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Imprint and privacy

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IMPRINT

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Information according to §5 TMG

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maiwald & mates GmbH & Co. KG

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Sophienstr. 27
70178 Stuttgart
Germany

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Court of registration: Stuttgart District Court
Commercial Register: HRA 742257

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+49 711 99522 170
hello@maiwaldmates.com

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Personally liable partner:
maiwald.design GmbH, Stuttgart
Court of registration: Stuttgart District Court
Commercial Register HRB 799425
Managing Director: Thomas Arnd Maiwald

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Editorially responsible:
Thomas Arnd Maiwald

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VAT ID:

VAT number according to §27 a of the German VAT Act:
DE454585785

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Information on professional liability insurance:

Markel Insurance SE
Sophienstraße 26,
80333 Munich
Scope: worldwide

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EU Dispute Resolution

In accordance with the Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters (ODR Regulation), we would like to inform you about the Online Dispute Resolution platform (OS platform). Consumers have the option to submit complaints to the Online Dispute Resolution platform of the European Commission at http://ec.europa.eu/odr?tid=321117271. You can find the necessary contact details in our imprint.

However, we would like to point out that we are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

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Liability for contents of this website

We constantly develop the contents of this website and strive to provide correct and up-to-date information. According to the Telemedia Act (TMG) §7 (1), we are responsible as a service provider for our own information that we provide for use according to the general laws. Unfortunately, we cannot assume any liability for the correctness of all contents on this website, especially for those provided by third parties. As a service provider within the meaning of §§ 8 to 10, we are not obliged to monitor the information transmitted or stored by them or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Our obligations to remove information or block the use of information according to general laws due to court or official orders remain unaffected even in the case of our non-responsibility according to §§ 8 to 10. If you notice any problematic or illegal content, please contact us immediately so that we can remove the illegal content. You can find the contact details in the imprint.

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Liability for links on this website

Our website contains links to other websites for whose content we are not responsible. Liability for linked websites does not exist for us as we had and have no knowledge of illegal activities, such illegalities have not been noticed by us so far, and we would remove links immediately if we become aware of illegalities. If you notice any illegal links on our website, please contact us. You can find the contact details in the imprint.

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Copyright Notice

All contents of this website (images, photos, texts, videos) are subject to copyright of the Federal Republic of Germany. Please ask us before you distribute, reproduce, or exploit the contents of this website, such as publishing them again on other websites. If necessary, we will legally pursue the unauthorized use of parts of the content of our site. If you find any content on this website that violates copyright, please contact us.

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Image Credits

The images, photos, and graphics on this website are protected by copyright. The image rights are held by the following photographers and companies: maiwald.design.

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Privacy Policy

Responsible in the sense of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is: Thomas Maiwald

 

Your Rights as a Data Subject

At any time, you can exercise the following rights using the contact details of our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),

  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),

  • Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),

  • Restriction of data processing, provided we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),

  • Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR), and

  • Data portability, provided you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. You can always contact a supervisory authority with a complaint, e.g., the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website

 

Nature and Purpose of Processing:

When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar information. They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a problem-free connection setup of the website,

  • Ensuring smooth use of our website,

  • Evaluation of system security and stability, and

  • for further administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us if necessary, to optimize our internet presence and the technology behind it.

Legal basis: The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient: Recipients of the data are technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage duration: The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session is ended.

Provision prescribed or required: The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website are not guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

 

Use of Google Analytics

Nature and Purpose of Processing:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related 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 Google data. The purposes of data processing are the evaluation of the use of the website and the compilation of reports on activities on the website. Further related services are then to be provided based on the use of the website and the Internet.

Legal basis: The processing of the data is based on the user's consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient: The recipient of the data is Google as a processor. For this purpose, we have concluded the corresponding order processing contract with Google.

Storage duration: The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for our recording purposes.

Third country transfer: Google processes your data in the USA and has subjected itself to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision prescribed or required: The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Revocation of consent: You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: Browser Add On to deactivate Google Analytics. In addition or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Profiling: With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behavior of the website visitors can be evaluated and interests analyzed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

 

Embedded YouTube Videos

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Nature and Purpose of Processing: On some of our web pages, we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed about which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand. When a YouTube video is started, the provider sets cookies that collect information about user behavior. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider's privacy policies. There you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). Google processes your data in the USA and has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

Legal basis: The legal basis for embedding YouTube and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient: Calling up YouTube automatically triggers a connection to Google.

Storage duration and revocation of consent: Anyone who has deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program will not have to expect such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser. For more information on data protection at "YouTube", please refer to the provider's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Third country transfer: Google processes your data in the USA and has subjected itself to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Provision prescribed or required: The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

 

Change of our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. For your renewed visit, the new privacy policy will then apply. If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly: Thomas Maiwald.

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (Version #2019-04-10).

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