DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION

TvK Consult GmbH

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Dr. Thomas van Kaldenkerken

Your rights as a data subject

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

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion 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),
• Object to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

You can revoke your given content at any time with effect for the future.
You may at any time submit a complaint to a supervisory authority, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found here.

Contact form

Nature and purpose of processing:
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This serves for your request and the subsequent response to the same. The specification of further data is optional.

Legal basis:
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). By providing the contact form, we want to enable you to easily contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request 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).

Recipient:
Recipients of the data are order processors, if applicable.

Storage period:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request. If a contractual relationship arises, 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 mandatory or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.

Use of Google Maps

Nature and purpose of processing:
On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently. You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google privacy policy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center. Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here.

Legal basis:
The legal basis for the integration of Google Maps and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient:
By visiting this website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment in your profile at Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

Storage period:
We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Maps.

Third country transfer:
Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Withdrawal of consent:
If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. However, in this case, you will not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

Provision mandatory or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Mailchimp

We use Mailchimp from The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA (Mailchimp) to send our newsletter. This allows us to contact subscribers directly. In addition, we analyse your usage behaviour in order to optimise our offer. For this purpose, we pass on the following personal data to Mailchimp: E-mail address

Mailchimp is the recipient of your personal data and acts as an order processor for us as far as the dispatch of our newsletter is concerned. The processing of the data provided under this section is not required by law or contract. Without your consent and the transmission of your personal data, we cannot send you a newsletter.

In addition, Mailchimp collects the following personal data using cookies and other tracking methods: Information about your terminal device (IP address, device information, operating system, browser ID, information about the application you use to read your emails and other information about hardware and internet connection. In addition, usage data is collected such as date and time, when you opened the email / campaign and browser activity (e.g. which emails / web pages were opened). Mailchimp requires this data to ensure the security and reliability of the systems, compliance with the terms of use and the prevention of misuse. This corresponds to the legitimate interest of Mailchimp (pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) and serves the performance of the contract (pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO). Mailchimp also evaluates performance data, such as email delivery statistics and other communication data. This information is used to compile usage and performance statistics of the services.

Mailchimp additionally collects information about you from other sources. In an unspecified period and scope, personal data is collected via social media and other third-party data providers. We have no influence on this process. You can find more information about objection and removal options vis-à-vis Mailchimp here.

The legal basis for this processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. A corresponding link is included in all mailings. In addition, the revocation can be made via the specified contact options. The declaration of revocation shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out to date. Your data will be processed as long as you have given your consent. Apart from that, they will be deleted after the termination of the contract between us and Mailchimp, unless legal requirements make further storage necessary. Mailchimp has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all global activities where Stripe processes personal data of individuals in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). You can find more information here.

SSL-Encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Cookies

In our Cookie Policy you will find all information about cookies, as well as a detailed list of all cookies used on the website.

Change of our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
info(at)tvkconsult.com