Privacy Policy
With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the scope of the processing of your personal data (hereinafter referred to as "Data").
1. Data controller
The data controller responsible for data processing according to the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Fachverlag Hans Carl GmbH
Andernacher Str. 33a
90411 Nuremberg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)911/9 52 85-0
E-mail: info@hanscarl.com
www.brewingscience.de
2. Our data protection officer's contact details
E-mail: datenschutz@hanscarl.com
3. General information on data processing
We process data as part of our business and website operations.
This also includes disclosure through transmission to third parties and possibly to so-called third countries outside the European Union (“EU”) and the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Insofar as we transmit data outside the EU or the EEA, we have marked this accordingly below.
4. Data processing
The specific data concerned, reasons for processing, legal bases, recipients and, if applicable, transfers to third countries are listed below:
a) Log file when visiting the website
We log your website visit. We process:
Name(s) of our accessed website(s)
Date and time of the access
The amount of data transferred
Browser type and version
Your operating system
The referrer URL (the previously visited website)
Your IP address
The requesting provider
According to Article 6 para. 1 f) GDPR, the legal basis for data processing is our overriding legitimate interest in the ongoing provision and security of our website.
The log file is deleted after seven days, unless it is required to prove or clarify specific legal violations that have become known within the retention period.
b) Hosting
To provide our online presence, we use the services of web hosting providers who process the above-mentioned and all data to be processed in connection with the operation of this website (log file when visiting the website) on our behalf.
According to Article 6 para. 1 f) GDPR , the legal basis for data processing is our overriding legitimate interest in the provision of our website.
c) Contact
If you contact us, we will process the following data from you for the purpose of processing and handling your request: Name, contact details – if you have provided them – and your message.
The legal basis for data processing is our obligation to fulfill the contract and/or to fulfill our pre-contractual obligations in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 b) GDPR and/or our overriding legitimate interest in processing your request in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 f) GDPR.
d) Registration
By registering on our site, you consent to the storage of your personal data (name, address, email address, bank details) as well as your usage data (username, password). This allows us to identify you as a customer and gives you the ability to manage your orders. Your data will be processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 a) GDPR.
e) Newsletter
To provide you with information about our company and offers on a regular basis, we offer to send you an email newsletter. When you register for the newsletter, we process the data you entered when registering (email address and other voluntary information). To prevent misuse, we will send you an email after you have registered, in which we ask you to confirm your registration (double opt-in procedure). To be able to prove that the registration process is legally compliant, your registration will be logged. The time of registration and confirmation as well as your IP address are affected.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter is your consent in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 a) GDPR. Data processing in connection sending the confirmation email for your registration and the associated data logging takes place in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 f) GDPR due to our legitimate interest in proving your proper registration.
To send the newsletter, we use the technical service provider "CleverReach" of CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede, Germany, to whom we transmit the aforementioned data.
If you provide your consent, we also evaluate in the newsletters whether you have opened the newsletter as well as the scrolling and clicking behaviour in the newsletter. This is done to optimally tailor our newsletter to your interests and improve the content of our newsletter. The legal basis for analysing the newsletter is your consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
f) Application of cookies
We use "cookies" on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your respective end device (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) and saved by your browser.
Information about the specific cookies we use, their providers and purposes can be found in our consent banner. In the cookie banner, you provide your consent to the respective services; you can revoke them or adjust your settings afterwards.
Our consent banner
We use a consent banner to document your selection for certain data processing processes and to meet our data protection obligations. When you visit our website, your cookie preferences will be queried via a banner. We then set a cookie in which data on granted or revoked consent is stored. The data processing takes place to fulfill our legal obligations according to Article 6 para. 1 c) GDPR.
g) Analysis and marketing
Matomo
We use the open source analysis service Matomo on our website. Matomo was configured in such a way that no cookies are set. However, Matomo uses other technologies to process information, e.g. about your device type, log-ins or the operating system you are using, in order to analyze user behavior. We use this stored information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for ourselves, and for the provision of other services related to Internet use and use of the website.
The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time by changing your preferences in our consent banner.
6. Data retention period
We only store personal data for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed or you have revoked your consent. As far as statutory storage requirements are concerned, the storage period for certain data can be up to 10 years regardless of the processing purposes.
7. Your rights as a data subject
a) Information
On request and at no cost, you may receive information about the personal data that we have stored about you at any time.
b) Correction, erasure, restriction of processing (blocking), objection
In the event that you are no longer happy for your personal data to be stored or if the personal data is no longer correct, then with appropriate notice we will have your data deleted or blocked or make the necessary corrections (to the extent that this is possible, according to the applicable law). The same applies if we should only process data to a limited extent in the future. You have a right of objection in particular in those cases in which your data is required due to the performance of a task that is in the public interest or our legitimate interest, as well as profiling based thereon. You also have such a right of objection in the case of data processing for the purpose of direct advertising.
c) Right of revocation of consent with future effect
Expressed consent may be revoked at any time, applicable for future interactions. Your revocation does not affect the legality of the processing up to the point in time of the revocation.
d) Data portability
If data processing takes place on the basis of a contract, pre-contractual negotiations, consent or using automated procedures, you have the right to data portability. Upon request, we will provide you with your data in a common, structured and machine-readable format so that you can transfer the data to another data controller if you wish.
e) Restrict the processing of your data
Data from which we are unable to identify the data subject, for example if it has been anonymised for analysis purposes, are not covered by the above rights. Information, deletion, blocking, correction or transfer to another company may be possible with respect to such information if you provide us with additional information that allows us to identify you.
f) Exercising your rights as a data subject and the right to lodge a complaint
If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, information, correction, blocking, objection or deletion of data or the request to transfer the data to another company, please contact datenschutz@hanscarl.com.
You also have the opportunity to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority about your rights as a data subject.
