Data protection declaration

1. Data protection at a glance

General instructions

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information about data protection, please refer to the privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the „Information on the Data Controller“ section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in the first place by you providing it to us. This can, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected or with your consent when visiting the website by our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page visit). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure a flawless delivery of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or ordered through the website, the data submitted will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other requests for services.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may revoke it at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this and any other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This primarily takes place using so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. For details, see the privacy policy of IONOS: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliable as possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 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.

Outsourcing of processing

We have entered into a contract for the processing of orders (AVV) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that this service processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and for what we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can involve security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Information regarding the responsible body

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Ardi Goldman
Carl-Benz-Straße 35
60386 Frankfurt

Phone: + 49 (069) 94 74 13 0
Email: info@ardi-goldman.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, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a specific storage period is specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing has ceased. If you file 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., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion will take place upon the lapse of these reasons.

General information about the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have consented to the 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)(a) GDPR. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also takes place on the basis of § 25(1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data are required for contract performance or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data insofar as it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also take place 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, the transfer of personal data to these external parties is also required. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary as part of fulfilling a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using contract processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for contract 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 an already granted consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of objection to data collection in special cases as well as to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(e) OR (f) OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE EACH LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN THIS DATA PROTECTION NOTICE. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, EXCEPT WHERE WE CAN PROVE MANDATORY PROTECTION GROUNDS outweighING YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR WHERE THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(1) OF THE GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE BEING PROCESSED TO CONDUCT DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(2) OF THE GDPR).

Right to complain to 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, their place of work, or the place where the alleged violation occurred. This right to complain is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

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

Information, correction and deletion

You have the right, within the framework of applicable legal regulations, at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose and for any further questions regarding personal data.

Right to restrict the processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restrict the processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data we have stored about you, we usually need time to verify this. During the period 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 may request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal rights, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of the deletion.
• If you have filed a complaint under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined which interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may – apart from their storage – only be processed with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

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 website operator, this page uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser address bar from „http://“ http://„ to “https://“ https://" and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are deleted automatically after the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion is performed by your web browser.

Cookies can be generated by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for the execution of the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions that you wish to use (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web traffic) are stored based on 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 has been requested for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies, the processing will take place solely on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and to automatically delete cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

You can find information about the cookies and services used on this website in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent to store certain cookies in your browser or to use certain technologies and to document this in a data protection-compliant manner. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter Borlabs).

When you visit our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the withdrawal of these consents are stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of the Borlabs cookie.

The collected data will be stored until you request us to delete it or you delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Compulsory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. Details on Borlabs Cookie data processing can be found here. https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The use of Borlabs’ cookie consent technology is intended to obtain the statutory consent to the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

5th Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish 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 specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Other data will not be collected or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We use newsletter service providers described below to process the newsletter.

Brevo

This website uses Brevo for the delivery of newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.

Brevo is a service that can be used to organize and analyze, among other things, the shipping of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored on the servers of Sendinblue GmbH in Germany.

Data analysis by Brevo

With the help of Brevo, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. This way, for example, we can see whether a newsletter message is opened and which links were clicked on if applicable. In this way, we can, among other things, determine which links are clicked on particularly often.

In addition, we can see whether certain predefined actions were performed after opening/clicking on a particular page (conversion rate). This way, for example, we can see whether you made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.

Brevo also allows us to segment (or „cluster“) the newsletter recipients based on various categories. For example, the newsletter recipients can be divided according to age, gender, or place of residence. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.

If you do not want to receive an analysis from Brevo, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a corresponding link in each newsletter message for this purpose.

For detailed information about the functions of Brevo, please refer to the following link: https://www.brevo.com/de/newsletter-software/.

Legal basis

Data processing is carried out based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Storage duration

The data you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, either with us or with the newsletter service provider. After unsubscribing from the newsletter, the data will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list. Data that has been stored with us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you are removed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and not combined with other data. This serves both your and our interests in complying with legal requirements regarding the sending of newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

For more information, please refer to the Brevo privacy policy at: https://www.brevo.com/de/datenschutz-uebersicht/ as well https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/.

Outsourcing of processing

We have entered into a contract for the processing of orders (AVV) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that this service processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

6. Plugins and tools

Google Fonts (local hosting)

This page uses so-called Google Fonts to display fonts uniformly. These fonts are provided by Google. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers is not made in this process.

Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Adobe Fonts

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

When you visit this website, your browser loads the required fonts directly from Adobe to display them correctly on your device. In doing so, your browser establishes a connection to Adobe’s servers in the USA. As a result, Adobe learns that this website was accessed using your IP address. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when providing the fonts.

The storage and analysis of the data is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the font on its website. If appropriate consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.

For more information about Adobe Fonts, please visit: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.

The privacy policy of Adobe can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html

The company is certified under the „EU-US Data Privacy Framework“ (DPF). The DPF is a treaty between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the USA. Any company certified under the DPF is required to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5660.