1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means all data that can be used to identify you personally. For more detailed information on the subject of data protection, refer to the Privacy Policy beneath this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is performed by the website operator. You will find their contact details in the section on the “Information about the responsible body” in this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data, for example[1], that you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected by our IT systems automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g.[1]internet browser, operating system or time of the page view).
In this case, the data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order inquiries.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?{
You have the right at any time and at no cost to receive information about the source, recipient and purpose of the personal data stored about you. You also have the right to obtain the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data where certain circumstances are met.
You may contact us at any time if you have additional questions on the subject of data protection.
Analytics tools and tools from third-party providers
Your internet usage can be evaluated statistically when you visit this website. Analytics programs are predominantly used for this purpose. For detailed information on these analytics programs, refer to the following Privacy Policy.
2. Hosting
The following provider hosts the content of our website:
Hetzner
The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (referred to in the following as “Hetzner”).
For more detailed information, refer to Hetzner’s privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/legal/privacy-policy/ .
The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented as reliably as possible. Where consent has been requested in this regard, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG (Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g.[1]e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Contact processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the controller processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General notes 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 statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
Various types of personal data are collected when you use this website. Personal data means data that can be used to identify you personally. Personal data means data that can be used to identify you personally. It also explains how and for which purpose this takes place.
Kindly take note data transmission via the internet (e.g.[1]when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information concerning the controller
The controller for data processing on this website is:
Gotthardt + Partner mbB Architekten Sachverständige
Mitteldorfstraße 12
37130 Gleichen · Germany
Phone: +49 (0)5508 97478-0
Email: info@gotthardt-sv.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g.[1]names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this Privacy Policy, we will continue to store your personal data until the purpose of data processing no longer applies. IWhere you exercise a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be erased unless we have other lawful reasons for storing your personal data (e.g.[1]retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, erasure will take place once these reasons no longer apply.
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
Where you have consented to data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, insofar as special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9(1) GDPR. If you have given your express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have given your consent to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g.[1]via device fingerprinting), data processing is also carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. Where your data is used tor performance of the contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR if this is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The following clauses of this Privacy Policy provide information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case.
Recipients of personal data
We cooperate with various external entities as part of our business activities. It is also necessary in some cases to transfer personal data to these external entities. We only pass on personal data to external entities if this is necessary in the context of fulfilling a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g.[1]the transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in transferring the data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR or if another legal basis permits the transfer of data. When contract processors are used, we only transfer our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. A joint data processing agreement is concluded in the case of joint processing.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. If you have given your consent, you may withdraw this consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out until such time as you withdraw your consent.
Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
Where data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons relating to your particular situation; this applies also to profiling based on these provisions. The Privacy Policy states the legal basis for processing in each case. In the event that you object, we will no longer process your relevant personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing is intended for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).
Where your personal data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) 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 place of the alleged violation.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 place of the alleged violation.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.
Information, rectification and erasure
You have the right at any time, within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, to obtain free of charge information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, where certain conditions are met, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You may contact us at any time if you have additional questions on the subject of personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time in this regard. TThe right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
- We usually need time to carry out a review if you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us. For the duration of the review, you have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data.
- Where your personal data is/was processed unlawfully, you may obtain the restriction of data processing in place of erasure.
- If we no longer require your personal data, but you still need it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, you have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data in place of erasure.
- It is necessary to strike a balance between your interests and ours if you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21(1) GDPR.You have the right to obtain restriction of processing of your personal data until such time as the overriding interests have been established.
Where you have restricted processing of your personal data, this data – except 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 of a Member State.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transfer of confidential content such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. An encrypted connection is indicated by a change in the address bar of the browser from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser bar.
Third parties are unable to access the data you transfer to us if SSL or TLS encryption is activated.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Cookies are used on our website. Cookies are used on our website.They are stored on your end device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies).Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.Persistent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration in websites of certain services from third-party companies (e.g.[1]cookies for the processing of payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g.[1]the shopping cart function or video playbacks). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g.[1]the shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g.[1]cookies to measure the web audience) are deemed necessary cookies and, unless another legal basis is specified, are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Where consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG); consent may be withdrawn 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 closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
You can adjust your browser settings to receive notifications
Consent with Borlabs Cookie
Our website uses Borlabs Cookie consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your browser or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in accordance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany (referred to in the following as “Borlabs”).
When you access our website, a Borlabs Cookie is stored in your browser that saves the consents you have given or withdrawn.This data is not passed on to the provider of the Borlabs Cookie.
The data collected will be stored until you instruct us to erase it or you delete the Borlabs cookie yourself or until the purpose of data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. For details on how the Borlabs Cookie processes data, visit: https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
Borlabs Cookie consent technology is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The data contains information on the
- browser type and 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.
Collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.
Request by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, we will store and process your request, including all personal data (name, request), 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(1)(b) GDPR if your request concerns the performance of a contract or is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its erasure, withdraw your consent to its storage, or if the purpose for its storage no longer applies (e.g.[1]after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected, including but not limited to statutory retention periods.
5. Analytics tools and advertising
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Tag Manager is a tool that enables us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager does not itself create any user profiles, does not store any cookies and does not carry out any independent analyses. It is used only to manage and show the tools it integrates. However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.
The use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the fast and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on its website. Where consent has been requested in this regard, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG (Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g.[1]e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
The company is certified in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every DPF-certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For more information from the provider in this regard visit: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics 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. The website operator receives various usage data, including[1]page views, length of the session, operating systems used and origin of the user. This data is assigned in each case to the user’s end device. Assignment to a user ID does not take place.
Furthermore, we can use Google Analytics to record your[1]mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics also uses various modeling approaches to supplement the collected datasets and applies machine learning technologies for data analytics.
Google Analytics uses technologies that enable user recognition for the purpose of analyzing their behavior (e.g.[1]cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details are available here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
The company is certified in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every DPF-certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For more information from the provider in this regard, visit: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
IP anonymization
Google Analytics IP anonymization is activated. This means that Google will truncate your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to its transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google uses this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity 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.
Browser plugin
You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Fore more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, visit Google’s privacy policy at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Contract processing
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Google Ads
The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program from Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Ads enables us to show advertisements in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms in Google (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted advertisements can be shown based on the user data (e.g.[1]location data and interests) available at Google (audience targeting). As website operators, we can perform quantitative evaluations of this data, for example by analyzing which search terms precipitated the display of our advertisements and how many advertisements led to relevant clicks. The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. For more details: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://business.safety.google/controllerterms/.
The company is certified in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every DPF-certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For more information from the provider in this regard, visit: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Conversion Tracking allows us and Google to recognize whether the user has performed certain actions. For example, we can analyze which buttons on our website are clicked how many times and which products are viewed or purchased with particular frequency. This information is used to generate conversion statistics. We obtain information on the total number of users who have clicked on our ads and which actions they have taken. We do not receive any information that would enable us to identify the user. Google itself uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies for recognition purposes.
The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
To learn more about Google Conversion Tracking, visit Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
TTo learn more about Google Conversion Tracking, visit Google’s privacy policy: The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every DPF-certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For more information from the provider in this regard, visit: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.