Privacy policy

1. Privacy Overview

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any data that can personally identify you. Detailed information on 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 the contact details of the data controller in the "Information about the Data Controller" section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

We collect your data when you provide it to us, for example, by entering data into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected or obtained with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This includes technical data such as internet browsers, operating systems, or the time of page access. The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used for analyzing your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time, free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke it at any time for the future. Additionally, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time for this purpose and for other questions regarding data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host or hosts. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website access, and other data generated through a website.

External hosting is done for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR) and for the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR). If consent is requested, processing is done solely on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, to the extent that the consent includes storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host or hosts will process your data only to the extent required to fulfill their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host(s):

netcup GmbH
Daimlerstr. 25
DE-76185 Karlsruhe

Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a legally required data protection contract that ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. 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 legal 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 and for what purpose it is used. Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the Data Controller

The data controller for the data processing on this website is:

Kevin Hein
Immengarten 28a
DE-30880 Laatzen

Phone: +49 (0) 1523 7956835
Email: general@astralauditory.de

The data controller 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, email addresses, etc.).

Data Retention

Unless a specific retention period is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will be retained by us until the purpose of data processing is no longer valid. If you make a valid request for deletion or withdraw your consent for 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, deletion will occur after the expiration of these reasons.

General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on this Website

If you have given your consent to data processing, we will process your personal data based on Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR if special categories of data under Article 9(1) of the GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing will also be based on Article 49(1)(a) of the GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing will also take place on the basis of Section 25(1) of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we will process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Furthermore, we will process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The relevant legal bases for each specific case are provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we collaborate with various external entities. In some cases, it is necessary to transfer personal data to these external entities. We will only disclose personal data to external entities when required for the fulfillment of a contract, when we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., data disclosure to tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR in the disclosure, or when another legal basis allows data disclosure. When using data processors, we will only disclose personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement will be concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent for Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke a previously given consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and Direct Advertising (Article 21 of the GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(e) OR (f) OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, INCLUDING PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(1) OF THE GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21(2) OF THE GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent 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 any other administrative or judicial remedy.

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 you 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 be done to the extent technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

You have the right, within the framework of applicable legal provisions, to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if necessary, a right to correct or delete this data. For further information on 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 restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data is unlawful, but you oppose the deletion of your data and instead request the restriction of its use.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have filed an objection pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh the other, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL/TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL/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. When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. 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 ends. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

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

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 display). 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 desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) are stored based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically flawless and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is based exclusively on this consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and Section 25(1) of the TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to inform 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 our privacy policy.

Contact Form

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

The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or necessary for the performance 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 (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR) if it has been requested; 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 for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after the completion of your inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

Source: https://www.e-recht24.de