Data Privacy Agreement
The responsible person regarding data privacy laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is the head of the company:
Thomas Low
knopflogik GmbH
Krügerbrücke 4
39104 Magdeburg
Germany
Overview
In the following, you can find an overview over the essential points of this data privacy agreement. Additional details can be found below.
- This website is hosted from a German data center provided by the netcup GmbH.
- We will only record simple, anonymized access or server logs (see NGINX Logging). No specialized tracking technologies, e.g., Google Analytics, are used.
- Your IP address is processed only for the immediate purpose of establishing a connection and ensuring a smooth operation of our website. Beyond that, your IP address is not stored.
- Cookies are only saved with your explicit consent. In case a cookie is supposed to be saved, a notice will be shown.
- The information that you provide as part of the contact form will be sent as an encrypted e-mail (end-to-end encryption via OpenPGP) to the address info@knopflogik.de.
- E-mails and other contact information is processed and stored by the Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (Office 365).
Your Rights
You may contact the data protection officer using the contact data provided below to exercise the following rights:
- Disclosure of what of your data is stored and processed by us (see Art. 15 GDPR).
- Rectification of incorrect personal data (see Art. 16 GDPR),
- Erasing personal data that is stored by us (see Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing, in case we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (see Art. 18 GDPR),
- Object to the processing of your data (see Art. 21 DSGVO) and
- Data portability, in case you have agreed to data processing or in case you closed a contract with us (see Art. 20 GDPR)
In case you have given us your agreement, you may retract this agreement with future effect at any time.
You may contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g., you may contact the responsible authority of the state of your residence, or you may contact the authority that is responsible for us.
A list of responsible authorities (for the non-public area) with their addresses can be found on the pages of the BfDI (Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information).
Access Logging
Scope and Purpose of Processing
When you access our website, certain general information will be recorded, even if you do not register or transmit information in any other way. This data is stored as server log files and may contain information like the type of web browser you use to access this website, your operating system, the domain name of your internet provider, and similar information.
This data is processed in particular due to the following reasons:
- Ensuring a successful connection to our website,
- Ensuring the smooth usage of our website,
- Evaluation of the security and stability of our systems
- Optimization of our website.
Your IP address is only processed for the purpose of establishing a connection and ensuring a smooth operation of our website. Beyond that, your IP address is not stored in our server log files.
We will not use your data to infer personal information about you. Information of this kind is only evaluated in a statistically anonymized way to improve our website and its underlying systems.
Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest
The processing is carried out subject to Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR on the basis of legitimate interest regarding the improvement of the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipient
The recipients of the data may be external technical service providers, who operate and maintain our website on our behalf.
Storage Period
The data will be deleted as soon as it no longer required for the purposes it was collected for. This is generally the case for data that is only required during a usage session to provide this website, e.g., in the case of the IP address.
For other data that is stored in server log files, it is deleted after at most 14 days.
Provision is Statutory or Contractual Requirement
The provision of the previously mentioned personal data is neither a statutory nor a contractual requirement. However, without your IP address, it is impossible to provide an operational website to you. Without your IP address, some services can not at all or only partially be provided to you. For this reason, an objection is not possible.
Cookies
Scope and Purpose of Processing
Similar to most websites, we also use cookies. Cookies are small text files that will be stored on your device, e.g., laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc., when you visit our website.
Based on the information stored in cookies, we can correctly display our website and support you during your browsing session. For example: Choosing the option “dark mode” (as displayed in the footer of this website) will display a request to save a cookie such that this setting is stored for your next visit to our website.
Under no condition is this data shared with any third party or connected to other personal data without your explicit consent.
Legal Basis
Legal basis for this data processing is your explicit consent, see Art. 6 para. 1 point. a GDPR.
Provision is Statutory or Contractual Requirement
Cookies are only stored with your explicit consent and are neither a statutory nor a contractual requirement.
Of course, you can visit our website without cookies. Browsers are usually configured to accept cookies. In most cases, it should be possible to deactivate cookies in the settings of your browser. Please consult the documentation of your browser if you want to know how to change cookie settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work properly in case you deactivate cookies.
Cookie Description
In case you configure your browser to accept cookies and consent to storing a cookie, the following cookies might be used:
- Language: the language chosen by you (German or English)
- Dark Mode: the website theme chosen by you (dark or bright)
Retraction of Your Consent
You may retract your consent at any time by removing cookies stored in your browser or by clicking the following link: .
Contact Form
Scope and Purpose of Processing
The data that is provided by you will be stored and processed for the purpose of contacting you. Therefore, it is necessary for you to provide a valid email address as well as your full name. This data is required to reply to your request and relate subsequent communication to your person. Providing any further information is optional.
Legal Basis
The processing of the data provided through our contact form is carried out subject to Art. 6 para. 1 point f GDPR on the basis of legitimate interest.
By providing a contact form on our website, we would like to offer you a simple means of reaching out to us. The data that is provided by you will be stored for the purpose of processing and answering your request and potential later communication.
In case you contact us with a request for an offer for our services, the processing of the data provided through our contact form is used for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, see Art. 6 para. 1 point b GDPR.
Recipient
The data that you enter in our contact form will be sent as an encrypted e-mail to the management of this company. The content will be end-to-end encrypted and, therefore, can only be read by the recipient. If you do not provide any information on how we can securely communicate with you afterward, we will send an unencrypted email to you. The encrypted contact form data as well as potentially unencrypted further communication data is stored and processed by the Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (Office 365).
Storage Period
Data provided through our contact form will be deleted after at most 6 months, starting with the day we received your request.
In case we will enter a contractual relationship, we are required to store the data in accordance with record retention periods of the HGB (German Commercial Code). After this period, we will immediately delete your data.
Provision is Statutory or Contractual Requirement
Providing any personal data through our contact form is optional. However, we can only process your request if you provide your full name, a valid e-mail address as well as some message.
General
SSL-Encryption
To protect your data during transmission, we use state‑of‑the‑art encryption methods (e.g., TLS) over HTTPS.
Third-Party Processors
The following organizations, companies, or individuals are instructed to process data on our behalf:
- This website is hosted by the netcup GmbH.
- Contact information will be processed and stored by the Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd (Office 365).
Changes to our Data Privacy Agreement
We reserve our right to adapt this data privacy agreement at any time to make sure that it fulfills current legal requirements or to reflect any changes to our services, e.g., when introducing new services. In case you visit our website again, the respective new data privacy agreement applies.
Inquiries to the Data Protection Officer
In case you have questions regarding data privacy, please contact us by e-mail or get in touch with the data protection officer of our organization:
Thomas Low
knopflogik GmbH
Krügerbrücke 4
39104 Magdeburg
Germany
This data privacy agreement is a translation of the template provided by activeMind AG, an expert on data privacy (version #2020-09-30).