This privacy policy applies to all websites of the astrocohors.me domain, as listed under “Scope of Applicability” in the imprint. In the following text, the name is abbreviated to astrocohors.me.
The pages on the social networks are hosted by the respective networks, to which the privacy policy of the respective network applies, which we have no influence over. If you do not agree to the data processing of a social network, please do not use these pages.
Privacy Policy
We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection is of particular importance to the management of astrocohors.eu. The use of the astrocohors.eu website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to astrocohors.eu. Through this privacy policy, our company would like to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed of their rights by means of this privacy policy.
As the controller, astrocohors.me has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed through this website. However, internet-based data transmissions may generally have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, for example, by telephone.
- Definitions
The privacy policy of astrocohors.me is based on the terminology used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easily readable and understandable for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.
In this privacy policy, we use, among other things, the following terms:
a) Personal data. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). A natural person is considered identifiable if he or she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data subject: A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
c) Processing: Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
d) Restriction of processing: Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.
e) Profiling Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
f) Pseudonymization: Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or person responsible for processing Controller or person responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. If the purposes and means of such processing are specified by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
h) Processor: A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient: A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be considered recipients.
j) Third party: A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor, and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor.
k) Consent. Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous expression of will by the data subject in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative action by which the data subject signifies their agreement to the processing of personal data concerning them.
- Name and Address of the Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union, and other provisions related to data protection is:
astrocohors.me
Thorsten Reimnitz
Dietersweiler Str. 21
72280 Dornstetten
Germany
Tel.: +49 7443 3069 408
Email: privacy@astrocohors.me
- Cookies
The astrocohors.me website uses cookies. They serve to make our service more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses.
Consent to Cookies
A message appears at the bottom of our websites (or above the page content when you first visit our websites) asking you whether you consent to the use of additional cookies beyond those required. These additional cookies primarily relate to the use of advertisements. You can, of course, refuse this use by clicking “Do not agree.” You can also change your consent/refusal at any time by accessing the bar at the bottom and clicking on the “Customize Privacy & Cookies” tab.
Necessary Cookies
There are cookies that are essential for the website to function. There are two main types of cookies on our websites:
Account Cookies — If you have an account with us or have commented on a post, cookies are used to identify you and your settings. These cookies can be identified by the letters “wordpress_” and “wp-settings-“.
Cookie Message — After you have either agreed to or declined the use of additional cookies, a cookie with your decision is saved so that the overlay will not be displayed again on your next visit, and you will also not be shown advertisements that set cookies themselves. This cookie is labeled viewed_cookie_policy.
Advertising Cookies
We use third-party companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites to provide ads about products and services of interest to you using a cookie. If you would like to learn more about these methods or about your choices about preventing this information from being used by these companies, please consult your browser’s “Help” function.
If you decline the use of additional cookies by clicking “Disagree” in the cookie bar, these ads will not be displayed and cookies will not be installed. Instead, ads that function without cookies (such as text links) may be displayed.
Users can also prevent the installation of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; however, the provider advises users that in this case, they may not be able to fully use all of the features of this website.
You can manage many companies’ online advertising cookies via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/.
The following additional cookies are installed:
Google AdSense: If Google AdSense, a web advertising service of Google Inc., USA (“Google”), places advertisements (text ads, banners, etc.) on this website, your browser may store a cookie sent by Google Inc. or third parties. The information stored in the cookie may be recorded, collected, and analyzed by Google Inc. or third parties. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called “web beacons” (small invisible graphics) to collect information. These can be used to record, collect, and analyze simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA. Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to AdSense ads. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where third parties process this data on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive and web beacons from being displayed. To do so, you must select “do not accept cookies” in your browser settings.
You can also read more about how Google processes the data on its website, under Google’s Privacy Policy & Terms of Use.
For example, Google Inc. cookies are named as follows:
- DSID, IDE
- 1P_JAR, AID, APISID, CONSENT, HSID, NID, SAPISID, SID, SIDCC, SSID, TAID, OTZ, _gads, uis, opit-userid
AMAZON Affiliate Program: This website is a participant in the Amazon EU Affiliate Program, which is designed to provide a medium for websites to earn advertising fees by placing advertisements and links to Amazon.de. Further details can be found in Amazon’s privacy policy.
For example, Amazon’s cookies are named as follows: - s_vnum, x-wl-uid, lc-main, aws-session-id, aws-session-id-time, aws-target-static-id, s_dslv, aws-ubid-main, aws-session-token, aws-x-main, aws-at-main, aws-userInfo, regStatus, __utmv, __utma, at-main, x-main, s_fid, session-id-time, session-id, ubid-main, session-token
- Collection of general data and information
The astrocohors.me website collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. The following may be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert dangers in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, astrocohors.me does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) optimize the content of our website and its advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by astrocohors.me both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security within our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
- Subscription to our newsletter
On the astrocohors.eu website, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company’s newsletter. The input mask used for this purpose determines which personal data is transmitted to the controller when ordering the newsletter.
astrocohors.me regularly informs its customers and business partners about company offers via a newsletter. Our company’s newsletter can generally only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter. For legal reasons, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address entered by the data subject for the first time for newsletter delivery using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to verify whether the owner of the email address, as the data subject, has authorized receipt of the newsletter.
