We only process personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) only to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents and the services offered there.
According to Article 4, Paragraph 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” is considered to be any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any series of processes carried out in this context with personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading out, querying, using, disclosing by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or linking, restricting, deleting or destroying.
With the following data protection declaration we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, insofar as we decide on the purposes and means of processing either alone or jointly with others. We will also inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data under their own responsibility.
Our data protection declaration is structured as follows:
I. Information about us as controllers
II. Rights of users and those affected
III. Information on data processing
I. Information about us as controllers
The responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:
Dipl.-Ing. / Dipl.-Trainer Dieter Quarz
E-Mail: smirs@gmx.de
II. Rights of users and those affected
With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and those affected have the right
- for confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed, for information about the data processed, for further information about data processing and for copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR);
- to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR);
- to the immediate deletion of the data concerning you (see also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, to the extent that further processing is necessary in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
- to receive the data concerning you and provided by you and to transmit this data to other providers/responsible parties (see also Art. 20 GDPR);
- to complain to the supervisory authority if you are of the opinion that the data concerning you is being processed by the provider in violation of data protection regulations (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
In addition, the provider is obliged to inform all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any correction or deletion of data or the restriction of processing that takes place on the basis of Articles 16, 17 Paragraph 1, 18 GDPR teach. However, this obligation does not apply if this notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Without prejudice to this, the user has the right to information about these recipients.
According to Article 21 of the GDPR, users and those affected also have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning them, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.
III. Information on data processing
Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, the deletion of the data does not conflict with any legal retention obligations and no different information is subsequently provided about individual processing procedures.
Server data
For technical reasons, in particular to ensure a secure and stable Internet presence, data is transmitted to us or our web space provider through your Internet browser. These so-called server log files contain, among other things, the type and version of your internet browser, the operating system, the website from which you switched to our website (referrer URL), the website(s) of our website that you visit, the date and time of the respective access as well as the IP address of the Internet connection from which our website is used.
The data collected in this way will be stored temporarily, but not together with other data about you.
This storage takes place on the legal basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality and security of our website.
The data will be deleted after seven days at the latest, unless further storage is required for evidentiary purposes. Otherwise, the data will be completely or partially excluded from deletion until an incident has been finally clarified.
Cookies
a) Session-Cookies
We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are stored and stored on your device by the Internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information about you on an individual basis, such as your browser or location data or your IP address.
This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective and secure, as the processing enables, for example, the reproduction of our website in different languages or the offering of a shopping cart function.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit b.) GDPR, provided that these cookies data are processed for the purpose of initiating or executing a contract.
If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR.
When you close your internet browser, these session cookies are deleted.
b) Third party-Cookies
Our website may also use cookies from partner companies with whom we work for the purposes of advertising, analysis or the functionality of our website.
Please see the information below for details, in particular the purposes and legal basis for processing such third-party cookies.
c) Possibility of elimination
You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by setting your Internet browser. You can also delete cookies that have already been saved at any time. However, the steps and measures required for this depend on the specific Internet browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact the manufacturer or support. However, with so-called Flash cookies, the processing cannot be prevented via the browser settings. Instead, you have to change the settings of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the specific Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Flash player or contact the manufacturer or user support.
However, if you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, this may result in not all functions of our website being fully usable.
Contact inquiries/contact options
If you contact us via contact form or email, the data you provide will be used to process your request. Providing the data is necessary to process and answer your request – without it, we cannot answer your request or at best respond to a limited extent.
The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted as long as your request has been answered conclusively and deletion does not conflict with any legal retention obligations, such as in the event of any subsequent contract processing.
User contributions, comments and ratings
We offer you the opportunity to publish questions, answers, opinions or reviews, hereinafter referred to as “contributions”, on our website. If you take advantage of this offer, we will process and publish your contribution, the date and time of submission as well as yours pseudonym used if applicable.
The legal basis for this is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. To do this, you simply need to inform us of your revocation.
We also process your IP and email address. The IP address is processed because we have a legitimate interest in taking or supporting further steps if your contribution encroaches on the rights of third parties and/or is otherwise unlawful.
The legal basis in this case is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the legal defense that may be necessary.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
The Google Analytics service is used to analyze the usage behavior of our website. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.
Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, location, time or frequency of visits to our website, is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function. With this function, Google shortens the IP address within the EU or EEA.
The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an analysis of visits to our website and usage activities there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.
Google states that it does not associate your IP address with other data. In addition, Google is keeping under
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners
Further data protection information is available for you, including, for example, the options for preventing data use.
Google also offers under
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
a so-called deactivation add-on along with further information about this. This add-on can be installed with common Internet browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on tells Google Analytics’ JavaScript (ga.js) that information about visits to our website should not be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analysis services. You can of course also find out whether and which other web analysis services we use in this data protection declaration.
Jetpack – WordPress Stats
We use Jetpack with the “WordPress Stats” extension on our website. This is a web analysis service from Automattic Inc., 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as “Automattic”.
