General
As the operator of this website and as a company, we come into contact with your personal data. This refers to all data that says something about you and with which you can be identified. In this privacy policy, we would like to explain to you how, for what purpose and on what legal basis we process your data.
We are responsible for data processing on this website and in our company:
Von Laffert
Brühlstrasse 10/1
88276 Berg-Weiler
Germany
Phone: +49 751-359 75-0
E-mail: info@von-laffert.com
General information
SSL or TLS encryption
When you enter your data on websites, place online orders or send e-mails over the Internet, you must always be prepared for unauthorised third parties to access your data. There is no complete protection against such access. However, we make every effort to protect your data in the best possible way and to close security gaps as far as possible.
An important protection mechanism is the SSL or TLS encryption of our website, which ensures that data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise the encryption by the lock icon in front of the Internet address entered in your browser and by the fact that our Internet address begins with https:// and not with http://.
How long do we store your data?
In some places in this privacy policy, we inform you about how long we or the companies that process your data on our behalf store your data. If no such information is provided, we will store your data until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies, you object to the data processing or you withdraw your consent to the data processing.
However, in the event of an objection or cancellation, we may continue to process your data if at least one of the following conditions is met:
- We have compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the data processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms (only if you object to the data processing; if the objection is directed against direct marketing, we cannot provide any legitimate grounds).
- Data processing is necessary in order to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (does not apply if your objection is directed against direct advertising).
- We are legally obliged to store your data.
In this case, we will delete your data as soon as the requirement(s) cease(s) to apply.
Data transfer to the USA
We also use tools on our website from companies that transfer your data to the USA and store and, if necessary, process it there. The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US data protection framework. This establishes that the USA guarantees an adequate level of protection for personal data from the EU that is transferred to US companies. This decision is based on new safeguards and measures introduced by the US to fulfil data protection requirements. The adequacy decision includes, among other things, restrictions and safeguards on the access of US intelligence services to the data. Binding safeguards have been introduced to limit the access of US intelligence agencies to what is necessary and proportionate to protect national security. In addition, increased oversight of the activities of the US intelligence services has been established to ensure that the restrictions on surveillance activities are complied with. An independent redress mechanism has also been established to handle and resolve complaints from European citizens about access to their data. The EU-US Privacy Shield Framework thus allows European companies to transfer data to certified US companies without having to introduce additional data protection safeguards. You can view a list of all certified companies at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search
A change to the European Commission's decision cannot be ruled out.
Your rights
Objection to data processing
IF YOU READ IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY THAT WE HAVE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA AND THEREFORE BASE THIS ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 SENTENCE 1 LIT. F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER ART. 21 GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THE AFOREMENTIONED PROVISION. THE PREREQUISITE IS THAT YOU STATE REASONS FOR THE OBJECTION THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. NO JUSTIFICATION IS REQUIRED IF THE OBJECTION IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING.
THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE OBJECTION IS THAT WE MAY NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR DATA. THIS ONLY DOES NOT APPLY IF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLIES:
- WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
- THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
THE EXCEPTIONS DO NOT APPLY IF YOUR OBJECTION IS DIRECTED AGAINST DIRECT ADVERTISING OR AGAINST PROFILING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS.
Further rights
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are based on your consent. You give this consent, for example, by ticking the appropriate box on online forms before you send the form or by allowing certain cookies when you visit our website. You can revoke your consent at any time without giving reasons (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR). We may then no longer process your data from the time you withdraw your consent. The only exception: We are legally obliged to retain the data for a certain period of time. Such retention periods exist in particular in tax and commercial law.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
If you believe that we are in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. You can contact a supervisory authority in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place where the alleged infringement took place. The right to lodge a complaint exists in addition to administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
Data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract must be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format if you request this. We can only transfer the data to another controller if this is technically possible.
Right to access, erasure and rectification of data
In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to receive information free of charge about what personal data we have stored about you, where the data comes from, to whom we transmit the data and for what purpose it is stored. If the data is incorrect, you have the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR); under the conditions of Art. 17 GDPR, you may request that we erase the data.
Right to restriction of processing
In certain situations, you can request that we restrict the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. The data may then - apart from storage - only be processed as follows:
- with your consent
- for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims
- to protect the rights of another natural or legal person
- for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State
The right to restriction of processing exists in the following situations:
- You have disputed the accuracy of your personal data stored by us and we need time to check this. Here you have the right for the duration of the review.
