1. Introduction and contact details of the person responsible
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Johannes Bruening
Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18
c/o IP-Management #30187
20459 Hamburg
Federal Republic of Germany
Phone: +49 151 68563694
E-mail: mail@johannesbruening.com
The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
2. Data collection when visiting our website
2.1 If you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called ‘server log files’). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller). You can recognise an encrypted connection by the character string ‘https://’ and the lock symbol in your browser line.
3. Hosting and content delivery network
For the hosting of our website and the presentation of the page content, we use a provider that provides its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
4. Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called ‘session cookies’), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called ‘persistent cookies’). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the cookie settings overview of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
We use the ‘Real Cookie Banner’ consent tool to manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. Details on how ‘Real Cookie Banner’ works can be found at https://devowl.io/knowledge-base/real-cookie-banner-data-processing/.
5. Making contact
5.1 Microsoft Bookings
We use the services of the following provider to provide an online appointment booking function:
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond
WA 98052-6399
USA
For the purpose of making appointments, your first name, surname and email address (and telephone number if a telephone appointment is requested) are collected in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and transmitted to the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in effective customer management and efficient appointment management and stored there for the purpose of organising appointments.
After the appointment has been held or the agreed appointment period has expired, your data will be deleted by the provider.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has signed up to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
5.2 Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
6. Page functionalities
6.1 Google Meet
We use this provider to organise online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars:
Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
4 Barrow St
Dublin
D04 E5W5
Irland
This may also result in data being transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
The provider processes different data, whereby the scope of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, a video conference or a webinar. Your data is processed as a communication participant and stored on the provider’s servers. In particular, this may include your login data (name, email address, telephone number (optional) and password) and session data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)).
In addition, image and audio contributions from participants and voice input in chats may be processed.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfilment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures). If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
In addition, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in the effective organisation of the online meeting, webinar or video conference in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has signed up to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
6.2 GoToMeeting
We use this provider to organise online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars:
LogMeIn Ireland Limited
Bloodstone Building Block C
70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Dublin 2
Irland
This may also involve the transmission of data to GoToMeeting’s servers in the USA.
The provider processes different data, whereby the scope of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, a video conference or a webinar. Your data is processed as a communication participant and stored on the provider’s servers. In particular, this may include your login data (name, email address, telephone number (optional) and password) and session data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)).
In addition, image and audio contributions from participants and voice input in chats may be processed.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfilment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures). If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
In addition, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in the effective organisation of the online meeting, webinar or video conference in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.
6.3 Microsoft Teams
We use this provider to organise online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars:
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond
WA 98052-6399
USA
The provider processes different data, whereby the scope of the data processed depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. Your data is processed as a communication participant and stored on the provider’s servers. In particular, this may include your login data (name, email address, telephone number (optional) and password) and session data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)).
In addition, image and audio contributions from participants and voice input in chats may be processed.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfilment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures). If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
In addition, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in the effective organisation of the online meeting, webinar or video conference in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has signed up to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
6.4 Zoom
We use this provider to organise online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars:
Zoom Video Communications Inc.
55 Almaden Blvd
Suite 600
San Jose
CA 95113
USA
The provider processes different data, whereby the scope of the data processed depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. Your data is processed as a communication participant and stored on the provider’s servers. In particular, this may include your login data (name, email address, telephone number (optional) and password) and session data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)).
In addition, image and audio contributions from participants and voice input in chats may be processed.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfilment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures). If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
In addition, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in the effective organisation of the online meeting, webinar or video conference in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has signed up to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission
7. Tools and other
Lexware
We use the cloud-based accounting software service of the following provider to handle our accounting:
Haufe-Lexware GmbH & Co. KG
Munzinger Straße 9
79111 Freiburg
Federal Republic of Germany
The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, where applicable, the bank transactions of our company in order to automatically record invoices, match them to the transactions and create the financial accounting from this in a partially automated process.
If personal data is also processed in this process, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient organisation and documentation of our business transactions.
8. Rights of those affected
8.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (information and intervention rights) against the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:
- Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
8.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
9. Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for contract fulfilment or contract initiation and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, 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.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
As of: October 2024