Privacy policy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and other data protection regulations is
Stefan Knefel
Remigiusstrasse 7
78256 Steißlingen
Germany
Contact:
Mobil: +49 171 6917177
E-Mail: stefan@knefelconsulting.de
The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Calling up the website
When our website knefelconsulting.de is accessed, the Internet browser used by the visitor automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:
- IP address of the visitor's end device*
- Date and time of the server request
* The IP address is not stored in full; it is reduced to the first (less specific) half.
This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:
- quickly establish the connection to the operator's website
- to enable a user-friendly use of the website
- recognize and ensure the security and stability of the systems
- to facilitate and improve the administration of the website
This data is not merged with other data sources. The processing is expressly not carried out for the purpose of gaining knowledge about the person visiting the website.
We operate a LinkedIn page for our company on LinkedIn. When you visit and use the LinkedIn company page, LinkedIn can evaluate your usage behavior and provide us with information obtained from this. This information is used for the purpose of economic optimization and needs-based design of our website/services. The categories of data processed are master data, contact data, content data, usage data and connection data. The recipient of the data is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, as joint controller pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of the data in accordance with the provisions mentioned here results from our legitimate interest and thus from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
LinkedIn is responsible for implementing your rights as a data subject. LinkedIn informs you about your rights as a data subject at: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. You can also assert your rights against us; we will then forward your request to LinkedIn immediately.
Privacy policy for the use of Xing
Our website uses functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time one of our pages containing Xing functions is accessed, a connection to Xing servers is established. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.
Further information on data protection and the Xing share button can be found in Xing’s privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection
Privacy policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like button” while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
Google Tag Manager
On our website we use the Google Tag Manager. This is an external service from a third-party provider. The responsible party for data processing in the European Economic Area (EEA) is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The purpose of data collection and processing is tag management. Tags are small snippets of JavaScript code. These are used in various statistics or web analysis products (for example, Google Analytics or Google Ads). This is used, for example, to record (track) your activities on our website, set cookies or collect browser information.
In principle, we could include the code snippets for every single web analytics tool in our source code. This is very cumbersome and it’s easy to lose track. That’s why we use the Tag Manager. With it, we can manage the code snippets centrally and easily include them in our source code. This way we always have the overview of used tags.
The tag manager itself does not set cookies or store any data. It is only active as a tag organizer. The information is forwarded to the various tracking tools in the Tag Manager. The data processing then takes place there. The Tag Manager does, however, collect your IP address, which is also passed on to the parent company of Google in the USA.
As part of the use of the Tag Manager, Google also receives anonymized data from us about the use of the service. This is not information and data about you personally. Google combines our information with information from other users and can then use this anonymized data to continuously improve the service.
For more information about the Google Tag Manager, please visit Google at the following link: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using third-party services is in principle the consent of the visitor pursuant to Art.6 para.1 lit.a GDPR. Visitors can prevent any data transfer to Google’s servers in connection with the use of Google Tag Manager by refusing consent in the Cookie Consent Tool. Once consent has been given, it can be revoked at any time via the “Individual privacy settings”.
Further information on data protection in connection with Google Tag Manager can be found in Google’s privacy policy https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Information, deletion, blocking
You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any time. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.
Cookies
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.