- The processing of your personal data is unlawful or was unlawful in the past. In this case, you have the alternative right to erasure of the data.
- We no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims. Alternatively, you have the right to have the data erased.
- You have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR and now your interests and ours must be weighed against each other. You have the right to do so as long as the outcome of the balancing process has not yet been determined.
Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
External hosting
Our website is hosted on a server of the following internet service provider (hoster):
WE Webdesign
Hockenbroicherstraße 11
53881 Euskirchen
How do we process your data?
The host stores all data from our website. This also includes all personal data that is collected automatically or through your input. This may include in particular Your IP address, pages accessed, names, contact details and enquiries as well as meta and communication data. When processing data, our hoster complies with our instructions and only ever processes the data to the extent that this is necessary to fulfil the service obligation to us.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
Since we address potential customers via our website and maintain contact with existing customers, data processing by our hoster serves to initiate and fulfil contracts and is therefore based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. In addition, it is our legitimate interest as a company to provide a professional website that fulfils the necessary requirements in terms of security, speed and efficiency. In this respect, we also process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Data collection on this website
Use of cookies
Our website places cookies on your device. These are small text files that are used for different purposes. Some cookies are technically necessary for the website to function at all (necessary cookies). Others are required to perform certain actions or functions on the site (functional cookies). For example, without cookies it would not be possible to use the benefits of a shopping basket in an online shop. Other cookies are used to analyse user behaviour or to optimise advertising measures. If we use third-party services on our website, e.g. to process payment transactions, these companies may also leave cookies on your device when you access the website (so-called third-party cookies).
How do we process your data?
Session cookies are only stored on your device for the duration of a session. As soon as you close the browser, they disappear automatically. Permanent cookies, on the other hand, remain on your device if you do not delete them yourself. This can lead, for example, to your user behaviour being permanently analysed. You can use the settings in your browser to influence how it handles cookies:
- Do you want to be informed when cookies are set?
- Do you want to exclude cookies in general or for certain cases?
- Do you want cookies to be deleted automatically when you close your browser?
If you deactivate or do not allow cookies, the functionality of the website may be restricted.
If we use cookies from other companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this in this privacy policy. We also ask for your consent in this regard when you visit our website.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our online services can be used by visitors without technical problems and that all desired functions are available to them. The storage of necessary and functional cookies on your device is therefore based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We use all other cookies on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, provided that you give us your consent to do so. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. If you have consented to the placement of necessary and functional cookies when your consent was requested, these cookies will also be stored exclusively on the basis of your consent.
Cookie consent with Borlabs Cookie
What is Borlabs Cookie?
Cookie plugin for compliance with the GDPR and ePrivacy
Who processes your data?
Only we, not the provider of Borlabs Cookie
Where can you find more information about data protection at Borlabs Cookie?
https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/
How do we process your data?
We use Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent to the storage of cookies on your device. When you visit our website and close the Borlabs Cookie window with the request for consent, a Borlabs cookie with the following content is stored in your browser:
- Cookie runtime
- Cookie version
- Domain and path of the website
- Consents
- a randomly generated ID
This data is not transmitted to the provider of Borlabs Cookie.
We store the data until the purpose of the data storage no longer applies, you delete the Borlabs cookie or request us to delete the data. This only does not apply if we are legally obliged to store the data.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
We are legally obliged to obtain the consent of our website visitors for the use of certain cookies. To fulfil this obligation, we use Borlabs Cookie. The legal basis for data processing is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.
Server log files
Server log files log all requests and access to our website and record error messages. They also contain personal data, in particular your IP address. However, this is anonymised by the provider after a short time so that we cannot assign the data to you personally. The data is automatically transmitted from your browser to our provider.
How do we process your data?
Our provider stores the server log files in order to be able to track the activities on our website and to detect errors. The files contain the following data:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address (anonymised if necessary)
We do not merge this data with other data, but only use it for statistical analysis and to improve our website.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website runs smoothly. It is also in our legitimate interest to obtain an anonymised overview of access to our website. Data processing is therefore lawful in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Contact form
You can send us a message using the contact form on this website.
How do we process your data?
