OUR PRIVACY POLICY

WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR WEBSITE. THE PROTECTION OF YOUR PRIVACY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. BELOW WE INFORM YOU IN DETAIL ABOUT THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA PROCESSING

THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES TO THE USE OF THE WEBSITE WWW.MAJAMARIAFIRCHOW.COM, ON WHICH YOU ARE LOCATED. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA PROCESSING WHEN USING THIS WEBSITE IS

MAJA MARIA FIRCHOW

HEIDELBERGER STRASSE 16, 69469 WEINHEIM, GERMANY

+49 152 59835553

STUDIO@MAJAMARIAFIRCHOW.COM

2. VISITING OUR WEBSITE

BELOW WE INFORM YOU ABOUT HOW WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?

PERSONAL DATA IS ANY DATA BY WHICH YOU CAN BE IDENTIFIED.

FOR WHAT PURPOSES DO WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY FOR CERTAIN FEATURES OF OUR WEBSITE TO BE AVAILABLE AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE USER EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITES WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE, YOUR BROWSER TRANSMITS CERTAIN DATA TO OUR WEB SERVER. THIS IS DONE FOR TECHNICAL REASONS. IN PARTICULAR, THE FOLLOWING DATA IS COLLECTED:

– IP ADDRESS (ANONYMIZED)

– DATE AND TIME OF ACCESS

– TIME ZONE DIFFERENCE TO GREENWICH MEAN TIME (GMT)

– URL

– MOBILE NETWORK INFORMATION

– BROWSER, LANGUAGE SETTINGS, BROWSER VERSION, OPERATING SYSTEM AND INTERFACE

THESE CONNECTION DATA ARE PROCESSED BY OUR WEB SERVER TO ENABLE ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE. IN ADDITION, THE RESPECTIVE HTTP/S CALLS ARE LOGGED IN A LOG FILE. WE USE THIS FOR TECHNICAL TROUBLESHOOTING AND TO BE ABLE TO FEND OFF AND CLARIFY ATTACKS ON OUR SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, WE CREATE EVALUATIONS FROM THE LOG FILES STORED ANYWAY, WHICH WE USE TO OPTIMIZE OUR WEBSITES. A PERSONAL EVALUATION OF THE SERVER LOG FILES DOES NOT TAKE PLACE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ASSIGN THIS DATA TO SPECIFIC PERSONS AT ANY TIME. THIS DATA IS NOT MERGED WITH OTHER DATA SOURCES.

ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS DO WE PROCESS YOUR DATA?

THE LEGAL BASIS FOR ANY PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA DEPENDS ON THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF YOUR VISIT:

– IF YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO INITIATE CONTRACTS OR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH US, THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA IS ART. 6 (1) LIT. B GDPR (INITIATION OR EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT).

– THE PROCESSING IS ALSO USUALLY BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS PURSUANT TO ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. F GDPR. OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST IS TO OPERATE A WEBSITE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION PURPOSES AND TO PRESENT OUR COMPANY.

AS A RULE, LOG FILES ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS PURSUANT TO ART. 6 (1) LIT. F GDPR. OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST IS TO PROTECT OUR FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS FROM ATTACKS AND, IF NECESSARY, TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ATTACKERS, AS WELL AS TO FURTHER DEVELOP OUR WEBSITES FOR ECONOMIC PURPOSES. IS THERE AN OBLIGATION FOR YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR DATA AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO?

THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE YOUR DATA, BUT THE USE OF THE WEBSITE IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT PROCESSING YOUR CONNECTION DATA.

TO WHOM IS YOUR DATA PASSED ON OR WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESSING OF MY DATA?

IN PRINCIPLE, THE PROCESSING IS FULLY AUTOMATED. OUR THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER, WHO PROVIDES THE SERVICES FOR HOSTING AND DISPLAYING THE WEBSITE FOR US, HAS ACCESS TO THE LOG FILES. THESE ARE USED BY US FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PURPOSES AND, IF NECESSARY, ALSO TRANSMITTED TO EXTERNAL RECIPIENTS (ESP. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PROSECUTION OF ATTACKS).

HOW LONG IS YOUR DATA STORED?

FOR EXAMPLE, WE KEEP WEB SERVER LOGS THAT RECORD INFORMATION ABOUT A VISITOR TO ONE OF AUTOMATTIC’S WEBSITES, LIKE THE VISITOR’S IP ADDRESS, BROWSER TYPE, AND OPERATING SYSTEM, FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS. WE RETAIN THE LOGS FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ANALYZE TRAFFIC TO AUTOMATTIC’S WEBSITES AND INVESTIGATE ISSUES IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON ONE OF OUR WEBSITES. AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU DELETE A POST, PAGE, OR COMMENT FROM YOUR WORDPRESS.COM SITE, IT STAYS IN YOUR TRASH FOLDER FOR THIRTY DAYS IN CASE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND AND WOULD LIKE TO RESTORE THAT CONTENT, BECAUSE STARTING FROM SCRATCH IS NO FUN. AFTER THE THIRTY DAYS ARE UP, THE DELETED CONTENT MAY REMAIN ON OUR BACKUPS AND CACHES UNTIL PURGED.

