Privacy policy

1. Name and contact details of the responsible person

This data protection declaration provides information about the processing of personal data on the website of:

Responsible person: Grazian Twonski, etree GmbH, Matthias-Brüggen Str. 160, 50829 Cologne, +49 221 292 417 0

Contact the Data Protection Officer:

The company’s data protection officer can be reached at the above company address and at datenschutz@etree.de.

2. Scope and purpose of the processing of personal data

2.1 Accessing the website

When you visit this website www.etree.de, the Internet browser used by the visitor automatically sends data to the server of this website and stores it in a log file for a limited period of time. The following data will be stored without further input by the visitor until they are automatically deleted:

IP-address of the visitor’s device,
Date and time of access by the visitor,
Name and URL of the page which is upload by the visitor,
Website from which the visitor came to the website (so-called referrer URL),
Browser and operating system of the visitor’s device as well as the name of the access provider used by the visitor.

The processing of personal data is in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. f) GDPR legitimated. The company has a legitimate interest in data processing for the purpose of

to establish the connection to the company’s website quickly,
to allow a user-friendly usage of the website,
to recognize and guarantee the security and stability of the systems and
to facilitate and improve the administration of the website.

The processing is expressly not for the purpose to gain knowledge about the visitor of the website.

2.2 Contact form

Visitors can submit messages to the company using an online contact form on the website. In order to be able to receive a reply, at least a valid email address is required. The person making the request can provide all further information voluntarily. By sending the message via the contact form, the visitor agrees to the processing of the personal data transmission. The data processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of handling and answering inquiries via the contact form. This is done on the basis of the voluntarily given approval. Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. a) GDPR. The personal data collected for using the contact form will be automatically deleted as soon as the request has been dealt with and there are no reasons for further storage (e.g. subsequent commissioning of our company).

2.3 Newsletter (only if applicable)

By registering for the newsletter, the visitor agrees to the processing of the personal data transmission. For subscription you only need to enter the visitor’s email address. The legal basis for processing the visitor’s personal data for the purpose of sending newsletters is the consent. Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. a) GDPR.

The visitor can unsubscribe from receiving newsletters at any time. This can be done by using a special link at the end of the newsletter or by sending an e-mail to datenschutz@etree.de.

3.Data transfer

Personal data will be transmitted to third parties if

according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. a) GDPR has been consented to by the concerned person,
the transfer according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. f) GDPR is necessary for the establishment, management or defense of legal claims and no reason to believe that the person concerned has an overriding legitimate interest in non-disclosure of their data,
for the data transfer according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. c) GDPR is a legal obligation, and / or
this according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. b)GDPR is necessary for the performance of a contractual relationship with the person concerned.

In other cases, personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

4.Cookies

Cookies are used on the website. These are data packets that are exchanged between the website server and the visitor’s browser. When you visit the website, used devices are saved (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.). Cookies cannot cause any damage. In particular, they do not contain any viruses or other malware. Information which is stored in the cookies is connected with the usable device. The company cannot obtain information to identify the website visitor.

Cookies are mostly accepted according to the basic browser settings. The browser settings can be set up so that cookies are either not accepted on the used devices or that a special message is shown before a new cookie is created. It should be noted, however, that deactivating cookies may mean that not all functions of the website can be used.

The use of cookies makes the use of the company’s website more convenient. For example, session cookies can be used to determine whether the visitor has already visited pages on the website. These session cookies are automatically deleted after you leave the website.

Temporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor’s device for a temporary period. When you visit the website again, it is automatically recognized that the visitor has already been on the page earlier and which entries and settings have been made so that they do not have to be repeated.

Cookies are also used to analyze visits to the website for statistical purposes and improvement. These cookies allow to recognize automatically that you have already used website when you visit the website again. The cookies are automatically deleted after a specified time.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes of safeguarding the legitimate interests of the company in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. f) GDPR legitimated.

5. Analysis services for websites, tracking

We use the website analysis service for websites from Google Analytics.

The legal basis for using the analysis tools is Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. f) GDPR. The website analysis is in the legitimate interest of our company and is used to statistically record page usage for the continuous improvement of our website and the range of our services.