We store your message and the information from the form in order to be able to process your enquiry, including follow-up questions. This also applies to the contact details provided. We will not pass the data on to other persons without your consent.
How long do we store your data?
We delete your data as soon as one of the following points occurs:
- Your enquiry has been finally processed.
- You ask us to delete the data.
- You revoke your consent to storage.
This only does not apply if we are legally obliged to retain the data.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
If your enquiry is related to our contractual relationship or serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. In all other cases, it is in our legitimate interest to process enquiries addressed to us effectively. The legal basis for data processing is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of your data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis. In this case, you can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Plugins and tools
YouTube (with extended data protection)
What is YouTube?
Video platform
Who processes your data?
Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Where can you find more information about data protection on YouTube?
How do we process your data?
You can watch YouTube videos on our website. As the provider of YouTube, Google collects and stores certain information about you. However, as we use YouTube in extended data protection mode, this only happens when you start a video. Specifically, the following happens in this case:
- Google's servers are informed which of our pages have been visited from your device. If you are logged into your YouTube account while surfing, Google can assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. If you do not want this, you must log out of your YouTube account before you continue surfing the Internet.
- Google receives information about visitors to our website via cookies, device fingerprinting or similar recognition technologies. On this basis, the company then creates video statistics, makes its application more attractive to users and prevents attempts at fraud.
- Your data may also be processed beyond this. However, we have no knowledge of the details. We also have no influence on the processing.
Even if you do not start a YouTube video on our website, Google establishes a connection to its DoubleClick network and possibly also to other partners. The extended data protection mode therefore does not mean that Google does not process any of your data when you visit our website.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
By integrating YouTube videos, we want to make our website and our services and offers more appealing. This is our legitimate interest as a company and is therefore lawful under Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you have consented to data processing, we process your data exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time. We may no longer process your data from the time of revocation.
Google Fonts (local hosting)
We use fonts from the US company Google on our website. We have installed the fonts locally so that there is no connection to Google's servers when you visit our website.
Further information on Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Font Awesome (local hosting)
We use icons from the Font Awesome icon library on our website. The library is provided by Fonticons Inc. We have installed the icons locally so that there is no connection to the company's servers when you visit our website.
You can find more information about Font Awesome at https://fontawesome.com/ and there specifically in the privacy policy: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.
Google Maps
What is Google Maps?
Map service of Google Ireland Ltd.
Who processes your data?
Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Where can you find more information about data protection at Google?
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
On what basis do we transfer your data to the USA?
Based on the adequacy decision of the European Commission and the corresponding certification of the company.
How do we process your data?
We use Google Maps on our website. To enable you to use all the functions of the map service, Google stores your IP address on one of its servers in the USA.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
The maps from Google Maps ensure that the locations specified on our website are easier for visitors to find. As a company, we have a legitimate interest in this. Data processing is therefore lawful under Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you have consented to data processing, we process your data exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time. We may no longer process your data from the time of revocation.
Google reCAPTCHA
What is Google reCAPTCHA?
Test tool for differentiating between people and computers from Google Ireland Ltd.
Who processes your data?
Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Where can you find more information about data protection at Google?
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
On what basis do we transfer your data to the USA?
Based on the adequacy decision of the European Commission and the corresponding certification of the company.
How do we process your data?
We use Google reCAPTCHA to check whether data entered into forms on our website originates from a human or from a computer. For you, this means that the test tool analyses your behaviour as a visitor to our website based on various characteristics. The analysis does not begin when you use the test tool, but when you visit our website. Various data is recorded, e.g. the IP address, the time spent on our website and mouse movements made. The data is forwarded to Google.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
As a company, we have a legitimate interest in protecting our website from spam and abusive spying. Data processing is therefore lawful under Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you have consented to data processing, we process your data exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time. We may no longer process your data from the time of revocation.
eCommerce
Customer and contract data
How do we process your data?
When we conclude a contract with you, we require certain personal data from you. We collect, process and use this data only insofar as it is necessary to establish our legal relationship, to organise its content or to change it. If you can only use our services via our website or if the services are billed via the website, we also collect usage data if this is necessary to enable you to use our services or to bill you for the service used.
How long do we store your data?
We store your data until our legal relationship ends, unless we are legally obliged to store the data for longer.
On what legal basis do we process your data?
We store your data in order to fulfil the contract with you or to carry out pre-contractual measures. The basis for data processing is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.