GKS Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and Contact Information for the Data Controller

1.1We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we provide information about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to any data that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Georg Kramp GmbH & Co. KG, Max-Planck-Straße 32, 70736 Fellbach, Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)711-510981-0, Fax: +49 (0)711-510981-90, Email: admin@gks-perfekt.com. 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 You Visit Our Website

2.1When you use our website for informational purposes only—that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information—we collect only the 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 website we visited
• Date and time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/link that brought you to this page
• Browser Used
• Operating System Used
• IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Data 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 evidence of unlawful use.

2.2For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries 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’s address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1To host our website and display its content, we use a provider that delivers its services—either directly or through selected subcontractors—exclusively on servers located 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 that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits its unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

3.2Host Europe

We use a content delivery network provided by the following company: Host Europe GmbH, c/o WeWork, Friesenplatz 4, 50672 Cologne, 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. The 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 that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make your visit to our website more enjoyable and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies—small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow 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.

To the extent that personal data is processed through individual cookies we use, such processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR either for the performance of a contract, pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR in the event that consent has been given, or pursuant to 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 experience for visitors.

You can configure your browser so that you are notified when cookies are set and can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them, or you can disable cookies for specific cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Making Contact

When you contact us (e.g., via the contact form or by email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form is indicated on the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact is intended to lead to the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided that there are no statutory retention requirements to the contrary.

6) Web analytics services

Matomo

This website uses a web analytics service provided by the following company: InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”)

The service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data, including information about the device used, such as the IP address and browser information. This data may be used to create and analyze pseudonymized usage profiles for the same purpose. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the site visitor’s web browser. Among other things, cookies enable the recognition of the web browser.

The pseudonymized information generated by the cookie is not used to personally identify visitors to this website and is not combined with personal data about the person behind the pseudonym.
If data is also transmitted to the provider’s servers and the web analytics service has not been installed locally on our server, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

All processing described above—in particular, the setting of cookies to read information from 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 this consent, Matomo will not be used during your visit to the site.

You may revoke your consent at any time, effective for the future. To revoke your consent, please disable this service using the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

Data is transmitted to the provider only if the service is not hosted on our own servers. If we host the service ourselves, no data collected through the service is transmitted to the provider.

Unless the service is hosted on our own servers, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits its unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

In this case, data transfers to New Zealand are governed by an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission, which certifies compliance with European data protection standards for international data transfers.

7) Site Features

Google Maps

This website uses an online map service provided by the following provider: Google Maps (API) by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Maps is a web service that displays interactive (map) views to visually present geographic information. Using this service shows you our location and makes it easier for you to find your way here.

As soon as you visit any of the subpages that include a Google Maps embed, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google’s servers and stored there; this may also involve a transfer to the servers of Google LLC in the United States. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before clicking the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them.

The collection, storage, and analysis of data are carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, based on Google’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, conducting market research, and/or tailoring Google websites to user needs. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact Google. If you do not consent to the future transfer of your data to Google in connection with your use of Google Maps, you also have the option to completely disable the Google Maps web service by turning off JavaScript in your browser. Google Maps—and thus the map display on this website—will then no longer be available for use.

To the extent required by law, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your right to withdraw consent, please follow the procedure for filing an objection described above.

For data transfers to the United States, the provider has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

For more information about Google's privacy policy, see here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/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, where they can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking the appropriate boxes. Through the use of this tool, all cookies and services requiring consent are loaded only if the respective user grants the corresponding consent by checking the appropriate boxes. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user’s device only if consent has been granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this process.

If, in individual cases, the storage, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this processing 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.

Another legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. As the data controller, we are legally obligated to make the use of non-technically necessary cookies contingent upon the user’s consent.

Where necessary, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits its unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For more information about the operator and the settings options for the cookie consent tool, please refer directly to the corresponding user interface on our website.

9) Rights of the Data Subject

9.1Applicable data protection law grants you the following rights as a data subject (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data; please refer to the cited legal basis for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:

• Right of access pursuant to Article 15 of the GDPR;
• Right to rectification under Article 16 of the GDPR;
• Right to erasure under Article 17 of the GDPR;
• Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 of the GDPR;
• Right to be informed pursuant to Article 19 of the GDPR;
• Right to data portability under Article 20 of the GDPR;
• Right to withdraw consent that has been given pursuant to Article 7(3) of the GDPR;
• Right to lodge a complaint under Article 77 of the GDPR.

9.2RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON 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 SPECIFIC SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE 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 STOP PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

10) Retention Period for Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—where applicable—the respective statutory retention period (e.g., retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, the data in question will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed in connection with contractual or quasi-contractual obligations pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted upon expiration of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer necessary for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in continuing to store it.

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 that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing pursuant to 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 contained in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

The GKS Privacy Policy is managed by the IT-Recht-Kanzlei in Munich.