Data protection

I am very pleased that you are interested in the website of the editorial office Klaus Vollrath. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for me. The use of this website is possible without any indication of personal data.

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This website is intended solely for the personal information of the visitor. No registration or processing of personal data, such as name, address, email address or telephone number, takes place. In particular, there is no access to the data collected by the provider of the homepage.



As the person responsible for the website, I have taken all measures at my disposal to ensure that visitors are protected as completely as possible. However, Internet-based data transmissions can always have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. Personal data can generally only be transmitted via alternative means, for example by telephone, letter or email.

1. Definitions

This data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data protection declaration should be easily readable and understandable for the public as well as for customers and business partners. To ensure this, I would like to explain the terms used in advance.


In this privacy policy, the following terms are used, among others:


    a) personal data


Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.


    b) data subject


A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.


    c) Processing


Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.


    d) Restriction of processing


Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.


    e)   Profiling


Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.


    f) Pseudonymisation


Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.


    g) Controller or person responsible for processing


The controller or person responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for his or her nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.


    h) Processors


A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.


    i) Recipient


Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular investigation in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be considered recipients.


    j) Third party


Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons authorised to process personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.


    k) Consent


Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

2. Name and address of the controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:


Editorial office Klaus Vollrath

Bünteweg 21

4912 Aarwangen

Switzerland

Tel.:
41 62 923 44 90

Email: kv@b2dcomm.ch

Website: b2dcomm.ch

3. Collection of general data and information

This website does not collect any general data and information when accessed by a data subject or an automated system.


4. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The controller does not process or store any personal data.

5. Rights of the data subject

    a) Right to confirmation


Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may contact the controller at any time.


    b) Right to information


Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller at any time free information about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to information about the following information:


    the purposes of the processingthe categories of personal data being processedthe recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisationswhere possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that durationthe existence of a right to request rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processingthe existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authorityif the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information on their originthe existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information on the logic involved, as well as the scope and envisaged effects of such processing for the data subject


Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.


    c) Right to rectification


Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, also by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may contact the controller at any time.


    d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)


Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to erase personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, where one of the following reasons applies and to the extent that processing is not necessary:


    The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing was based according to point (a) of Art. 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Art. 9(2) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) of the GDPR.The personal data were processed unlawfully.The erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8(1) of the GDPR.


If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored on this website, he or she may contact the controller at any time. The erasure request will be complied with immediately.



If the personal data was made public by the website operator and the controller is obliged to erase the personal data pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR, the operator shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless processing is required. The operator will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.


    e) Right to restriction of processing


Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:


    The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of the use of the personal data instead.The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.


If one of the aforementioned conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the website operator, he or she may contact the controller at any time. The controller will arrange for the processing to be restricted.


    f) Right to data portability


Each person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was made available to a controller, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was made available, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.


Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.


To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact Klaus Vollrath at any time.


    g) Right to object


Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, for reasons related to his or her particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.


In the event of an objection, the editorial office Klaus Vollrath will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.


If the editorial office Klaus Vollrath processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purposes of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to the editorial office Klaus Vollrath to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the editorial office Klaus Vollrath will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.


In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons related to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the Redaktionsbüro Klaus Vollrath for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to perform a task carried out for reasons of public interest.


To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact Klaus Vollrath directly. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.


    h) Automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling


Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.


Where the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller or (2) is made with the data subject’s explicit consent, the Redaktionsbüro Klaus Vollrath shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.


If the data subject wishes to exercise rights with regard to automated decisions, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.


    i) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law


Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of personal data at any time.


If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

6. Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of enquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third parties. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR).

7. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or by a third party

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.


8. Period for which personal data will be stored


The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted unless it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract.


9. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision


We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also arise from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract, which we must subsequently process. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what the consequences of non-provision of the personal data would be.


10. Existence of automated decision-making


As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

This sample data protection declaration was created by the GDPR Data Protection Declaration Generator of the German Society for Data Protection, in cooperation with the media law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte.