Data protection

Based on the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG)
If you have any questions about data protection, please contact us personally. We will be happy to help you.

Privacy Policy

The responsible party within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), is: Dr. Roland Gauder

Scope

This privacy statement is intended to inform the users of this website in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and the Telemedia Act about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator

GAUDER AKUSTIK
Gauder & Knapp GbR
Steinbeisstraße 24 - 26
71272 Renningen

Telefon: +49 7159 920161
Telefax: +49 7159 920162
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Your data protection rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer: 

· ​Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 DSGVO),
· Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 DSGVO),
· Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 DSGVO),
· Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 DSGVO),
· objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 DSGVO) and
· Data portability, provided that you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 DSGVO).

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. You may at any time lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at:https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collection of general information when visiting our website Type and purpose of processing: 
When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like. In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

· ​Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
· ​Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
· ​evaluating system security and stability, and for other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us, if necessary, in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis: The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients: Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period: The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

Provision mandatory or required: The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website is not guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

CONTACT FORM

Type and purpose of processing: The data you enter is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used for the assignment of the request and the subsequent response to the same. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal basis: The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). By providing the contact form, we would like to enable you to contact us in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO).

Recipients: Recipients of the data are, if applicable, order processors.

Storage period: Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.
If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or required: The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.

USE OF MATOMO

Type and purpose of processing: This website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand. Matomo uses so-called cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is stored on a server in Germany. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. You have the option to prevent the installation of cookies by changing the settings of your browser software. We would like to point out that if you change this setting, not all functions of this website may be available. You can decide whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the website operator to collect and analyze various statistical data. For more information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software, please see the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/

Legal basis: The processing of the data is based on the consent of the user (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). 

Recipients: Recipients of the data are, if applicable, order processors. 

Storage period: T​he data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes. In our case, this occurs after the following period: 3 months. 

Provision mandatory or required: The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.

Revocation of consent: You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Profiling: with the help of the tracking tool Matomo, the behavior of visitors to the website can be evaluated and interests analyzed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.  

USE OF SCRIPT LIBRARIES (GOOGLE WEBFONTS)

Type and purpose of processing: In order to display our content correctly across browsers and in a graphically appealing manner, we use "Google Web Fonts" of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") on this website to display fonts. The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ 

The Google fonts used are stored exclusively locally on our own server.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

EMBEDDED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Type and purpose of processing: On some of our websites, we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. In the process, YouTube is informed which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand. If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior. 

For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider's privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). ​Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework Legal basis: The legal basis for the integration of YouTube and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). Recipient: Calling up YouTube automatically triggers a connection to Google.

Storage period and revocation of consent: Those who have deactivated the saving of cookies for the Google Ad Program will not have to deal with such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you would like to
prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser. For more information on data protection at "YouTube", please refer to the provider's privacy policy at:: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ third-country-transfer: ​Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework

Provision mandatory or required: the provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely on the basis of your consent. If you prevent access, this may result in functional restrictions on the website.  

SSL CONFIDENTIALITY
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. encryption procedures (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.  

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy to ensure that it to ensure that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to Implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. For your next visit, the new data protection declaration will then apply.

QUESTIONS TO THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an e-mail or contact the data protection officer in our organization directly. responsible person in our organization: Dr. Roland Gauder


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