Data privacy

It is important to us to protect your data, which may be collected during your visit to www.sieck-consulting.de. The legal provisions for the protection of your data can be found in the General Data Protection Regulation and the Federal Data Protection Act. Responsible body in the sense of The data protection regulations are Hartmut Sieck, Anemonenweg 9, 71672 Marbach am Neckar. Below you will find information about what data we collect during your visit to our site and how it is used. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at h.sieck@sieck-consulting.de. You also have the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority if the data is used unlawfully.
This is: State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Baden-Württemberg
PO Box 10 29 32
70025 Stuttgart
Tel.: 0711/615541-0
Fax: 0711/615541-15
Email: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de

1. Server data collection

When you visit our site, various server statistics are automatically stored, which your browser transmits to our provider’s server. Among other things, will

Name of the website accessed
file
Date and time of retrieval
amount of data transferred
Notification of successful retrieval
Browser type and version
the user’s operating system
Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
IP address and the requesting provider

logged.

This data is used to statistically evaluate visits to our site and cannot be assigned to specific persons. The legal basis for data collection is Art. 6 I f GDPR. This data will not be merged with other data sources. The IP address is anonymized. Our legitimate interest in collecting this data is that we can use the data to optimize our offering for users, for example by preventing access from malicious sites or optimizing access via certain browsers, and by logging the IP address for delivery the page is only made possible to the visitor.

In principle, you have the right to object to this data collection. As an exception, this is actually not an option here, as otherwise the use of the site would be impossible.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the above purposes.

 

2. Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

a. General
If you have provided us with personal data, we will use it to answer your inquiries, to advise and process contracts concluded with you and for technical administration. Your personal data will only be passed on or otherwise transmitted to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of executing the contract, if this is necessary for billing purposes or if you have given your prior consent. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future, see also 8 on your data subject rights.

b. Contract execution
As part of contracts concluded with you about tips and tricks in the areas of key account management, distribution, sales and general communication with customers, we collect and store the personal data you provide, such as name, address, for the purpose of contract processing, e.g. also for accounting

The data is passed on to banks as part of billing. The billing data is transferred to the tax office and the tax office within the framework of the tax law requirements.

The legal basis for the collection and processing of data in the context of contract processing is Art. 6 I (b) GDPR. The legal basis for the transfer of data to the tax office and tax office is Art. 6 I (c) GDPR.

This data will be deleted after the applicable legal retention requirements have expired. Unless we are subject to any legal retention obligations, the data will be deleted when the purpose no longer applies.

c. Contact form and inquiry via email
When you use our contact form, we collect and store your name and email address for the purpose of answering your query. Providing the telephone number for a callback is optional.

If you send us a contact request by email, we will collect and store the email address and the data contained in the email.

The legal basis is Art. 6 I (a) GDPR, as you consent to the above-mentioned processing of your data when you use the form or send an email. In addition, the legal basis also arises from Art. 6 I (b), since the storage of the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a pre-contractual or possibly later contractual relationship.

The data will be deleted when the purpose of storage no longer applies, i.e. after your email/contact form request has been answered or when the matter associated with the request has been finally clarified.

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on your consent.

For the right to deletion and information, see section 8 below on your data subject rights.

 

3. Cookies

This site uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored in your internet browser (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Explorer/Edge, Safarai, etc.) when you visit our site or on your computer (i.e. your operating system). With the help of the cookie, which contains a specific character string, our website recognizes your Internet browser when you access it. We use our own cookies, so-called session cookies. These serve to improve the use of the website and to optimize the presentation of the content for you.

You can find all information about cookies here:
https://sieck-consulting.de/cookie-guideline-eu/

 

4. Google Analytics

This website currently does not use Google Analytics

 

5.Newsletter

With our newsletter we regularly inform you about tips and tricks in the areas of key account management, sales, sales and general communication with customers. If you would like to receive the newsletter offered, we need a valid email address from you in addition to ticking the corresponding option in the ordering process or in our newsletter form. We will then send you a confirmation email with which you can verify your email address and your wish to receive the newsletter. To verify your registration, we save the IP address, both when registering and when activating the confirmation link. In addition, we save the date and time of registration, the specified email address and the date and time of activation of the link to provide legally secure proof of your registration the confirmation email.

