Very important Notice:
This is a translation of the original text in German. Only the German text is authoritative. The English text has no legal standing.
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on the topic of data protection can be found in our 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. Their contact details can be found in the section “Notice concerning the responsible party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Some of your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could include data you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
For what purposes do we use your data?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used for analyzing your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other business inquiries.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive, at any time, information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate supervisory authority.
For this as well as other questions concerning data protection, you can contact us at any time.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated through a website.
External hosting is conducted for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDG, as far 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 TDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following host(s):
DigitalOcean EU B.V. – German branch, Hamburg
Am Sandtorkai 68, LLP, D-20457 Hamburg
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can 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 that occurs.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., in email communication) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Notice concerning the Responsible Party
The responsible party for the data processing on this website is:
Dr. H. Felix Wittmann
Schöne Aussicht 49
65193 Wiesbaden
Phone: 0611 98818188
Email: info@arthought.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage duration has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for 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, deletion occurs after these reasons cease to apply.
General Information on the Legal Bases of Data Processing on this Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided special categories of data under Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is additionally based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25 para. 1 TDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it’s necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Additionally, data processing can occur based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The specific through in the individual case the applicable legal bases will be informed in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we cooperate with various external entities. Part of this involves a transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only disclose personal data to external parties if it’s necessary for contract fulfillment, if we’re legally obliged to (e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in disclosing the data, or if another lawful basis permits the data transfer. When using processors, we only transfer personal data of our customers based on a valid processing contract. If joint processing takes place, a joint processing contract is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IF IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEN NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the case of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another data controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.
Access, Correction, and Deletion
Within the scope of applicable legal regulations, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin, and recipients, as well as the purpose of the data processing, and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of these data. For this purpose and for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can 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 assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of the deletion.
- If you have objected to processing according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined 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, this data may only be processed with your consent or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses 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 site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line switching from “http://” to “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Data Collection on this Website
Cookies
Our web pages use “cookies.” Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any harm to your end device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are deleted automatically at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them manually or your web browser performs an automatic deletion.
Cookies can be provided by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g., cookies for handling payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or displaying videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies to ensure a technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies, processing is exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to only allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases, or generally and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in our Cookie Policy.
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