Privacy Policy General Information and Mandatory Disclosures Designation of the responsible body The responsible body for data processing on this website is: Haus schöne Aussicht Stephan Liebetrau Kolkstraße 5, 26506 Norden The responsible body decides, alone or jointly with others, on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.). Withdrawal of your consent to data processing Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for withdrawal. The legality of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal. Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection breach. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html. Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or to have it transferred to a third party. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible. Right to information, rectification, restriction of processing, and erasure: You have the right, at any time and within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin, the recipients of the data, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, restriction of processing, or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice. SSL/TLS Encryption For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information that you send to us as the website operator, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" in your browser's address bar and the padlock icon in the browser bar. Server Log Files The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes: the page visited on our domain, the date and time of the server request, browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, and IP address. This data is not merged with other data sources. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. Data Transfer Upon Conclusion of a Contract for the Purchase and Shipment of Goods Personal data is only transferred to third parties if this is necessary for the execution of the contract. Third parties may include, for example, payment service providers or logistics companies. Your data will not be transferred further unless you have expressly consented to this. The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. Registration on this website: To use certain functions, you can register on our website. The data you provide will be used exclusively for the purpose of using the respective offer or service. Mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject your registration. In the event of important changes, such as for technical reasons, we will inform you by email. The email will be sent to the address you provided during registration. The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for withdrawal. The lawfulness of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal. We store the data collected during registration for the duration of your registration on our website. Your data will be deleted if you cancel your registration. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Contact Form: Data submitted via the contact form, including your contact details, is stored to process your request and to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent. The processing of data entered into the contact form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for revocation. The legality of data processing operations carried out before the revocation remains unaffected. Data transmitted via the contact form remains with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected. Storage Period for Posts and Comments: Posts and comments, as well as related data such as IP addresses, are stored. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or had to be deleted for legal reasons. Posts and comments are stored based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for withdrawal. The lawfulness of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the withdrawal. Subscribing to comments: As a user of our website, you can subscribe to comments after registering. We will send a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from comment notifications at any time via a link in the subscription email. Data entered for setting up the subscription will be deleted upon unsubscription. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us. Newsletter data: To send our newsletter, we require your email address. Verification of the provided email address is necessary, and you must consent to receiving the newsletter. Additional data is not collected or is provided voluntarily. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter. The data provided during newsletter registration is processed solely on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. To revoke your consent, simply send an informal notification by email or unsubscribe via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. Data entered for setting up the subscription will be deleted upon unsubscription. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us. CleverReach: We use CleverReach for sending newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede, Germany. This service allows us to organize and analyze newsletter distribution. Your data entered for receiving the newsletter, such as your email address, is stored on CleverReach's servers. Server locations are Germany and Ireland. Sending newsletters via CleverReach allows us to analyze newsletter recipient behavior. This analysis shows, among other things, how many recipients opened the newsletter and how often links within the newsletter were clicked. CleverReach supports conversion tracking to analyze whether a previously defined action, such as a product purchase, occurred after clicking a link. Details on data analysis by CleverReach can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/. Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, simply send an informal notification by email or unsubscribe via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of data processing carried out before the withdrawal. If you do not wish to have your data analyzed by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. To unsubscribe, simply send us an informal email or use the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted from our servers and CleverReach's servers upon unsubscription. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us. Details of CleverReach's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/. Data Processing Agreement: To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have concluded a data processing agreement with CleverReach. YouTube: Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The video portal is provided by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you access a page with an integrated YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This informs YouTube which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand. YouTube is used in the interest of presenting our online content in an appealing way. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Details on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Vimeo: Our website uses plugins from Vimeo for the integration and display of video content. The video portal is provided by Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. When you access a page with an integrated Vimeo plugin, a connection to Vimeo's servers is established. Vimeo then learns which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo learns your IP address, even if you are not logged in to the video portal or do not have an account there. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the video portal's servers in the USA. Vimeo can directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out beforehand. Details on how Vimeo handles user data can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy. Cookies: Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Some cookies are "session cookies." These cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself. These cookies help us to recognize you when you return to our website. With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, or block the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website. The setting of cookies that are necessary for carrying out electronic communication processes or providing certain functions you have requested (e.g., shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically flawless and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g., for analytics functions), these are addressed 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 are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that enable an analysis of website usage. Information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA. The setting of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and, where applicable, our advertising. IP anonymization: We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization function. This ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. There may be exceptional cases in which Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and shortens it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Browser plugin: You can prevent your web browser from setting cookies. However, this may restrict some functions of our website. You can also prevent the collection of data relating to your website usage, including your IP address, and its subsequent processing by Google. This is possible by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Opting out of data collection: You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Deactivate 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 comply with legal data protection requirements, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Google. Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics: Our website uses the "demographic characteristics" feature of Google Analytics. This allows us to create reports that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. This data originates from Google's interest-based advertising and from third-party visitor data. It is not possible to link this data to a specific individual. You can deactivate this feature at any time. This can be done via the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section "Objection to Data Collection." Matomo (formerly Piwik): Our website uses the web analytics service Matomo. Matomo is an open-source solution. Matomo uses "cookies." These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that enable analysis of website usage. Information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is stored on our server. Your IP address is anonymized before storage. Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them. The use of Matomo cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both our website and, where applicable, our advertising. The information about your use of this website stored in the Matomo cookie will not be shared. You can prevent your web browser from setting cookies. However, this may limit some of the functionality of our website. You can deactivate the storage and use of your data here. Your browser will then set an opt-out cookie, which prevents the storage of Matomo usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. Upon revisiting our website, you will need to set the opt-out cookie again to prevent the storage and use of your data. [Insert Matomo iframe code here] PayPal: Our website allows payment via PayPal. The payment service provider is PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. When you pay with PayPal, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to PayPal. The transmission of your data to PayPal is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You can revoke your consent at any time. Data processing operations that have already taken place remain valid even after revocation. Klarna: Our website allows payment via Klarna. The payment service provider is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden. When paying with Klarna (Klarna Checkout solution), Klarna collects various personal data from you. Details can be found in Klarna's privacy policy at: https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/. Klarna uses cookies to optimize the Klarna Checkout solution. This optimization constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Klarna cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Details on the use of Klarna cookies can be found at: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/cookie/de_de/checkout.pdf. Your data is transferred to Klarna on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent) and Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You can withdraw your consent at any time. Data processing operations that have already taken place remain valid even after withdrawal of consent. Our website allows payment via "Sofortüberweisung" (instant bank transfer). The payment service provider is Sofort GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany. Using the "Sofortüberweisung" (instant bank transfer) method, we receive real-time payment confirmation from Sofort GmbH and can immediately begin fulfilling our obligations. When paying via "Sofortüberweisung," your PIN and TAN are transmitted to Sofort GmbH. The payment provider then logs into your online banking account, automatically checks your account balance, and initiates the transfer. An immediate transaction confirmation follows. Your transactions, overdraft limit, and the existence and balances of other accounts are also automatically checked after logging in. In addition to your PIN and TAN, the data transmitted to Sofort GmbH includes payment details and personal information. This personal information includes your first and last name, address, telephone number(s), email address, IP address, and potentially other data necessary for processing the payment. This data transmission is necessary to verify your identity beyond doubt and prevent fraud. Your data is transferred to Sofort GmbH on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing for the performance of a contract). You can withdraw your consent at any time. Data processing operations that have already taken place remain valid even after withdrawal of consent. Details on payment via Sofortüberweisung can be found at: https://www.sofort.de/datenschutz.html and https://www.klarna.com/sofort/. XING Plugin Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. When you access a page with integrated XING functions, a connection to XING's servers is established. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored in this process. IP addresses are not stored, and user behavior is not analyzed. Details regarding data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING's privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection. Twitter Plugin Our website uses features of the Twitter service. The provider is Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you use Twitter and the "Retweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published in your Twitter feed. This involves the transmission of data to Twitter. We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Twitter uses it. Details can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings. Pinterest Plugin Our website uses features of the social network Pinterest. The provider is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA. When you access a page with Pinterest features, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest's servers. Log data is transmitted to Pinterest's servers, which are located in the USA. This log data may allow inferences to be made about your IP address, websites visited, browser type and settings, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies. Details can be found in Pinterest's privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy. Amazon Affiliate Program: As the operator of this website, we participate in the Amazon EU Affiliate Program. Amazon advertisements and links are integrated into our pages to earn money through advertising fees. Amazon cookies are used, which allow Amazon to recognize that you have clicked on an affiliate link on our website. The storage of "Amazon cookies" is based on Art. 6 lit. f GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in this, as the amount of the advertising fee can only be determined through these cookies. Details on data usage by Amazon can be found in the Amazon Privacy Notice: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401. Google AdSense: Our website uses Google AdSense. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense is used to integrate advertisements and uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device to analyze website usage. Google AdSense also uses web beacons. Web beacons are invisible graphics that allow for the analysis of visitor traffic on our website. Information generated by cookies and web beacons is transmitted to and stored on Google servers. The server location is the USA. Google may share this information with its partners. However, Google will not combine your IP address with other data stored by Google. The storage of AdSense cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize our website and advertising. With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, and block the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above. Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking: Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of this program, we use conversion tracking. After clicking on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Google AdWords cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. The cookie allows Google and us to recognize that you clicked on an ad and were redirected to our website. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across websites of other AdWords customers. Conversion cookies are used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who use conversion tracking. AdWords customers learn how many users clicked on their ad and were redirected to pages with a conversion tracking tag. However, AdWords customers do not receive any information that allows for the personal identification of users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out. To do this, disable the conversion cookie in your browser's user settings. This will prevent you from being included in the conversion tracking statistics. The storage of conversion cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize our website and advertising. Details on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/. With a modern web browser, you can monitor, restrict, or block the setting of cookies. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website. Google Web Fonts: Our website uses web fonts from Google. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Using these web fonts allows us to present our website to you in the way we intend, regardless of which fonts are available on your local system. This is achieved by retrieving the Google Web Fonts from a Google server in the USA and the associated transfer of your data to Google. This involves your IP address and which page you visited on our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in the optimal presentation and transmission of our website. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. This framework is designed to ensure compliance with the level of data protection applicable in the EU. Details about Google Web Fonts can be found at: https://www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about and further information in Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de. Source: Data Protection Configurator from mein-datenschutzbeauftragter.de