Privacy Policy

Protecting your personal data is important to me. I process personal data exclusively on the basis of statutory provisions (GDPR, BDSG). In this policy, I explain the most important aspects of data processing on this website.

Controller

Marie-Therese Herbers, Twiskenweg 48A, 26129 Oldenburg herbers@marie-therese-herbers.com

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains the nature, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter „data“) within our online offering and the associated websites, functions and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles on (hereinafter collectively referred to as the „online offering“). With regard to the terminology used, such as „processing“ or „controller“, we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data collection on our website

How do we collect your data?

Some of your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (for example, internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification, blocking or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice (Impressum). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

General information

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various items of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to 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 (for example, when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is: Marie-Therese Herbers Twiskenweg 48a 26129 Oldenburg Telephone: +49 151 20179552 Email: herbers@marie-therese-herbers.com The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (for example, names, email addresses or similar).

Rights of data subjects

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed, and to obtain information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data, in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you. In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request that data concerning you be erased without undue delay or, alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of the data. You have the right to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, and to request its transmission to other controllers. Furthermore, in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw any consent you have given, in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR, with effect for the future.

Right to object

You may object to the future processing of data concerning you at any time in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. The objection may be made in particular against processing for direct marketing purposes.

Cookies and the right to object to direct marketing

„Cookies“ are small files that are stored on users’ computers. Various types of information can be stored within cookies. A cookie serves primarily to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, also known as „session cookies“ or „transient cookies“, are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. Such a cookie can store, for example, the contents of a shopping basket in an online shop or a login status. Cookies are described as „permanent“ or „persistent“ if they remain stored after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be stored if users return after several days. Likewise, users’ interests can be stored in such a cookie and used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. „Third-party cookies“ are cookies offered by providers other than the controller who operates the online offering (if they are only the controller’s own cookies, these are referred to as „first-party cookies“). We may use temporary and permanent cookies and will inform you about this within our privacy policy. If users do not wish cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the relevant option in their browser’s system settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser’s system settings. Excluding cookies may lead to restrictions in the functionality of this online offering.

SSL 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 encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from „http://“ to „https://“ and by the padlock symbol in your browser bar. When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to us automatically. These are: • Browser type and browser version • Operating system used • Referrer URL • Hostname of the accessing computer • Time of the server request • IP address This data is not merged with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of the website, and the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Enquiries by email or telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, your enquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of dealing with your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, where your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us. The data you send to us via contact enquiries remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example, after your request has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Deletion of data

The data we process is erased or its processing restricted in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy, the data we store is erased as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and no statutory retention obligations prevent its erasure. Where data is not erased because it is required for other, legally permissible purposes, its processing is restricted. This means the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.