1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data by which you can be personally identified. You will find more detailed information on the subject of data protection in our data protection declaration below.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who Is Responsible for Data Collection on this Website?

Data processing is the responsibility of the website operator, whose contact information is provided under the heading “The Data Controller” in this Privacy Policy.

How Do We Collect Your Data?

One way we acquire information about you is when you share it with us, for instance, when you fill in a contact form. Other data are automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit our website, mainly technical data (e.g., browser, operating system, and time of visit); such data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

Some information is collected in order to ensure error-free provision of our website service; some data are used to analyse your user behaviour; still other information is used, with your consent, to inform you about our work.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right to receive, at no charge, information about the source, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have consented to the processing of your personal data, you can at any time revoke this consent for the future. You further have a right to request the restriction of the processing under certain conditions. You also have the right of appeal to the responsible regulatory authority. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions on this or on the subject of data protection.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated by means of so-called analysis programmes.

You can find detailed information on these analysis programmes in this Privacy Policy.
This website does not use cookies.

2. Hosting

Our website content is hosted by the following provider:

Host Europe

The provider is Host Europe GmbH, Hansestraße 111, 51149 Cologne, Germany (from here on “Host Europe”). When you visit our website, Host Europe collects various log files including your IP address. For details see Host Europe’s Privacy Policy:  https://www.hosteurope.de/en/terms-and-conditions/privacy/.

The use of Host Europa is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in our website being displayed as reliably as possible.

Data Processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed under data protection law, which ensures that our provider will only process the personal data of our website visitors according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Privacy

As the operators of these web pages, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Your personal data is handled confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data by which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains which data we collect and why; it also explains how this is done and our reasons for doing so.

We would like to point out that data transmission via the Internet (e.g., communication by e-mail) is inherently insecure; complete protection of transmitted data against access by third parties is not possible.

The Data Controller

The data controller for data processing on this website is:

Magdalena Kilcourse
Translator M.A.

Sensburger Allee 4, 14055
Berlin, Germany

Phone: 0049 1522 2878507
E-mail: info@magdalenakilcourse.eu

The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a justified 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, the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis of Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR in the case of special categories of personal data as defined in Art. 9(1) GRPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is additionally based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time.

If your data is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures, it is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR if it is necessary for the compliance with a legal obligation. Data can also be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The following paragraphs of this Privacy Policy provide information about the relevant legal bases of data processing in each individual case.

Recipients of Personal Data

As part of our business activities, we work together with various external bodies. In some cases, it may be necessary to transfer personal data to these external bodies. We only pass on personal data to external bodies if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR or if there is another legal basis for the data transfer. When using processors, we only pass on 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.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing 

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. This can be done, for instance, by sending a simple e-mail to the data controller mentioned above. The legality of data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of Objection to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

When data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e or f) GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of your personal data. The relevant legal basis for processing can be found in this Privacy Policy. When you object, we will no longer process the relevant personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection in accordance with Art. 21(1) GDPR).

When 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. After your objection, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing (objection in accordance with Art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right of Appeal to the Responsible Regulatory Authority

Should you believe that the processing of personal data related to you infringes the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the express right, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, to lodge a complaint with a regulatory authority in the member state where you reside, are employed or where the alleged infringement occurred. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right of Data Portability

You have the right to request that data which we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfilment of a contract be handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable, format. Requests for the direct transfer of data from one responsible party to another can only be carried out when it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction, Deletion 

You have the right to request, at no charge, information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions about the subject of personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

1. The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
   1. 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;
   2. the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
   3. ;
2. Where processing has been restricted under paragraph 1, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the data subject’s consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
3. A data subject who has obtained restriction of processing pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be informed by the controller before the restriction of processing is lifted.

Right to restriction of data processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data by contacting us at any time. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• If you contest the accuracy of the personal data we have stored on you, we usually 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 is/was done unlawfully and you oppose the erasure of your personal data, you have the right to request the restriction of their use instead.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of their use rather than their deletion.
• If you have objected to data processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your and our legitimate interests have to be weighed up against each other. Pending the verification of whose interests override the other party’s, 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, these data – aside from their storage – may only be used with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as contact requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection when the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, third parties cannot read the data you transmit to us.

4. Data Collection on our Website

Server Log Files

The web page provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files; these data are automatically transmitted to us by your browser and include:

• browser type and version
• operating system used
• referrer URL
• host name of the accessing computer
• time of the server request
• IP address

These data are not combined with other data sources.

The basis for the collection of such data is Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operators have a legitimate interest in the error-free technical display and optimisation of their website – this necessitates the collection of server log files.

Contact form

When you send us an enquiry through our contact form, your information in the form, including the contact data you provided, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR if your enquiry relates to the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, data processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of enquiries sent to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been sought; you can revoke this consent at any time.

The data you send us will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or until the purpose for its storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.

Enquiries by e-mail or telephone

If you contact us by e-mail or telephone, the information and other details you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR if your enquiry relates to the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, data processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of enquiries sent to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been sought; you can revoke this consent at any time.

The data you send us will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or until the purpose for its storage ceases to apply (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.