Privacy

Privacy policy

1. data protection at a glance

General notes

The following notices provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data

happens when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you are

can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection

You to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Whose contact details

can be found in the section “Notice about the responsible party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This can be e.g.

data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT-.

Systems recorded. These are mainly technical data (e. B. Internet browser, operating system or time of day

of the page call). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. 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, free of charge, to obtain information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your

personal data that has been stored. You also have a right to request the correction or

request deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing,

you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. In addition, you have the right to request

request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time with regard to this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

Third-party analytics and tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This happens before

especially with so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following

2. hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Strato

The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you use our

website, Strato collects various log files including your IP addresses.

For more information, please refer to Strato’s privacy policy:

https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate

Interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. Provided that a corresponding

consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a

DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent allows the storage of cookies or access to

information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The

Consent can be revoked at any time.

Job processing

We have a contract on order processing (AVV) for the use of the above service

closed. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which is

ensures that the personal data of our website visitors will only be processed in accordance with our

instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. general notes and mandatory information

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your

personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as

of this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected.

Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. The present

and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission via the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) is not

may have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible entity

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Gereon Hagenau

Schevenhüttener Str. 20

52355 Düren

Phone: +49 (0) 162 40 61 65 8

E-mail: gereon@linkingsbirds.com

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, has control over

the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.)

decides

Storage duration

Insofar as no more specific storage period has been named within this data protection declaration, the following data will remain

Your personal data with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you have a

legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing,

your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your

personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the

the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons cease to exist.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to the data processing, we process your personal data on

Basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, insofar as special categories of data

according to Art. 9 par. 1 DSGVO are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer

personal data to third countries, the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art.

49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Insofar as you consent to the storage of cookies or to access to information in

your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out

on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. Are your data for

contract performance or for the execution of pre-contractual measures, we process your

Data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data insofar as these are

are necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

The data processing may further be based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f

DSGVO take place. The relevant legal bases in each individual case will be discussed in the following

paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other

third countries that are not secure from a data protection perspective. When these tools are active, your

personal data is transferred to and processed in these third countries. We point out

that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries.

For example, U.S. companies are required to disclose personal data to security authorities

without you as the person concerned being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not

U.S. authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) cannot use your data stored on U.S. servers for the purpose of

process, evaluate and permanently store data for monitoring purposes. We have responded to this

Processing activities have no influence.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can use a

revoke consent already given at any time. The lawfulness of the actions taken up to the revocation

Data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases as well as against Direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW FROM THE CONTRACT AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR

SITUATION, OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

THIS ALSO APPLIES TO AN OBJECTION BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.

PROFILING. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED,

PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,

WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED, IT IS

UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING

DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ARE OVERRIDDEN OR THAT THE

PROCESSING SERVES THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING

LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 DSGVO).

YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT DIRECT ADVERTISING,

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA AT ANY TIME.

PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING

THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING.

CONNECTION. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE

SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION

ACCORDING TO ART. 21 ABS. 2 GDPR).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, the data subjects shall have a right of appeal to a

supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work

or of the place of the alleged infringement. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other

administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to withdraw data that we have collected on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract.

automated, to itself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

to be handed over. Insofar as you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible

this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free of charge

Information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the

Purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectify or delete this data. For this and

for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

For this purpose, you can contact us at any time. The right to restrict 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 happened/is happening unlawfully, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or enforce legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you file an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, 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 demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – from

only with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising 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

of a Member State are processed.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and in order to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as

For example, orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator require an SSL or TLS connection.

Encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar is filled with

“http://” changes to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data that you transmit to us cannot be

be read by third parties.

4. data collection on this website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and are directed to

will not cause any damage to your terminal device. You will either temporarily for the duration of a session

(session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) stored on your terminal device. Session cookies

are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your terminal device

stored until you delete it yourself or it is automatically deleted by 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 of

Third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain

Website functions would not work without them (e.g. e.g. the shopping cart function or the display

of videos). Other cookies may be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes

be used.

Cookies, which are used to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide

certain functions requested by you (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimize the

website (e.g. cookies for measuring web audience) are required (necessary cookies), are stored on

Basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies necessary for the

technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Provided consent to the

storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been queried, the

Processing exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1

TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and

Allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general

as well as enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. At the

Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website by following this

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the

Inquiry form including the contact details you provide there for the purpose of processing the inquiry.

and stored by us in the event of follow-up questions. We do not disclose this data without your

Consent further.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, provided that your request is associated with

related to the performance of a contract or for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

is required. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the

effective processing of requests sent to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or based on your

Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) insofar as this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

revocable.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it.

revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies.

(e.g. after processing your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions –

in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, phone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, phone or fax, your request including all resulting

(name, inquiry) for the purpose of processing your request.

stored and processed by us. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, provided that your request is associated with

related to the performance of a contract or for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

is required. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the

effective processing of requests sent to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or based on your

Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) insofar as this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

revocable.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it.

revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies.

(e.g. after your request has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions –

in particular statutory retention periods – shall remain unaffected.

5. analysis tools and advertising

WP Statistics

This website uses the WP Statistics analysis tool to statistically evaluate visitor traffic. Provider

is Veronalabs, Tatari 64, 10134, Tallinn, Estonia(https://veronalabs.com).

WP Statistics allows us to analyze the use of our website. WP Statistics records, among other things

Log files (IP address, referrer, browser used, origin of the user, search engine used).

and actions that website visitors have taken on the page (e.g. clicks and views).

The data collected with WP Statistics is stored exclusively on our own server.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a

legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior, in order to both improve our web offering

and to optimize our advertising. Insofar as a corresponding consent was requested, this is

the processing exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as

consent to the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device.

(e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymization

We use WP Statistics with anonymized IP. Your IP address will be shortened, so that you can see it

can no longer be assigned directly.

6. newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require you to send us an e-mail.

mail address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the

e-mail address provided and agree to receive the newsletter. More

Data is not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for

the dispatch of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on

Basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). The consent given for the storage of the

data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time.

revoke, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the already effected

data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until your

unsubscribe from the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider and after the

If you unsubscribe from the newsletter or if the purpose of the newsletter no longer exists, your data will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list. We

reserve the right to remove e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion in the context of

our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO to delete or block.

Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be stored with us or the

newsletter service provider may be stored in a blacklist, provided that this is necessary to prevent future

mailings is required. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be shared with

other data is merged. This serves both your interest and our interest in the

Compliance with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of the

Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time.

You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

7. plugins and tools

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This site uses so-called Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts, which are provided by Google

be provided. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers takes place

does not take place.

For more information about Google Fonts, see

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps. Provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon

House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This

Information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. When Google Maps is enabled,

Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. At

When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and

Display fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online

offers and in an easy findability of the places we indicate on the website. This represents

a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Provided that a corresponding