1. Content
1.1. Preliminary remarks on data protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Your privacy is an important concern for us. Our contact details can be found in the legal notice.
The following provisions are intended to inform you about the processing of personal data in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in particular taking into account the information obligations under Art. 12 to 14 GDPR, as well as to inform you about the rights of data subjects under the GDPR in accordance with Art. 15 to 22 and Art. 34 GDPR.
1.2. Subject matter of data protection
The subject of data protection is personal data. This includes, for example, information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number, but may also include usage data such as your IP address.
2. Scope of data collection and storage
In general, it is not necessary for you to provide personal data in order to use our website. However, in order for us to actually provide our services, we may need your personal data. This applies both to the sending of information material or ordered goods and to answering individual inquiries. If you commission us to provide a service or send you goods, we will only collect and store your personal data to the extent necessary to provide the service or execute the contract. For this purpose, it may be necessary to pass on your personal data to companies that we use to provide the service or to process the contract. These are, for example, transportation companies or other service providers. If we carry out any of the actions described below or provide other services, we would like to collect and store your personal data and will ask you for your express consent at the relevant point on our website:
- Sending you a newsletter
- Personalization of our website
- other services and offers for which your expressed consent is required for data collection.
After the contract has been fully processed, your data will be blocked and deleted after expiry of the tax and commercial law regulations, unless you have expressly consented to any further use of your data.
If you have registered for our newsletter with your e-mail address, we will also use your e-mail address for our own advertising purposes beyond the execution of the contract until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.
3. Data collection through the use of cookies
Our website uses “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. For example, information about the operating system, the browser, your IP address, the website you previously visited (referrer URL) and the date and time of your visit to our website are recorded. The information generated by this text file about the use of our website is transmitted to a server and stored there. The bdvi will use this information to evaluate your use of our website in order to compile reports on website activity. This use is anonymized or pseudonymized. No direct personal data of the user is stored, only the internet protocol address. This information is used to automatically recognize you the next time you visit our websites and to make navigation easier for you. Cookies allow us, for example, to customize a website to your interests or to save your password so that you do not have to re-enter it each time. Of course, you can also view our websites without cookies. If you do not want us to recognize your computer, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting “Do not accept cookies” in your browser settings. Please refer to your browser manufacturer’s instructions to find out how this works in detail. However, if you do not accept cookies, this can lead to functional restrictions of our offers. You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. To do this, you must deactivate the storage of cookies in your Internet browser. For more information, please refer to the instructions for use of your Internet browser.
4. Collection and storage of usage data
To optimize our website, we collect and store data such as the date and time the page was accessed, the page from which you accessed our site and similar data. This is done anonymously, without personally identifying the user of the site. User profiles may be created using a pseudonym. Here, too, there is no connection between the natural person behind the pseudonym and the usage data collected. We also use cookies to collect and store usage data. These are small text files that are stored on your computer and are used to store statistical information such as operating system, your Internet usage program (browser), IP address, the previously accessed website (referrer URL) and the time. We collect this data exclusively for statistical purposes in order to further optimize our Internet presence and make our Internet offers even more attractive. The collection and storage takes place exclusively in anonymized or pseudo-anonymized form and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you as a natural person.
4.1. Use of data for a specific purpose
We observe the principle of earmarked data use and collect, process and store your personal data only for the purposes for which you have provided it to us. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, unless this is necessary for the provision of the service or the performance of the contract. Data will also only be passed on to state institutions and authorities entitled to receive information within the scope of the statutory duty to provide information or if we are obliged to provide information by a court decision. We also take data protection within the company very seriously. Our employees and the service companies commissioned by us have been obliged by us to maintain confidentiality and to comply with data protection regulations.
4.2. Right of information and revocation
You can obtain information about your data stored by us free of charge at any time without giving reasons. You can block, correct or delete your data collected by us at any time. You can also withdraw your consent to the collection and use of your data at any time without giving reasons. To do so, please contact us at the address given in the legal notice. We will be happy to answer any further questions you may have about our privacy policy and the processing of your personal data at any time.