Data protection declaration

The controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is

Dr Harsha Gramminger
Am Kunstfeld 1
51069 Cologne
Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer

Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
Erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR)
Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
Data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. with the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence or with the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Collection of general information when you visit our website
Type and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar.

They are processed for the following purposes in particular:

Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
analysing system security and stability and
to optimise our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in anonymised form in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.
Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Storage duration and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:
Error: The domain WWW.HARSHAGRAMMINGER.DE is not authorised to show the cookie declaration for domain group ID 5c7e9da8-7fc3-42d0-ab43-d038610e7f71. Please add it to the domain group in the Cookiebot Manager to authorise the domain.
Technically necessary cookies
Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognised even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

Cookie consent

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.
Objection

Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.
Cookies that are not technically necessary

We also use cookies in order to better customise the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical analyses.

To find out which providers use cookies, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent in each case, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Third country transfer:

For information on this, please refer to the listings of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.
Provision prescribed or required:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Revocation of consent:

You can withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.
Profiling:

To what extent we analyse the behaviour of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Comment function
Type and purpose of processing:

When users leave comments on our website, the time they were created and the user name previously selected by the website visitor are stored in addition to this information. This is for our security, as we can be prosecuted for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.
Legal basis:

The data entered as a comment is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the comment function, we would like to enable you to interact in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when communication with the user has been concluded and the company can infer from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. We reserve the right to delete comments without giving reasons and without prior or subsequent notification.

You can also have your comment deleted by us at any time. To do so, please send an email to the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection and provide the link to your comment and, for identification purposes, the email address used when the comment was created.

Provision prescribed or required:

Provision is mandatory or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.
Newsletter
Type and purpose of processing:

For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.

We require a valid e-mail address for effective registration. We use the “double opt-in” procedure to check that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address. For this purpose, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the requested response. No further data is collected.
Legal basis:

On the basis of your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your cancellation using the contact option provided at the end of this data protection notice.
Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage period:

The data will only be processed in this context for as long as the corresponding consent is available. It will then be deleted.
Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.
Revocation of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You can unsubscribe via the link contained in every e-mail or by contacting the data protection officer or the person responsible for data protection listed below.
Contact form
Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of personalised communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used to allocate the enquiry and subsequently answer it. The provision of further data is optional.
Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the enquiry has been processed.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.
Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your enquiry if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the enquiry.
Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter “YouTube”). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).

Revocation of consent:

The provider does not currently offer the option of simply opting out or blocking data transmission. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or may only be able to use it to a limited extent.
Use of Facebook services
Use of Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel as part of the technologies of Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”) described below. Facebook Pixel automatically collects and stores data (IP address, time of visit, device and browser information as well as information about your use of our website based on events specified by us, such as visiting a website or subscribing to a newsletter), from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. For this purpose, a cookie is automatically set by the Facebook pixel when you visit our website, which automatically enables your browser to be recognised by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID when you visit other websites. Facebook will merge this information with other data from your Facebook account and use it to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage, in particular personalised and group-based advertising. We have no influence on data processing by Facebook and only receive statistics generated on the basis of Facebook Pixel.

The information automatically collected by Facebook technologies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a server of Facebook, Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA and stored there. There is no adequacy decision by the European Commission for the USA. Our cooperation is based on standard data protection clauses of the European Commission. Data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. Further information on data processing by Facebook can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy.
Facebook Analytics

As part of Facebook Analytics, the statistics generated via Facebook Pixel enable us to analyse visitor activity on our website. This serves to optimise the presentation and marketing of our website.
Facebook Ads

We use Facebook Ads to advertise this website on Facebook and other platforms. We determine the parameters of the respective advertising campaign; Facebook is responsible for the exact implementation, in particular the decision on the placement of the adverts with individual users.

Based on the statistics generated via Facebook Pixel about visitor activity on our website, we operate group-based advertising on Facebook via Facebook Custom Audience by determining the characteristics of the respective target group.

Based on the pseudonymous cookie ID set by Facebook Pixel and the data collected about your usage behaviour on our website, we operate personalised advertising via Facebook Pixel Remarketing.

We use Facebook Pixel Conversions to measure your subsequent user behaviour for web analysis and event tracking if you have reached our website via a Facebook Ads ad.
SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR
Right to object in individual cases

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.

If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Recipient of an objection

Dr Harsha Gramminger
Am Kunstfeld 1
51069 Cologne
Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new products or services.

The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.
Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:

Dr Harsha Gramminger
Am Kunstfeld 1
51069 Cologne

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30), and expanded to include a passage on Facebook pixels.