Privacy Policy
Data Protection
The responsible body in the sense of the data protection laws, in particular the EU data protection basic regulation (DSGVO), is:
Elisabeth Apel
Your Rights
You can exercise your rights via the contact details of our data protection officer:
Information about your stored data and their processing;
Correction of incorrect personal data;
Deletion of your stored data;
Restriction of data processing, if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations;
Objection to the processing of your data by us; and
Data portability, if you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us.
If you have given us your consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
If you have any matter of concern regarding your personal data, you can contact the authority responsible. The relevant authority will depend on where you reside or work and the nature of any alleged difficulties. A list of the authorities where you can seek redress can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Purposes of Data Processing by the Responsible Body and Third Parties
We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We only share your personal information with third parties if:
You have given your express consent;
The processing is required to honour our contract with you;
The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation;
Processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your information.
Deletion or Blocking of Data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. Therefore, we only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned here or as provided for by the various storage periods provided for by law. After discontinuation of the respective purpose or expiration of these deadlines, the corresponding data will be routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions blocked or deleted.
Collecting General Information When Visiting our Website
When you access our website, a cookie automatically records information of a general nature. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet Service Provider and the like. This information does not include any personal details.
This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the contents of web pages requested by you and is mandatory when using the Internet. They are processed for the following purposes:
Ensuring a hassle-free connection to the website;
Ensuring the smooth use of our website;
Evaluation of system security and stability and for further administrative purposes.
The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest for the purpose of communicating with you in the operation of our Internet School being the aforementioned purposes of data collection. We do not use your information to draw conclusions about you. The recipient of the data is only the responsible body and possibly the processor.
Anonymous information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us to optimise our website and the underlying technology.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically gives us certain data, such as IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the Internet.
Cookies cannot be used to launch programs or to transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in Cookies, we can facilitate navigation and enable the correct display of our websites.
Data collected by us will under no circumstances be passed on to third parties or a link with personal data will be established without your consent.
Of course you can also view our website without Cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept Cookies. In general, you can disable the use of Cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please use the help features of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of Cookies.
Registration on our Website
When registering for our personalised services, some personal information will be collected, such as name, address, contact and communication information such as telephone number and e-mail address. If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we offer only to registered users. Registered users also have the option of requesting any of their data collected during registration to be changed or deleted at any time. We can also provide you with information about the personal data we hold about you at any time. We are happy to rectify or delete any details at your request, as far as no statutory storage requirements preclude this. To contact us with regard to your private information, please use the contact details given at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Provision of Paid Services
Our payment facilities include PayPal.
PayPal is an online payment service provider that handles payments via PayPal accounts. PayPal makes it possible to initiate payments to third parties and to receive payments. PayPal also takes on a trustee role, offering buyer protection services.
The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie. S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
If you choose Paypal as a payment option, data is automatically transmitted to PayPal. By choosing this payment option, you consent to the transfer of personal data required for the transfer of payment. The personal data transmitted to PayPal is usually the name, e-mail address, IP address or other data required for payment processing. For the execution of the purchase contract, among other things, such personal data is necessary in connection with the order.
The purpose of the transmission of such data is the processing of payments and fraud prevention, which is carried out by PayPal. Personal data will be transmitted in particular if there is a legitimate interest in the transmission. PayPal and O.G. Data may be transmitted by PayPal to credit reporting agencies. This transfer is used for identity and credit checks. PayPal may also share personal information with affiliates, service providers, and subcontractors as necessary to fulfill their contractual obligations, or when such data is to be processed on behalf of them. The data subject has the option to revoke the consent regarding the handling of personal data to PayPal. A revocation does not affect personal data, which must be processed, used and/or transmitted for contractual payment processing. PayPal's applicable privacy policy is available at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
SSL Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption techniques (such as SSL) over HTTPS.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail via a valid e-mail address. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up communications. After completing your request we will automatically delete personal data.
Embedded YouTube Videos
On some of our websites we embed YouTube videos. The corresponding plug-ins are operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, it will connect to YouTube's servers. YouTube will be informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing history to you personally. This can be prevented by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses Cookies that collect information about user behavior.
Anyone who has disabled the storage of Cookies for the Google Ad program will not have to expect such Cookies when watching YouTube videos. YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other Cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of Cookies in the browser.
For more information on data protection at "YouTube", see the privacy policy of the provider at: https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Change of our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy to always comply with the latest legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the Privacy Policy; for example, when introducing new services. Any new visit will be subject to the new Privacy Policy.
Questions to the Data Protection Officer
If you have questions about data protection, please contact us via email at datenschutz [at] phytoapp.de or contact us directly regarding privacy.