Privacy Policy

This is a translation provided for convenience. The legally binding version is the German privacy policy.

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section „Information on the controller" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us — for example when you send us an email or call us. Other data is collected automatically by our hosting system when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data such as your browser, operating system, or the time of the page request.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free and secure provision of the website. Data that you actively provide to us is used exclusively to process your enquiry.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data, and you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You may contact us at any time regarding this and any other data protection matter.

No Cookies, No Tracking

This website sets no cookies and uses no analytics, tracking or advertising services. There is no audience measurement, no profiling, and no social media plugins are embedded. A cookie banner is therefore not required.

2. Hosting

Firebase Hosting

We host the content of our website with Firebase Hosting, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter „Google"). When you visit our website, your personal data is processed on Google's servers. Personal data and metadata may also be transferred to servers of Google LLC in the USA.

The use of Firebase Hosting is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable, secure and performant presentation of our website possible. Where consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG.

A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with Google. For data transfers to the USA, Google relies on the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses and on its certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

For further information, please see Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Please note that data transmission over the internet can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

PLC Consulting Henrik Schrot
Kapplerstraße 15
79853 Lenzkirch
Germany

Phone: +49 151 5193 1246
Email: office@plcconsulting.net

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.

Storage Period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing it no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing it — such as retention periods under commercial or tax law.

Legal Bases for Processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process it on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Otherwise, processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Withdrawal of Your Consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will then no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The supervisory authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg, Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

Information, Correction, Deletion and Restriction

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to have this data corrected or deleted. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time regarding these matters.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address bar changes from „http://" to „https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser bar. When encryption is active, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to us automatically. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. It is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of the website — for this purpose, server log files must be recorded.

Enquiries by Email or Telephone

This website contains no contact form. If you contact us by email or telephone, your enquiry including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry, contact details) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) where this has been requested.

The data you send us via contact enquiries remains with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.

Fonts (Locally Hosted)

This website uses the Montserrat typeface for a consistent presentation of fonts. The font files are installed locally on our server and are loaded directly from there when you open the page. No connection to servers operated by Google or other providers is established in the process. No data is transferred to third parties.