LEGAL NOTES
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privacy policy
Imprint
Dipl. Ing. Christian Janotta
23923 Herrnburg
Germany
phone: +49 38821 666-51
E-Mail: info@ib-janotta.de
TAX ID USt - IdNr . DE195061990
Member of VDE (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies)
Liability:
According to the conditions of our professional liability insurance (HDI)
Platform of the EU Commission for online dispute resolution:
https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/
We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings at a Consumer Conciliation Body.
Images copyright: IB Janotta, iStock, Fotolia
Privacy policy
1) Introduction and contact details of the data controller
1.1 We are delighted that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we provide information on how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to identify you personally.
1.2 The data controller for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Christian Janotta, IB Janotta, 23923 Herrnburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 38821 66651, Email: info@ib-janotta.de. 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 purely for information purposes – i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information – we only collect data that your browser transmits to the website server (so-called ‘server log files’). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- The page visited
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/referrer from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (where applicable: in anonymised form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the data controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” prefix and the padlock icon in your browser address bar.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
3.1 For the hosting of our website and the display of page content, we use a provider who delivers its services either directly or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
3.2 IONOS
We use a content delivery network provided by the following provider: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany
This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content or scripts more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. Processing is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data.
4) Cookies
To make your visit to our website more enjoyable and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies, which are small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called ‘session cookies’), whilst others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (so-called ‘persistent cookies’). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.
Where individual cookies used by us also process personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR where consent has been given, or in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set and can decide individually whether to accept them, or you can exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
5) Contacting us
Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via the contact form or by email). The specific data collected when using a contact form is indicated on the form itself. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your enquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it is clear from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided that there are no legal obligations to retain the data.
6) Web analytics services
6.1 Google Analytics 4
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”), which enables an analysis of your use of our website.
By default, when you visit the website, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies, which are small text files stored on your device and collect certain information. This information includes your IP address, although Google truncates the last few digits to prevent direct personal identification.
The information is transmitted to Google’s servers and processed there. This may also involve transfers to Google LLC, which is based in the USA.
Google uses the information collected on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide other services relating to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics and truncated in this process is not merged with other data held by Google. The data collected using Google Analytics 4 is stored for a period of two months and then deleted.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies on the device you are using, will only take place if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.
Without your consent, Google Analytics 4 will not be used during your visit to the website. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right of withdrawal, please deactivate this service via the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/, https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Demographic characteristics: Google Analytics 4 uses the special ‘demographic characteristics’ feature to generate statistics that provide insights into the age, gender and interests of website visitors. This is achieved by analysing advertising and third-party data. This enables the identification of target groups for marketing activities. However, the data collected cannot be attributed to any specific individual and is deleted after being stored for a period of two months.
Google Signals: As an extension to Google Analytics 4, Google Signals may be used on this website to generate cross-device reports. If you have enabled personalised ads and linked your devices to your Google account, Google may, subject to your consent to the use of Google Analytics in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, analyse your usage behaviour across devices and create database models, including those relating to cross-device conversions. We do not receive any personal data from Google, only statistics. If you wish to stop cross-device analysis, you can disable the ‘Personalised ads’ feature in your Google Account settings. To do so, follow the instructions on this page: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764?hl=de. Further information on Google Signals can be found at the following link: https://support. google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de
UserIDs: As an extension to Google Analytics 4, the ‘UserIDs’ feature can be used on this website. If you have consented to the use of Google Analytics 4 in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, have set up an account on this website, and log in to this account on different devices, your activities, including conversions, can be analysed across devices.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
6.2 1&1 IONOS WebAnalytics
This website uses the web analytics service provided by the following provider: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany
Using cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymised visitor data, including information about the device used, such as the IP address and browser information, in order to evaluate it for statistical analyses of usage behaviour on our website and to create pseudonymised usage profiles. Among other things, this enables the analysis of movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g. text entries, scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs). Pseudonymisation fundamentally precludes any direct personal identification. No merging takes place with personal data collected about you by other means.
All processing operations described above, in particular the reading or storage of information on the device you are using, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
6.3 Google Tag Manager
This website uses ‘Google Tag Manager’, a service provided by the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: ‘Google’). Google Tag Manager provides a technical framework for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analytics services, and for calibrating, controlling and applying conditions to them via a unified user interface. Google Tag Manager itself does not store any information on users’ devices or read such information. Nor does the service carry out any independent data analysis. However, when a page is accessed, Google Tag Manager transmits your IP address to Google, where it may be stored. Transmission to servers operated by Google LLC in the USA is also possible. This processing will only take place if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your visit to the website. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right to withdraw consent, please deactivate this service using the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website. We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission. Further legal information on Google Tag Manager can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
7) Retargeting/Remarketing and Conversion Tracking Google Ads Remarketing
This website uses retargeting technology from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. For this purpose, Google places a cookie in your device’s browser, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you have visited. Any further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalise the adverts you see on the web. In this case, if you are logged into Google whilst visiting our website, Google will use your data in conjunction with Google Analytics data to create and define audience lists for cross-device remarketing. To this end, your personal data will be temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data to form audiences. When using Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC in the USA.
All processing operations described above, in particular the setting of cookies to read information from the device you are using, will only be carried out if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. Without this consent, retargeting technology will not be used during your visit to the website. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right to withdraw consent, please deactivate this service using the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission. Details on the processing initiated by Google and Google’s handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ and https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
8) Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie Consent Tool: This website uses a so-called “Cookie Consent Tool” to obtain valid user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “Cookie Consent Tool” is displayed to users when they visit the site in the form of an interactive user interface, on which consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by ticking the relevant boxes. When the tool is used, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user grants the relevant consent by ticking the appropriate boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user’s device if consent has been granted. The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context. However, if in individual cases the storage, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and, consequently, in the legally compliant design of our website. A further legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. As the data controller, we are legally obliged to make the use of cookies that are not technically necessary subject to the user’s consent. Where necessary, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties. Further information about the operator and the settings options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the relevant user interface on our website.
9) Rights of the data subject
9.1 Under current data protection law, you have the following rights as a data subject (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data; please refer to the legal basis cited for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:
- Right of access pursuant to Article 15 of the GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR;
- Right to be informed pursuant to Article 19 of the GDPR;
- Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR;
- Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) of the GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR.
9.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF, AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO SUCH PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED, HOWEVER, IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, fundamental rights and freedoms, or where the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
10) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration for which personal data is stored depends on the relevant legal basis, the purpose of processing and – where applicable – the relevant statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law). Where personal data is processed on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent. Where statutory retention periods apply to data processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, such data is routinely deleted upon expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the performance of a contract or for entering into a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage. When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. Where personal data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(2) of the GDPR. Unless otherwise specified in the other information in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be erased when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Copyright notice: This privacy policy has been drawn up by the specialist solicitors at IT-Recht Kanzlei and is protected by copyright (https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de)
Status: June 2026