Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Contact Details

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest in data protection. In the following, we inform you about how your personal data is processed when you use our website.

What is personal data?
Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as your name, your address, or your e-mail address.

Who is responsible for data processing?
The party responsible for data processing on this website (the "controller") is:

Uwe Evers GmbH
Norderneystr. 20
26603 Aurich, Germany
E-Mail: info@uwe-evers-gmbh.de

The controller decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2. Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

If you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect so-called server log files. These are data that your browser automatically transmits to our server and that are technically necessary to display the website to you.

The following data is collected:

The website you visited
Date and time of access
The amount of data sent in bytes
The website from which you accessed our site (Referrer URL)
Your browser and operating system used
Your IP address (possibly in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.1 SSL/TLS Encryption

To protect your confidential data such as orders or inquiries, we use SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the https:// in your browser's address bar and the lock symbol displayed there.

3. Cookies

We use cookies to optimize your visit to our website and to enable the use of certain functions. These are small text files that are stored on your end device.

Technically necessary cookies: These are essential for the functioning of the website. Their processing is based on our legitimate interest (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Other cookies (e.g., analysis or marketing cookies): These do not serve the technical functionality of the website and are only set with your express consent (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). We obtain your consent via a so-called "Cookie Consent Management System" (CMP). You have the option to revoke your consent for non-essential cookies or adjust your settings at any time. Please note that rejecting certain cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

4. Contacting Us

If you contact us via the contact form or e-mail, the personal data you provide will be processed exclusively for the purpose of processing and answering your request.

Legal basis:

To answer your inquiry: Our legitimate interest (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
If your inquiry is aimed at concluding a contract: The performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Your data will be deleted as soon as the matter has been conclusively clarified and there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5. Comment Function

If you use the comment function on our website, we store not only your comment but also the time of creation, your chosen name, and your IP address. Your comments are published on our website. The storage of your IP address serves security purposes. If your comment violates the rights of third parties or contains illegal content, we can trace who the comment came from. We require your e-mail address in order to be able to contact you if a third party objects to the content as unlawful.

Legal basis: The storage of your data takes place in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to by third parties as unlawful.

6. Opening a Customer Account

If you open a customer account with us, we process the data you provide to the extent necessary to fulfill the contract (in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). You can see which data is required in the input mask of the form. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending us a message to the address given above. After deletion, your data will be deleted provided that all contracts have been processed and no statutory retention periods or other legitimate interests require further storage.

7. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the following rights against us regarding your personal data:

Right of access: You can request information about whether and which data we process about you.
Right to rectification: If your data is incorrect, you can request its correction.
Right to erasure: You can request the deletion of your data if there is no longer a legal basis for its storage.
Right to restriction of processing: You can request the restriction of the processing of your data if, for example, its accuracy is disputed.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data at any time if the processing is based on a legitimate interest.
Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw consent given at any time. The lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal remains unaffected.

8. Duration of Data Storage

Personal data is stored only as long as it is necessary to fulfill the respective purpose or as required by statutory periods. As soon as the purpose of data collection ceases to apply or the statutory storage period has expired, the data is routinely deleted.

9. Third Parties and Transfer to Third Countries

We reserve the right to pass on the data collected in the context of website use to third parties (such as hosting providers) if this is necessary for the provision of the website or for the fulfillment of legal obligations.

If you use services from us that require the transfer of your personal data to countries outside the European Union (so-called third countries), we will inform you of this. The transfer only takes place if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are met.

9.1 Web Analysis (Google Analytics)

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website.

Purpose: The information about your use of this website is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Legal basis: Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you grant via our CMP.
Note on data transfer to the USA: The transfer of data to the USA is based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Google has committed to complying with the principles of the framework, which ensures an adequate level of data protection.

9.2 Google Fonts

This website uses Web Fonts provided by Google to ensure the uniform display of fonts.

Purpose: When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in an attractive and user-friendly presentation of our website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

9.3 YouTube Videos

We embed videos from the YouTube platform, which is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Purpose: The playback of videos embedded on this website.
Legal basis: Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you grant by clicking on the video button.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to adapt it to changed legal requirements or the further development of our website. The current version can always be found on this page.

11. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

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 place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The competent supervisory authority in Germany is the State Data Protection Commissioner (Landesdatenschutzbeauftragter). Contact details can be found on the website of the BfDI: www.bfdi.bund.de