General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our Privacy Policy set out below.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the section “Information on the Controller” in this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data entered into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You may contact us at any time regarding these matters or any other questions concerning data protection.
Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using analytics programs.
Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the Privacy Policy below.
We host our website with IONOS. The provider is IONOS SE, Eigendorfer Str. 57, DE-56410 Montabaur, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “Host Europe”). When you visit our website, Host Europe collects various log files, including your IP addresses.
For details, please refer to the IONOS Privacy Policy: https://www.ionos.de/datenschutzerklaerung
The use of Host Europe is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, what we use it for, and how and for what purpose this occurs.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Dr. Sebastian Sons Wuhlestraße 7a 12683 Berlin
mail(at)sebastiansons.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Period
Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law). In the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on this Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data pursuant to Article 9(1) GDPR are processed.
In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Article 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.
If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal basis in each individual case is provided in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.
Information on Data Transfers to the USA and Other Third Countries
Among other things, we use tools provided by companies based in the United States or other countries that are not considered secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries.
Please note that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, U.S. companies may be required to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against such disclosure. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, analyze, and permanently store your data located on U.S. servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw any consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Article 21 GDPR)
If data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data. This also applies to profiling based on those provisions.
The relevant legal basis for processing can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection under Article 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection under Article 21(2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, either for yourself or for a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.
SSL/TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser’s address line from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol displayed in your browser.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Encrypted Payment Transactions on This Website
If, after the conclusion of a paid contract, you are required to provide us with payment information (e.g., account details for direct debit authorization), this data is necessary for payment processing.
Payment transactions via common payment methods (Visa, MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection.
With encrypted communication, your payment data transmitted to us cannot be read by third parties.
Access, Deletion, and Correction
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of processing, as well as the right to correction or deletion of this data.
You may contact us at any time regarding this or any other questions relating to personal data.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You may contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
Where processing has been restricted, such personal data may—apart from storage—only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
Objection to Promotional Emails
The use of contact data published in compliance with legal notice requirements for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited.
The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.
Cookies Our website uses so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you enter our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or displaying videos). Other cookies are used to analyze user behavior or display advertising.
Cookies required to carry out electronic communication processes, to provide certain functions you request (e.g., shopping cart), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web traffic) (necessary cookies) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies to ensure technically error-free and optimized service delivery. If consent to store cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally, and enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
If cookies from third parties or for analysis purposes are used, we will inform you separately in this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.
Consent with Usercentrics This website uses the consent technology of Usercentrics to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies on your device or using certain technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection laws. The provider is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “Usercentrics”).
When you enter our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Usercentrics:
Usercentrics also stores a cookie in your browser to assign your granted consents or their withdrawal. The collected data is stored until you request deletion, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention obligations remain unaffected.
Usercentrics is used to obtain legally required consent for certain technologies. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Data processing agreement We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider to ensure that personal data of our website visitors is processed only according to our instructions and in compliance with GDPR.
Contact via email, phone, or fax If you contact us via email, phone, or fax, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to a contract or necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if requested. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data you send via contact requests remains with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent, or the purpose for storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.
Google Analytics This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Dublin, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze user behavior. The operator receives various usage data such as page views, duration of visits, operating systems used, and user origin. These data are assigned to a user ID and linked to the user’s device.
Additionally, Google Analytics can record mouse movements, scrolling, and clicks. It also uses modeling approaches and machine learning technologies to analyze data.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies or device fingerprinting to recognize users. Information collected is usually transferred to and stored on Google servers in the USA.
This service is used based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG). Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on EU standard contractual clauses.
Browser plugin You can prevent data collection by Google by installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
More information: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Data processing agreement We have concluded a DPA with Google and fully comply with German data protection requirements.
YouTube This website embeds YouTube videos (provider: Google Ireland Limited).
When visiting a page with YouTube, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube learns which pages you visit.
YouTube may store cookies or use recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) to gather visitor data, improve usability, and prevent fraud.
If logged into your YouTube account, your browsing behavior can be linked to your profile. You can prevent this by logging out.
Use is based on legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Consent can be revoked at any time.
More info: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Vimeo This website uses Vimeo plugins (provider: Vimeo Inc., USA).
When visiting a Vimeo page, a connection is established and your IP address is transmitted—even if not logged in.
If logged in, Vimeo can link your activity to your profile. Log out to prevent this.
Vimeo uses cookies or similar technologies.
Use is based on legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
Data transfer to the USA is based on EU standard contractual clauses and Vimeo’s stated legitimate business interests.
More info: https://vimeo.com/privacy
Google reCAPTCHA We use Google reCAPTCHA (provider: Google Ireland Limited).
reCAPTCHA checks whether data input is made by a human or automated program by analyzing behavior (IP address, time spent, mouse movements, etc.). Data is transmitted to Google.
Analysis runs automatically in the background.
Processing is based on legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
More info: https://policies.google.com/privacy https://policies.google.com/terms