General information
The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website
Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e. the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “Information Required by Law” on this website.

How do we record your data?
We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into our contact form.

Our IT systems automatically record other data when you visit our website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. web browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?
A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?
You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradicated. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address disclosed in section “Information Required by Law” on this website if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues. You also have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.

Moreover, under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please consult the Data Protection Declaration under section “Right to Restriction of Data Processing.”

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties
There is a possibility that your browsing patterns will be statistically analysed when your visit this website. Such analyses are performed primarily with cookies and with what we refer to as analysis programmes. As a rule, the analyses of your browsing patterns are conducted anonymously; i.e. the browsing patterns cannot be traced back to you.

You have the option to object to such analyses or you can prevent their performance by not using certain tools. For detailed information about the tools and about your options to object, please consult our Data Protection Declaration below.

External Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These may include, but are not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, contract information, contact information, names, web page access, and other data generated through a web site.

The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to such data.

Execution of a contract data processing agreement
In order to guarantee processing in compliance with data protection regulations, we have concluded an order processing contract with our host.

Data protection
The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.

We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e. through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)
The data processing controller on this website is:

Hess GmbH Licht + Form
Lantwattenstraße 22
D - 78050 Villingen-Schwenningen
www.hess.eu
Telefon: 07721-920-0

hess@hess.eu

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Designation of a data protection officer as mandated by law
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

RA Thomas Lang
Specialised Lawyer for Labour Law & Data Processing Officer
Tel. +49 (0) 711 12 57 85 49

www.datenschutzadvokat.de

datenschutz@hess.eu

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data
A wide range of data processing transactions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. To do so, all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 SECT. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

Right to data portability
You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfil a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption programme. You can recognise an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information about, rectification and eradication of data
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information Required by Law.”

Right to demand processing restrictions
You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information Required by Law.” The right to demand restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
• If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
• If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

Rejection of unsolicited e-mails
We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with the mandatory information to be provided in section “Information Required by Law” to send us promotional and information material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for instance via SPAM messages.

Cookies
Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are permanently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them or they are automatically eradicated by your web browser.

In some cases it is possible that third party cookies are stored on your device once you enter our site (third party cookies). These cookies enable you or us to take advantage of certain services offered by the third party (e.g. cookies for the processing of payment services).

Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are technically essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of the cookies (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analysis of user patterns or the display of promotional messages.

Cookies that are required for the performance of the electronic communications transaction or to provide certain functions you want to use (e.g. the shopping cart function), are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error free and optimised provision of the operator’s services. If a corresponding agreement has been requested (e.g. an agreement to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the agreement can be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the acceptance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete function for the automatic eradication of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deactivated, the functions of this website may be limited.

In the event that third party cookies are used or if cookies are used for analytical purposes, we will separately notify you in conjunction with this Data Protection Policy and, if applicable, ask for your consent.

Server log files
The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

• The type and version of browser used
• The used operating system
• Referrer URL
• The hostname of the accessing computer
• The time of the server inquiry
• The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Contact form
If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information provided in the contact form as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) or on your agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO) if this has been requested.

The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the information is being archived no longer exists (e.g. after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.

Registration on this website
You have the option to register on this website to be able to use additional website functions. We shall use the data you enter only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service you have registered for. The required information we request at the time of registration must be entered in full. Otherwise we shall reject the registration.

To notify you of any important changes to the scope of our portfolio or in the event of technical modifications, we shall use the e-mail address provided during the registration process.

We shall process the data entered during the registration process on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR).

The data recorded during the registration process shall be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website. Subsequently, such data shall be deleted. This shall be without prejudice to mandatory statutory retention obligations.

YouTube
This website incorporates videos from the YouTube website. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our websites in which YouTube is embedded, a connection to the servers of YouTube is established. Doing this tells the YouTube server which of our pages you visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your terminal device. These cookies enable YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used for purposes such as gathering video statistics, improving the user experience and preventing fraud. The cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them.

If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used for the purpose of presenting our online content in an attractive manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested (such as consent to storage of cookies), processing of data is carried out exclusively on the basis of art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; this consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how we handle user data, please see the

YouTube Privacy Policy

Adobe fonts
This website uses web fonts from Adobe for uniform display of certain fonts. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).

When accessing this website, your browser downloads the required fonts directly from Adobe in order to display them correctly on your terminal device. To do this, your browser connects to the Adobe servers in the USA. In this way, Adobe finds out that your IP address was used to access this website. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when the fonts are provided.

