Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a concise overview of how your personal data is handled when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to identify you personally. For comprehensive details on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy provided 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. Their contact details can be found in the section 'Information on the Responsible Party' within this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
Firstly, your data is collected when you provide it to us, for instance, by entering information into a contact form. Other data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website, either automatically or with your consent. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you access this website.
For what purpose do we use your data?
Some data is collected to ensure the flawless provision of the website. Other data may be utilized for analyzing your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge regarding the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have granted consent for data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with future effect. Additionally, you 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.
For this and any further questions concerning data protection, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily carried out using so-called analysis programs. Detailed information regarding these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following providers:
Squarespace
The provider is Squarespace Ireland Ltd., Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as Squarespace).
Squarespace is a tool for creating and hosting websites. When you visit our website, your data is processed on Squarespace's servers. In this process, personal data may also be transferred to Squarespace's parent company, Squarespace Inc., 8 Clarkson St, New York, NY 10014, USA. Squarespace also stores cookies that are necessary for displaying the page and ensuring security (essential cookies). The use of Squarespace is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art.
6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Details can be found here:
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/de/articles/360000851908-DSGVO-und-Squarespace.
The company holds a certification under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider via the following link:
Data Processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract mandated by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
External Hosting
This website is externally hosted. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may primarily include IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out 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). If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Our host(s) will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following host(s):
united-domains AG
Gautinger Straße 10
82319 Starnberg
Germany
Data Processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract mandated by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process your personal data confidentially and in compliance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected.
Personal data refers to information that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also clarifies the methods and purposes of such data processing.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., during email communication) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access cannot be guaranteed.
Information Regarding the Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
EE Consulting
Jamie Eckermann
Bahnhofplatz 9
82402 Seeshaupt
Phone: +49 163 7884453
Email: office@ee.consulting
The 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.).
Data Retention Period
Unless a more specific data retention period is specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will be retained by us until the purpose for which it was collected ceases to exist. If you submit a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided that we do not have other legally permissible grounds for retaining your personal data (e.g., statutory retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will occur once these grounds no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website
If you have provided consent for data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided that special categories of data as defined by Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out based on Art.
49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Furthermore, if you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out based on § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Additionally, we process your data, if required for compliance with a legal obligation, based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.
Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information regarding the specific legal bases applicable in each individual case will be provided in the subsequent sections of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business operations, we collaborate with various external entities. In some instances, the transfer of personal data to these external entities is necessary. We only disclose personal data to external entities when it is required for the performance of a contract, when we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest in such disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or when another legal basis permits the data transfer. When engaging processors, we only transfer our customers' personal data based on a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only permissible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw any consent previously granted at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by it.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; 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 WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR). WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of GDPR violations, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement. This right to complain exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either by yourself or transferred to a third party, in a common, machine-readable format. Should you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be carried out if technically feasible.
Information, Rectification, and Erasure
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information regarding your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions concerning personal data, you may contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we typically require time to verify this. For the duration of this verification, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of its erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of being erased.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be performed. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may 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 internet pages use so-called "cookies." Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion occurs through your web browser.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) (necessary cookies) 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 necessary cookies for the technically flawless and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the connecting computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not combined with data from other sources.
This data is collected pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in ensuring that its website functions properly and is optimized—to this end, server log files must be collected.
Contact Form
If you submit inquiries to us via the contact form, we will store the information you provide in the inquiry form—including the contact information you provide there—for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your inquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of precontractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), provided that consent was requested; consent may be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request that we delete it, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., once your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.
Inquiries by email, phone, or fax
If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry—including all personal data contained therein (name, inquiry)—will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not disclose this data without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance 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 the effective handling of inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), provided that consent was requested; consent may be revoked at any time.
The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you request that we delete it, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.
5. Social Media
This website incorporates features from the Instagram service. These features are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
When the social media feature is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. This allows Instagram to receive information about your visit to this website.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. Please note that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it.
Use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TTDSG. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
To the extent that personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). This joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. Any processing by Facebook or Instagram following the transfer is not part of this joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been set forth in a joint processing agreement. You can find the text of the agreement at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.
Under this agreement, we are responsible for providing privacy notices when using the Facebook or Instagram tools and for ensuring that the tools are implemented on our website in compliance with data protection laws. Facebook is responsible for the data security of its Facebook and Instagram products. You may exercise your data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you exercise your data subject rights with us, we are obligated to forward these requests to Facebook. Data transfers to the United States are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
Details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/, and
https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.
For more information on this, please see Instagram's Privacy Policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.
The company holds a certification under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider via the following link:
6. Plugins and Tools
Google reCAPTCHA
We utilize "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
reCAPTCHA is designed to verify whether data input on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is performed by a human or an automated program. To achieve this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis commences automatically as soon as the website visitor accesses the site. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various pieces of information (e.g., IP address, duration of the website visitor's stay on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during this analysis is transmitted to Google.
reCAPTCHA analyses operate entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place. The storage and analysis of data are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated espionage and SPAM. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing occurs exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
For further information regarding Google reCAPTCHA, please consult the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service at the following links:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and
https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.
The company holds a certification under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to adhering to these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider via the following link:
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