Privacy Policy

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

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Notice of the Responsible Party" section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

We collect your data partly when you provide it to us. This could be, for example, data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (like your web browser, operating system, or the time you visit the page). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website runs smoothly. Other data can be used to analyze your behavior as a user. If contracts can be concluded or initiated through the website, the data you provide is also processed for contract offers, orders, or other service requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to get free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. Additionally, you have the right under certain circumstances to request the restriction of processing your personal data. You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions about data protection.

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This mainly happens with so-called analytics programs.  

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is externally hosted. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated through a website.
The external hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If the appropriate consent has been obtained, processing is carried out solely on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host(s):
Checkdomain GmbH
Grosse Burgstraße 27/29
23552 Lübeck
Germany

The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can 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 happens.

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

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Dr. Doris Bell
Varnæsvej 70
Dk-6200 Aabenraa
Phone: +45 32225536
Email: info@dorisbell.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).

Unless a more specific storage period is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request to delete data or withdraw consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons to retain your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur once these reasons no longer apply.

If you have given consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a GDPR, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 letter a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR.

Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The specific legal bases relevant in each case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only share personal data with external parties when it is necessary to fulfill a contract, when we are legally required to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in sharing the data, or when another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using processors, we only share our customers' personal data based on a valid data processing agreement. In cases of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Many data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE SPECIFIC LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

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 ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES AFTERWARDS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

In case of violations of the GDPR, individuals have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, especially in the member state of their usual residence, workplace, or the location of the alleged violation. This right to complain exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or to fulfill a contract, either for yourself or to provide it to a third party, in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done as far as it is technically possible.

You have the right, under the applicable legal provisions, to get free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, if applicable, the right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time for this or for any other questions regarding personal data.

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us about this at any time. The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it’s not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data. 

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, that data – aside from being stored – may only be processed with your consent, or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for important public interest reasons of the European Union or a member state.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

The use of contact information published in the imprint for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the sites expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, such as through spam emails.

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

Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies allow the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies serve different purposes. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions wouldn't work without them (like the shopping cart feature or displaying videos). Other cookies can be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary for carrying out electronic communications, providing certain functions you want (like the shopping cart function), or optimizing the website (like cookies for measuring web traffic) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies to provide their services technically error-free and optimized. If consent to store cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is done solely based on that consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser to notify you about cookies and to allow cookies only in specific cases, to reject cookies for certain cases or altogether, and to enable automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.

The provider of the site automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically sends to us. These include:

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

A merging of this data with other data sources does not take place.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you enter there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling the requests sent to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if it has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including any personal data it contains (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if such consent was requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent for storage, or the purpose of data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions – especially statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

This website integrates elements of the social network Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected may also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.

An overview of the Facebook social media elements can be found here:
https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/plugins.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Facebook server. As a result, Facebook receives the information that you visited this website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of this website on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to this website with your user account. Please note that, as the provider of the pages, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook's privacy policy at: 
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

As far as personal data is collected on our website and forwarded to Facebook using the tool described here, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited solely to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook. Any processing that takes place after forwarding by Facebook is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been recorded in a joint processing agreement. You can find the full text of the agreement at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook tool and for the legally secure implementation of the tool on our website. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook directly with Facebook. If you assert data subject rights with us, we are required to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses. You can find details here: 
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. 

The company has a certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Any company certified under the DPF commits to following these data protection standards. You can find more information from the provider at the following link: 
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

This website includes features from the Instagram service. These features are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. As a result, Instagram receives information about your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website with your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. Please note that as the provider of the site, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Instagram.
The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. You can withdraw your consent at any time. If personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and passed on to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited solely to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. Processing by Facebook or Instagram after the transfer is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations we share have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. You can find the full text of the agreement at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing the privacy information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for implementing the tool on our website in a way that is compliant with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products. You can assert your data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses. You can find details here:  
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum,
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ and
https://www.facebook.com/help/566994660333381. 

You can find more information about this in Instagram's privacy policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/. 

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the U.S. that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the U.S. Any company certified under the DPF commits to following these privacy standards. You can get more details from the provider at the following link: 
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4452.

If you want to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and agree to receive the newsletter. No other data will be collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is done solely based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to store the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provided to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or by the newsletter service provider, and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe or the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Data that has been stored with us for other purposes is not affected by this.

After you are removed from the newsletter mailing list, your email address may be stored with us or the newsletter service provider on a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data in the blacklist is used only for this purpose and is not combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time.  You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

This website uses the open-source web analytics service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we can collect and analyze data about how individual visitors use our website. For example, we can see when certain page views happened and from which region they came. In addition, we collect various log files (e.g., IP address, referrer, browser, and operating system used) and can track whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g., clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool 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 the website and the operator's advertising. If the corresponding consent is given, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, as far as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time. 

IP Anonymization
For evaluation with Matomo, we use IP anonymization. Your IP address is shortened before analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you. 

Analysis without Cookies
We have configured Matomo so that Matomo does not store any cookies in your browser.

Hosting
We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so all analytics data stays with us and is not shared.

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entry on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is done by a human or an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates different information (e.g., IP address, time spent on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.
The use of reCAPTCHA is intended to protect our web offerings from abusive automated scraping and SPAM.

The legitimate interest in protection against automated scraping or SPAM is not only obvious but also benefits you as a website user, as it helps ensure that content can be provided in this way.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, please refer to the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

There is generally no legal, contractual, or other obligation to provide personal data. Not providing it may result in disadvantages for the affected person, such as reduced functionality of the website and its features.

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated site YouTube. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection is made to YouTube's servers. In the process, the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is done in the interest of presenting our online offerings in an appealing way, as well as to showcase and introduce our products. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

For more information on how user data is handled, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

There is generally no legal, contractual, or other obligation to provide personal data. Not providing it may lead to disadvantages for the person concerned, such as reduced functionality of the website and its features.

Our website uses so-called web fonts from Adobe Typekit to display certain fonts consistently. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).

When you visit our pages, your browser loads the necessary fonts directly from Adobe so they can be displayed correctly on your device. In doing so, your browser establishes a connection to Adobe's servers in the USA. This allows Adobe to know that our website was accessed via your IP address. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when the fonts are provided.

Adobe has a certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the United States of America and the European Union that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards. You can find more information at: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.

The use of Adobe Typekit Web Fonts is necessary to ensure a consistent font appearance on our website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f GDPR.

More information about Adobe Typekit Web Fonts can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.

You can find Adobe's privacy policy at: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html

Source:
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