Privacy policy

1. Introduction and contact details of the controller

1. 1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1. 2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Eric Schank, Rudolf-Malter-Straße 10, 66280 Sulzbach, Deutschland, Tel. : +491732638856, e-mail: kontakt@ericcarphotography. com. The controller in charge of the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2. Data collection when visiting our website

2. 1 When using our website for informational purposes only, i. e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called „server log files“). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

• Our visited website
• Date and time at the time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/reference from which you reached the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

2. 2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e. g. orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or SSL-encrypted connection. TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string „https://“ and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3. Cookies

In order to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i. e. small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted again after closing the browser (so-called „session cookies“), some of these cookies remain on your end device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called „persistent cookies“). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the cookie settings overview of your web browser.

Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent granted or pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

4. Making contact

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e. g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected when a contact form is used can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be processed after completion of your request. This is the case if it is clear from the changes that the matter in question is finally clear and insofar as there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

5. Page functionalities

Google reCAPTCHA

On this website we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA. For the visual design of the captcha window, the provider „Google Fonts", i. e. fonts downloaded from the Internet by Google, are used. This does not involve the processing of any information other than that already transmitted to Google via the functionality of ReCaptcha.

The service checks whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious access. In order to ensure that an action is carried out by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the terminal device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used as well as the date and duration of the visit and transmits these to the provider's server for evaluation.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and the prevention of abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

6. Rights of the data subject

6. 1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis cited for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:

• Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
• Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
• Right to data protection pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
• Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
• Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
• Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
• Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
• Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

6.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF AN APPLICATION FOR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING ON THE BASIS OF OUR PURPOSED LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; NDEN, WHICH RESULT FROM YOUR SPECIAL SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECTS FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. FURTHER PROCESSING WILL BE RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPULSORY PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING; NOBODY WHO HAS THEIR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS DEDICATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT, EXPLOITATION OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

If your personal data is processed by us for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing. YOU MAY EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA SUBJECTED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

7. Duration of the storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and, if applicable, the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

Where personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or commercial obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21(1) GDPR. 1 GDPR, 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 defence of legal claims.

Where personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.