Adobe is certified in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the United States of America and the European Union intended to ensure compliance with European data privacy standards.

Here you can find more information:

Adobe EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

Storage and analysis of the data is based on art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in uniform presentation of the typeface on his website. If corresponding consent has been requested (such as consent to storage of cookies), processing of data is carried out exclusively on the basis of art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; this consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about, please visit:

Adobe Fonts

Here you can find

Adobe’s privacy policy

Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The 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.

Google Maps is used to present our online content in an attractive manner and to make it easy to find the places we have specified on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in

Google’s privacy policy

Newsletter
Newsletters are sent via “Campaign Monitor”, a newsletter dispatch platform of the company: Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd, 404/3-5 Stapleton Avenue, Sutherland, NSW, Australia, 2232.

The e-mail addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as any other data entered during sign-up, are stored on Campaign Monitor’s servers in the USA and, if applicable, Germany and Australia. Campaign Monitor uses this information to send and analyse the newsletter on our behalf. Furthermore, Campaign Monitor may, according to its own information, use this data to optimise or improve its own services, such as for technically optimising the sending and presentation of newsletters or for commercial purposes to determine the countries from which the recipients come. However, Campaign Monitor does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to send messages to them on its own behalf or to disclose this data to third parties.

Campaign Monitor is committed to complying with the provisions of the GDPR and has taken extensive internal measures to ensure this.

You can read more details here:

CampaignMonitor GDPR

The measures taken to ensure the security of the data can be viewed here:

CampaignMonitor Security

Furthermore, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Campaign Monitor in accordance with the EU GDPR. This is a contract in which Campaign Monitor undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its privacy policy and, in particular, not to disclose it to third parties.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the establishment, content organization or change of the legal relationship (data inventory). These actions are taken on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual actions. We collect, process and use personal data concerning the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent that this is necessary to make it possible for users to utilize the services and to bill for them.

The collected customer data shall be eradicated upon completion of the order or the termination of the business relationship. This shall be without prejudice to any statutory retention mandates.

Job Applications
We offer website visitors the opportunity to submit job applications to us (e.g. via e-mail, via postal services on by submitting the online job application form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the personal data collected from you in conjunction with the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data will occur in compliance with the applicable data privacy rights and all other statutory provisions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of the collection of data
If you submit a job application to us, we will process any affiliated personal data (e.g. contact and communications data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concerning the establishment or an employment relationship. The legal grounds for the aforementioned are § 26 New GDPR according to German Law (Negotiation of an Employment Relationship), Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (General Contract Negotiations) and – provided you have given us your consent – Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with individuals who are involved in the processing of your job application.

If your job application should result in your recruitment, the data you have submitted will be archived on the grounds of § 26 New GDPR and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in our data processing system.

Data Archiving Period
If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) for up to 4 months from the end of the application procedure (rejection or withdrawal of the application). Afterwards the data will be deleted, and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the expiry of the 4-month period (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agreement (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or if statutory data retention requirements preclude the deletion.

Admission to the applicant pool
If we do not make you a job offer, you may be able to join our applicant pool. In case of admission, all documents and information from the application will be transferred to the applicant pool in order to contact you in case of suitable vacancies.

Admission to the applicant pool is based exclusively on your express agreement (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The submission agreement is voluntary and has no relation to the ongoing application procedure. The affected person can revoke his agreement at any time. In this case, the data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted, provided there are no legal reasons for storage.

The data from the applicant pool will be irrevocably deleted no later than 6 months after consent has been granted.

Furhter Information:

Privacy Policy "Softgarden"

Data that we process in the course of initiating and executing contracts
We process personal data of our customers, interested parties, service providers and partners, which we receive directly in the context of our business relationship. If we have received data from you, we generally process it only for the purposes for which we received or collected it.

As a rule, we process the following data categories from you:

• Name first Name
• Address and / or company address
• telecommunications data
• E-mail address
• company
• professional function and / or position
• Bank details / credit card number / other payment details, if applicable
• possibly data on the history of the business relationship

As part of the business initiation phase and during the business relationship, in particular through personal, telephone or written contacts initiated by you or by one of our employees, further personal data is created, e.g. Information about contact channel, date, reason and result; (electronic) copies of correspondence and information about participation in direct marketing measures.

On the other hand, we process personal data that we have legitimately obtained and are allowed to process from publicly accessible sources (e.g. trade and association registers, press, media, internet).

