Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a straightforward overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data encompasses all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information regarding the subject of data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy outlined below.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the Legal Notice (Impressum) of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected primarily when you communicate it to us. This could, for instance, be data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is recorded automatically or upon your consent when visiting the website through our IT systems. This consists predominantly of technical data (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time of the page visit). The recording of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

A portion of the data is collected to ensure the flawless and secure provision of the website. Other data may be utilized to analyze 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 and free of charge. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have granted consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you may contact us at any time at the address specified in the Legal Notice.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your browsing patterns may be statistically evaluated. This occurs primarily using specialized analysis programs.

Detailed information concerning these analysis programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may primarily include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

The host is employed for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our prospective and existing clients (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, swift, and efficient provision of our online presence by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our host will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow our instructions regarding such data.

Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement

To ensure processing in full compliance with data protection laws, we have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with our host.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Privacy Policy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data with utmost confidentiality and in strict accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various pieces of personal data are collected. Personal data refers to data with which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy clarifies what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and to what purpose this takes place.

We draw attention to the fact that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may exhibit security vulnerabilities. Absolute protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information Concerning the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Marc Fippel Fotografie
Marktplatz 9
64673 Zwingenberg
Germany

Phone: +49 6251-7058890
Email: go@marcfippel.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Notice Concerning Data Transfer to the USA

Integrated into our website are tools provided by companies established in the USA. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We must point out that the USA is not considered a secure third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US enterprises are obligated to disclose personal data to national security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence services) process, evaluate, and permanently store your data situated on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing procedures are permissible only with your express consent. You may revoke previously granted consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

WHERE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS UPON WHICH PROCESSING IS FOUNDED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU LODGE AN OBJECTION, 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 THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED 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; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects possess the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their 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 remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to you or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. Should you request the direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will be executed only to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site utilizes SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line switching from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser’s status line.

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

Access, Rectification, and Erasure

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, where applicable, a right to the rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in our legal notice.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you may contact us at any time at the address indicated in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally require time to verify this. For the duration of this review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of its erasure.
If we no longer require your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its erasure.
If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, 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, such data—apart from its storage—may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Objection to Promotional Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact details published within the scope of our statutory legal notice obligations for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, such as spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not cause any harm to your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or your web browser carries out an automatic deletion.

In some cases, third-party cookies may also be stored on your device when you access our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to utilize specific services provided by the third-party company (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies serve various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as specific website functions would not operate without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies serve to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies required to carry out the electronic communication process (essential cookies), to provide specific functions you have requested (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for web audience measurement) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator maintains a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Where consent for the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the relevant cookies occurs exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR); this consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, to permit cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific instances or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies upon closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analytical purposes, we will inform you about this separately within the scope of this privacy policy and, if applicable, obtain your consent.

Cookie Consent with Usercentrics

This website utilizes the cookie consent technology from Usercentrics to obtain your consent for storing specific cookies on your end device or for employing particular technologies, and to document this in compliance with data protection laws. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, Germany, Website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter “Usercentrics”).

When you access our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:

Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
Your IP address
Information regarding your browser
Information regarding your end device
Timestamp of your visit to the website

Furthermore, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to assign the granted consents or their revocation to you. The data collected in this manner will be stored until you request us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Usercentrics is employed to obtain the legally required consents for the use of specific technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (c) GDPR.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with Usercentrics. This is a contract mandated by data protection law which ensures that Usercentrics processes the personal data of our website visitors strictly in accordance with our instructions and in full compliance with the GDPR.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to us automatically. These are:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically faultless presentation and optimization of its website—the server log files must be captured for this purpose.

Contact Form

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

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) where this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to erase it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after processing your inquiry has been concluded). Mandatory statutory provisions—particularly statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.

Inquiries via Email, Telephone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of addressing your request. We do not disclose this data without your consent.

The data you transmit to us via contact inquiries remains with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully addressed). Mandatory statutory provisions—specifically statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.

5. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, duration of visit, operating systems used, and the user’s origin. This data may be compiled by Google into a profile assigned to the respective user or their end device.

Google Analytics utilizes technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google regarding the use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its web presence and its advertising. If corresponding consent was requested (e.g., consent to the storage of cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent may be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address is truncated by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services relating to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data held by Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For further information on how user data is handled by Google Analytics, please consult Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Data Processing Agreement

We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements set forth by German data protection authorities when utilizing Google Analytics.

