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Privacy Policy

Preamble

With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “data”) that we process, for what purposes and to what extent. The privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of the provision of our services and in particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as “online offer”).

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Status: 29 January 2024

Table of contents

  • Preamble
  • Responsible person
  • Overview of the processing operations
  • Relevant legal bases
  • Security measures
  • Rights of the data subjects
  • Use of cookies
  • Business services
  • Provision of the online offer and web hosting
  • Contact and enquiry management
  • Presence in social networks (social media)


Responsible person

Rieke Wiecker
Süldsberg 25
21439 Marxen

E-mail address: Kontakt@skyfall-falknerei.de
Imprint: www.skyfall-falknerei.de

Overview of the processing operations

The following overview summarises the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the data subjects.

Types of data processed

  • Inventory data;
  • Payment details;
  • Contact details;
  • Content data;
  • Contract data;
  • Usage Data;
  • Meta, communication and procedural data.

Categories of data subjects

  • Customers;
  • Interested person;
  • Communication partners;
  • Users;
  • Business and contractual partners;
  • Pupils / students / participants.

Purposes of processing

  • Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations;
  • Contact inquiries and communication;
  • Safety measures;
  • Office and organizational procedures;
  • Managing and responding to inquiries;
  • Feedback marketing;
  • Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness;
  • Information technology infrastructure.

Relevant legal bases

Relevant legal bases according to the GDPR:

Below you will find an overview of the legal bases of the GDPR on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. Should more specific legal bases also apply in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the privacy policy.

  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR) – The data subject has given their consent to the processing of their personal data for a specific purpose or several specific purposes.
  • Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national data protection regulations apply in Germany. These include, in particular, the Act on the Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act – BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special regulations on the right to information, the right to erasure, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

Note on the applicability of the GDPR and Swiss FADP: This data protection notice serves to provide information in accordance with both the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For this reason, please note that the terms of the GDPR are used due to the broader geographical application and comprehensibility. In particular, instead of the terms “processing” of “personal data”, “overriding interest” and “sensitive personal data” used in the Swiss DPA, the terms “processing” of “personal data”, “legitimate interest” and “special categories of data” used in the GDPR are used. However, the legal meaning of the terms will continue to be determined in accordance with the Swiss DPA within the scope of application of the Swiss DPA.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, safeguarding availability and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and responses to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.

Rights of the data subjects

Rights of data subjects under the GDPR: As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

Right to object: 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 (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

Right to withdraw consent:

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Right to information: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to receive information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
Right to rectification:You have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you in accordance with the legal requirements.
Right to erasure and restriction of processing:In accordance with the legal requirements, you have the right to demand that data concerning you be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted in accordance with the legal requirements.
Right to data portability:You have the right to receive the data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to request its transmission to another controller.

Complaint to supervisory authority:Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the provisions of the GDPR.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text files or other storage markers that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices. For example, to save the login status in a user account, shopping cart content in an e-shop, the accessed content or used functions of an online offer. Cookies can also be used for different purposes, for example, for the functionality, security, and comfort of online offers, as well as the creation of analyses of visitor flows.

Consent Information: We use cookies in accordance with legal regulations. Therefore, we obtain prior consent from users, except when it is not legally required. Consent is particularly not necessary if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, are absolutely necessary to provide the users with a telemedia service (i.e., our online offer) that they have explicitly requested. Cookies that are absolutely necessary usually include cookies with functions that serve the display and operability of the online offer, load balancing, security, storage of preferences and user selection options, or similar purposes related to the provision of the main and ancillary functions of the online offer requested by the users. The revocable consent is clearly communicated to the users and contains information on the respective cookie usage.

Data Protection Legal Bases: The legal basis on which we process users’ personal data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask users for consent. If users consent, the legal basis for processing their data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies will be processed based on our legitimate interests (e.g., in the commercial operation of our online offer and its usability improvement) or if it is part of fulfilling our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations. The purposes for which we process cookies are explained in this data protection declaration or during our consent and processing processes.

Storage Duration: Regarding the storage duration, the following types of cookies are distinguished:

  • Temporary Cookies (also Session or Sitzungs-Cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user leaves an online offer and closes their end device (e.g., browser or mobile application).
  • Permanent Cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after closing the end device. For example, the login status can be stored, or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user revisits a website. The data collected using cookies can also be used for reach measurement. Unless we provide users with explicit information on the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g., during the consent process), users should assume that cookies are permanent and the storage duration can be up to two years.

General Information on Revocation and Objection (so-called “Opt-Out”): Users can revoke their given consents at any time and object to the processing according to legal requirements. To do this, users can restrict the use of cookies in their browser settings (although this may also restrict the functionality of our online offer). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

  • Legal Bases: Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR). Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Further Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:

  • Processing of Cookie Data Based on Consent: We use a consent management procedure: Procedures for obtaining, logging, managing, and revoking consents, especially for the use of cookies and similar technologies for storing, reading, and processing information on users’ end devices as well as their processing, in which the users’ consents for the use of cookies, or the processing and providers named in the context of the consent management procedure, are obtained and can be managed and revoked by the users. In this context, the consent declaration is stored to avoid having to repeat the query and to be able to prove the consent according to legal obligation. The storage can occur server-side and/or in a cookie (so-called Opt-In cookie or using comparable technologies) to assign the consent to a user or their device. Subject to individual information about the providers of cookie management services, the following information applies: The duration of the storage of consent can be up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is formed and stored with the time of consent, information on the scope of consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), and the browser, system, and used end device; Legal Bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Business Services

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g., customers and prospects (collectively referred to as “contractual partners”), within the framework of contractual and similar legal relationships as well as related measures and within the scope of communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g., to respond to inquiries.

We process these data to fulfil our contractual obligations. This includes in particular the obligations to provide the agreed services, any updating obligations, and remedy in the event of warranty and other performance disruptions. In addition, we process the data for the purpose of preserving our rights and for administrative tasks associated with these obligations and for business organization. Furthermore, we process the data based on our legitimate interests in proper and business-like business management as well as in security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, endangerment of their data, secrets, information, and rights (e.g., involving telecommunication, transport, and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers, or financial authorities). Within the scope of the applicable law, we only disclose the data of contractual partners to third parties to the extent necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations. Contractual partners are informed about further forms of processing, e.g., for marketing purposes, within the framework of this data protection declaration.

Which data are necessary for the aforementioned purposes, we inform the contractual partners before or during data collection, e.g., in online forms, by special marking (e.g., colors) or symbols (e.g., asterisks or similar), or personally.

We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations, i.e., generally after 4 years, unless the data are stored in a customer account, e.g., as long as they must be kept for legal reasons of archiving. The statutory retention period for tax-relevant documents and for commercial books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual financial statements, the working instructions necessary for understanding these documents, and other organizational documents and booking vouchers is ten years and for received commercial and business letters and reproductions of the sent commercial and business letters six years. The period begins at the end of the calendar year in which the last entry in the book was made, the inventory, the opening balance sheet, the annual financial statement, or the management report was drawn up, the commercial or business letter was received or sent, or the booking voucher was created, the recording was made, or the other documents were created.

Insofar as we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms apply in the relationship between the users and the providers.

Processed Data Types: Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses); Payment data (e.g., bank details, invoices, payment history); Contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers); Contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category).
Affected Persons: Prospects; Business and contractual partners; Students/ Participants. Customers.
Purposes of Processing: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; Contact requests and communication; Office and organizational procedures. Management and response to inquiries.
Legal Bases: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR); Legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Further Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:

  • Educational and Training Services: We process the data of the participants of our educational and training offers (uniformly referred to as “trainees”), to provide them with our training services. The data processed, the type, scope, purpose, and necessity of their processing are determined by the underlying contractual and training relationship. The forms of processing also include performance evaluation and evaluation of our services and those of the instructors. In the course of our activities, we may also process special categories of data, in particular information on the health of the trainees and data from which ethnic origin, political opinions, religious, or philosophical beliefs may be inferred. If necessary, we obtain the explicit consent of the trainees and otherwise process the special categories of data only if necessary for the provision of the training services, for health care purposes, social protection, or the protection of vital interests of the trainees; Legal Bases: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR).
  • Events and Events: We process the data of the participants of the events, events, and similar activities we offer or organize (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “participants” and “events”) to enable them to participate in the events and to take advantage of the services or actions associated with participation.

