Privacy Policy

1. Overview of Data Protection

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website.
Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator.
Their contact details can be found in the section “Information on the Controller” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, firstly, by you providing it to us.
This may include data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems.
This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).
This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website.
Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data is also processed for contract offers, orders, or other inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

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

You may contact us at any time regarding these and other questions about data protection.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated.
This is done primarily with so-called analytics programs.

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

2. Hosting

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

Strato

The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (“Strato”).
When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files including your IP addresses.

Further information can be found in Strato’s privacy policy:

https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/
.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website.
If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG,
insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) under the TDDDG.
Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service.
This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures Strato processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected.
Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified.
This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for.
It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security gaps.
A complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

LEICHTevolution GmbH
Königstr. 9
83022 Rosenheim
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)8031 352 72 20
Email: office@LEICHTevolution.de

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies.
If you request deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data
(e.g., tax or commercial retention periods).
In the latter case, deletion occurs after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases of Data Processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed.
If you have expressly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.
If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), processing is also based on § 25(1) TDDDG.
Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

If your data is required for contract performance or pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
We also process your data if required to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The relevant legal basis in each individual case is explained in this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties.
This may require the transfer of personal data to these external parties.
We only transfer personal data to external parties if this is necessary for contract performance, if we are legally obliged to do so
(e.g., transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the transfer.

When using processors, we only transfer personal data based on a valid data processing agreement.
In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of Your Consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent.
You may withdraw consent at any time.
The legality of data processing carried out before withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to Object to Data Processing in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME,
ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA;
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS.

IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA 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 DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(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 MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING.

IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations 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 exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract
in a common, machine-readable format.
If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.

Right of Access, Rectification, and Erasure

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information
about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing,
and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data.
You may contact us at any time regarding this or other questions about personal data.

Right to Restrict Processing

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

• If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this.
  For the duration of the verification, 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 may 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 objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out.
  As long as it is not yet clear 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, such data may—apart from being stored—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 of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator,
this site uses SSL or TLS encryption.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address line changes from “http://” to “https://”
and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packages that 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 after your visit.
Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (third-party cookies).
Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites
(e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them
(e.g., shopping cart function or displaying videos).
Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies required for the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions requested by you
(e.g., shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audiences)
are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR unless another legal basis is specified.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent
(Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent may be withdrawn at any time.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only in individual cases,
exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

If additional cookies and services are used on this website, this will be explained in this privacy policy.

Inquiry by Email, Telephone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry)
will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request.
We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract
or is necessary for pre-contractual measures.
In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us
(Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, withdraw your consent to storage,
or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed).
Mandatory statutory provisions—especially statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.