Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Responsible Person

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The controller of data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Christof Maybach, Kurfürstendamm 132A, 10711 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: 01705408496, email: info@christof-maybach.de. The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 During the mere informational use of our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called "server log files"). When you call up our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • Our visited website
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you accessed the page
  • Used browser
  • Used operating system
  • Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful 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 string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

3) Hosting & Content-Delivery-Network

3.1 Webflow

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

3.2 IONOS

We use a content delivery network of 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 faster through 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) of the GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the storage of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If personal data is processed through individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for the performance of a contract, based on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR in case of your consent, or based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR for our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of the visit to the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject cookies, or you can generally exclude the acceptance of cookies.

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

5) Contact

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

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your inquiry, provided that the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and there are no legal retention obligations.

6) Page Functionality

Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly and establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers. Certain browser information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

Data can also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA

The processing of personal data in the context of establishing contact with the font provider is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.

For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

7) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called "Cookie Consent Tool" to obtain effective user consent for consent-required cookies and cookie-based applications. The "Cookie Consent Tool"is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface upon page load, allowing them to give consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking the corresponding boxes. By using the tool, only the cookies/services that require consent are loaded when the user gives their consent by checking the boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user's device if consent has been given. The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context. If personal data (such as IP addresses) is processed in individual cases for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this processing is based on our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly cookie consent management, and thus in a legally compliant design of our website, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Furthermore, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. As the data controller, we are legally obligated to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user's consent. Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, ensuring the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibiting unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For further information about the operator and the settings options of the Cookie Consent Tool, please refer directly to the corresponding user interface on our website.

8) Rights of the Data Subject

8.1 The applicable data protection law grants you, as the data subject, the following rights with regard to the processing of your personal data by the data controller (information and intervention rights), with reference to the legal basis stated for each right:

  • Right to information according to Art. 15 of the GDPR;
  • Right to rectification according to Art. 16 of the GDPR;
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") according to Art. 17 of the GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 of the GDPR;
  • Right to be informed according to Art. 19 of the GDPR;
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 of the GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consent according to Art. 7(3) of the GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority according to Art. 77 of the GDPR.

8.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

If we process your personal data based on our legitimate interests in the context of a balancing of interests, you have the right to object to such processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.

If you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process the personal data concerned. However, further processing may be reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. You can exercise the right to object as described above.

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the personal data concerned for direct marketing purposes.

9) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and - if applicable - the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).

If personal data is processed based on express consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, the data is stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed as part of a contractual or similar obligation based on Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, the data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods, provided that it is no longer necessary for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no longer a legitimate interest on our part in continuing the storage.

If personal data is processed based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, the data is stored until you exercise your right to object according to Art. 21(1) of the GDPR, 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.

If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, the data is stored until you exercise your right to object according to Art. 21(2) of the GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the specific processing situations in the other information in thisstatement, stored personal data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.