If we process health-related data, religious, political, or other special categories of data in this context, this is done in the context of manifestness (e.g., at thematically oriented events) or serves health care, safety, or is done with the consent of the data subjects.

The necessary information is marked as such in the context of the order, purchase, or comparable conclusion of the contract and includes the information required for the provision of services and billing as well as contact information to be able to hold any consultations. Insofar as we have access to information of end customers, employees, or other persons, we process these in accordance with legal and contractual requirements; Legal Bases: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Provision of the Online Offer and Web Hosting

We process the data of users to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the user’s IP address, which is necessary to transmit the contents and functions of our online services to the user’s browser or end device.

Processed Data Types: Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times); Meta-, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
Affected Persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
Purposes of Processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.)). Security measures.
Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Further Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:

Collection of Access Data and Log Files: Access to our online offer is logged in the form of so-called “server log files”. The server log files may include the address and name of the accessed web pages and files, date and time of access, data volumes transmitted, message about successful retrieval, browser type, and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), and typically IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g., to avoid overloading the servers (especially in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks), and to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability;

Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Deletion of Data: Log file information is stored for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted or anonymized. Data whose further storage is required for evidence purposes are exempted from deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident.

Contact and Inquiry Management

When contacting us (e.g., by mail, contact form, email, telephone, or via social media) and within the framework of existing user and business relationships, the information of the inquiring persons is processed to the extent necessary to respond to the contact inquiries and any requested measures.

Processed Data Types: Contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g., entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times); Meta-, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
Affected Persons:
Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication; Management and response to inquiries; Feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR). Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Further Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:

Contact Form: When users contact us via our contact form, email, or other communication channels, we process the data communicated to us in this context to process the communicated concern;

Legal Bases: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Presences in Social Networks (Social Media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process data of users in this context to communicate with the active users there or to offer information about us.

We point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union in this context. This may result in risks for users because, for example, the enforcement of users’ rights could be made more difficult.

Furthermore, user data within social networks are usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created based on the usage behavior and resulting interests of users. The usage profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the users’ computers, in which the usage behavior and interests of users are stored. Furthermore, data can be stored in the usage profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and logged in to them).

For a detailed presentation of the respective processing forms and the possibilities of objection (Opt-Out), we refer to the data protection declarations and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

Also, in the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users’ data and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. Should you nevertheless need assistance, you can contact us.

Processed Data Types: Contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g., entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times); Meta-, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
Affected Persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication; Feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online form). Marketing.
Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Further Information on Processing Processes, Procedures, and Services:

Instagram: Social network; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com.

Data protection declaration: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.
Facebook Pages: Profiles within the social network Facebook; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal Bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com; Data protection declaration: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Basis for third-country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard contractual clauses (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum); Further information: We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection (but not the further processing) of data of visitors to our Facebook page (so-called “Fanpage”). This data includes information about the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take (see under “Things you and others do and provide” in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy), as well as information about the devices used by users (e.g., IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data; see under “Device Information” in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy). As explained in the Facebook Data Policy under “How do we use this information?”, Facebook also collects and uses information to provide analysis services, so-called “Page Insights,” for page operators, so that they can gain insights into how people interact with their pages and with content associated with them. We have entered into a special agreement with Facebook (“Information about Page Insights,” https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum), which particularly regulates which security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the data subject rights (i.e., users can, for example, request information or deletion directly from Facebook). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection, and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook. Further information can be found in the “Information about Page Insights” (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection and transmission of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, in particular, the transfer of the data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA.

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