The Jetpack – WordPress Stats service is used to analyze the usage behavior of our website. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.
To analyze usage behavior, Jetpack – WordPress Stats stores cookies on your device via your Internet browser.
During processing, your IP address, the website(s) of our website that you visit, the website from which you switched to our website (referrer URL), the length of time you spend on our website and the frequency of access to one of our websites Websites collected. The data collected is stored on an Automattic server in the USA. However, your IP address will be anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored.
If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of the cookie by setting your Internet browser. You can find more information about this under “Cookies” above.
YouTube
We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal from YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”.
YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
We use YouTube in connection with the “Extended data protection mode” function to be able to show you videos. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the “Extended Data Protection Mode” function ensures that the data described in more detail below is only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.
Without this “extended data protection” a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access one of our websites on which a YouTube video is embedded.
This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your Internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least collect and process your IP address, the date and time and the website you visited. A connection is also established to Google’s “DoubleClick” advertising network.
If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.
For the purpose of functionality and to analyze usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your Internet browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by changing the settings in your internet browser. You can find more information about this under “Cookies” above.
Google provides further information about the collection and use of data as well as your related rights and protection options in the following
https://policies.google.com/privacy
available data protection information.
Vimeo
We use “Vimeo” on our website to display videos. This is a service provided by Vimeo, LL C, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA, hereinafter referred to as “Vimeo”.
Some of the user data is processed on Vimeo servers in the USA.
The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
If you visit a page on our website in which a video is embedded, a connection will be established to Vimeo’s servers in the USA to display the video. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Vimeo to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of the visit to our website are also recorded.
If you are logged in to Vimeo at the same time as you visit one of our websites in which a Vimeo video is embedded, Vimeo may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Vimeo before visiting our website or configure your Vimeo user account accordingly.
For the purpose of functionality and usage analysis, Vimeo uses the web analysis service Google Analytics. Google Analytics stores cookies on your device via your Internet browser and sends information about the use of our websites, in which a Vimeo video is embedded, to Google. It cannot be ruled out that Google processes this information in the USA.
If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by using the appropriate settings in your internet browser. You can find details on this under “Cookies” above.
The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website and in Vimeo’s legitimate interest in statistically analyzing user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
Vimeo offers at
further information on the collection and use of data as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy.
Use of other video services
We include functional and content elements in our online offering that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter “third-party providers”). This can be, for example, video and audio content (hereinafter collectively referred to as “content”).
The integration always requires that the third party providers of this content process the users’ IP address, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore required to display this content or functions. We strive to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third parties may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. The “pixel tags” can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information can also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, the time of visit and other information about the use of our online offering, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.
- Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses); if applicable, inventory data (e.g. names, addresses) and contact details (e.g. email, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
- Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
- Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness; Profiles with user-related information (creating user profiles).
- Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing processes, procedures and other video services:
- Rumble: video content; Service provider: Rumble Inc., 218 Adelaide Street, Suite 400, Toronto ON, M5H 1W7, Canada Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://rumble.com/; Data protection: https://rumble.com/s/privacy;
- Odysee: Videoinhalte; Service provider: Odysee Inc., 99 Hanover St Manchester, New Hampshire, 03101, USA Legal Basis: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://odysee.com/; Data protection: https://odysee.com/$/privacypolicy;
- Dailymotion: video content; Service provider: Dailymotion SA, 40 boulevard Malesherbes – 75017 Paris, Frankreich Legal Basis Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://legal.dailymotion.com/en/; Data protection: https://legal.dailymotion.com/en/privacy-policy/;
- Bitchute: video content; Service provider: Bit Chute Limited, Box 813, Andover House, George Yard, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1PB., UK Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://www.bitchute.com/; Data protection: https://support.bitchute.com/policy/privacy/.
Data processing for the processing of voluntary donations and use of payment service providers
To process voluntary donations that you may send to us, we generally process the following personal data: first and last name, address, email address.
Your data will be stored by us together with information on the amount, frequency and purpose of the voluntary donation and kept for ten years.
Depending on the payment method selected, the above-mentioned data will also be forwarded to the payment service provider you selected for the voluntary donation and will be processed there exclusively and only to the extent necessary to process your voluntary donation.
The above-mentioned processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR and serves exclusively to properly carry out your payment of the voluntary donation and record it in the accounts. Storage for a period of 10 years is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR in conjunction with Section 147 AO, according to which we are subject to a corresponding obligation to retain information about the business transaction.
- Data processing to process voluntary donations
To the extent that it is necessary for contract processing for the payment purposes mentioned in section 6, the personal data we collect will be passed on to the payment service provider commissioned by us in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR.
If we owe you updates for goods with digital elements or for digital products on the basis of a corresponding contract, we will process the contact details you provided when ordering (name, address, email address) in order to provide you with our legal information obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para . 1 lit. c GDPR to inform you personally about upcoming updates within the legally stipulated period of time. Your contact details will be used strictly for the purpose of communicating updates owed by us and will only be processed by us for this purpose to the extent that this is necessary for the respective information.
Date: 28.08.2023
