Privacy Policy
1. An overview of data protection
General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the
right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing
behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal
information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what
information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to
security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Notice concerning the party responsible for this website
The party responsible for
processing data on this website is:
Carl-Michael Diedrich
Wachtelpforte 36
38644
Goslar
Telephone: 05321 70949-13
Email: kontakt@cospro.de
The responsible
party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of
processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to the
processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express
consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this
request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally
processed.
Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a
breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent
regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation
is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data
protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_linksnode.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we
process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third
party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another
responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
SSL or TLS
encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of
the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can
recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from
„http://“ to „https://“ and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address
bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third
parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be
provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well
as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to
have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in
our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.
Opposition to
promotional emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context
of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not
expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited
advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do
not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies
are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the
cookies we use are so-called „session cookies.“ They are automatically deleted after your visit.
Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to
recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you
about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a
cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain
conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser.
Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow
electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are
stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in
the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies
(such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in
this privacy policy.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and
stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in „server log files“. These
are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer
URL - Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP
address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis
for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for
measures preliminary to a contract.
Contact form
Should you send us questions via the
contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to
answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your
permission.
We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your
consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) DSGVO. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal email making this
request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally
processed.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion,
revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling
your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention
periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
4. Analytics and advertising
Google
Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google
Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses socalled
„cookies“. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an
analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this
website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google Analytics
cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in
analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Browser
plugin
You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings
in your browser. However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the
full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the
website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google,
by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Objecting to the
collection of data
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by
clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on
future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.
For more
information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Google
AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an
online advertising program from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043,
United States („Google“).
As part of Google AdWords, we use so-called conversion
tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are
small text files that your internet browser stores on your computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and
are not used for personal identification of the user. Should the user visit certain pages of the website and
the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the website can tell that the user clicked on the ad and
proceeded to that page.
Each Google AdWords advertiser has a different cookie. Thus, cookies
cannot be tracked using the website of an AdWords advertiser. The information obtained using the
conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for the AdWords advertisers who have opted for
conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were
redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, advertisers do not obtain any information that can
be used to personally identify users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt-out of this by
easily disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie by changing your browser settings. In doing so,
you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
Conversion cookies are stored based
on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to
optimize both its website and its advertising.
For more information about Google AdWords and
Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can configure your browser to
inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or
reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under
certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser.
Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
5. Plugins and tools
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use Google Maps,
it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the
USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of
Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places
specified by us on the website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of
Google at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.