1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Jan Schmidt, Grauhöfle 7/1, 74429 Sulzbach-Laufen, Germany, Tel.: +491721644944, Email: jan@jrschmidt-home.de. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the website server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

– The website you visited

– Date and time of access

– Amount of data sent in bytes

– Source/reference from which you accessed the website

– Browser used

– Operating system used

– IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

IONOS

We use a content delivery network from the following provider: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany

This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website more attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called “session cookies”); others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the saving of page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find out the storage period in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.

If individual cookies we use also process personal data, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the case of consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the use of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude them for specific cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contacting Us

5.1 WhatsApp Business

We offer visitors to our website the opportunity to contact us via the WhatsApp messaging service provided by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. For this purpose, we use the so-called “business version” of WhatsApp.

If you contact us via WhatsApp regarding a specific transaction (for example, an order placed), we will save and use the mobile phone number you use for WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name.

Name in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR to process and respond to your request. Based on the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide additional data (order number, customer number, address, or email address) so that we can assign your request to a specific process.

If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g., regarding our range of services, availability, or our website), we will store and use the mobile phone number you use for WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the requested information.

Your data will always be used only to respond to your request via WhatsApp. It will not be passed on to third parties.

Please note that WhatsApp Business receives access to the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers telephone numbers stored in the address book to a server of the parent company Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. To operate our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device whose address book only stores the WhatsApp contact details of users who have contacted us via WhatsApp.

This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has consented to the transmission of their WhatsApp phone number from the address books of their chat contacts in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR by accepting the WhatsApp Terms of Use upon first use of the app on their device. The transmission of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by WhatsApp, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to WhatsApp’s privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policy

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits its disclosure to third parties.

The processing described above may involve data transfers to Meta Platforms Inc. servers in the USA.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has adhered to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

5.2 When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected when using a contact form can be seen in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for the contact and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This will be the case if the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary.

6) Page Functionalities

6.1 YouTube

This website uses plug-ins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the plug-in. Certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plug-in, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, compile playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit, your data will be directly assigned to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be assigned to your account, you must log out before clicking the play button.

All of the aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used,