Data processing for other purposes only comes into consideration if the legal requirements required in this regard according to Art. 6 Para. 4 GDPR are present. In this case, we will of course observe any information obligations under Art. 13 Para. 3 GDPR and Art. 14 Para. 4 GDPR.

Legal basis according to which we process your data
Based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR)

We process personal data for one or more specific purposes if you have given us your consent. If personal data is processed based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent to us at any time with future effect.

Data processing for the fulfillment of contracts (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR)
We process personal data for the fulfillment of contracts. The fulfillment of contracts includes the conclusion, processing and reversal of a contract. In addition, we process personal data that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, such as to initiate a contract, and that are made at your request.

Data processing based on a legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c) GDPR)
Like every company, we have to comply with retention requirements and other documentation requirements, this can also affect documents with personal information. Insofar as we process data for these purposes, the processing takes place on the basis of a legal obligation.

Data processing based on a balance of interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f) GDPR)
If we process data based on a balance of interests, you as the data subject have the right to object to the processing of personal data, taking into account the requirements of Art. 21 GDPR. As far as the specific purpose allows, we process your data pseudonymized or anonymized.

Further legal bases result from the commercial law and tax law requirements.

Other recipients of your data

Disclosure to processors in the context of Art. 28 GDPR
Order processors we use (Art. 28 GDPR), in particular in the area of IT services and, for example, printing services that process your data for us in accordance with the instructions. If we commission service providers to perform our tasks, we always comply with the data protection regulations, in particular a transfer takes place only after contracts for order processing have been concluded.

To carry out a contractual relationship
If it is necessary for the execution of the contract with you, we will pass on your data to banks or shipping service providers, for example.

Disclosure based on a legal obligation
If there is a legal or official obligation, we pass your data on to public authorities or institutions (authorities, e.g. in the context of law enforcement).

Other positions, provided you have given us your consent
If there is explicit consent, we will also pass on your data to other locations. However, this takes place within the limits if you have demonstrable consent.

Disclosure to obtain information
If we make advance payments, we reserve the right to obtain information on identity and creditworthiness from specialized service companies (credit agencies) in order to safeguard our legitimate interests. As a rule, we only do this after obtaining your consent to request information.

General information on deletion periods of personal data
Principle of purpose limitation and compliance with the legal retention periods

We process the data as long as this is necessary for the respective purpose.

If necessary, we process your personal data for the duration of our business relationship, which also includes the initiation and execution of a contract.

In addition, like every company, we are obliged to comply with the statutory retention periods, for example the periods from commercial and tax law. Insofar as there are statutory retention requirements, the relevant personal data are stored for the duration of the retention obligation. The storage duration is also to the legal limitation periods, which according to §§ 195 ff. Can in certain cases also be up to thirty years. After the retention period has expired, it is checked whether there is a further need for processing. If there is no longer a need, the data will be deleted.

Concrete example
If you provide us with your contact details, for example by e-mail, telephone or by handing over your business card, we will save this data on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR based on pre-contractual measures and in the legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f GDPR) of smooth and targeted communication. If no legal transaction takes place, we will delete your data if you ask us to do so or if no further contact takes place within a period of three years. If you enter into a legal transaction with us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit b GDPR), we will save your data for ten years until the commercial and tax law requirements expire. After this period, we check whether we can delete the data and, if necessary, delete it.

Emails and business letters
We archive all our email traffic for ten years. If you send us an email, your data and the entire email content will be stored accordingly for 10 years. Most emails count as business letters, and emails can also contain tax-related information. In our opinion, the effort involved in checking each individual e-mail is not in proportion to the sender's benefit and the interests worthy of protection. Of course, you can ask us to delete it at any time and we will carry out a case-by-case examination, and we will inform you of the result. This can lead to deletion or restriction of processing, depending on the content of the correspondence.

Withdrawal of your consent
If we process your data on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will delete it after your revocation. Unless there is a legitimate interest against complete deletion. For example, we generally keep a declaration of consent for up to three years after receipt of your revocation in the legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f GDPR). We only keep the consent with restriction of processing so that we can defend ourselves in the event of a dispute.

Legal or contractual obligation to provide personal data
The provision of personal data is regularly necessary for the initiation, conclusion, processing and reversal of a contract. In the event that you do not provide the required personal data, we are unable to conclude or fulfill a contract with you.

Transfer to a third country
We generally process your personal data in data centers in the Federal Republic of Germany or the European Union. A transfer to a third country is only possible if you have given us your consent or if we have a contract for order processing in accordance with. Art. 28 GDPR taking into account suitable guarantees or other suitable guarantees.