Retention Period

Data stored by Google at user and event level that is linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User ID), or advertising IDs (e.g., DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID) is anonymized or deleted after 14 months. Further details can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en

Facebook Pixel

This website uses the Facebook visitor action pixel for conversion measurement. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the United States and other third countries.

This allows the behavior of page visitors to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider's website by clicking on a Facebook ad. Consequently, the effectiveness of Facebook ads can be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes, allowing future advertising initiatives to be optimized.

The collected data remains anonymous to us as the operator of this website; we are unable to draw any conclusions regarding the identity of users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, enabling a connection to the respective user profile and allowing Facebook to use the data for its own promotional purposes in accordance with the Facebook Data Policy. This allows Facebook to display advertisements across Facebook services as well as on third-party sites. We, as the website operator, have no influence over this use of data.

The use of this service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 Para. 1 TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

Data transmission to the United States is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission. Details can be accessed here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). This joint responsibility is strictly limited to the collection of the data and its transmission to Facebook. The subsequent processing performed by Facebook is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent upon us jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. The full text of the agreement is available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Under this agreement, we are responsible for providing the data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the legally secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. You may assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. Should you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obligated to forward them to Facebook.

Further information regarding the protection of your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy notice: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

You can also deactivate the remarketing feature “Custom Audiences” in the Ad Settings section at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. You must be logged in to Facebook to do so.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable usage-based advertising from Facebook via the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.

LinkedIn Insight Tag

This website utilizes the LinkedIn Insight Tag. The provider of this service is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Data Processing by LinkedIn Insight Tag

The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables us to obtain information about visitors to our website. If a website visitor is registered with LinkedIn, we can, among other things, analyze key professional metrics (e.g., career level, company size, country, location, industry, and job title) of our visitors, thereby aligning our presence more precisely with the intended target audiences. Furthermore, the LinkedIn Insight Tag allows us to measure whether visitors to our web pages make a purchase or perform another action (conversion tracking). Conversion measurement can also be performed across devices (e.g., from PC to tablet). The LinkedIn Insight Tag additionally offers a retargeting function, allowing us to display tailored advertisements outside our website to our visitors, whereby, according to LinkedIn, no identification of the advertising recipient takes place.

LinkedIn also collects log files (URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser characteristics, and timestamp of access). IP addresses are shortened or—when used to reach LinkedIn members across devices—hashed (pseudonymized). Direct identifiers of LinkedIn members are deleted by LinkedIn after seven days. The remaining pseudonymized data is deleted within 180 days.

The data collected by LinkedIn cannot be attributed to specific individuals by us as website operators. LinkedIn stores the collected personal data of website visitors on its servers in the United States and uses it for its own advertising purposes. For further details, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy#choices-oblig.

Legal Basis

Where consent has been obtained, the use of the aforementioned service is based exclusively on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR; the website operator has a legitimate interest in executing effective advertising initiatives, including via social media.

Data transmission to the United States is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

Objection to the Use of LinkedIn Insight Tag

You may object to the analysis of user behavior and targeted advertising by LinkedIn via the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Furthermore, LinkedIn members can manage the use of their personal data for advertising purposes in their account settings. To prevent LinkedIn from linking data collected on our website with your LinkedIn account, you must log out of your LinkedIn account prior to visiting our website.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the provider named above. This is a contract mandated by data protection legislation, ensuring that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors solely in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that permits us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not disclose it to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter subscription form is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You may revoke the granted consent to the storage of data, the email address, and their use for dispatching the newsletter at any time, for instance via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already executed remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be retained by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be erased from the newsletter distribution list upon cancellation. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

Following your removal from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will be utilized solely for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when dispatching newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

7. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This site utilizes the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is typically transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence over this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is conducted in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online presence and to facilitate locating the venues indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent was requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent may be revoked at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to verify whether data entry on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is performed by a human or by an automated program. To this end, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various parameters. This analysis initiates automatically as soon as the visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates diverse information (e.g., IP address, duration of the visitor's stay on the website, or mouse movements executed by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is occurring.

The storage and analysis of the data are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator possesses a legitimate interest in safeguarding its web offerings against abusive automated reconnaissance and SPAM. If corresponding consent was requested, processing is performed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent may be revoked at any time.

For further information concerning Google reCAPTCHA, please consult Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service via the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en.