Privacy policy
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Privacy policy
The responsible party for the purposes of data protection laws, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
RockStone MA
Äußere Kanalstraße 205a
50827 Cologne,
Germany
Represented by:
Sattar Akhundov
Contact:
Phone: 0049-01785149300
Email: info@rockstonema.com
VAT ID:
VAT identification number according to §27a of the VAT Act: DE337688925
Tax ID:
Tax number: 217/5002/7104
Your Rights as a Data Subject
At any time, you can exercise the following rights using the contact details of our Data Protection Officer:
- Access to your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
- Data portability, if you have consented to data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, for example, the supervisory authority of the federal state where you reside or the authority that oversees us as the responsible body.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.
Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website
Type and Purpose of Processing:
When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide information, general information is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar data.
These are processed particularly for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a trouble-free connection setup of the website,
- Ensuring smooth use of our website,
- Evaluating system security and stability, and
- Optimizing our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your personal identity. Such information may be statistically analyzed by us in an anonymized manner, if necessary, to optimize our web presence and the underlying technology.
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest:
Recipients
The recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processors to operate and maintain our website.
Storage Duration:
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for data that is needed to provide the website when the respective session has ended.
In the case of storing the data in log files, this is done after a maximum of 14 days. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.
Provision Required or Necessary:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services and features may be unavailable or limited. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we use what are called „cookies.“ Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
You have the option to delete individual cookies or the entire cache of cookies. Additionally, you can find information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you can find the necessary information at the following links:
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
- Opera: http://www.opera.com/help
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
Storage Duration and Used Cookies:
As far as you allow the use of cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:
Necessary Technical Cookies
Type and Purpose of Processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Certain elements of our website require that the calling browser be identifiable even after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some features of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. It is necessary for the browser to be recognizable even after a page change for these features.
We require cookies for the following applications:
- Shopping cart
- Language settings retention
- Remembering search terms
Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in making our website user-friendly.
Recipients
The data recipients may include technical service providers who act as processors to operate and maintain our website.
Provision Required or Necessary:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services and features may be unavailable or limited.
Objection
Please refer to the information about your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.
Registration on Our Website
Type and Purpose of Processing:
To register on our website, we require some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input form.
At the time of registration, the following additional data is collected:
Your registration is necessary for providing certain content and services on our website.
Legal Basis:
The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Recipients:
The recipients of the data may include technical service providers who act as processors to operate and maintain our website.
Storage Duration:
Data in this context is processed only as long as the corresponding consent is given.
Provision Required or Necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our content offered.
Provision of Paid Services
Type and Purpose of Processing:
To provide paid services, we request additional data, such as payment details, to fulfill your order.
Legal Basis:
The processing of data necessary for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Recipients
The recipients of the data may include processors.
Provision Required or Necessary:
We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods expire, which are generally 6 or 10 years for proper accounting and tax compliance requirements.
Objection
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our content and services offered.
Newsletter
Type and Purpose of Processing:
We collect personal data for the delivery of our newsletter, which is submitted via an input form.
A valid email address is required for effective registration. To verify that a subscription is actually made by the owner of an email address, we use the „double opt-in“ procedure. For this, we record the newsletter sign-up, the sending of a confirmation email, and the receipt of the requested response. No additional data is collected.
Legal Basis:
Based on your explicitly granted consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we regularly send our newsletter or similar information by email to your specified email address.
You may revoke your consent to store your personal data and use it for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. Each newsletter includes a corresponding link for this purpose. Additionally, you can unsubscribe at any time directly on this website or communicate your revocation to us using the contact option provided at the end of these data protection instructions.
Recipients
The recipients of the data may include processors.
Storage Duration:
The data will be processed in this context only as long as the corresponding consent exists. Thereafter, it will be deleted.
Provision Required or Necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without existing consent, we unfortunately cannot send you our newsletter.
Revocation of Consent:
You may revoke your consent to store your personal data and use it for the newsletter dispatch at any time with effect for the future. Unsubscription can be done via the link included in every email or can be requested from the data protection officer or the person responsible for data protection listed below.
Contact Form
Type and Purpose of Processing:
The data you enter is stored for the purpose of personalized communication with you. This requires providing a valid email address and your name, which are necessary for attributing the inquiry and subsequently responding to it. The provision of additional data is optional.
Legal Basis:
The processing of data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). By providing the contact form, we aim to facilitate straightforward communication with you. Your details will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for any follow-up questions.
If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of the data entered into the contact form will be carried out to perform pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipients:
The recipients of the data may include processors.
Storage Duration:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the processing of the inquiry.
If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods have expired.
Provision Required or Necessary:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide us with your name, email address, and the reason for your inquiry.
Use of Google Analytics
Provided you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). Google Analytics employs „cookies,“ which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is generally transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated within the member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.
For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html and https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User-ID), or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period is fulfilled is deleted automatically once a month.
Revocation of Consent:
You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking this link. This will set an opt-out cookie on your device. It will prevent the capture by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
Additionally, you can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Furthermore, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Browser Add On for disabling Google Analytics.