6. Your rights as a data subject

Insofar as your personal data is processed when you visit our website, you as the “data subject” have the following rights within the meaning of the GDPR:

6.1 Information

You can request information from us whether we process your personal data. There is no right to information if the provision of the requested information violates the duty of confidentiality § 83 StBerG would be violated or the information would have to be kept secret for other reasons, in particular because of an overriding legitimate interest of a third party. Deviating from this, there may be an obligation to provide the information if your interests outweigh the interests of confidentiality, especially taking into account the threat of damage. The right to information is also excluded if the data is only stored because it may not be deleted due to statutory or statutory retention periods or is used exclusively for data backup or data protection purposes, provided that the provision of information would require a disproportionate amount of effort and processing for other purposes is excluded by suitable technical and organizational measures. If the right to information is not excluded in your case and your personal data is processed by us, you can make inquiry from us about the following information:

Purposes of processing,
Categories of the personal data processed by you,
Recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data will be disclosed, in particular to recipients from third countries,
if possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage duration,
the existence of a right to correction or deletion or restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you or a right to object to this processing,
the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority,
if the personal data has not been collected from you as the data subject, the available information about the origin of the data,
the existence of an automated decision-making, including profiling and meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and the expected impact of automated decision making,
in the case of transmission to recipients in third countries, unless the EU Commission has decided on the adequacy of the level of protection according to Art. 45 Abs. 3 GDPR is available, information about suitable guarantees Art. 46 Abs. 2 GDPR are intended to protect personal data.

6.2 Correction and completion

If you discover that we have incorrect personal data about you, you can request us to correct this incorrect data immediately. In the case of incomplete personal data concerning you, you can request completion.

6.3 Deletion

You have a right tfor deletion (“right to be forgotten”), provided that the processing is not necessary to exercise the right for freedom of expression, the right for information or to fulfill a legal obligation or to perform a task that is in the public interest and one of the following reasons applies:

The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were processed.
The justification for the processing was solely your consent, which you revoked.
You have applied an objection to the processing of your personal data that we have made public.
You have objected to the processing of personal data not made public by us and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing.
Your personal data has been processed illegally.
The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfill for a legal obligation to which we are required to do.

There is no entitlement to deletion if, in the case of lawful non-automated data processing, deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionately high effort due to the special type of storage and your interest in deletion is low. In this case, instead of deletion, processing is restricted.

6.4 Restriction of processing

You can request that we restrict processing if one of the following reasons is applied:

You dispute the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, the restriction can be requested for the duration that enables us to check the accuracy of the data.
The processing is illegal and instead of deletion you make request for restiction of using your personal data.
Your personal data no longer needed for the purposes of processing, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
You have objection in accordance with Art. 21 Abs. 1 GDPR inserted. The restriction of processing may be required as long as is unknown whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

Restriction of processing means that personal data will only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. Before we lift the restriction, we have an obligation to notify you about it.

6.5 Data portability

You have a right to data portability, processing (1 Art. 6 para. Sentence 1 Letter. a) provided on your consent or Art. 9 Abs. 2 letter a) GDPR) or is based on a contract to which you are a party and the processing is carried out using automated procedures. In this case, the right to data portability includes the following rights, provided that this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other people: You can request us to receive the personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format . You have the right to transfer this data to another person responsible without hindrance on our part. To the extent technically feasible, you can demand from us that we transfer your personal data directly to another manager.

6.6 Contradiction

If the processing is based on Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. e) GDPR (performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of public authority) or on Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the person responsible or a third party), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation. This also applies to Art. 6 Abs. 1 Sentence 1 Letter. e) or literally. f) GDPR-based profiling. After exercising the right to object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

You can object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. This also applies to profiling that is associated with such direct mail. Following the exercise of this right to object, we will not use the personal data for direct marketing purposes.

You have the option of informing us of your objection by telephone, email, fax +49 221 292 417 88 or to the postal address of our company listed at the beginning of this data protection declaration.

6.7 Withdrawal of consent

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of the consent can be made informally by telephone, e-mail, fax +49 221 292 417 88 or to our postal address. The revocation does not affect the legality of the data processing, which took place on the basis of the consent until receipt of the revocation. After receipt of the revocation, the data processing, which was based solely on your consent, will be stopped.

6.8 Complaint

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data is illegal, you can lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority that is responsible for the place of your residence or place of work or for the place of the alleged violation.

7. Status and update of the data protection declaration

This privacy policy was last updated on May 25, 2018. We reserve the right to update the data protection declaration in due course in order to improve data protection and / or to adapt it to changes in official practice or case law.