data protection
1. general information
This privacy policy contains detailed information about what happens to your personal data when you visit our website www.photovolta.de. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. When processing your data, we adhere strictly to the statutory provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), and attach great importance to ensuring that your visit to our website is absolutely secure.
2. responsible bodyThe data controller responsible for the collection and processing of personal data on this website is
Name: PhotoVolta GmbH
Represented by: Johannes Mönkeberg, Frederic Mönkeberg; Management
Street, house number: Hermann-Löns-Straße 46
Postcode, City: 97421, Schweinfurt
Country: Germany
E-mail: info@photovolta.de
Phone: 1234567
3. data protection officerThe internal data protection officer of the controller is
First name, surname: Frederic Mönkeberg
Street, house number: Hermann-Löns-Straße 46
Postcode, City: 97421, Schweinfurt
Country: Germany
E-mail: fm@photovolta.de
Phone: 134567
Any data subject can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
4. social media
Facebook plugins (Like & Share button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our website ("Facebook"). You can recognise the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE.
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the Facebook plugins are not integrated into the page without restrictions, but only using an HTML link (so-called "Shariff" solution from c't). This integration ensures that no connection to the Facebook servers is established when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed. Only when you click on the Facebook button will a new browser window open and call up the Facebook page where you can click on the Like or Share button.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
Instagram plugin
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram"). The plugins are labelled with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an "Instagram camera". An overview of the Instagram plugins and their appearance can be found here: http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the Instagram plugins are not integrated into the page without restrictions, but only using an HTML link (so-called "Shariff" solution from c't). This integration ensures that no connection to the Instagram servers is established when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed. Only when you click on the Instagram button will a new browser window open and call up the Instagram page.
For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy at: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
LinkedIn plugin
Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("LinkedIn").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the LinkedIn plugins are not integrated into the page without restrictions, but only using an HTML link (so-called "Shariff" solution from c't). This integration ensures that no connection to the LinkedIn servers is established when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed. Only when you click on the LinkedIn button will a new browser window open and call up the LinkedIn page.
Information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
X (Twitter) plugin
Our website uses functions of the X (Twitter) service. The provider is X Corp, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA ("X (Twitter)").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the X (Twitter) plugins are not integrated into the page without restrictions, but only using an HTML link (so-called "Shariff" solution from c't). This integration ensures that no connection to the X (Twitter) servers is established when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed. Only when you click on the X (Twitter) button will a new browser window open and call up the X (Twitter) page.
When you use X (Twitter) and the "Re-Tweet" function, websites you visit are linked to your X (Twitter) account and published in your X (Twitter) feed. This involves the transmission of data to X (Twitter). We have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or the use of this data by X (Twitter). Details can be found in the privacy policy of X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change your data protection settings at X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/account/settings
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by X (Twitter) as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in X (Twitter)'s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.
YouTube plugin
Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content. The provider of the video portal is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA ("YouTube").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, the YouTube plugins are not integrated into the page without restrictions, but only using an HTML link (so-called "Shariff" solution from c't). This integration ensures that no connection to the YouTube servers is established when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed. Only when you click on the YouTube button will a new browser window open and call up the YouTube page on which you can click the Like button.
Information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by YouTube as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
5 Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Maps map service of Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") via an API (Application Programming Interface).
To ensure data protection on our website, Google Maps is deactivated when you enter our website for the first time. A direct connection to Google's servers is only established when you activate Google Maps yourself (consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). This prevents your data from being transmitted to Google the first time you visit our website.
After activation, Google Maps will save your IP address. This is then usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer once Google Maps has been activated.
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
6. newsletter
If you have expressly consented, we will regularly send our newsletter to your e-mail address. To receive our newsletter, you must provide us with your e-mail address and then verify it. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.
The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, simply send us an informal email or unsubscribe via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.
Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of cancellation. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.
7. contact form
If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data transmitted, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your enquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the cancellation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need to store the data. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
8. storage duration of comments
Comments and associated data, such as IP addresses, are stored. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or has to be deleted for legal reasons.
