Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a glance

General information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy set out below.

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?
Your data is collected in part when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data you enter in a contact form or send us by email or messaging service.

Other data is collected automatically, or with your consent, by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse how visitors use the site. Where contracts are concluded or initiated through the website, the transmitted data is also processed for offers, orders, and other enquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information, free of charge, about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw that consent at any time with future effect. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You further have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about data protection.

Analytics tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour may be analysed statistically. This is done primarily using analytics programmes. Detailed information about these analytics programmes can be found in the privacy policy below.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Aut O’Mattic

The provider is Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., Business Centre, No. 1 Lower Mayor Street, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland (hereinafter “Aut O’Mattic”), whose parent company is based in the USA.

The web hosting includes functions that allow us to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. The analysis is carried out using Jetpack (formerly WordPress Stats). For this purpose, technologies are used that enable the recognition of users (for example cookies or device fingerprinting). The analysis also records log files (referrer, IP address, browser, etc.), the origin of website visitors (country, city), and the actions taken (for example clicks, views, downloads). The information collected about the use of this website is stored by the host in the USA. Your IP address is anonymised after processing and before storage.

The use of Aut O’Mattic is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (for example device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

The company holds certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/4709

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

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.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (for example when communicating by email) 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:

Alexander Sperka – Software, Robotics & Consulting
Eiserne Hand 8
77652 Offenburg
Germany

Telephone: +49 176 42 696 199
Email: alex@wildsight.live

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 (such as names, email addresses, or similar).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for the data processing 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 your personal data (for example retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion takes place once those grounds no longer apply.

General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR where special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is additionally based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your device (for example via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. We further process your data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties where this is necessary for the performance of a contract, where we are legally obliged to do so (for example disclosure of data to tax authorities), where we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the disclosure, or where another legal basis permits the transfer. Where processors are used, we only pass on our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right of complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

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. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place insofar as it is technically feasible.

Access, rectification and erasure

Within the framework 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, and where applicable a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and any other questions about personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do so. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data has been or is being carried out unlawfully, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its erasure.
If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may, apart from being stored, only be processed with your consent, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or 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 SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets that do no harm to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites.

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, because certain website functions would not work without them. Other cookies may be used to analyse user behaviour or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you have requested, or to optimise the website (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is stated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Where consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of that consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Where further cookies and services are used on this website, these are set out in this privacy policy.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the details you provide in the enquiry form, including the contact details you give there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass this data on without your consent.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of 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; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example after your enquiry has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected.

Submissions sent through the contact form are checked for spam by Akismet, a service of Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. For this purpose, the data entered in the form, together with your IP address and browser information, is transmitted to Akismet’s servers and stored there. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in preventing spam and protecting the website against automated misuse (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Further information can be found at https://automattic.com/privacy/

Enquiries by email, telephone or messaging service

If you contact us by email, telephone, or a messaging service such as WhatsApp, your enquiry including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass this data on without your consent.

The data you send us via contact enquiries remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example after your request has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

This website contains links that allow you to contact us via WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland, part of the Meta group. Simply visiting this website does not transmit any data to WhatsApp. Data is only transferred once you actively use such a link to start a conversation with us.

If you contact us via WhatsApp, WhatsApp processes your telephone number, your profile information, and the content and metadata of the messages exchanged. We have no influence over the scope of this processing. Data may also be transferred to servers outside the European Union. Further information can be found in WhatsApp’s privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. In addition, WhatsApp LLC holds certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/data-privacy-framework

The use of WhatsApp as a contact channel is based on our legitimate interest in offering a fast and widely used means of communication (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If you would prefer not to use WhatsApp, you can reach us at any time by email or telephone using the contact details above.

The messages you exchange with us via WhatsApp remain with us until you ask us to delete them, withdraw your consent to their storage, or the purpose for storing them no longer applies (for example after your request has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

5. Social media

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks, currently on Instagram and LinkedIn. Simply visiting this website does not transmit any data to these networks. The following applies when you visit or interact with our profiles on the platforms themselves.

When you visit one of our social media profiles, the operator of the respective platform processes your personal data — for example your usage behaviour and, if you are logged in, data linked to your account. This may happen even if you do not have an account with the platform in question. We have no influence over the scope and purposes of this processing by the platform operators; details can be found in the privacy policies linked below.

The platform operators provide us with aggregated usage statistics for our profiles (“Insights”), for example on the reach of posts and the demographics of visitors. We cannot link these statistics to individual persons. For the processing of Insights data, we and the respective platform operator are joint controllers within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR. The essence of the joint controllership arrangements is set out in the agreements linked below; under these agreements, the primary responsibility for the Insights processing and for enabling data subject rights lies with the platform operator. You can nevertheless assert your data protection rights both against us and against the respective operator.

We use our social media profiles on the basis of our legitimate interest in an effective public presence and in communication with customers and interested parties (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If you contact us via direct message on one of these platforms, the section “Enquiries by email, telephone or messaging service” above applies accordingly, including the storage period stated there.

Instagram

We maintain a profile on Instagram. The provider is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. For the collection and processing of Instagram Insights data, we and Meta are joint controllers on the basis of Meta’s “Page Insights Addendum”: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum. Information about which data is processed for Insights is available here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data

Details on how Meta handles personal data can be found in Meta’s privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. In addition, Meta Platforms, Inc. holds certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The current list of certified companies can be found here: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/list

We maintain a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. For the processing of Page Insights data, we and LinkedIn are joint controllers on the basis of LinkedIn’s “Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum”: https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum

Details on how LinkedIn handles personal data can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. You can object to the use of your data for marketing purposes in your LinkedIn account settings or here: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. In addition, LinkedIn Corporation holds certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1350117

Based on a template by e-recht24.de. See also our Impressum.