Privacy policy

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

creative-depot P&D GmbH
Managing Directors: Iris Plate, Marion Donner
Asseler Str. 87
21706 Drochtersen

Your rights as a data subject

You may exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer using the contact details provided:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Restriction of data processing, if we are not yet permitted 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 concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your 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, e.g. with the competent supervisory authority of the federal state in which you reside or with the authority responsible for 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

Nature and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and similar information.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring problem-free connection to the website,
  • ensuring smooth use of our website,
  • evaluating system security and stability, and
  • optimising our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind may be anonymised and statistically evaluated by us in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

In the case of data storage in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymised so that it is no longer possible to assign them to the calling client.

Provision mandatory or required:

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. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted. For this reason, objection is excluded.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

To change your cookie settings, click here.

You can delete individual cookies or your entire cookie history. You will also find information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Storage period and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Cookie list

Technically necessary cookies

Nature and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

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 recognised even after a page change.

We require cookies for the following applications:

Remembering search terms

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.

Objection

Please read the information below about your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR.

Cookies that are not technically necessary

Furthermore, we use cookies to better tailor the content on our website to the interests of our visitors or to improve it in general on the basis of statistical evaluations.

Please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used to find out which providers set cookies.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Third country transfer:

For more information, please refer to the lists of individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analytics providers.

Provision mandatory or necessary:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are usually set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Withdrawal of consent:

You may withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.

Profiling:

For information on how we analyse the behaviour of website visitors using pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

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.

The following additional data is collected at the time of registration:

Number of logins, last login

Your registration is necessary for us to provide certain content and services on our website.

Legal basis:

The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of the user’s consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

In this context, data will only be processed as long as the relevant consent has been given.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content we offer.

Comment function

Type and purpose of processing:

When users leave comments on our website, the time of creation and the username previously selected by the website visitor are also stored in addition to this information. This serves our security, as we can be prosecuted for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Legal basis:

The processing of data entered as comments is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

By providing the comment function, we want to enable you to interact with us in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage period:

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when communication with the user has been completed and the company can conclude from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. We reserve the right to delete data without giving reasons and without prior or subsequent notification.

In addition, you can have your comment deleted by us at any time. To do so, please send an email to the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection and provide the link to your comment and, for identification purposes, the email address used when creating the comment.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid email address and your name. This serves to assign the enquiry and subsequently respond to it. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we want to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed for the purpose of implementing pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

The recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods under the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your enquiry if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for your enquiry.

Use of Google Analytics

If 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 (hereinafter: ‘Google’). Google Analytics uses ‘cookies’, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to 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. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ 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 relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs is automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clicking on this link. This will install an opt-out cookie on your device. This will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data for this website and for this browser in future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

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 downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

Embedded YouTube videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter ‘YouTube’). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter ‘Google’). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy. (https://policies.google.com/privacy).

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider does not currently offer a simple opt-out or blocking option for data transmission. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to 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 methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Information about your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR

Right to object in individual cases

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

creative-depot P&D GmbH

Managing Directors: Iris Plate, Marion Donner

Asseler Str. 87

21706 Drochtersen

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend 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 then apply to your next visit.

Questions for 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 organisation directly:

creative-depot P&D GmbH
Managing Directors: Iris Plate, Marion Donner
Asseler Str. 87
21706 Drochtersen

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).