Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General notes

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal information 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 under this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected on the one hand by you informing us of it. For example, this might be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when visiting the website by our IT systems. These are mainly technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time of page view). 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 a flawless provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?

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

You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for further questions on the subject of data protection.

Third-party analytics tools and tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with cookies and with so-called analysis programs.

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

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. These may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated through a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional Provider (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to this data.

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our hoster.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Privacy

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 statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This Privacy Policy explains what 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 via e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note to the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Uwe Schindler
At the Potion 21a
63303 Dreieich

Phone: 06074 3091881
Email: uwe@familytree-project.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who decides, alone or together with others, on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Withdrawal 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. An informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

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

WHEN THE DATA PROCESSING ON BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, HAVE ANY RIGHT, FROM BACKGROUND, THE OUT OF YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION, AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO CHANGE; THIS ALSO FOR A ON THIS DETERMINATIONS SUPPORTED PROFILING. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU ARE IN ACTION, WE WILL NOT MORE YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, IT IS NOT, WE CAN USE THE GREEN FOR THE PROCESSING THAT WILL OVERSTATE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVICE OF THE DETERMINATION, EXPERIENCE OR DEFENSE OF RIGHT CLAIMS (WIDERSPRUCH TO ART. 21 ABS. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED TO DIRECT PROMOTION, SO HAVE THE RIGHT, ANY TIME AGAINST THE PERSONAL DATA TO THE COMPANY OF THE COMPANY THIS ALSO FOR THE PROFILING, IF IT IS WITH DIRECT ADVERTISING IN CONNECTION. IF YOU ARE AGAINST, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NOT BE USED MORE FOR DIRECT REGULATION (WIDERSPRUCH NACH ART. 21 ABS. 2 GDPR).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, the persons concerned shall 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 alleged infringement. The right of appeal shall be without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in the performance of a contract, either to itself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this is only done as far as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as a site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

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

Information, deletion and correction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or deletion. of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restrict 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 at the address given in the imprint. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data is done/happens illegally, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of the deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you object under Article 21(4) 1 GDPR, a balance must be made between your and our interests. As long as it is not clear whose 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, such data may only be used with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest in the European Union or of a Member State.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files 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 at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until your web browser automatically deletes them.

In some cases, third-party cookies may also be stored on your device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These allow us or you to use certain third-party services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. shopping cart function or display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertisements.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions that you wish to use (functional cookies, e.g. for shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are calculated on the basis of Article 6 paragraph. 1 lit. f GDPR unless otherwise stated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to automatically delete the cookies when you close the browser. to activate. When disabling cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately within the scope of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.

Cookie Consent with Consent Manager Provider

Our website uses Consent Manager Provider’s cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to store certain cookies on your device and to document them in compliance with data protection. The provider of this technology is Jaohawi AB, H’ltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerés, Sweden, website: https://www.consentmanager.de (hereinafter “Consent Manager Provider”).

When you enter our website, a connection is established to the servers of Consent Manager Provider to obtain your consents and other cookie usage statements. Consent Manager Provider then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consents or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Consent Manager provider cookie yourself or the purpose for data storage is no longer necessary. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Consent Manager Provider is used to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(6) of the 1 p. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

Browser type and browser version
operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing machine
Time of server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the request form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for the data storage is omitted (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Request by e-mail, telephone or fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) for the purpose of processing your request, will be stored and processed by us. We do not share this data without your consent.

The data sent by you to us by contact enquiries shall remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage is omitted (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Registration on this website

You can register on this website to use additional features on the site. We will only use the data entered for this purpose for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will refuse registration.

For important changes, such as the scope of the offer or in the case of technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided at the time of registration in order to inform you in this way.

The processing of the data entered during registration takes place for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, if necessary, for the initiation of further contracts (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b GDPR).

The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.

Comment function on this website

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time of creation of the comment, your e-mail address and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored.

Storage of the IP address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who write comments. Since we do not check comments on this website before unlocking it, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of violations of the law, such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribe to comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after logging in. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info mails. The data entered as part of subscribing to comments will be deleted in this case; however, if you have provided this data to us for other purposes and elsewhere (e.g. ordering newsletters), this data will remain with us.

Memory duration of comments

The comments and related data (e.g. IP address) are stored and remain on this website until the annotated content is completely deleted or the comments have to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments).

Legal basis

The comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

5. Social media

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook are integrated on this website. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the collected data will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.

You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on this website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.

When you visit this website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to assign the visit to this website to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Facebook. For more information, see Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to this website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

The use of the Facebook plugins is based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in increasing the visibility possible on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

6. Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimize both its website offer and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. This will shorten your IP address from Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and other services relating to website activity and internet usage. to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Opposition to data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For more information on how to handle user data at Google Analytics, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order processing

We have concluded a contract with Google for order processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Memory duration

Data stored at the user and event level at the user and event level, which is linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. User ID) or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) will be anonymized or deleted after 14 months. Details can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=de

7. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you receive the newsletter. agree. Further data are not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for the sending of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The data entered in the newsletter registration form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data stored by you for the purpose of receiving the newsletter from us will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you are served and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after the newsletter has been unsubscribed. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

After you have been included in the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be blacklisted by us or the newsletter service provider in order 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 compliance with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR). Blacklist storage is not limited in time. You may object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

8. Plugins and tools

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website includes videos from YouTube. The site is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in advanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode prevents YouTube from storing information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. On the other hand, the extended data protection mode does not necessarily exclude the transfer of data to YouTube partners. This allows YouTube to connect to the Google DoubleClick network, regardless of whether you’re watching a video.

Once you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server will be informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

In addition, YouTube can store various cookies on your device after starting a video. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve usability and prevent fraud. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.

If necessary, after starting a YouTube video, further data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about youTube’s privacy policy, see their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

This page uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing shall be carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(0). 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The aim of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data is entered on this website (e.g. in a contact form) by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor on the basis of various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, length of stay of the website visitor on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Site visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of the data shall be carried out on the basis of Article 6(4) of the 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and against SPAM. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.