Privacy policy

1. Name and contact information for the controller and company Privacy Officer This privacy policy applies to data processed by:

Controller:
Ms Marie-Luise Dobler, Walkmühlenweg 12-16, 23560 Lübeck, Germany, phone +49 (0)170 89 33 446, email: Strohmi.GmbH@gmail.com

2. Collection and storage of personal data and nature and purpose of its use

a) When visiting our website

When visiting our website at https://www.strohhalme-strohmi.de, information is sent automatically to our website´s server by the browser being used on your device. This information is saved temporarily in what is called a log file. The following information is saved without you doing anything and stored until it is automatically deleted:
- IP address of the requesting computer
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the retrieved file
- Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
- The browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider. The data listed above is processed by us for the following purposes:
- To ensure our website establishes a connection smoothly
- To ensure it is convenient to use our website
- To analyse system security and stability, and
- For other administrative purposes

The legal grounds for processing data are provided in Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the above purposes for which we collect data. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of making inferences about you as a person.

In addition, we use cookies and analytics services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations of these features in sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

b) When using our contact form

If you have questions of any kind, we offer you the option of contacting us using a form provided on our website. To use the form, you must enter a valid email address so that we know whom the enquiry is coming from and so that we can respond to it. You may enter additional information voluntarily. When personal data is processed for the purpose of contacting us, it is done in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR on the basis of the consent you have granted voluntarily. The personal data collected by us so that you can use the contact form will be deleted automatically once your enquiry has been resolved.

3. Disclosure of data

Your personal data is not shared with third parties other than for the purposes listed below. We only share your personal data with third parties if:

- You have given your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR
- Disclosure is necessary per Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to establish, exercise or defend legal claims
and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding, legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
- There is a legal obligation to share your data in line with Article 6(1)(c) GDPR
- It is necessary to perform contracts we have with you as per Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided the disclosure is lawful

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and nor do they contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Cookies store information produced in connection with each specific device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity through them. For starters, using cookies makes it more pleasant for you when you use our website. For example, we use so-called session cookies so that we can recognize if you have already visited pages on our website. These cookies are deleted automatically when you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, and these are stored on your device for a specified period of time. If you visit our website again to use our services, they will automatically recognize you as returning and detect the information and settings you have provided so that you do not need to enter them again.

Secondly, we use cookies to record statistics on the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you (see section 5). These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you revisit it. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed using cookies is necessary for the listed purposes in order to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, however you can configure your browser so that it does not store cookies or always tells you before setting a cookie. If you disable cookies completely, though, you may not be able to use all the features of our website.

5. Analytics tools

We use the tracking tools listed below on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We use tracking tools to ensure the needs-based design and ongoing optimization of our website. Secondly, we use these tracking tools to record statistics on the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests of ours are deemed legitimate for the purposes of the above regulation. Each tracking tool provides information about its purpose for processing data and the categories of data processed.

6. Social Media Plugins

We do not use social media plug-ins.

7. Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

- To obtain access to and information about the personal data concerning you that we process, in accordance with Article 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the purposes for processing, categories of personal data, categories of recipients to whom your data was/is disclosed, planned retention period, existence of rights to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, existence of a right to complain, origin of the data if it was not collected by us and existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and in that case meaningful information about those specific processes.

- To obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you that is stored by us, in accordance with Article 16 GDPR.

- To obtain the erasure of your personal data that is stored by us if its processing is not necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, compliance with a legal obligation, reasons of public interest or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, in accordance with Article 17 GDPR.

- To obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 18 GDPR if you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21 GDPR.

- To obtain your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to transmit that data to another controller, in accordance with Article 20 GDPR.

- To withdraw the consent you have previously given to us, in accordance with Article 7(3) GDPR. This will mean that we will in future not be permitted to continue processing the data for which the consent was granted.

- To lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 77 GDPR. Generally you can contact the supervisory authority with jurisdiction over your habitual residence or place of work or over our company´s registered office.

8. Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests as defined in Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, Article 21 GDPR provides you the right to object to the processing of your personal data if your particular situation gives you the grounds to do so or if you are objecting to direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object with which we will comply without you needing to provide a description of any special situation.

If you would like to utilize your right to withdraw consent or to object, an email to the following address will be sufficient: info@strohhalme-strohmi.de.

9. Data security

When you visit our website, we use common SSL technology (Secure Sockets Layer) in connection with the highest level of encryption supported by your respective browser. Usually this is 256-bit encryption [please check]. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we will instead make use of 128-bit v3 technology. You can see whether a page on our website is loaded over an encrypted connection if the key or padlock symbol on the bottom status bar of your browser is depicted as closed.

We have also implemented appropriate technological and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction and unauthorized third-party access. Our security measures are enhanced on an ongoing basis to reflect technological developments..

10. Validity and amendments of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018. Due to the ongoing enhancement of our website and offering for it and due to changes to legal and official specifications, it may occasionally be necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can view and print our current, applicable privacy policy at any time by navigating to https://https://www.strohhalme-strohmi.de..