Privacy Policy

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Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data
when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found
in our privacy policy listed 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. You can find their contact details
in the “Information on the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This can, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time
of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other
data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers,
orders, or other order inquiries.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or
deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing,
you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about data protection.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
If consent has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. 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):
netcup GmbH
Emmy-Noether-Straße 10
D-76131 Karlsruhe
Contract processing
We have entered into a contract processing agreement (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which
guarantees that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed according to our
instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

General information and mandatory information
Data protection
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 and
this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This
privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how
and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email)
may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not
possible. Note on the responsible party. The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Carl Zinsius
Mainzer Str. 72
50678 Köln

Email: mail@carl-zinsius.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention period

Unless a more specific retention period has been specified within this privacy policy,

your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your 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 latter case, deletion will occur once these reasons no longer apply.

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

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR, provided that special categories of data are processed pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing will also be carried out on the basis of Art. 49 (1) (a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing will also be carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG. Your consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we will process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is

necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following

paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transmission of personal data to these external parties.

We only disclose personal data to external parties if this is necessary to fulfill a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data

to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR,

or if another legal basis permits the disclosure. When using processors, we only share our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to Direct Marketing (Article 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; 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 PERSONAL DATA,
UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING
THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE
PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND
LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING,
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING;
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IN RESPECT OF SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL
SURRECTIVELY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION
PURSUANT TO ART. 21 (2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a
supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work,
or the place of the alleged violation. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract
handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.
If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller,
this will only be done if technically feasible.
Information, correction, and deletion
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free
information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the
purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to have this data corrected or deleted. You can contact us at any time with regard to this matter and
with regard to other questions regarding personal data.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You can contact us at any time to do so. The right to restriction of processing applies in
the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need
time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to
request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can
request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between
your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear 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, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Objection to Advertising Emails
The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby prohibited. The site operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example, through spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website
   Cookies
   Our website uses 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 (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself or they are 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 third-party services within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
   Cookies have various functions. Many 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 evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

“` Cookies that are required to carry out electronic communication, to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the
technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the
storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the
processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1)
TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and
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. If cookies are
deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this
privacy policy.

5. Analysis tools and advertising
   Matomo
   This website uses the open source web analysis service Matomo.
   With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by visitors. This allows us to determine, among other things, when and which page views were made and from which region they originate. We also record various log files (e.g., IP address, referrer, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g., clicks, purchases, etc.).
   The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If consent has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) of the Telemedia Act (TDDDG), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
   IP Anonymization
   We use IP anonymization for analysis with Matomo. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.
   Hosting
   We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so that all analysis data remains with us and is not shared.
6. Newsletter
   Newsletter Data
   If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further
   data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively
   to send the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

The data entered into the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of any data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by this revocation.
The data you have provided to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or if the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored on a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will be used only for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

7. Plugins and Tools
   YouTube
   This website embeds 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 that integrate YouTube, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed of which of our pages you have visited.
   Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use similar
   technologies for recognition (e.g., device fingerprinting). This allows
   YouTube to receive information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things,
   to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and
   prevent fraud attempts. Furthermore, the collected data is processed in the Google advertising network.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly
assign your browsing behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings.
This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to
information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The
consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy
at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

The company is certified according to 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 according to the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
Google Fonts
This website uses so-called Google Fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers.
This allows Google to know that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The
website operator has a legitimate interest in the consistent presentation of the typeface on its
website. If consent has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively
on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the
storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
If your browser does not support Google Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
Further information about Google Fonts can be found at
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The
DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the Data Protection Framework (DPF) is committed to complying with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.