Privacy policy
1. Subject of this privacy policy
Thank you for your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data (referred to below as the “data”) is very important to us. In the following, we would therefore like to inform you in detail about the data which is collected when you visit our website and make use of what is offered there, and how it is processed by us. In addition, we would like to inform you about the rights to which you are entitled and the technical and organisational protective measures we have taken with regard to the processing of your data.
2. Name and address of the data controller and processor
The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and at the same time the data processor within the meaning of the Telemedia Act (TMG) is PALMENTHAL GmbH (also referred to below as “we”), see also our legal notice. Please address any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy or data protection in general to the following e-mail address: mail@palmenthal.de.
3. Collection and use of your data
The extent and type of collection and use of your data differ, depending on whether you visit our website only to obtain information or whether you use our contact form, which requires the specification of further data about you.
a) Use for information purposes
It is not necessary for you to provide personal data in order to use our website for information purposes only. In this case we only collect and use the data that your Internet browser automatically transmits to us, such as:
- the date and time of access to one of our Internet pages
- the duration of the visit
- your browser type
- the browser settings
- the operating system used
- the page you last visited
- the amount of data transferred and the access status (file transmitted, file not found, etc.)
- your IP address.
When you visit our website for information purposes, we collect and use this data exclusively in a form that is not personally identifiable. This is done in order to enable you to use the pages you have accessed and to check whether our web pages are displayed optimally. We use the IP address only for the duration of your visit and store the data exclusively in anonymous form for logging purposes by shortening the IP address so that it can no longer be assigned to any particular user. The data processing takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 Section 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests) and in our interest so that we can provide you with a reliable and trouble-free view of our website.
b) Use of the contact form
If you wish to contact us via the contact form provided on our website, we will collect the following data from you:
- first name and surname
- e-mail address
- phone number
- your message to us
We use this information to respond to your enquiry. If your request relates to an existing contractual relationship with you or if you are interested in concluding a contract, the data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Art. 6 Section 1 Sentence 1 b) GDPR (contract initiation and fulfilment). Otherwise, data processing will take place on the legal basis of Art. 6 Section 1 Sentence 1 f) GDPR (balancing of interests) and in our interest, in order to be able to answer your enquiry with the information relevant to you. We store the data collected via the contact form and the communication to answer your enquiry
for the final clarification of the facts of the matter.
4. Use of cookies
a) What cookies do we use?
Our website uses cookie technology. Cookies are small text files that are sent from our web server to your browser during your visit to our website and are stored on your end device for later retrieval. We use the following cookies on our website:
PHPSESSID
Purpose: identification of your session on the server. It contains an alphanumeric string. This cookie is stored until the end of your session and is an initial provider cookie, i.e. a cookie that is controlled from our website.
borlabs cookie
Purpose: stores your answer to the question of whether you agree with the use of cookies on this website. It contains the value of the consent or rejection given. The cookie is stored for one year and is a so-called initial provider cookie, i.e. a cookie that is controlled from our website.
b) Deactivating cookies
You can yourself determine whether cookies can be set and retrieved by the settings in your browser. For example, you can completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for feedback. You can block or delete individual cookies. For technical reasons, however, this can lead to some functions of our website being impaired and no longer functioning completely.
5. Involvement of service providers and disclosure to third parties
Wherever necessary your data will be passed on to technical service providers (e.g. website hosting, support, quality assurance or mailing service) for the provision of this website and for the above-mentioned purposes. We have of course carefully selected these service providers and commissioned them in writing. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. In other respects, your data will only be passed on to other third parties if expressly stated in this privacy policy or if we are legally obliged to do so.
6. Your rights
Provided the respective legal requirements are met, you have the following rights:
You have the right:
- to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed; if this is the case, you have the right to demand information about this personal data and the information specified in Art. 15 GDPR;
- to request us to immediately rectify any incorrect personal data concerning you and, if necessary, to complete any incomplete personal data (Art. 16 GDPR);
- to request us to delete personal data concerning you immediately if one of the reasons listed in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g. if the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued (right to deletion);
- to request us to restrict the processing if one of the conditions listed in Art. 18 GDPR is met, e.g. if you have lodged an objection against the processing, for the duration of the examination by us;
- to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of direct marketing. You also have the right to object at any time to processing carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Section 1 Sentence 1 e) or f) GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR). You will find a supplementary note on the right of objection at the end of this data protection declaration;
- to revoke any consent provided by you to us at any time with effect for the future (right of revocation);
- to receive from us the data concerning you which you have provided to us in a structured, standard and machine-readable format. You may also transfer this data to other parties or have it transferred by us (right to data transfer).
Please contact us to exercise your rights:
PALMENTHAL GmbH
Christianstraße 2
04105 Leipzig
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is in breach of the GDPR (Art. 77 GDPR). A list of the German supervisory authorities for data protection and their contact addresses can be found at https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
7. Data security
We also apply technical and organisational security measures in order to protect personal data that may be collected, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or attack by unauthorised persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. Your personal data is also encrypted using SSL/TLS technology to prevent access by unauthorised third parties.
Note on the right of objection
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of direct marketing. You also have the right to object at any time to processing carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Section 1 Sentence 1 e) or f) GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR). We then no longer process the personal data for purposes of direct advertising and otherwise only if we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.