3. COOKIES AND WEB ANALYSIS

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

LIKE PRACTICALLY EVERY WEBSITE, WE USE SO-CALLED „COOKIES“. COOKIES ARE SMALL TEXT FILES THAT ARE STORED IN THE MEMORY OF YOUR END DEVICE VIA YOUR BROWSER. THEY STORE CERTAIN DATA (E.G. YOUR PREFERRED LANGUAGE OR WEBSITE SETTINGS). IN PARTICULAR, THESE COOKIES OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW US TO STORE YOUR USER PREFERENCES OR LOGIN DATA FOR THE DURATION OF A VISIT TO THE WEBSITE OR UNTIL YOUR NEXT VISIT. WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE ON OUR WEBSITE? WE USE ONLY TECHNICALLY NECESSARY COOKIES. THESE COOKIES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR WEBSITES AND SERVICES TO PERFORM BASIC FUNCTIONS AND ARE NECESSARY FOR US TO OPERATE CERTAIN FEATURES. THESE INCLUDE THOSE REQUIRED TO ALLOW REGISTERED USERS TO AUTHENTICATE AND PERFORM ACCOUNT-RELATED FUNCTIONS, STORE PREFERENCES SET BY USERS SUCH AS ACCOUNT NAME, LANGUAGE, AND LOCATION, AND ENSURE OUR SERVICES ARE OPERATING PROPERLY.

4. ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS DO WE PROCESS YOUR DATA?

THE DATA PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF COOKIES REQUIRED FOR THIS IS BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS PURSUANT TO ART. 6 (1) LIT. F GDPR. OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS CONSIST IN THE SMOOTH AND ACCELERATED DISPLAY OF OUR WEB CONTENT AND THUS SERVE OUR BUSINESS INTEREST IN OPERATING A WEBSITE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION PURPOSES AS WELL AS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF OUR COMPANY.

5. INSTAGRAM

ON THIS WEBSITE YOU WILL FIND ONE OR MORE LINKS TO INSTAGRAM. THE PROVIDER OF THIS SERVICE IS META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED, MERRION ROAD, DUBLIN 4, D04 X2K5, IRELAND. BY USING THESE LINKS, INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED TO AN INSTAGRAM SERVER. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF DATA ABOUT YOU BY INSTAGRAM. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HANDLING OF USER DATA IN INSTAGRAM’S PRIVACY POLICY.

6. USE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS

AS PART OF A PROCESSING ON OUR BEHALF AND ACCORDING TO OUR INSTRUCTIONS, TWO THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS PROVIDE US WITH THE SERVICES FOR HOSTING AND DISPLAYING THE WEBSITE.

UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, ALL DATA COLLECTED IN THE COURSE OF USING THIS WEBSITE IS PROCESSED ON OUR SERVERS. WORDPRESS.( AUTOMATTIC INC.60 29TH STREET #343, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) OFFERS THE DESIGN, FEATURES, AND SUPPORT TO BRING OUR WEBSITE TO LIFE. WE HAVE RENTED A SERVER IN THE DATA CENTER OF THIS PROVIDER:IONOS SE, ELGENDORFER STR. 57, 56410 MONTABAUR. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA BY SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE USE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVES TO PROTECT OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CORRECT PRESENTATION OF OUR WEBSITE (ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. F GDPR).

7. NOTES REGARDING YOUR RIGHTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS UNDER THE APPLICABLE DATA PROTECTION LAWS:

– PURSUANT TO ART. 15 GDPR, THE RIGHT TO REQUEST INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED BY US TO THE EXTENT SPECIFIED THEREIN;

– PURSUANT TO ART. 16 GDPR, THE RIGHT TO REQUEST WITHOUT UNDUE DELAY THE CORRECTION OF INACCURATE OR THE COMPLETION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA STORED BY US;

– IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 17 GDPR, THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THE DELETION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA STORED BY US, UNLESS FURTHER PROCESSING IS NECESSARY

– FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION;

– FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF A LEGAL OBLIGATION;

– FOR REASONS OF PUBLIC INTEREST; OR

– FOR THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS;

– IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 18 GDPR, THE RIGHT TO REQUEST THE RESTRICTION OF THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA, INSOFAR AS

– THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA IS DISPUTED BY YOU;

– THE PROCESSING IS UNLAWFUL, BUT YOU OBJECT TO ITS ERASURE;

– WE NO LONGER NEED THE DATA, BUT YOU REQUIRE IT FOR THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS; OR

– YOU HAVE OBJECTED TO THE PROCESSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 21 GDPR;

– IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 20 GDPR THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL DATA THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO US IN A STRUCTURED, COMMON AND MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT OR TO REQUEST THE TRANSFER TO ANOTHER CONTROLLER;

PLEASE ADDRESS ALL INFORMATION REQUESTS, REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR OBJECTIONS TO DATA PROCESSING BY EMAIL TO INFO@COMPLIANCEKOMPAKT.DE.

8. RIGHT OF COMPLAINT

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU VIOLATES THE GDPR OR THE THE FEDERAL DATA PROTECTION ACT (BUNDESDATENSCHUTZGESETZ), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH A COMPETENT DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY. THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR US IS:

THE STATE COMMISSIONER FOR DATA PROTECTION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OF BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG.

LAUTENSCHLAGERSTRASSE 20

POSTAL ADDRESS

P.O. BOX 10 29 32

70025 STUTTGART

TEL: 0711/6155 41 – 0

9. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

WE MAY UPDATE OUR PRIVACY POLICY FROM TIME TO TIME; SUCH UPDATES WILL BE POSTED BY US ON OUR SITE AND WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON POSTING. WE THEREFORE RECOMMEND THAT YOU VISIT THE SITE REGULARLY SO THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS UP TO DATE WITH ANY CHANGES.THIS PRIVACY POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED ON 01/09/2023.