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Name and address of the person responsible

The person responsible within the meaning of the Basic Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection provisions is:

Tobias Langner - Internet Services
Stifterstr. 35
41379 Brueggen
Germany

Phone: +492163/9514836
E-mail: privacy@tree-signs.com
Website: www.tree-signs.com


General information on data processing

1. scope of processing of personal data

We process the personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functioning website as well as our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users takes place regularly only with the consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases in which it is not possible to obtain prior consent for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions.

2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as a legal basis in the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person necessitate the processing of personal data.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

3. Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. In addition, the data may be stored if the European or national legislator has provided for this in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject. The data shall also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless it is necessary for further storage of the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract.



Provision of the website and creation of log files

1. Description and scope of data processing

Each time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the calling terminal.The following data is collected:

  • Information about the browser type and the version used (example: Firefox/48.0)
  • The user's operating system (examples: Mac, Windows)
  • The end device type of the user (examples: tablet, smartphone, computer)
  • The Internet service provider of the user
  • The amount of downloaded bytes (file size of the provided files)
  • The IP address of the user
  • Date and time of access
  • Websites from which the user's system accesses our website
  • Websites accessed by the user's system through our website

This data is also stored in the log files of our system. These data are not stored together with other personal data of the user.

We have concluded a contract with "ALL-INKL.COM - Neue Medien Münnich" for the processing of order data, in which we obligate "ALL-INKL.COM - Neue Medien Münnich" to protect the data of our customers and not to pass them on to third parties.

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user's terminal device. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must remain stored for the duration of the session.

The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. The data is also used to optimise the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

These purposes also include our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of the collection of data to provide the website, this is the case when the session in question has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. A storage going beyond this is possible. In this case the IP addresses of the users are deleted or alienated, so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

5. Possibility of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.



Use of cookies

1. Description and scope of data processing

Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

In principle, this website does not use its own automatically set cookies for technical or analytical purposes. It is only possible for the visitor to set an opt-out cookie of the analysis software Matomo in order to prevent the recording of the page visit for analysis purposes (see section "Web analysis by Matomo (formerly PIWIK)" under point 5).

2. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these it is necessary that the browser is recognized also after a page change. For the following applications we need Cookies:

  • Exclusion from the Matomo software analysis process

The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

In these purposes, our legitimate interest lies in the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Duration of storage, objection and removal possibility

Cookies are stored on the user's terminal device and transmitted by the user to our site. Therefore, you as a user have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it is possible that all functions of the website can no longer be used to their full extent. In the case of an opt-out cookie, for example, this would have to be set again.



Contact form and e-mail contact

1. Description and scope of data processing

A contact form is available on our website, which can be used for electronic contact. If a user makes use of this possibility, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. These data are:

  • Mandatory data: E-mail address and message
  • Without this information it would not be possible to contact us.
  • Voluntary additional information: Salutation, surname, first name, company or corporation name

The fields for voluntary additional information can be left blank.

At the time the message is sent, the following data will also be stored:

  • Date and time of the sending process
  • IP address (is only recorded in the server log as described under "Provision of the website and creation of log files" for calling the contact form and not directly in connection with the sent message)

Your consent will be obtained for the processing of the data as part of the sending process and reference will be made to this data protection declaration.

Alternatively, you can contact us via the e-mail address provided in the imprint. In this case the personal data of the user transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.

The data will not be passed on to third parties in this context. The data will be used exclusively for the processing of the conversation.

2. Encryption of data transmission

In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (SSL via the HTTPS protocol). All calls to our website are encrypted in this way.

3. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if the user has given his consent.

The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the purpose of the e-mail contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

4. Purpose of data processing

The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us exclusively for the processing of the establishment of contact. If you contact us by e-mail, this is also the necessary legitimate interest in the processing of the data.

The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

5. Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by e-mail, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is terminated when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant facts have been conclusively clarified.

The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.

6. Possibility of objection and removal

The user has the possibility to revoke his consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he can object to the storage of his personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.

You can address your objection to the following contact:

Tobias Langner
Stifterstr. 35
41379 Brueggen
Germany
E-mail: privacy@tree-signs.com

In this case, all personal data stored in the course of establishing contact will be deleted.



Web Analysis by Matomo (formerly PIWIK)

1. Scope of processing of personal data

On our website we use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) to analyze the surfing behavior of our users. The software is configured in such a way that it does not set a cookie on the visitor's terminal device.

If individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored:

  • Two bytes of the IP address of the user's calling system
  • The website accessed
  • The website from which the user accessed the called website (referrer)
  • The subpages called from the called web page
  • The time spent on the website
  • Frequency of a call of a site

The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website in Germany. A storage of the personal data of the users takes place only there. The data will not be passed on to third parties.

The software is set so that the IP addresses are not stored completely, but 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g.: 192.168.xxx.xxx). In this way, it is no longer possible to assign the shortened IP address to the calling terminal device.

