Privacy Policy

1. Overview

General information

The following information provides an overview of what happens with your personal data when you visit this website. “Personal data” are all data that can be used to identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please consult our privacy notice that is found beneath this information.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data collection on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact information in the “Information on the data controller” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
We collect your data, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This consists primarily of technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

How do we use your data?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website functions properly. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated through the website, the data provided will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive, free of charge, information about the source, 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 your consent to data processing, you may revoke that consent at any time with future effect. In addition, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You may contact us at any time regarding this matter or any other questions you may have about data protection.

Analytics tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be analyzed for statistical purposes. This is primarily done using so-called analytics programs. Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter “IONOS”). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to IONOS’s Privacy Policy:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
The use of IONOS is based on Article 6/1/f of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6/1/a of the GDPR and Section 25/1 of the TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

Data processing
We have entered into a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a contract required under data protection law that ensures the service provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory disclosures

Privacy

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Information on the data controller

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
gewerkdesign GmbH + Co. KG
Niedstraße 17
Atelier im Hof
12159 Berlin, Germany
+49 (0)30 850 729 900
eingang@gewerk.com
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.).

Retention period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this privacy policy, we will retain your personal data until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you submit a valid request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these grounds no longer apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to the data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of article 6/1/a of the GDPR or article 9/2/a of the GDPR, provided that special categories of data as defined in article 9/1 of the GDPR are being processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of article 49/1/a of the GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on section 25/1 of the German Telemedia Act (TDDDG). You may revoke your consent at any time.
If your data is necessary 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 of the GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation on the basis of article 6/1/c of the GDPR.
Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to article 6/1/f of the GDPR. The applicable legal bases in each individual case are described in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

As part of our business operations, we collaborate with various external parties. In some cases, this requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We disclose personal data to external parties only if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the disclosure pursuant to article 6/1/f of the GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the disclosure of data. When using data processors, we only disclose our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

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 provided at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on art. 6/1/e or /f of the GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your specific situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. You can find the specific legal basis on which processing is based 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 that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection under art. 21/1 of the GDPR). If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes; 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 pursuant to art. 21/2 of the GDPR).

Right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the location of the alleged violation. This right to file a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically, based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, provided to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another data controller, this will be done only to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Access, correction, and deletion

In accordance with applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to request, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, its source, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to have this data corrected or deleted, if applicable. You may contact us at any time regarding this matter or any other questions about personal data.

Right to restrict the processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You may contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
· If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of this verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
· If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
· If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
· If you have lodged an objection under article 21/1 of the GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be carried out. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data, apart from its storage, may be processed only with your consent, or for the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Objection to advertising emails

We hereby object to the use of contact information published in accordance with the legal requirement to provide an imprint for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited transmission of advertising information, such as through spam emails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically.
Cookies may be set by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website features would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart feature or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g., the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies for measuring website traffic) (necessary cookies), are stored on the basis of article 6/1/f of the GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (article 6/1/a of the GDPR and section 25/1 of the TDDDG); consent may be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to block the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
If additional cookies and services are used on this website, you can find this information in this privacy policy.

GDPR Legal Cookie by Shopify

Our website uses "GDPR Legal Cookie" by Shopify to obtain your consent for the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of certain technologies and to document your consent in a legally compliant manner. The provider of this technology is the beeclever GmbH, Friedrich-Mohr-Straße 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany (hereinafter referred to as “beeclever”).
Whenever you access our website, a connection to beeclever’s servers is established. In this way, the provider beeclever receives personal data, e.g., the used browser, the IP address, and a time stamp.
Subsequently, a cookie is stored in your browser in order to be able to allocate the granted consent or its withdrawal. The recorded data will be stored until you ask us to delete them, delete the cookie yourself, or if the purpose of storing the data ends. This does not affect mandatory statutory retention periods.
For more details please see: https://apps.shopify.com/gdpr-legal-cookie.
We use "GDPR Legal Cookie" by Shopify to obtain the consent for the use of cookies that are mandated by law. The legal basis for this is art. 6/1/c GDPR.

Inquiries via email or telephone

If you contact us via email or phone, your inquiry—including all personal data contained therein (name, inquiry)—will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not disclose this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on article 6/1/b of the GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries directed to us (article 6/1/f of the GDPR) or on your consent (article 6/1/a of the GDPR), provided that such consent was requested; you may revoke your consent at any time.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request that we delete it, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

5. Analytics tools and advertising

IONOS Web Analytics

This website uses the analytics services of IONOS Web Analytics (hereinafter: IONOS). The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. As part of the analyses conducted with IONOS, the following data, among other things, may be analyzed: visitor numbers and behavior (e.g., number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e., which site the visitor came from), visitor locations, and technical data (browser and operating system versions). For this purpose, IONOS stores the following data in particular:
· Referrer (previously visited website)
· Accessed webpage or file
· Browser type and version
· Operating system used
· Device type used
· Time of access
· IP address in anonymized form (used only to determine the location of access)
According to IONOS, data collection is completely anonymized, so that it cannot be traced back to individual persons. IONOS Web Analytics does not store cookies.
The storage and analysis of data are based on article 6/1/f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and section 25/1 of the TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the definition of the TDDDG. Consent may be revoked at any time. For more information on data collection and processing by IONOS Web Analytics, please refer to the IONOS Privacy Policy at the following link: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/datenschutzerklaerung/

6. Newsletter

Newsletter information

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. No other data is collected, or is collected only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively to send you the requested information and do not share it with third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter sign-up form is based solely on your consent (art. 6/1/a GDPR). You may revoke your consent to the storage of your data and email address, as well as their use for sending the newsletter, at any time, for example, by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of any data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by this revocation.
The data you have provided to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe or once the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our sole discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to article 6/1/f of the GDPR.
Data that we have stored for other purposes remains unaffected by this. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter mailing list, your email address may be stored on a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, if necessary, to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used solely for this purpose and is not combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of article 6/1/f of the GDPR). There is no time limit on storage in the blacklist. You may object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

7. Plugins and Tools

Vimeo

This website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
When you visit one of our pages that features a Vimeo video, a connection is established to Vimeo’s servers. In the process, the Vimeo server is informed which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This applies even if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the United States.
When you are logged into your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. Vimeo uses cookies or similar recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) to recognize website visitors.
Vimeo is used to ensure an appealing presentation of our online content. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of article 6/1/f of the GDPR. If consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of article 6/1/a of the GDPR and section 25/1 of the TDDDG, provided that the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined by the TDDDG. Consent may be revoked at any time.
Data transfers to the United States are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and, according to Vimeo, on “legitimate business interests.” Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
For more information on how user data is handled, please see Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the United States. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these data protection standards. For more information, please visit the provider’s website at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5711.