When registering for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the computer system used by the data subject at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of the data subject’s email address at a later date and therefore serves to legally protect the controller.
The personal data collected when registering for the newsletter will be used exclusively to send our newsletter. Furthermore, newsletter subscribers may be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a related registration, as could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or changes to technical circumstances. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter can be canceled by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has given us for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time. A corresponding link can be found in every newsletter for the purpose of revoking the consent. Furthermore, it is possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the website of the controller or to communicate this to the controller in another way.
- Newsletter Tracking
The astrocohors.me newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in emails sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows for statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Using the embedded tracking pixel, astrocohors.eu can determine whether and when an email was opened by a data subject and which links in the email were accessed by the data subject.
Personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by the controller in order to optimize the newsletter dispatch and to better adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the data subject. This personal data will not be shared with third parties. Data subjects are entitled to revoke the separate declaration of consent given via the double opt-in procedure at any time. After revocation, these personal data will be deleted by the controller. astrocohors.eu automatically interprets unsubscribing from the newsletter as a revocation.
- Comment function in the blog on the website
astrocohors.eu offers users the opportunity to leave individual comments on individual blog posts on a blog located on the controller’s website. A blog is a generally publicly accessible portal on a website in which one or more people, called bloggers or web bloggers, can post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blog posts. The blog posts can usually be commented on by third parties.
If a data subject leaves a comment on the blog published on this website, in addition to the comments left by the data subject, information on the time of the comment and the user name (pseudonym) chosen by the data subject are stored and published. Furthermore, the IP address assigned by the data subject’s Internet service provider (ISP) is logged. This IP address is stored for security reasons and in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment. The storage of this personal data is therefore in the controller’s own interest, so that the controller can exonerate itself in the event of a violation of law. This collected personal data will not be passed on to third parties unless such disclosure is required by law or serves the legal defense of the controller.
- Subscription to comments in the blog on the website
The comments posted on the astrocohors.me blog can generally be subscribed to by third parties. In particular, it is possible for a commentator to subscribe to the comments following their comment on a specific blog post.
If a data subject chooses to subscribe to comments, the controller will send an automatic confirmation email to verify, using the double opt-in procedure, whether the owner of the specified email address has actually chosen this option. The option to subscribe to comments can be canceled at any time.
- Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose, or as far as this is provided for by the European legislator or other legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or other competent legislator expires, the personal data shall be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.
- Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
b) Right to information
Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about the personal data concerning him or her stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to information about the following:
the purposes of the processing
the categories of personal data concerned
the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations
where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing
the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information as to their source
the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
Furthermore, the data subject has the right Every person has the right to information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of information, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
c) Right to rectification Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten) Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to erase personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, provided that one of the following reasons applies and processing is not necessary:
The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary. The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to point (a) of Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to point (a) of Article 21(2) of the GDPR. The personal data were processed unlawfully. The erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by astrocohors.me, they may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The employee of astrocohors.eu will ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately. If the personal data was made public by astrocohors.eu and our company as the controller pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR is obliged to erase the personal data, astrocohors.me shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless processing is required. The astrocohors.eu employee will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.
e) Right to restriction of processing. Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data. The processing is unlawful; the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of their use. The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by astrocohors.eu, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of astrocohors.eu will arrange for the restriction of processing.
f) Right to data portability. Every data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, common, and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 (1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of the astrocohors.me.
g) Right to object: Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) of the GDPR, for reasons related to his or her particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. astrocohors.me will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. If astrocohors.eu processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to astrocohors.eu processing for direct marketing purposes, astrocohors.eu will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by astrocohors.eu for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, for reasons related to his or her particular situation, unless such processing is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest. To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of astrocohors.eu or another employee directly. Furthermore, the data subject is free to exercise his or her right of objection by means of automated procedures using technical specifications in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.
h) Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling. Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, astrocohors.eu shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain the intervention of an Person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision. If the data subject wishes to exercise rights with regard to automated decision-making, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.
i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law. Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw his or her consent, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.
- Legal basis for processing
Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company’s processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, such as in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis applies to processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal grounds if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override these interests. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations, in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR). - Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.
- Duration for which personal data is stored
The criterion for the duration of personal data storage is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted unless it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of a contract. - Legal or contractual requirements for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision
We clarify that the provision of personal data is sometimes required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may also arise from contractual provisions (e.g., information on the contractual partner). In some cases, it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract, which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will clarify to the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what the consequences of non-provision of the personal data would be. - Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.
This privacy policy was created by the privacy policy generator of the DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as the external data protection officer for Swabia, in cooperation with the data protection lawyers of the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte.