1. DATA PROTECTION – SIMPLE AND CONCISE:
1.1. Who is responsible for data processing?
1.2. Is there a data protection officer I can contact?
1.3. Who is the competent supervisory authority?
1.4. What rights do I have with regard to the processing of my data?
1.5. What data is actually involved?
2. DATA PROTECTION – NOT QUITE SO SIMPLE AND LONGER, BUT VERY PRECISE
2.1. Information about the collection of personal data
2.1.1. Contact
2.2. Collection of personal data by and for us when you visit our website
2.2.1. Data processed as a matter of principle
2.3. Social media content
2.4. Website analysis
3. PROCESSING BASED ON YOUR CONSENT 4. LINKS
5. FURTHER INFORMATION
Data protection is about protecting you from the misuse of your data.
When you visit a website, data flows that the website owner knows belongs to you. This data is called personal data. This is always the case, including with us. We want (and must) explain to you exactly what happens. Since this can be a rather long text even with just a small amount of data, here is a brief summary of the most important points:
That is us:
Questalpha GmbH, Im Heerfeld 7, 35713 Eschenburg, info questalpha.com
Yes, there is. His name is Henning Welz and you can reach him at welz gdsm.de or at our postal address with the addition "the data protection officer".
This is the "Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information", Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1, 65389 Wiesbaden, Germany.
The rights arising for you from the processing vary depending on the legal basis and circumstances of the processing. If you have any questions about exercising these rights, please feel free to contact our data protection officer.
In principle, you have the following rights:
Firstly, there is technical data that is always collected when you visit a website: IP address, date and time, type of request, amount of data transferred, browser type, operating system, language, requesting website. As mentioned above, this is always the case.
In addition, we also use small pieces of information that we store on your computer to make it easier for you to use the site. These are called cookies. This is usually the case and is necessary to enable you to use our website conveniently. However, you can also prevent this (by adjusting your browser settings). In this case, however, the site will not function as well.
If you enter data on our website, for example to create an account, subscribe to a newsletter or contact us, we will use the data exclusively for the respective purpose.
We do not require your consent for any of these processes (we refer to them as "processing"). If we intend to use the data for any other purpose, we will ask for your consent.
We ask for this consent right at the beginning, immediately after you visit the website, in a consent tool. Here you can also find detailed information about what data we need for what purpose, how it is collected and how long we store it. You can revoke your consent at any time by changing the settings in this consent tool.
A summary of your settings in the consent tool and the option to change them can be found in section "3. Processing based on your consent".
In general, we store all data for as long as we need it for the respective purpose and only longer if we are required to do so by law. If a specific period of time can be specified, you will find it in the following text.
You now have a basic understanding of what this is all about. For more detailed and comprehensive information, please continue reading:
When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, your name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context once it is no longer necessary to store it, or restrict its processing if there are legal storage obligations.
When you use the website for purely informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security on the basis of Section 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):
If you have given us your consent in the consent tool displayed when you start the website, we will use the social media services you have authorised to display content from the relevant social media on our website. In this context, personal data will also be passed on to these social media providers. Consent constitutes a legal basis within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and permission in accordance with § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.
Depending on your consent in the consent tool, we also use plug-ins from social media providers that allow you to quickly switch to these. We use the so-called two-click solution. This means that just because you have visited our site, no personal data is passed on to the providers of the plug-ins. This only happens after you have activated the plug-in by clicking on it. In this case, the data mentioned in section 2.2.1 of this declaration will be transmitted.
Please refer to the privacy policies of the providers for information on the exact circumstances of the processing of your personal data.
If you have given your consent, we use a web analytics service to analyse activity on the website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for this use is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.
As already mentioned, when you first visited our website, we asked for your consent to use various services using a consent tool. These may be services that provide certain fonts for our website, enable you to navigate to us or, as also briefly mentioned above, establish a connection to social media channels or enable us to analyse website activity. The services for which we ask for your consent are subject to change. What they all have in common is that we will only use them if you have given your consent and will immediately stop using them if you withdraw your consent. This so-called revocation extends to the future; data already collected will not be deleted but will be processed within the scope of the consent given.
All services used within the scope of the consent given are used on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG and within the scope of Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.
You can view the status of your consent here.
If you find links to other sites on our website, clicking on these links will take you from our website to the website of another provider. This other provider is responsible for everything that happens to your data. You will find more detailed information in the privacy policy belonging to that website.
If you would like to find out how we process data from third parties outside the website environment, please read our privacy policy for third parties!