Bernhard Bals Legal Information

Privacy Note

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  1. General Information
  2. Identity of the contractual partner
  3. Providing the website and storing log-files
  4. Contact via e-mail or contact form
  5. Your rights with regards to personal informations

1. General information

I appreciate your trust that I treat all stored personal data with utmost confidentially. I only store data which is essential for maintaining a continuous business relationship. Protection of your personal data is of paramount importance to me and I take care to guarantee your privacy rights at all times.

I have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against loss or against any form of unlawful processing. My security measures are continually reviewed in accordance with technological developement.

This website uses SSL- or TLS-encryption for data transmission to guarantee the safety of your information. You can identify encrypted transmission by the little lock-symbol in the adress-bar or by changing from “http://” to “https://”.

The following privacy note should give you an overview how your personal data is processed when you visit my website.

2. Identity of the contractual partner

Responsible according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) for the website www.eqmc-consulting.de and the associated data processing is:

BERNHARD BALS

privacy@eqmc-consulting.de

3. Providing the website and storing log-files

3.1 Description and scope of data processing

The webserver automatically receives and stores ainformation from your system and device when you enter the website.

The following information will be received:

  • Information about type and version of your browser
  • Your operating-system
  • Visited pages on my website
  • If existing: the referrer-URL
  • Your internet-service-provider
  • Your IP-adress
  • Date and time of the visit

There is no linking or cross-evaluation of this data with other data sources.

This information is stored only on webservers hosted in the European Union (Germany) and there is no transmission to third countries.

3.2 Legal ground for data processing

Legal ground for processing your personal information is Art. 6 (1) f GDPR (legitimate interest of the responsible as operator of this website).

3.3 Purpose of use

The temporary storage of your IP-adress is essential for providing the content of the website to your device. Therefore I have to store your IP-adress during your session on my website.

To make sure that I can offer the best service on my website, I have to store your information in log-files. This data is used to optimize the website and to guarantee the safety of the system (e.g. to defense again attacks).

I will not use your data for any purpose of marketing-evaluation.

3.4 Duration of storing

I do not store your data longer than legally permitted and necessary for the purpose you provided your information for.

The log-files will be stored in a hashed way on servers located in the European Union (Germany) and they will be deleted after 400 days at the latest.

4. Contact via e-mail or contact-form

4.1 Description and scope of data processing

You can contact me via contact-form or e-mail.

In case of contact I will receive and process the personal data you send me (e.g. name, e-mail-adress, phone-number, etc).

4.2 Legal grounds for data processing

Legal ground for processing your personal information you send while contact is Art. 6 (1) f GDPR (legitimate interest of the responsible as operator of this website).

In case of concluding a contract there is an additional legal ground in Art. 6 (1) b GDPR (fulfillment of a contract).

4.3 Purpose of use

When you contact me via e-mail I will save your message and data so that I can respond to your message.

4.4 Duration of storing

I do not store your personal data longer than it is necessary for responding to your request.

If the conversation leads to a conclusion of a contract I am legally obliged to store the correspondinging data during the required duration.

Your data will be stored on servers located in the European Union (Germany) only and there will be no transmission to third parties or countries.

4.5 Objection

You have the option to address an objection against the processing and storage of your personal information by sending a message to: privacy@eqmc-consulting.de.

In case of objection I will delete all personal information except the data I am obliged to store according to legal grounds (e.g. contracts, commercial letters).

5. Your rights with regards to personal information

In line with GDPR you have the following rights with regards to the processing and storage of your personal information:

  • Right of access to your personal data
  • Right of correction and completion
  • Right of deletion
  • Right of data portability
  • Right of objection
  • Right to limit the processing
  • Right to object automated processing and decisionmaking

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or suggestions regarding my data protection policy.