Data Protection Declaration for the www.buschfeld.de website

Status: 25. May, 2018

Data protection
The protection of your data, and the confidential handling and processing of the same, are of prime importance to us. As of 25. May, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect and all countries in Europe are required to observe the same regulations with regard to data protection. The Data Protection Declaration outlined in this document is in line with the guidelines laid down by the GDPR and the German Federal Data Protection Act, the goal being to provide information on what kind of data is collected, for what purpose, and how personal data is used by website owner Buschfeld Design GmbH.

This information refers to the Buschfeld Design GmbH website only and does not affect any other websites that can be visited by users via external links.

Although we have taken precautions to ensure the safety of our website it is not possible to guarantee complete protection of your data since security gaps on the Internet cannot be excluded.

Should you have any concerns regarding the collection of your data, you will find contact data of our respective partners under “Rights of the data subjects”.

Proprietor of data processing
The proprietor of data processing is Buschfeld Design GmbH, a limited liability company registered in 51105 Cologne, Germany.

Anonymous data collection
You may visit our website without providing any information about yourself. We do not save any personal data in this context. In order to serve market demands more effectively, we do analyse statistical data, but this process does not allow us to draw any conclusions with regard to you as an individual.

Location and duration of the data processing
The processing of data in conjunction with web-based services available on our website is handled exclusively at the Buschfeld Design GmbH main office by the staff responsible for technical and marketing issues. If required, personal data can be processed in conjunction with the services linked with the above-mentioned topic or area of business, but also in accordance with the data protection regulation.

Contact form
If you use the contact form provided to send us enquiries or comments, we store the data linked to your enquiry, including the contact data provided by you personally, in order to be able to respond to your enquiry and follow up effectively. This data is not forwarded to third parties without your explicit consent. Any data entered by you in the contact form remains with us until you indicate that it can be deleted, you revoke your consent allowing us to save it, or the reason for storing the data is no longer relevant. Mandatory legal provisions – and data retention periods, in particular – remain unaffected.

The sending of Newsletters
On our website you have the opportunity to subscribe to our Newsletter. The Newsletter is sent by e-mail to all those who fill in the form on the website that relates specifically to this service, thus granting Buschfeld Design GmbH the authorisation to process personal data. Our Newsletters are sent at regular intervals. To be able to receive our Newsletter you need a valid e-mail address. We check the e-mail address provided by you in the form to ensure you are indeed the owner of the e-mail address and, as such, have given your consent for us to send the Newsletter.

When accessing website services, the user acknowledges the fact that thanks to the data analysis carried out by the service provider Buschfeld Design GmbH can acquire the following information:
- number of recipients opening the Newsletter e-mail
- number of clicks on hyperlinks in the Newsletters
- Newsletter e-mail could not be opened
- Newsletter e-mail could not be delivered 
- mail bounced
- Newsletter recipient wishes to unsubscribe
- complaints

The data collected is used exclusively for sending the required information and is not forwarded to third parties. All is effected in strict alignment with current legal regulations.

You may unsubscribe to the Newsletter at any time. Further details can be found in the confirmation mail as well as in any of the Newsletters sent.

Withdrawal of consent or cancellation of services
Should you no longer wish to receive the Newsletter and wish to unsubscribe, you need to click on Unsubscribe and follow the instructions.
Data subjects have the right to receive confirmation of the existence of their personal data at any time, to be informed with regard to the content and origin of the data, check the data is correct and demand it be supplemented, updated or amended. In accordance with the paragraph above, the data subjects have the right to demand that data that has been processed illegally be deleted, only processed to a certain degree, anonymised or made inaccessible, and should the case arise, they are entitled to withdraw their consent that their data be processed for legitimate reasons. The refusal to make one’s data available for processing means that the individual has no right to draw upon any services offered on the website. Should issues of this kind occur, please refer to our Data Protection Officer.

Server data
For technical reasons the following data (examples listed below) which your Internet browser transfers to us or our webspace provider, is collected (so-called server log files):
- browser type and version
- operating system applied
- website from where you were referred to our website (Referrer URL)
- website you are visiting
- date and time of your access
- your Internet IP address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and therefore does not allow any conclusions as to any specific person. The data is evaluated for statistical purposes in order to be able to optimise our Internet presence and serve our customers better.

Data retention periods
Personal data is only processed using automated tools for as long as is necessary in order to reach the goals for which the data was collected. Special safety measures are undertaken to prevent data loss, illegal or inappropriate use, and unauthorised access.

Buschfeld Design GmbH processes the data in accordance with the above, unless the data subject requests the data be deleted.

Forwarding of personal data
Your data is not forwarded to third parties without your express consent. With the exception of our service partners who support us with the handling of contractual relationships. In such cases, we adhere strictly to the regulations laid down in the German Federal Data Protection Law. Data transfer is therefore restricted to a minimum.

Right to transfer data
Data subjects can request that the proprietor of data processing maintain their personal data in a structured, generally acceptable and machine-readable format and have the right to transfer the data to another proprietor of data processing.

Information, deletion or blocking of data
You have the right to receive information about your personal data, to be informed with regard to the content and origin of the data, check the data is correct and demand it be supplemented, updated or amended at any time – and free-of-charge. Should you have any questions on the above, or in relation to personal data, feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer at your convenience.

Data subjects’ rights
Data subjects have the right to receive confirmation of the existence of their personal data at any time, to be informed with regard to the content and origin of the data, check the data is correct and demand it be supplemented, updated or amended.
Data subjects have the right to demand that data that has been processed illegally be deleted, only processed to a certain degree, anonymised or made inaccessible, and should the case arise, they are entitled to withdraw their consent that their data be processed for legitimate reasons.
 
Enquiries should be sent:
- by e-mail to: nb@buschfeld.de
- by fax to: +49 (0) 221-93764-79
- by post to: Buschfeld Design GmbH, Dillenburger Strasse 97, 51105 Cologne, Germany

Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer for our company is:
Nicola Blass
Dillenburger Strasse 97
51105 Cologne
Tel.: +49 (0) 221-93764-0
E-mail: nb@buschfeld.de

It is the goal of Buschfeld Design GmbH to ensure that website content is up-to-date and free from errors. Should you discover anything that is not in line with this principle, we would very much appreciate your feedback.

We accept no liability for websites that refer to us (via a link), or to which we refer (via a link).

Disclaimer
Buschfeld Design GmbH assumes no liability for the quality or completeness of the information provided. Liability claims against Buschfeld Design GmbH, based on damage of a material or non-material nature, caused through the use of information provided, or through the use of faulty and incomplete information, are principally excluded if there is no demonstrable, intentional or negligent fault on the part of Buschfeld Design GmbH. All offers are subject to change and non-binding. Buschfeld Design GmbH reserves the right to amend, supplement, delete or remove parts of the pages or the entire offer temporarily or permanently without notice. The latest version of the individual products and product data sheets with the corresponding specifications can be found under www.buschfeld.de. Buschfeld Design GmbH shall not be held liable for any damages or consequential damages arising from the application of Buschfeld Design GmbH products or their installation, except in cases of intent or gross negligence.

"Links" are always dynamic references. Buschfeld Design GmbH tests the third party contents of the external links at the time of the first connection to check there is no cause for concern with regard to potential civil or criminal liability, but does not constantly review the contents referred to in their offers to check whether information or data has been changed and could consequently constitute a new liability. If Buschfeld Design GmbH ascertains or is informed by others that a concrete offer to which they have set up a link shows signs of potential civil or criminal liability, the link will be withdrawn.
Copyright and rights of use The design, all products, texts, images, graphics, audio, video and animation files and how they are applied are subject to copyright and other laws protecting intellectual property.

Copyright and prohibition of exploitation
The contents and images contained on the Manufacturer’s homepage are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution and any other form of utilisation requires the prior written consent of the Manufacturer. Downloads and copies of this homepage are not permitted. This applies in particular to all photos on the Manufacturer’s homepage. To the best of the Manufacturer’s knowledge, the rights of third parties were respected when creating the homepage. Should the Manufacturer be notified of any infringements in relation to the latter, the relevant contents will be removed from the Manufacturer’s homepage immediately.

We are delighted if you to refer to our website in blogs, on Facebook and in other media. In order to protect copyrights, we would ask you not to publish or post images and texts from our website without the prior written consent from Buschfeld Design GmbH.

Brand names and trademarks
Some terms and product names used on www.buschfeld.de are registered trademarks of Buschfeld Design GmbH in Germany, Europe and also internationally. However, the use of these proprietary names on www.buschfeld.de does not mean that property rights in the used proprietary names can be claimed in those countries where identical or similar proprietary names have already been registered by third parties.
"LightLight" is a registered trademark in Germany (German trademark no. 302 23 967.7/11),
"Freestyler" is a registered trademark in Germany (German trademark no. 30 2017 231 241.2/09),
"Sense System" is a registered trademark in Germany (German trademark no. 30 2017 216 095.7/09).
"Freestyler" and "Sense System" are shortly to be registered as international brands with the Deutsche Patent- und Markenamt DPMA (German Patent and Trademark Office).

All other product and company names to be found on www.buschfeld.de are the brands of the respective manufacturers or owners. All other not explicitly conceded rights remain reserved.

Amendments to the Data Protection Declaration As those responsible, we reserve the right to make amendments to this Data Protection Declaration in order to remain in line with data protection legislation.
Status as of May 2018.