GDPR Privacy Policy

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy, which is linked below.

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 privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Name and address of the responsible party

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:

Name: Hokus-Focus, owner Kyra Schumacher

Address: Hansestrasse 127, 23879 Mölln

Germany

Email: terminanfrage@hokus-focus.de

Website: www.hokus-focus.de

1. General information on data processing

a. Scope of processing personal data

We generally collect and use our users' personal data only to the extent necessary for providing a functional website and our content. The collection and use of our users' personal data regularly only occurs with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for practical reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

b. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Article 6(1)(1)(a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.

When processing personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that the processing of personal data is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Article 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, and the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests, then Article 6(1)(f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

c. Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the data subject will be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this is provided for by European or national legislation in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data will also be restricted from processing or erased when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned regulations expires, unless further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

2. Provision of the website and use of cookies

a. Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small data packets that a web server stores on the website visitor's computer. They contain information such as the preferred language or other settings. This information is stored in a text file. When the website visitor accesses the same website again, the browser sends a copy of the cookie back to the web server. This allows the website visitor to be identified and the website display to be adjusted accordingly.

Our website only uses technical cookies. These cookies do not allow us to personally identify you, but are essential for the user-friendly operation of our website. No consent is required from the visitor.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes:

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

This data will not be combined with other data sources.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

b. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for processing personal data using cookies is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

c. Duration of storage, right to object and erasure

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted from there to our site. Therefore, as a user, you have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, some of its functions may no longer be fully available.

d. Analytics tools and advertising

Analysis tools

When you visit our website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily using cookies and so-called analytics programs. The analysis of your browsing behavior is generally anonymous; your browsing behavior cannot be traced back to you.

1&1 WebAnalytics

This website uses features of 1&1 Web Analytics. The provider is 1&1 Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany.

1&1 Web Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website.

The storage of 1&1 Web Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website.

3. Email contact

a. Description and scope of data processing

You can contact us via the provided email address. In this case, the personal data you send with your email will be stored.

In this context, no data will be shared with third parties. The data will be used exclusively for processing the conversation.

b. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for processing the data is, if the user has given their consent, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

The legal basis for processing data transmitted via email is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the email contact aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

c. Purpose of data processing

The processing of personal data from the input form serves solely to process your contact request. In the case of contact via email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.

d. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For personal data from the contact form and data transmitted by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. A conversation is considered ended when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been resolved.

The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted no later than seven days after collection.

e. Right to object and have the matter removed

The user has the right to withdraw their consent to the processing of their personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by email, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.

The cancellation is made by sending a written declaration to our postal address mentioned at the beginning or a declaration in text form to our email address mentioned at the beginning.

All personal data stored during the contact process will be deleted in this case.

4. Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is being processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights against the controller:

a. Right to information

You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.

If such processing takes place, you can request the following information from the controller:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data are processed;

(2) the categories of personal data which are processed;

(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;

(4) the planned duration of the storage of personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;

(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;

(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

(7) all available information about the source of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;

(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in those cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether your personal data is being transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR relating to the transfer.

b. Right to rectification

You have the right to rectification and/or completion from the data controller if the processed personal data concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The data controller must carry out the rectification without undue delay.

c. Right to restriction of processing

Under the following conditions, you can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:

(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

(2) the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;

(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or

(4) if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data – apart from being stored – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence 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 Union or of a Member State.

If processing has been restricted in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

d. Right to erasure

a) Obligation to delete

You can request that the controller erase your personal data without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

(1) the personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;

(2) You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing;

(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR;

(4) your personal data are being processed unlawfully;

(5) the erasure of personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;

(6) Your personal data will be collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8(1) GDPR.

b) Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) GDPR, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of all links to, or copies or applications of, that personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply insofar as the processing is necessary.

(1) to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;

(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;

(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in point (a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or

(5) for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

e. Right to information

If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing to all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.

They have the right to be informed about these recipients by the data controller.

f. Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Furthermore, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR and

(2) processing is carried out using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. This must not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

g. Right of objection

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

The controller will no longer process your personal data unless they can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the option, in connection with the use of information society services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

h. Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

i. Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

(1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller,

(2) is permitted under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests or

(3) with your express consent.

However, these decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9(1) GDPR, unless Article 9(2)(a) or (g) GDPR applies and appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests have been taken.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

j. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the progress and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 GDPR.

The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is located. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.