GDPR

GDPR

Privacy Policy

We are pleased about your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. Your personal data will be treated confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other applicable data protection laws, and this privacy policy.

1. Controller

Bernhard Volkwein Evangelische Grub 2

77709 Wolfach, Germany

2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data: Type and Purpose of Use

When you visit our website www.bernhardvolkwein.com, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website’s server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,

  • Date and time of access,

  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,

  • Website from which access was made (referrer URL),

  • The browser used and, if applicable, your computer’s operating system as well as the name of your access provider.

The aforementioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,

  • Ensuring comfortable use of our website,

  • Evaluation of system security and stability, and

  • For further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

Furthermore, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed explanations under sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

3. Disclosure of Data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only share your personal data with third parties if:

  • You have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,

  • The disclosure is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,

  • In the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and

  • This is legally permissible and required pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser creates automatically and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware.

The cookie stores information that arises in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

Furthermore, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer (see section 5). These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period.

The data processed by cookies is required for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

5. Analysis Tools

a) Tracking Tools The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a demand-oriented design and the continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

b) Google Analytics For the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as browser type/version, operating system, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer (IP address), and time of server request, is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case, not all functions of this website may be fully usable.

6. Embedded Content and Contact Form

Embedded Content: Contributions on this website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and record your interaction with that embedded content.

Contact Form: If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.