Use of Adobe Analytics (Omniture)
Provided you have given your consent, this website utilizes Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies („Adobe“), 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland. Adobe Analytics uses „cookies,“ which are text files placed on your computer. On behalf of the operator of this website, Adobe will use this information to evaluate users‘ use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide other services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Adobe Analytics is not merged with other data from Adobe.
When a tracking record is sent from a visitor’s browser to the Adobe data centers, the server setting we have implemented ensures that the IP address is anonymized before geolocation, meaning the last octet of the IP address is replaced with zeros. Before storing the tracking packet, the IP address is replaced with individual generic IP addresses.
The applicable Adobe privacy policy can be found at http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy.html.
Revocation of Consent:
You may revoke your consent at any time:
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of this website to their fullest extent.
Users can also prevent Adobe from collecting data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the website (including their IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Adobe by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: Adobe Privacy Opt-Out.
Use of Script Libraries (Google Webfonts)
To ensure our content is displayed correctly and graphically appealing across all browsers, we use „Google Web Fonts“ from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; „Google“) for font representation.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Use of Typekit Web Fonts from Adobe Fonts
We use Typekit Web Fonts from Adobe Fonts for the visual design of our website. Adobe Fonts is a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; „Adobe“), which grants us access to a font library.
To incorporate the fonts we use, your browser must establish a connection to an Adobe server in the USA and download the font necessary for our website. Adobe thereby receives the information that our website has been accessed from your IP address.
More information about Adobe Fonts can be found in the Adobe Fonts privacy policy, which you can access here: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html
If your browser does not support Web Fonts, or you do not give your consent, a standard font is used from your computer.
Revocation of Consent:
Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or a way to block data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all non-essential cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to use our website fully or only to a limited extent.
Use of Google Maps
We use Google Maps on this website, operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.
More detailed information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. There, you can also change your personal privacy settings in the privacy center.
Detailed instructions on managing your own data related to Google products can be found here: https://www.dataliberation.org
By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding sub-page of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to or if no user account exists. If you are logged into Google, your data will be directly associated with your account.
If you do not want the association with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research, and/or tailor-made website design. Such evaluation takes place especially (even for non-logged-in users) to provide demand-oriented advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must address Google to exercise this right.
Revocation of Consent:
Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or a way to block data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all non-essential cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to use our website fully or only to a limited extent.
Embedded YouTube Videos
On our website, we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the respective plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA („YouTube“), a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established, informing YouTube which pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect data about user behavior.
For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy, where you can also find further information about your rights and settings options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
Revocation of Consent:
Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or a way to block data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all non-essential cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to use our website fully or only to a limited extent.
Social Plugins
Our website uses social plugins from the providers listed below. You can identify these plugins by their respective logo.
These plugins may send information, which may include personal data, to the service provider and may be used by the service provider. We prevent the unintentional and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service provider with a 2-click solution. To activate a desired social plugin, it must be activated by clicking on the corresponding switch. Only with this activation of the plugin is the collection of information and its transmission to the service provider triggered. We do not collect any personal data through the social plugins or their use.
We have no control over what data an activated plugin collects and how it is used by the provider. It must currently be assumed that a direct connection to the provider’s services is established and at least the IP address and device-related information are collected and used. It is also possible that the service providers try to store cookies on the used computer. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective service provider for what specific data is collected and how it is used. Note: If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook can identify you as a visitor to a certain page.
We have integrated social media buttons from the following companies on our website:
Google AdWords
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The service provider for Google AdWords is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you reached our website via an ad placed by Google, Google AdWords sets a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google.
If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, both we and Google can tell that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords client receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords clients. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords clients who have opted for conversion tracking. However, the clients receive no information that can personally identify users.
For more information about Google’s data processing, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center there.
Revocation of Consent:
Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or a way to block data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all non-essential cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to fully use our website or only to a limited extent.
Use of Google Remarketing
This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. The service provider for Google Remarketing is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“).
The function is used to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called „cookie“ is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when they visit websites that belong to Google’s advertising network. On these pages, advertisements related to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google’s remarketing function can be presented to the visitor.
For more information about Google’s data processing, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center there.
Revocation of Consent:
Currently, the provider does not offer a simple opt-out or a way to block data transmission. If you want to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all non-essential cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, you may not be able to fully use our website or only to a limited extent.
SSL Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption techniques (e.g., SSL) over HTTPS.
Information on Your Right to Object According to Art. 21 GDPR
Individual Right to Object
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision as defined by Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
RockStone MA
Äußere Kanalstraße 205a
50827 Cologne,
Germany
Represented by:
Sattar Akhundov
Contact:
Phone: 0049-01785149300
Email: info@rockstonema.com
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will apply for your next visit.
Questions to the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
RockStone MA
Äußere Kanalstraße 205a
50827 Cologne,
Germany
Represented by:
Sattar Akhundov
Contact:
Phone: 0049-01785149300
Email: info@rockstonema.com
The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).