Data Privacy Policy
1 INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
Thank you very much for your interest in our company. Data privacy is of utmost importance for the management of Gestüt Sprehe GmbH. It is essentially possible to use the web pages of Gestüt Sprehe GmbH without giving any personal data. Should website visitors wish to make use of particular services of our company via our website, it could, however, be necessary to process personal data. Should the processing of personal data be necessary, and should no legal basis exist for such processing, we will generally obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in conformity with the applicable country-specific data protection regulations. By means of this data privacy statement, our company would like to inform the public on the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data gathered, used and processed by us. Furthermore, with the aid of this data privacy statement website users are given an explanation concerning the rights which they are entitled to assert.
Gestüt Sprehe GmbH has, as controller for the processing, implemented various technical and organisational measures in order to ensure that any personal data processed via this website is protected as comprehensively as possible. Digital data transmission may, however, essentially contain security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to also transmit his or her personal data to us in alternative ways, such as by telephone.
1.1 Name and address of the controller for the processing
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, any other data privacy laws which may apply in the Member States of the European Union and any other regulations of a data protection law nature is:
Gestüt Sprehe GmbH
Neuekamp 1
D-49624 Löningen-Benstrup
E-mail: pferde@sprehe.de
1.2 Name and address of the Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer of the controller responsible for the processing is:
Leo Meyer-Schene
Postal address:
Wilhelmshavener Heerstr. 100
26125 Oldenburg
E-mail: datenschutz@sprehe.de
Every website visitor and anyone else who may be interested can contact our Data Protection Officer directly with any questions and suggestions concerning data privacy at any time.
1.3 The passing on of data
Your personal data is not transmitted to third parties for purposes other than the purposes listed below.
We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
- you have granted your explicit consent to it pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a ) GDPR, for example to shipping providers by ordering goods to be sent by post or your consent to special terms and conditions of participation within the context of prize draws.
- it is necessary to pass it on pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and no reason exists to assume that you have an overwhelming interest worthy of protection in your data not being passed on.
- a statutory obligation exists in regard to the passing on of data pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and
- it is statutorily permissible and, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, necessary for handling contractual relations with you.
2 NOTES ON GATHERING DATA
2.1 Cookies
The web pages of Gestüt Sprehe GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed on a computer system and saved via a web browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called “cookie ID”. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string, through which web pages and servers can be allocated to the specific web browser where the cookie has been saved. This makes it possible for the web pages and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the website visitor from other web browsers containing other cookies. A particular web browser can be recognised again and identified via the unique cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, Gestüt Sprehe GmbH can provide the users of this website with user-friendly services, which would not be possible without placing the cookie.
Website users can at any time prevent cookies from being placed by our website by means of a corresponding setting of the web browser used, and thus permanently revoke the placing of cookies. Furthermore, any cookies already placed can be deleted via a web browser or other software at any time. This is possible in any common web browser. Should the website visitor deactivate the placing of cookies in the web browser used, under certain circumstances not all functions of our website can be used in full.
2.2 Gathering general data and information
a) When visiting the website
When our website is accessed, information is automatically sent to our website’s server through the browser deployed on your terminal. This information will be temporarily saved in a log file. The following information will, in that respect, be recorded without your involvement, and saved until it is deleted automatically:
- The name of the file accessed
- The date and time of access
- The volume of data transmitted
- A notification in regard to whether the access was successful
- The type of web browser used
- The type of operating system used
- The page visited previously
- The name of your Internet Service Provider
- Your IP address
The data mentioned will be processed by us for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection build-up of the website;
- Ensuring convenient use of our website;
- Evaluating the system security and stability; and also
- for further administrative purposes.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes for gathering data listed above. We will never use the data gathered for the purpose of drawing conclusions regarding your person.
b) When using our contact form
If you have questions of any kind we offer you the opportunity to make contact with us via a contact form provided on the website. Should a website visitor make contact with us, the personal data transmitted to us by him or her on a voluntary basis is automatically saved – for the purpose of the processing or making contact. Such personal data is not passed on to third parties. The data processing for the purpose of making contact with us is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR based on your consent given voluntarily.
c) When playing Youtube videos
We use the provider YouTube to embed videos. But like most websites, YouTube also uses cookies to collect information about visitors to its website. YouTube uses these to capture video statistics, prevent fraud, and improve usability. It will also connect to the Google DoubleClick network. Starting the video could trigger more data processing. We have no influence on that. For more information about privacy at YouTube, please see their privacy policy at: youtube.com/t/privacy_at_youtube
3 WEB-ANALYSIS AND WEBSITE-OPTIMISATION
Data is gathered and saved on this website for marketing and optimisation purposes using Google Analytics, a tracking tool of the US company Google LLC. Usage profiles may be created from such data under a pseudonym. Cookies may be deployed for this purpose. Cookies are small text files, which are stored locally in the cache of the web browser of the visitor to the site. The cookies enable the web browser to be recognised again. The data gathered using Google Analytics is not used to identify the visitor to this website personally, nor is it merged with personal data on the bearer of the pseudonym, without specific consent being granted by the data subject.
You can prevent the use of the cookies by setting your browser accordingly. In addition, you can deactivate tracking by clicking this link: Deactivate Google Analytics., however it may be the case that, in such a case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in their entirety.
4 RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
You are entitled to assert the following rights of data subjects:
a) The right to information
You are entitled to request confirmation from us about whether we process personal data concerning you.
b) Correction/deletion/restriction of the processing
You are, moreover, entitled to request us to
- correct any incorrect personal data concerning you without delay (right to correction);
- have any personal data concerning you deleted without delay (right to deletion) and
- restrict the processing of your personal data (right to restriction of the processing).
c) The right to data portability
You have the right to obtain personal data concerning you that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format, and to request that such data be transmitted to another controller.
d) Right of revocation
You are entitled to revoke your declaration of consent at any time. The legitimacy of the processing that has been carried out based on the consent prior to revocation is not affected by the consent being revoked.
e) The right of objection
Should the processing of personal data concerning you be necessary in order to take on a task that is in the public interest (Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR) or to preserve our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), you are entitled to assert a right of objection.
f) The right to complain
Should you be of the opinion that the processing of the personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, notwithstanding any other legal remedies you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority. You will find the details of your competent supervisory authority at ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm