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Privacy Policy


Provider and responsible body within the meaning of the Data Protection Act

  • Hans Kniebes GmbH
  • Hardy Kniebes
  • Maarweg 46
  • 53619 Rheinbreitbach

Scope

This privacy policy provides users with information about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of their data by the responsible provider.

Collection of general information

Each time you access this website, we or the web space provider automatically collect information. This information, also known as server log files, is of a general nature and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your identity. The log files are stored separately and only used to analyze the website's performance.

The following information is recorded, among other things: name of the website, file, date, amount of data, web browser and web browser version, operating system, the domain name of your Internet provider, the so-called referrer URL (the page from which you accessed our offer) and the IP address.

Without this data, it would not be technically possible to deliver and display the content of the website. In this respect, the collection of data is absolutely necessary. In addition, we use the anonymous information for statistical purposes. It helps us to optimize our offering and technology. We also reserve the right to subsequently check the log files if we suspect illegal use of our offering.

SSL Encryption

Our website uses SSL encryption when transmitting confidential or personal content belonging to our users. Please ensure that SSL encryption is activated on your side for relevant activities. The use of encryption is easy to recognize: The display in your browser line changes from “http://” to “https://”. Data encrypted via SSL cannot be read by third parties. Only transmit your confidential information with SSL encryption activated and contact us if in doubt.

Handling of personal data

Definition: Personal data is any information that can be used to uniquely identify a person. It is therefore data that can be traced back to a person.

This personal data includes your first name and surname, telephone number, and email address. Information about hobbies, memberships, and preferences, as well as websites that have been visited, is also considered personal data.

This data is only collected, used, and, if necessary, passed on by the provider if the law expressly permits this or if the user consents to the collection, processing, use, and passing on of the data.

Registration on our website

When you register on our website to take advantage of personalized services, personal data is collected. This includes your name, address, telephone number, and email address as contact and communication data.

Registration enables access to services and content that are only available to registered users. If necessary, registered users have the option of changing or deleting the data provided during registration at any time. Upon request, we will of course inform you which personal data has been collected and stored. In addition, we will correct or delete the data upon request, provided that there are no legal retention obligations that prevent this. For any questions or requests for correction or deletion of data, please use the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

User account

All data entered by customers during the order process is stored. This includes:

  • Last name, First name
  • Address
  • Payment Data
  • E-Mail Address

Data that is absolutely necessary for delivery or order processing will be passed on to third-party service providers. As soon as the storage of your data is no longer necessary or required by law, it will be deleted. If you have any questions about the protection of your data, please contact us at the following address:

Provision of chargeable services

We request additional data so that we can provide paid services. This applies, for example, to payment details.

To ensure the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data you provide exclusively for this purpose or to inform you about circumstances relevant to this service or registration. We will not pass this data on to third parties.

A valid email address is required to receive the newsletter. The IP address used to register for the newsletter and the date on which you order the newsletter are also stored. This data serves as proof in the event of misuse, if a third-party email address is used to register for the newsletter. In addition, to ensure that an email address is not misused by third parties in our distribution list, we work in accordance with the law using the so-called In addition, to ensure that an email address is not misused by third parties in our distribution list, we work in accordance with the law using the so-called “double opt-in” procedure. As part of this procedure, the order for the newsletter, the sending of the confirmation email, and the receipt of the registration confirmation are logged.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time. To revoke your consent, we provide a link in every newsletter and on the website. You also have the option of informing us of your wish to revoke your consent via the contact options listed in this document.

Contact

If you contact us via the online form or by email, we will store the information you provide in order to respond to your inquiry and ask any follow-up questions.

Integration of third-party services and content

Our offering sometimes includes content, services, and features from other providers. These include, for example, maps provided by Google Maps, videos from YouTube, and graphics and images from other websites. In order for this data to be accessed and displayed in the user's browser, it is essential that the IP address be transmitted. The providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) therefore perceive the IP address of the respective user.

Even though we strive to use only third-party providers who only need the IP address to deliver content, we have no influence over whether the IP address may be stored . In this case, this process serves statistical purposes, among other things. If we are aware that the IP address is being stored, we will inform our users.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer by the server. They contain information about your browser, IP address, operating system, and Internet connection. We do not pass this data on to third parties or link it to personal data without your consent. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can change your browser settings accordingly.

Cookies primarily fulfill two functions. They help us to make it easier for you to navigate through our website and enable the website to be displayed correctly. They are not used to introduce viruses or launch programs.

Users have the option of accessing our website without cookies. To do so, the corresponding settings must be changed in the browser. Please refer to your browser's help function to find out how to deactivate cookies. However, we would like to point out that this may impair some of the functions of this website and limit its usability. The pageshttp://www.aboutads.info/choices/ (USA) and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ (Europe) allow you to manage online advertising cookies.

Data Minimization

In accordance with the principles of data avoidance and data minimization, we only store personal data for as long as is necessary or required by law (statutory storage period). If the purpose of the collected information no longer applies or the storage period expires, we block or delete the data.

Your rights to information, correction, blocking, deletion, and objection

You have the right to request information about the personal data we have stored about you free of charge and/or to request correction, blocking, or deletion. Exceptions: This concerns the prescribed data storage for business transactions or the data is subject to the legal retention obligation.

In order to be able to take data blocking into account at any time, it is necessary to store the data in a blocking file for control purposes. If there is no legal archiving obligation, you can also request the deletion of the data. Otherwise, we will block the data if you wish.

Information on the right to appeal and dispute resolution

Changes to our privacy policy

In order to ensure that our privacy policy always complies with current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the privacy policy needs to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services.

Privacy Policy


Provider and responsible body within the meaning of the Data Protection Act

  • Hans Kniebes GmbH
  • Hardy Kniebes
  • Maarweg 46
  • 53619 Rheinbreitbach

Scope

This privacy policy provides users with information about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of their data by the responsible provider.

Collection of general information

Each time you access this website, we or the web space provider automatically collect information. This information, also known as server log files, is of a general nature and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your identity. The log files are stored separately and only used to analyze the website's performance.

The following information is recorded, among other things: name of the website, file, date, amount of data, web browser and web browser version, operating system, the domain name of your Internet provider, the so-called referrer URL (the page from which you accessed our offer) and the IP address.

Without this data, it would not be technically possible to deliver and display the content of the website. In this respect, the collection of data is absolutely necessary. In addition, we use the anonymous information for statistical purposes. It helps us to optimize our offering and technology. We also reserve the right to subsequently check the log files if we suspect illegal use of our offering.

SSL Encryption

Our website uses SSL encryption when transmitting confidential or personal content belonging to our users. Please ensure that SSL encryption is activated on your side for relevant activities. The use of encryption is easy to recognize: The display in your browser line changes from “http://” to “https://”. Data encrypted via SSL cannot be read by third parties. Only transmit your confidential information with SSL encryption activated and contact us if in doubt.

Handling of personal data

Definition: Personal data is any information that can be used to uniquely identify a person. It is therefore data that can be traced back to a person.

This personal data includes your first name and surname, telephone number, and email address. Information about hobbies, memberships, and preferences, as well as websites that have been visited, is also considered personal data.

This data is only collected, used, and, if necessary, passed on by the provider if the law expressly permits this or if the user consents to the collection, processing, use, and passing on of the data.

Registration on our website

When you register on our website to take advantage of personalized services, personal data is collected. This includes your name, address, telephone number, and email address as contact and communication data.

Registration enables access to services and content that are only available to registered users. If necessary, registered users have the option of changing or deleting the data provided during registration at any time. Upon request, we will of course inform you which personal data has been collected and stored. In addition, we will correct or delete the data upon request, provided that there are no legal retention obligations that prevent this. For any questions or requests for correction or deletion of data, please use the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

User account

All data entered by customers during the order process is stored. This includes:

  • Last name, First name
  • Address
  • Payment Data
  • E-Mail Address

Data that is absolutely necessary for delivery or order processing will be passed on to third-party service providers. As soon as the storage of your data is no longer necessary or required by law, it will be deleted. If you have any questions about the protection of your data, please contact us at the following address:

Provision of chargeable services

We request additional data so that we can provide paid services. This applies, for example, to payment details.

To ensure the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data you provide exclusively for this purpose or to inform you about circumstances relevant to this service or registration. We will not pass this data on to third parties.

A valid email address is required to receive the newsletter. The IP address used to register for the newsletter and the date on which you order the newsletter are also stored. This data serves as proof in the event of misuse, if a third-party email address is used to register for the newsletter. In addition, to ensure that an email address is not misused by third parties in our distribution list, we work in accordance with the law using the so-called In addition, to ensure that an email address is not misused by third parties in our distribution list, we work in accordance with the law using the so-called “double opt-in” procedure. As part of this procedure, the order for the newsletter, the sending of the confirmation email, and the receipt of the registration confirmation are logged.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time. To revoke your consent, we provide a link in every newsletter and on the website. You also have the option of informing us of your wish to revoke your consent via the contact options listed in this document.

Contact

If you contact us via the online form or by email, we will store the information you provide in order to respond to your inquiry and ask any follow-up questions.

Integration of third-party services and content

Our offering sometimes includes content, services, and features from other providers. These include, for example, maps provided by Google Maps, videos from YouTube, and graphics and images from other websites. In order for this data to be accessed and displayed in the user's browser, it is essential that the IP address be transmitted. The providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) therefore perceive the IP address of the respective user.

Even though we strive to use only third-party providers who only need the IP address to deliver content, we have no influence over whether the IP address may be stored . In this case, this process serves statistical purposes, among other things. If we are aware that the IP address is being stored, we will inform our users.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer by the server. They contain information about your browser, IP address, operating system, and Internet connection. We do not pass this data on to third parties or link it to personal data without your consent. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can change your browser settings accordingly.

Cookies primarily fulfill two functions. They help us to make it easier for you to navigate through our website and enable the website to be displayed correctly. They are not used to introduce viruses or launch programs.

Users have the option of accessing our website without cookies. To do so, the corresponding settings must be changed in the browser. Please refer to your browser's help function to find out how to deactivate cookies. However, we would like to point out that this may impair some of the functions of this website and limit its usability. The pageshttp://www.aboutads.info/choices/ (USA) and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ (Europe) allow you to manage online advertising cookies.

Data Minimization

In accordance with the principles of data avoidance and data minimization, we only store personal data for as long as is necessary or required by law (statutory storage period). If the purpose of the collected information no longer applies or the storage period expires, we block or delete the data.

Your rights to information, correction, blocking, deletion, and objection

You have the right to request information about the personal data we have stored about you free of charge and/or to request correction, blocking, or deletion. Exceptions: This concerns the prescribed data storage for business transactions or the data is subject to the legal retention obligation.

In order to be able to take data blocking into account at any time, it is necessary to store the data in a blocking file for control purposes. If there is no legal archiving obligation, you can also request the deletion of the data. Otherwise, we will block the data if you wish.

Information on the right to appeal and dispute resolution

Changes to our privacy policy

In order to ensure that our privacy policy always complies with current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the privacy policy needs to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services.