Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

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 that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy set out below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?

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

How do we collect your data?

Some of your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily 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?

Some data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. According to the website operator, no visitor analytics or tracking services are used. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the data submitted will also be processed for contractual offers, orders or other business enquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information, free of charge, about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected or deleted. If you have given consent to data processing, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect 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 rights or any other questions about data protection.

2. Hosting

We host our website content with the following provider: Strato

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

Further information can be found in Strato's privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

We use Strato on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. If the corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Server Log Files

When you access this website, the hosting provider may process technically necessary server log data, such as IP address, date and time of access, requested pages/files, browser and operating system, referrer URL and HTTP status code. This processing serves the secure and reliable operation of the website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of these pages 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 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 takes place.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Data Controller

The controller responsible for processing personal data on this website is:

büro für leichtbau
Tritthardt + Richter GbR
Jörg Tritthardt and Dirk Richter
Westendstraße 3
78315 Radolfzell am Bodensee
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 7732 - 94089-0
Email: info@bfl-tr.com

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

Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was processed no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for 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. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place once those reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data under Article 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Article 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your device (e.g. through device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on Section 25(1) TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for taking steps prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data where necessary to comply with a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, personal data must also be transferred to these external parties. We disclose personal data to external parties only if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in disclosure pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits disclosure. When using processors, we disclose our customers' personal data only on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Article 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 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 PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of infringements 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, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. This right is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract, or to have it transferred to a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only take place insofar as it is technically feasible.

Access, Rectification and Erasure

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

Right to Restriction of Processing

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

• If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify it. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead oferasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have objected pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may, apart from storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies and Website Analytics

According to the website operator, no visitor tracking or analytics services are used.

Contact Form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the enquiry form, including the contact details you enter, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), if requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose of storage no longer applies (e.g. once your enquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Enquiries by Email, Telephone or Fax

If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), if requested; consent may be withdrawn at any time.

The data you send us through contact enquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose of storage no longer applies (e.g. once your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This website offers an optional interactive Google Maps display. The service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Consent before loading: The map is initially inactive. A connection to Google is established only after you select “Load Google Maps“. This may transmit personal data, including your IP address, browser information and the page being accessed, to Google. Google may use cookies or similar technologies. Data may also be processed in the United States.

We load the map on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where storing or accessing information on your device is involved, Section 25(1) TDDDG. Using the map is voluntary; our contact details and address are available without loading it.

Consent to loading the embedded map is not stored permanently, so a new choice is required on each page visit. You can select “Disable Google Maps“ to remove the embedded map during the current visit. This does not reverse any data already transmitted to Google.

For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Data Privacy Framework listing.