Data Processing by Social Networks
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks we use in detail are listed below.
Social networks such as Facebook, Google+, etc. can generally analyse your user behaviour extensively when you visit their website or a website containing integrated social media content (e.g. Like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media profiles triggers numerous data protection-relevant processing operations. In detail:
If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media profile, the operator of the social media portal may associate this visit with your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, data may be collected, for example, through cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
Using the data collected in this way, the operators of social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. This allows interest-based advertising to be displayed to you both within and outside the respective social media profile. If you have an account with the respective social network, interest-based advertising may be displayed on all devices on which you are or have been logged in.
Please also note that we cannot fully track all processing operations carried out on social media portals. Depending on the provider, additional processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social media portals.
Legal Basis
Our social media profiles are intended to ensure as comprehensive a presence on the internet as possible. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal grounds, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
Controller and Exercise of Rights
When you visit one of our social media profiles (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered by this visit. You may generally exercise your rights (access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).
Please note that, despite our joint responsibility with the operators of social media portals, we do not have full control over the data processing operations carried out by the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policies of the respective provider.
Storage Period
The data collected directly by us via the social media profile is deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request its deletion, you withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.
We have no influence over the storage period of data stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the respective social network operators directly (e.g. by consulting their privacy policies, see below).
Individual Social Networks
We maintain a profile on Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
For details, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Google+
We maintain a profile on Google+. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
For details, please refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
We use the short messaging service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your Twitter privacy settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://twitter.com/personalization
For details, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy:
https://twitter.com/de/privacy
We maintain a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For details on how Instagram handles your personal data, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy:
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
We maintain a profile on Pinterest. The operator is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). For details on how Pinterest handles your personal data, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy:
https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
We maintain a profile on XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. For details on how XING handles your personal data, please refer to XING’s privacy policy:
https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
We maintain a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.
If you wish to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out
For details on how LinkedIn handles your personal data, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Tumblr
We maintain a profile on Tumblr. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. For details on how Tumblr handles your personal data, please refer to Tumblr’s privacy policy:
https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/de
Our Social Media Presence
Data Processing by Social Networks
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks we use in detail are listed below.
Social networks such as Facebook, Google+, etc. can generally analyse your user behaviour extensively when you visit their website or a website containing integrated social media content (e.g. Like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media profiles triggers numerous data protection-relevant processing operations. In detail:
If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media profile, the operator of the social media portal may associate this visit with your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, data may be collected, for example, through cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
Using the data collected in this way, the operators of social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. This allows interest-based advertising to be displayed to you both within and outside the respective social media profile. If you have an account with the respective social network, interest-based advertising may be displayed on all devices on which you are or have been logged in.
Please also note that we cannot fully track all processing operations carried out on social media portals. Depending on the provider, additional processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social media portals.
Legal Basis
Our social media profiles are intended to ensure as comprehensive a presence on the internet as possible. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal grounds, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
Controller and Exercise of Rights
When you visit one of our social media profiles (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered by this visit. You may generally exercise your rights (access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. Facebook).
Please note that, despite our joint responsibility with the operators of social media portals, we do not have full control over the data processing operations carried out by the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policies of the respective provider.
Storage Period
The data collected directly by us via the social media profile is deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request its deletion, you withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.
We have no influence over the storage period of data stored by the social network operators for their own purposes. For details, please contact the respective social network operators directly (e.g. by consulting their privacy policies, see below).
Individual Social Networks
We maintain a profile on Facebook. The provider is Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Facebook is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
For details, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Google+
We maintain a profile on Google+. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your advertising settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
For details, please refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
We use the short messaging service Twitter. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
You can adjust your Twitter privacy settings independently in your user account. To do so, click on the following link and log in:
https://twitter.com/personalization
For details, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy:
https://twitter.com/de/privacy
We maintain a profile on Instagram. The provider is Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For details on how Instagram handles your personal data, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy:
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
We maintain a profile on Pinterest. The operator is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). For details on how Pinterest handles your personal data, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy:
https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
We maintain a profile on XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. For details on how XING handles your personal data, please refer to XING’s privacy policy:
https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
We maintain a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.
If you wish to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out
For details on how LinkedIn handles your personal data, please refer to LinkedIn’s privacy policy:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Tumblr
We maintain a profile on Tumblr. The provider is Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st St, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. For details on how Tumblr handles your personal data, please refer to Tumblr’s privacy policy:
https://www.tumblr.com/privacy/de