9 Use and disclosure of data
We will not sell or otherwise market the personal data that you provide to us, e.g. by e-mail (e.g. your name and address or e-mail address), to third parties. Your personal data will only be processed for correspondence with you and only for the purpose for which you have provided us with the data.
Data that is automatically collected when you visit our website will only be used for the aforementioned purposes. The data will not be used for any other purpose.
We assure you that we will not pass on your personal data to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so or you have given us your prior consent.
10 SSL or TLS encryption
Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries that you send to us as the site operator. 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.
11 Cookies and similar technologies
When you visit or access our services, we authorise third parties to use cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, pixels and other technologies and analysis services ("tracking technologies"). These Tracking Technologies may enable third parties to automatically collect your data in order to improve the browsing experience on our digital assets, optimise their performance and ensure a tailored user experience, as well as for security and fraud prevention purposes.
11.1 Cookies
"Cookies" are data files that are stored on a device or computer and often contain an anonymous unique identifier. Further information on cookies and how to disable cookies can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org
11.2 Log files
"Log files" record actions on the website and collect data such as IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring exit pages and date/time stamps.
11.3 Web beacons, tags and pixels
"Web beacons", "tags" and "pixels" are electronic files that collect information about how you navigate the website.
12 Storage period
Personal data provided to us via our website will only be stored until the purpose for which it was entrusted to us has been fulfilled. Insofar as retention periods under commercial and tax law must be observed, the storage period for certain data may be up to 10 years.
13. rights of data subjects
With regard to the personal data concerning you, you as the data subject have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller in accordance with the statutory provisions:
13.1 Right of cancellation
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. The storage of data for billing and accounting purposes remains unaffected by a revocation.
13.2 Right to information
In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you. If such processing is taking place, you have the right to information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing and the right to object to such processing. the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing on you, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR if your data is transferred to third countries.
13.3 Right to rectificationIn accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and/or the completion of your incomplete data at any time.
13.4 Right to erasure
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR if one of the following reasons applies:
(1) Your personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.(4) The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
(5) The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which we are subject.
(6) The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
However, this right does not exist to the extent that processing is necessary:
(1) for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information,
(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which we are subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us
(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR
(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right of the data subject is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or(5) for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If we have made your personal data public and we are obliged to delete it in accordance with the above, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data controllers who process the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the deletion of all links to your personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.
13.5 Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing (blocking) of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases
(1) If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
(2) If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
(3) If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its erasure.
(4) If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - 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 European Union or of a Member State.
13.6 Right to information
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. In accordance with Art. 19 GDPR, you have the right to be informed about these recipients upon request.
13.7 Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling
In accordance with Art. 22 GDPR, 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 fulfilment of a contract between you and us,
(2) is authorised by 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, the decisions in the cases referred to in (1) to (3) may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2) (a) or (g) applies and suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place.
In the cases referred to in (1) and (3), we will implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.
13.8 Right to data portability
If the processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and is carried out using automated procedures, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another person responsible or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR.
13.9 Right to object
Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on this provision. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).
Notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you have the option of exercising your right to object in connection with the use of information society services by means of automated procedures that use technical specifications.
13.10 Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR
In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
The supervisory authority responsible for us isBavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
Promenade 18
91522 Ansbach
Postal address:
P.O. Box 1349, 91504 Ansbach
Telephone: 0981/180093-0
E-mail: poststelle@lda.bayern.de
Internet: https://www.lda.bayern.de
14 Validity and amendment of this privacy policyThis privacy policy is valid from 5 December 2023. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. This may be necessary, for example, to comply with new legal provisions or to take account of changes to our website or new services on our website. The version available at the time of your visit applies.
If this Privacy Policy is amended, we intend to post changes to our Privacy Policy on this page so that you are fully aware of what personal information we collect, how we process it and under what circumstances it may be disclosed.
Do you have any questions? Feel free to contact us!