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 is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the 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 legal notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Some of your 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 or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data, such as internet browser, operating system or time of page access. 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.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. 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, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about data protection using the address provided in the legal notice.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is mainly done using so-called analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider, referred to as a host. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may mainly include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data and other data generated through a website.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.

We use the following host:

[Name and full address of the host]

3. 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 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 personally identify you. 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, for example when communicating by email, can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Concerning the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Skarpeta GmbH
Söflinger Str. 250
89077 Ulm
Germany

Phone: 0731 39 808 750
Email: hello@skarpeta.eu

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data, such as names, email addresses or similar data.

Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert 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, such as tax or commercial law retention periods. In the latter case, deletion will take place once these reasons no longer apply.

Notice on Data Transfer to the USA

Our website includes, among other things, tools from companies based in the USA. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not considered a secure third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are required to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities, such as intelligence services, may process, analyze and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before 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 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT 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 AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT 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 IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, 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 exists without prejudice to 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 fulfillment 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 responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

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 website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line 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.

Information, Deletion and Correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing, and, where applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about personal data using the address provided in the legal notice.

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 using the address provided in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be made 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, this data may, apart from being stored, 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 a member state.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session, known as session cookies, or permanently, known as permanent cookies, on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion is carried out by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our site, known as third-party cookies. These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company, such as cookies for processing payment services.

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them, such as the shopping cart function or the display of videos. Other cookies are used to analyze user behavior or to display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process, necessary cookies, or for providing certain functions requested by you, functional cookies, such as the shopping cart function, or for optimizing the website, such as cookies for measuring web audiences, are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the relevant cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

If cookies from third-party companies or for analytics purposes are used, we will inform you separately within this privacy policy and, where applicable, request your consent.

Inquiry by Email, Phone or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it, such as name and inquiry, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require your email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter and the performance measurement described. Further data is collected only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested newsletter and for the analysis described below.

Our newsletters are sent via Mailchimp. The provider is The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a Mailchimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. Mailchimp is a service that can be used, among other things, to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Registration for our newsletter takes place using the double opt-in procedure. This means that after registration, we will send you an email to the email address provided asking you to confirm your registration. Your registration will only become effective after this confirmation. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future, for example via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by sending us a message. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Mailchimp’s servers and processed on our behalf. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Mailchimp or use the data processing terms provided by Mailchimp.

With the help of Mailchimp, we can also evaluate whether and which links in our newsletters were clicked. For this purpose, the emails contain corresponding tracking technologies. The evaluation is carried out exclusively for the analysis and optimization of our newsletter campaigns.

A transfer of data to the USA cannot be ruled out. Mailchimp or Intuit bases data transfers from the EU, among other things, on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. In addition, according to Mailchimp, standard contractual clauses are included in the Data Processing Addendum. Further information can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/, at https://mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/ and at https://mailchimp.com/help/mailchimp-european-data-transfers/.

The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or Mailchimp until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. After unsubscribing, your data will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list or blocked, provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or on your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, if this has been requested.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies, for example after your request has been fully processed. Mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

5. Analytics Tools and Advertising

IONOS WebAnalytics

This website uses the analytics services of IONOS WebAnalytics, hereinafter referred to as IONOS. The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D – 56410 Montabaur, Germany. As part of the analyses with IONOS, visitor numbers and behavior, for example number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates, visitor sources, meaning from which page the visitor comes, visitor locations and technical data, such as browser and operating system versions, may be analyzed. For this purpose, IONOS stores the following data in particular:

Referrer, previously visited website
Requested website or file
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Type of device used
Time of access
IP address in anonymized form, used only to determine the location of access

According to IONOS, data collection is completely anonymized so that it cannot be traced back to individual persons. IONOS WebAnalytics does not store cookies.

The storage and analysis of the data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data collection and processing by IONOS WebAnalytics can be found in the privacy policy of IONOS at the following link:

https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/index.php?id=6

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with IONOS. This agreement is intended to ensure that IONOS handles your personal data in compliance with data protection regulations.

WordPress Statistics

This website uses “WordPress Statistics” to statistically analyze visitor access. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.

WordPress Statistics uses technologies that enable users to be recognized for the purpose of analyzing user behavior, such as cookies or device fingerprinting. For analysis purposes, WordPress Statistics collects, among other things, log files, referrer, IP address, browser and other data, the origin of website visitors, country and city, and the actions they have performed on the site, such as clicks, views and downloads. The information collected about the use of this website is stored on servers in the USA. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.

The use of this analytics tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If corresponding consent has been requested, for example consent to the storage of cookies, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time.

6. Plugins and Tools

Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses Google reCAPTCHA. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data entered on this website, for example in a contact form, is entered by a human or by an automated program. This helps us protect our website against spam, automated entries and misuse.

For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes various information. This may include, in particular, the IP address, technical information about the browser and device used, the referrer URL, the date and time of access, interactions with the website and, where applicable, mouse movements, keyboard entries and time spent on the website. This analysis may begin automatically as soon as the relevant page or form is accessed.

The use of Google reCAPTCHA is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting the website against spam, automated entries, misuse and attacks. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

When using reCAPTCHA, personal data may be transmitted to Google. A transfer of data to the USA or other third countries cannot be ruled out. Google bases data transfers from the EU, among other things, on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and on standard contractual clauses.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/ and in Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This allows Google to know that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on the website. If corresponding consent has been requested, for example consent to the storage of cookies, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Font Awesome

This website uses Font Awesome for the uniform display of fonts and icons. The provider is Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road Apartment 3R, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

When you access a page, your browser loads the required fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts, fonts and icons correctly. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Font Awesome’s servers. This allows Font Awesome to know that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Font Awesome is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on our website. If corresponding consent has been requested, for example consent to the storage of cookies, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support Font Awesome, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information about Font Awesome can be found in Font Awesome’s privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.

Source: e-recht24.de