Data Protection

1. General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration below this text.

Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for 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 section "Note on the responsible body" in this data protection declaration.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. For example, this can be data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is recorded automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or the time of the page was viewed). The data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected in order to ensure that the website is error-free. Other data can be used to analyze your user behaviour.

What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data, free of charge and at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the processing of your personal data to be restricted under certain circumstances.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions about data protection.

Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs. You can find detailed information on these analysis programs in the following data protection declaration.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hosting service). The personal data recorded on this website is stored on the host's servers. This can primarily be IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

The hosting service is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Our host will only process your data insofar as this is necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.

We use the following hosting service:
Hetzner Online GmbH
Industriestr. 25
91710 Gunzenhausen

Conclusion of a contract for order processing

In order to ensure processing in accordance with data protection regulations, we have concluded an order processing contract with our hosting service.

3. General information and mandatory information
data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Sales-as-a-Service GmbH
Am Pannschoppen 1A
40883 Ratingen
Managing director: Dirk Junge

Responsible for content:
Dirk Junge
Data security officer: Gerhard Arnolds
Phone: +49 2102 7069011

Email: datenschutz@sales-as-a-service.de

The responsible body 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, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage period
Unless a specific storage period is specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have any other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons no longer apply.

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your expressed consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and against direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6, PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE AT ANY TIME THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS RESULTING FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS REQUIRED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVIDE COMPELLING, LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21, PARA. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; 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 THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21, PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, the data subjects have 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 violation. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

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 person responsible, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or 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 operators.
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. If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. 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 check this. For the duration of the test, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If the processing of your personal data happened / happens unlawfully, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of the deletion.

If we no longer need your personal data, but you need them to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of being deleted.

If you have lodged an objection according to Art. 21, Para. 1 GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed up. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be used 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 processed by the European Union or a member state.

Objection to advertising emails
We hereby object to the use of the contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies
Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your device when you enter our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain third-party services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertising.

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

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you of this separately in the context of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.

Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and saves information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. 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 combined with other data sources. This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website - for this, the server log files must be recorded.

contact form
If you send us inquiries using 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 request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6, Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries sent to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

Inquiry by email, phone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your request, including all personal data derived from it (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries sent to us (Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was queried.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

5. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or after the purpose has ceased to exist. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the framework of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider in order to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data.

This serves both your interest and our interest in compliance with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6, Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage provided that your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.

Source: eRecht24

Data protection supervisory authority

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
North Rhine-Westphalia
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf

Tel .: 0211 / 38424-0
Fax: 0211 / 38424-10
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Newsletter tool SuperOffice

Sales-as-a-Service GmbH produces and sends out newsletters via its CRM automation tool SuperOffice © ( https://www.superoffice.de ). The provider and operator of this solution is SuperOffice AS, based in Oslo (Norway); represented in Germany by SuperOffice GmbH based in Dortmund. The hosting of the web-based solution and the storage of all data contained therein takes place at Visma ITC AS, which is also based in Oslo (Norway), so it is within the scope of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016. The obligation to protect personal data in accordance with the GDPR is therefore binding.

The collection of personal data for customer communication takes place through the use of "consent forms" in which the documentation of the individual's consent is stored. Consents from individuals are generally stored in SuperOffice and thus documented. Therefore, we can send digital marketing material such as newsletters via email to people who have consented.

A text with a link is always added to the end of a newsletter, which the recipient can use to subscribe to the newsletter himself (double opt-in) or withdraw it (opt-out) after the invitation.

Use of Google Fonts

This online presence uses Google Fonts. This can improve the loading time, as the font used may already be in the website visitor's browser cache and therefore does not have to be loaded separately. However, IP addresses (and possibly other information) can be returned to the Google server via Google Fonts, so that tracking of users would be possible (further information on this in https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq ).

The use of Google Fonts takes place in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offer. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6, Para. 1 lit.f GDPR.

Software

This website was created by the online software Wix (company contact: Namal 40, 6350671 Tel Aviv, Israel):

The hosting is regulated in a data processing agreement: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy-dpa-users

The data protection declaration for the services of Wix can be read here: https://de.wix.com/about/privacy

Websites hosted at WIX are delivered TLS-encrypted (HTTPS). You can recognize the secure connection by the small green lock symbol in the address bar of your web browser.

The images on this website are stored on a Wix server. When you access these images, your IP address is sent to Wix, as well as the time of access, the page you accessed and your browser configuration.

Openstreetmap

A map section from Openstreetmap [ www.openstreetmap.de ] is integrated in this website. We want to support you in planning your visit to our company so that you can get an initial overview.

Openstreetmap is operated by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSM) (Openstreetmap Foundation, St John's Innovation Center, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom). “The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the OpenStreetMap Project. The OpenStreetMap Project based at at OpenStreetMap.org is the worldwide mapping effort that includes over two million volunteers around the globe.” (Source: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/about/ ). The use of all OSMF-operated services is regulated by the "Acceptable Use Policies" and the privacy policy [ https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy ].

Further information on the handling of personal data is available here: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ

When using the OpenStreetMap functions, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to an OpenStreetMap server and stored there. As the operator of this website, we have no influence on this data transfer. The use of the map is in the interest of an appealing presentation of the services of our law firm and of an easy findability of the business premises of our law firm. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6, Para. 1 lit.f GDPR.