2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

The legal basis for the processing of users' personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing

The processing of users' personal data enables us to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. By evaluating the data collected, we are able to compile information on the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to constantly improve our website and its user-friendliness. In these purposes our legitimate interest also lies in the processing of data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The exact purpose of the analysis software includes the following activities:

  • Evaluation of frequently accessed pages, search terms used to find topics and adapt to trends and to identify and keep relevant content up to date
  • Evaluation of page elements used to adapt the page layout to a more user-friendly version
  • Evaluation of paths used (from which page to which page was navigated) to simplify page navigation / topic structuring
  • Presentation of cumulative visitor numbers to advertising partners to highlight the attractiveness of booking advertising space

By anonymizing the IP address, the interest of users in the protection of their personal data is sufficiently taken into account.

4. Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for our recording purposes. In our case, this is the case after 180 days.

5. Possibility of objection and removal

On our website we offer our users the possibility of an opt-out from the Matomo analysis procedure. For this you can see the current setting under the point "Objection Matomo (formerly PIWIK)" and deactivate the tracking by removing the check mark. In this way, technically necessary cookies are set on your system, which signals our system not to store the user's data. If the user deletes the corresponding cookie from his own system in the meantime, he must set the opt-out cookie again.

Objection Matomo (formerly PIWIK):

For more information about Matomo software privacy settings, please visit the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.



Affiliate/advertising links

The links marked with an asterisk (*) are so-called affiliate links or advertising links. If you click on such an affiliate link and make a purchase on the provider's site, we will receive a commission from the relevant online shop or provider based on the identification of the link. The final price of the purchase does not change for you. If you click on Affiliate/Advertising Links, you will be taken to the respective provider's website, where the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of the respective provider apply. No data will be collected or stored in advance by this website or the linked providers.



Rights of the data subject

If personal data is processed by you, you are the data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis the person responsible:

1. Right to information

You can request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data relating to you will be processed by us.

In the event of such processing, you may request the following information from the data controller:

  • the purposes for which the personal data will be processed;
  • the categories of personal data processed;
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data relating to you has been or will be disclosed;
  • the planned duration of the retention of the personal data concerning you or, if it is not possible to provide specific information in this regard, the criteria for determining the retention period;
  • the existence of a right to rectify or erase personal data concerning you, a right to limit the processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  • the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
  • all available information on the origin of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you will be transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

2. Right to rectification

You have the right to have your personal data corrected and/or completed by the data controller if the personal data processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The data controller must carry out the rectification immediately.

3. The right to limit the processing

Under the following conditions, you may request that the processing of your personal data be restricted:

  • if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period of time which allows the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  • the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete the personal data and instead request that the use of the personal data be restricted;
  • the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you need them for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, or
  • if you have lodged an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the justified reasons of the data controller outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data - apart from their storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State.

If the processing restriction has been limited in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to cancellation

(a) Duty to delete

You may request the data controller to delete the personal data concerning you immediately and the data controller is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

  • The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  • You revoke your consent on which the processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR was based and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  • You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
  • The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
  • The deletion of your personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the data controller is subject.
  • The personal data relating to you have been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
b) Information to third parties

If the person responsible has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to delete them in accordance with Art. 17 (1) GDPR, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform the persons responsible for data processing who process the personal data that you, as the person concerned, have requested them to delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to deletion does not exist if the processing is necessary.

  • on the exercise of freedom of expression and information;
  • to fulfil a legal obligation which processing is subject to under the law of the Union or of the Member States to which the controller is subject or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official
    • authority vested in the controller;
  • for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, to the extent that the law referred to under a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the attainment of the objectives of such processing, or
  • to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

5. Right to information

If you have exercised the right to rectify, cancel or limit the processing of your personal data against the controller, the latter is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification, cancellation or limitation of the processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

6. Right to transfer data

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the responsible person in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to communicate these data to another data controller without being hindered by the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

  • the processing is based on a consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and
  • processing is carried out using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to request that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from one responsible person to another responsible person, insofar as this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data transfer does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right of objection

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR. The person responsible will no longer process the personal data relating to you unless he can prove compelling grounds for processing worthy of protection which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising, and if you object to the processing for the purposes of direct marketing, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for those purposes, and you may exercise your right of objection by means of automated procedures using technical specifications in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

8. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until you revoke it.

9. Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of presumed infringement, if you consider that the processing of your personal data is in breach of the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint was lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.

They can, for example, address the following data protection authority:

Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (LDI NRW)
Postfach 20 04 44
40102 Duesseldorf
Germany

Phone: +49211/384240
fax: +49211/3842410
E-mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Website: www.ldi.nrw.de



Updating the Privacy Policy

Due to the further development of our website and offers, e.g. when introducing or using new services, when changing providers or due to changed legal regulations, it may be necessary to adapt this data protection declaration. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g. consent) or other individual notification by suitable means, such as a banner on our website. The current data protection declaration can be viewed on this page at any time.