Privacy

Privacy Policy

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject 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?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section "Note on the Responsible Entity" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected firstly by you providing it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This primarily involves technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page view). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

A part of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

Moreover, you have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority. For this, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

Hosting

We host the contents of our website with the following provider: This website is externally hosted. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host. This may primarily involve IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.

The external hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill their performance obligations and follow our instructions with respect to this data.

We use the following host(s):

Vercel Inc. 440 N Barranca Ave #4133 Covina, CA 91723 privacy@vercel.com

Server Location: Frankfurt, DE

`## Data Processing Agreement We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages 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 privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected.

Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. 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. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body

The responsible party for data processing on this website is: Noah Soticek Walgaustraße 74 6824 Schlines E-Mail: office@soticek.com

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 period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified 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 after these reasons cease to apply.

General information on the legal bases of data processing on this website

If you have given your consent to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of personal data are processed in accordance with Art. 9(1) GDPR. In case of an explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or the access to information on your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the processing is based on § 25(1) TTDSG in addition. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract 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 if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The respective legal basis, on which processing is based, can be found in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other non-EEA countries

We use tools from companies based in the USA or other non-EEA countries, among other things. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these non-EEA countries. We would like to point out that in these countries a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed.

For example, US companies are required to hand over personal data to security authorities without the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence agencies) may process, analyze and store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent 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 marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation, including 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 the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR). If your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the 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, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is 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 fulfillment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only take place to the extent technically feasible.

Information, deletion, and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in certain cases, which can be found in this privacy policy.

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 fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by 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.`

Data Collection on this Website Cookies Our websites use so-called "cookies." Cookies are small data packets and do not harm your device. They are either temporarily stored on your device for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

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

Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or video playback). Other cookies may be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions you request (e.g., the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (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 their services. If consent for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing will be carried out exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time. You can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website. You can find information on which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

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 version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request, IP address.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website, for which the server log files must be recorded.

Contact Form If you send us inquiries via a contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for any follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your inquiry 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 inquiries directed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if it has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completing the processing of your inquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain unaffected.

Inquiry by Email, Phone, or Fax If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not share this data without your consent.

The data you send us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completing the processing of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially statutory 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 the comment's creation, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you chose will be stored.

Storage of IP Address Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not check comments on this website before they are activated, we need this data to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to Comments As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the notification emails. In this case, the data entered as part of subscribing to comments will be deleted; however, if you have transmitted this data to us for other purposes and at another location (e.g., newsletter subscription), this data will remain with us.

Storage Duration of Comments Comments and the associated data are stored on this website and remain here until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments need to be deleted for legal reasons (e.g., offensive comments).

Legal Basis The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke consent you have given at any time. To do this, simply send us an informal email. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Social Media Facebook This website integrates elements of the Facebook social network. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, Facebook states that the collected data may also be transferred to the USA and other third countries. An overview of Facebook social media elements can be found here: Facebook Social Media Elements.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server. Facebook receives information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: Facebook Privacy Policy.

To the extent that personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook. The processing by Facebook after the data has been transmitted is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations jointly incumbent on us have been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found here: Controller Addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of the Facebook products. Data subjects' rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook can be exercised directly with Facebook. If you exercise data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: EU Data Transfer Addendum, Facebook Data Transfer FAQ, and Facebook Data Policy.

Twitter This website incorporates features of the Twitter service. These features are offered by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Twitter server. Twitter receives information about your visit to this website. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter's privacy policy: Twitter Privacy Policy.

If consent (Consent) has been obtained, the use of the above service is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used based on our legitimate interest in the broadest possible visibility on social media. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: Controller-to-Controller Transfers. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at Twitter Account Settings.

Instagram This website incorporates features of the Instagram service. These features are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram receives information about your visit to this website. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

To the extent that personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook or Instagram. The processing by Facebook or Instagram after the data has been transmitted is not part of the joint responsibility.

The obligations jointly incumbent on us have been recorded in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found here: Controller Addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the data protection-compliant implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook or Instagram is responsible for the data security of the Facebook or Instagram products.

Data subjects' rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be exercised directly with Facebook or Instagram. If you exercise data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook or Instagram.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: EU Data Transfer Addendum, Instagram Data Transfer FAQ, and Facebook Data Policy. Further information on this can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: Instagram Privacy Policy.

Analysis Tools and Advertising Matomo This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo. With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data on the use of our website by visitors. This allows us, among other things, to determine when and from which region page views were made. We also collect various log files (e.g., IP address, referrer, used browsers, and operating systems) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g., clicks, purchases, etc.). The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both their website offering and their advertising.

If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is based solely on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, 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 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymization We use IP anonymization for the analysis with Matomo. This means that your IP address is shortened before the analysis, so that you cannot be uniquely identified.

Hosting We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so all analysis data remains with us and is not shared.

Newsletter Newsletter Data If you would like 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 agree to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The consent given to store the data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data that has been stored by us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the member area) remains unaffected by this. After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used solely for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Plugins and Tools YouTube with Enhanced Privacy This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the enhanced privacy mode does not necessarily exclude data transfer to YouTube partners. Regardless of whether you view a video, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network as soon as you start a YouTube video on this website. When you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your device or use similar recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) after starting a video. This allows YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud. Further data processing operations may be triggered after starting a YouTube video, over which we have no influence. The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is based solely on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, 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 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy: YouTube Privacy Policy.

Google Fonts This website uses what are called Google Fonts, provided by Google, for a consistent display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser downloads the necessary fonts into its cache to correctly display texts and fonts.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must establish a connection to Google's servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a consistent presentation of fonts on their website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out solely on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25(1) of the TTDSG, 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 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support Google Fonts, a standard font will be used from your computer.

For more information on Google Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

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