The digitalised business world is encroaching more and more on privacy. We know that responsible handling of your data is essential.

The following data protection information is intended to explain to you in an understandable, transparent and clear manner how we, Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH ("we", "us", "our"), process your personal data in connection with your use of our website.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@dralthaus.com.

 

1. Responsible company

The company responsible for the collection and processing of personal data is:

Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH

Am Katzenpfad 9

64646 Heppenheim

Germany

E-mail: info@dralthaus.com

Phone: + 49 (6353) 603 26 33

 

2. What data protection rights do you have?

The rights listed below are available to you under applicable data protection law with respect to personal data relating to you.

 

Right to information

You can request information from us at any time and free of charge about which personal data we process or store about you.

This right does not apply, or only to a limited extent, if and to the extent that the information would disclose information that is subject to secrecy or confidentiality obligations.

 

Right to rectification

You have the right to request that we correct or complete your data if it is not (or is no longer) accurate or complete.

 

Right of deletion

You have the right to demand that we delete your personal data at any time. This right does not apply or only applies to a limited extent if:

- there is a legal obligation to store your data, or

- Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH has an overriding right to retain your data.

 

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request a restriction of the processing of data concerning you.

 

Right to return personal data

If Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH uses your data based on your consent, on the basis of a contract concluded with you or on the basis of automated procedures, you have the right to receive a copy of this data.

To do so, please contact info@dralthaus.com and provide the following data:

- What information and processing activities does your request relate to?

- In what format would you like to receive a copy of your data?

- To whom should the copy of your data be sent?

Your request will be carefully considered and fulfilled in cooperation with you to the best of our ability.

 

Right of objection

If and to the extent that Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH processes your personal data based on a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, in particular if your data is used in connection with direct marketing or profiling in connection with direct marketing, you are entitled to object to the processing at any time.

To do so, please contact us at the following address:

By e-mail: info@dralthaus.com

By mail:

Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH

Am Katzenpfad 9

64646 Heppenheim

Germany

 

Right to withdraw consent

In cases where you have given your consent to Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH to use your personal data, you have the right to withdraw this consent. Please communicate your revocation by e-mail to info@dralthaus.com.

The revocation will stop the processing of your data, unless we are legally obliged to store it for a statutory retention period. However, the revocation has no retroactive effect on the processing of your data in the past up to the time of receipt of the revocation.

 

3. Right of complaint

If you believe that Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH is not processing your data in accordance with this privacy policy or in compliance with applicable data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority. This is the data protection authority in the country where Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH has its registered office.

 

4. Provision of data

Even if a transfer of data already takes place by calling up our website, you are in principle neither legally nor contractually obliged to provide us with your personal data. However, if you wish to contact us further, we need your data for this purpose, as otherwise it is not possible for us to answer or process your enquiries.

 

5. Description of data processing on the websites and legal basis for processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR if special categories of data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information in your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out based on § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, if your data is required for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, we process it based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Furthermore, the data processing may be carried out based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.

 

5.1 Recipients of the data

A transfer of data to third parties cannot be completely prevented due to the processing purposes listed below, as our websites use tools from companies that have a registered office in a third country that is not secure under data protection law (e.g. USA). Therefore, the transfer of personal data to European and non-European countries and the storage of data outside the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA) cannot be excluded. No comparable level of data protection can be guaranteed in countries outside the EU. We have no influence on these processing activities.

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Third-party service providers

Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH is entitled to commission third-party service providers bound by instructions with the processing of personal data on behalf of Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH (e.g. IT service providers for the administration and maintenance of the homepage). During the provision of the respective service, the third-party service providers may access personal data. Thus, these service providers are recipients in the sense of the respective applicable data protection law including the GDPR. No legal basis is required for the disclosure to recipients bound by instructions.

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Legal/court disclosure

In individual cases, personal data may be passed on to third parties (e.g. authorities, courts or other bodies) if Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH is legally or judicially obliged to do so. Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH has no influence on the further processing of the data by the respective third parties.

 

5.2 Personal data within the scope of calling up the website

Dr. Althaus Consulting GmbH processes certain user-related information that is technically necessary for displaying this website. This includes, for example, information about your browser (including language and version), your operating system and its interface, your IP address, the date and time of the call to the website, the content of the call (which page was called up), the access status/http status code, the amount of data transferred, the previous website.

Since it is technically impossible to use the website without retrieving this data, there is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit f GDPR.

The website is hosted by Wix.com Ltd ("WIX"), Nemal St. 40, 6350671 Tel Aviv, Israel. The storage of data collected on our website takes place on the host's servers. The servers are located, among others, in European and non-European countries. This means that data is also transferred to countries outside the EU and the EEA. An adequate level of data protection is ensured by standard contractual clauses ("SSCs") of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR.

The exact data protection provisions of the host can be found in the data protection policy of WIX: https://wix.com/about/privacy.

The details of the standard contractual clauses observed by WIX can be found here: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy-dpa-users

 

5.3 Contacting us by e-mail or telephone

It is possible to contact us by e-mail. When contacting us, all data provided by you (in particular e-mail address, first and last name as well as text, subject and other information contained in the e-mail) will be processed and stored by us. This serves the purpose of processing and answering your enquiry and establishing possible business relations.

Furthermore, you have the option of contacting us by telephone. Here, too, the data you provide us with (in particular telephone number, first and last name as well as enquiries or similar) is processed and stored. The data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

The data transmitted within the framework of the contact options just listed will only be stored for the period of time required to process your enquiry/contact, provided that there are no legal obligations to retain the data. As soon as storage for this purpose is no longer necessary, the data will be deleted (statutory retention periods remain unaffected). You have the right to request deletion of the data at any time, please contact info@dralthaus.com (legal retention periods remain unaffected).

This data processing can also be justified in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSVGVO, as we have a legitimate interest in contacting you after you have contacted us, which is not possible without storing the data. In the case of an enquiry that is directed towards a contractual or pre-contractual measure with you as a natural person, the legal basis results from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Lastly, the processing of data may also be based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR if this has been requested; this consent can be revoked at any time.

 

6. Use of cookies

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

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

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. the display of videos) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); 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 closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

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

 

7. SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise 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 SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

8. Social Media Buttons and Google

We currently link to the following social media providers on our website:

• Xing

• LinkedIn

• Glassfrog

To prevent unwanted data transfers, you will only be redirected to the respective pages when you click on the icons/symbols/links. We no longer have any influence on the data collected or the processing of your data from the time of forwarding to one of the above-mentioned social media providers and have no knowledge of the scope of data collection, the purposes of processing or the storage periods. We also have no information on the deletion of the data at the respective providers, nor can we influence this.
By clicking on the social media buttons, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the respective social media provider. This is accompanied by the respective provider being informed that you have visited our website. If you are not interested in such data transmission, we advise you not to click on the social media buttons.
In addition to the social media buttons, we offer a link to Google Maps via images. To prevent unwanted data transfers, you will only be redirected to Google Maps when you click on the location images. We no longer have any influence on the data collected or the processing of your data from the time of forwarding to Google Maps and have no knowledge of the scope of data collection, the purposes of processing or the storage periods. We also have no information about a deletion of data at Google Maps, nor can we influence this.
The data protection provisions of the respective services can be found on their data protection notices.

 

9. Links

Our website contains hyperlinks to other websites. By clicking/activating these, you will be forwarded directly to other websites. In doing so, the beginning of the URL changes from www.dralthaus.com to another.

We do not have the ability to control or influence the data processing of these sites. The data protection regulations listed here do not apply to these websites either. In order to obtain information about the data processing on the respective websites, please inform yourself directly on these websites.

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If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@dralthaus.com.