You can object to receiving further newsletters at any time by clicking on a link at the end of each newsletter without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. You can also send an email to us at h.sieck@sieck-consulting.de with the corresponding request to be removed from the distribution list.

The legal basis for the collection and processing of your data for newsletter marketing is Article 6 I (a) GDPR based on your express consent. The conditions for consent and its revocation have their legal basis in Art. 7 GDPR.

The data will be deleted immediately after you unsubscribe from our newsletter.

You have the right to information and objection to your data stored by us at any time, see section 8 below on your data subject rights.

 

6. Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). If you view our location via Google Maps, this service may collect data from you. For details, please see Maps‘ Terms of Service and Google’s Privacy Policy.

The legal basis for the collection and storage of data is Art. 6 I (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is that we can make it easier for you to find our premises.

 

7. Google Fonts

We currently do not use Google fonts

 

8. Rights of those affected

a, information rights
You have the right to free information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time. You can request information about the following information. We must provide the information within one month:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

(2) the categories of personal data that are processed;

(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed;

(4) the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;

(5) the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you, a right to restrict processing by the controller or a right to object to this processing;

(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

(7) all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;

(8) the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 Paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject. We would like to point out that such automated decision-making does not take place on our part.

(9) whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

b, right to rectification
You have the right to request that we immediately correct incorrect personal data concerning you or complete incomplete personal data.

c, right to erasure
Right to deletion
You have the right to have the personal data concerning you deleted immediately and we are obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

(2) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 I (a) and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

(3) In accordance with Article 21 I GDPR, you object to the processing of your data, which we collect on the basis of our stated legitimate interests (e.g. in Google Analytics) and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you Object to processing in the context of direct advertising in accordance with Article 21 II of the GDPR.

(4) The personal data concerning you was processed by us unlawfully, for example without consent or without legitimate interests.

(5) The deletion of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation that applies to us under Union law or German law.

(6) The data was collected as part of information society services offered to you as a minor in accordance with Art.8 ADSGVO.

If we have published your personal data and we are obliged to delete it for one of the reasons mentioned above, we will inform the companies on whose websites the data was published about your request for deletion in an appropriate manner and explain that you as The person concerned has requested that we delete all links to this data and that all copies or replications be deleted.

Exceptions
There is no right to deletion if processing is necessary

(1) to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

(2) to fulfill a legal obligation that requires processing under Union law or German law, e.g. within the framework of tax retention obligations, or to carry out a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority was transferred;

(3) for reasons of public interest in the field of public health in accordance with Article 9 II (h) and (i) and Article 9 III GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 (I) GDPR, insofar as the right to deletion is likely to make the achievement of the objectives of this processing impossible or seriously impair it, or

(5) to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, e.g. in legal proceedings.

d, right to restriction of data processing
You have the right to request that we restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:

(1) If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data,

(2) If the processing is unlawful and you refuse the deletion of the personal data and instead request the restriction of the use of the personal data.

(3) If we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you needed it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

(4) If you have objected to the processing of your personal data, which we collect on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in Google Analytics), as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your rights.

If processing has been restricted in accordance with the aforementioned reasons, these personal data – apart from their storage – may only be used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person (GmbH, AG etc. ) or processed for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.

If you have requested that processing be restricted, we will inform you before the restriction is lifted.

e,Notification obligation
If you have asserted the right to rectification, deletion or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed about these recipients.

f, right to portability
You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another company without hindrance from us, provided that

(1) the processing is based on consent in accordance with Art. 6 (I) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6 I (b) GDPR and

(2) the processing takes place using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from us to another company, to the extent that this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other people must not be impaired by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

g, right to object
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is necessary on the basis of Art. 6 I (e) – processing necessary for a task in the public interest or (f ) GDPR – processing takes place based on our legitimate interest, e.g. in online marketing – to lodge an objection; This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

We will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising.

If you object to processing for direct advertising purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services – regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC – you have the opportunity to exercise your right to object using automated procedures that use technical specifications.

h, right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law
You have the right to revoke your data protection declaration of consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before its revocation.

i, contact person for data subject rights
If we do not enable you to exercise your rights directly as part of the processing, such as when unsubscribing from the newsletter, you can contact us at h.sieck@sieck-consulting.de or by post at the address given in the legal notice.

October 2022 version