1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data by which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Jürgen Pankonin, Panko Consulting, Happach 20, 51545 Waldbröl, Germany, Tel.: 01607217111, E-Mail: juergen@pankonin-cw.com. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

• Our visited website
• Date and time at the moment of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/referrer from which you reached the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data are neither passed on nor used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies — small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable the storage of site settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in your web browser’s cookie settings overview.

If personal data are also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out either pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for the performance of a contract, pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR if consent has been given, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them, or exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general.

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

4) Contacting Us

In the context of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or e-mail), personal data are collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and for the related technical administration.

The legal basis for processing these data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and no legal retention obligations apply.

5) Rights of the Data Subject

5.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights (data subject rights) with regard to the processing of your personal data by the controller, referring to the respective legal basis for the exercise conditions:

• Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
• Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
• Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
• Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
• Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
• Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
• Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
• Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

5.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

6) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and – where applicable – the relevant statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data that are processed within the framework of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after the expiration of the retention periods, provided they are no longer required for the fulfillment or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, 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 defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise specified in the other information of this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.