Privacy Policy (in accordance with the GDPR)

1. General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website? The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the site's legal notice (Impressum).
How do we collect your data? Some data is collected when you provide it to us—for example, by filling out a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This includes technical data (e.g., browser type, operating system, time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our site.
What do we use your data for? Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free website performance. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have the right to request correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this, and any other questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time via the address listed in the legal notice.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. In certain circumstances, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. See the "Right to restriction of processing" section below for details.
Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed using cookies and analysis tools. This is generally done anonymously and cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by disabling certain tools. Details can be found in this privacy policy.

2. Mandatory Information
Data Protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy notice explains what data we collect and for what purpose.
We point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g., via email communication) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against third-party access is not possible.
Controller Responsible for Processing
schaumagazin gGmbH Dr.-Hans-Wolf-Str. 5 19055 Schwerin, Germany Phone/Fax: +49 (0)385 5509295
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Withdrawal of Your Consent
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time via an informal email. The legality of data processed before withdrawal remains unaffected.
Right to Object to Processing (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. This also applies to profiling based on those provisions.
If you object, we will stop processing your data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If your data is used for direct marketing, you may object at any time, and we will no longer use your data for such purposes.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
In case of GDPR violations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in your place of residence, workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process on the basis of your consent or a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format or request the transfer to another controller.
Access, Blocking, Erasure, and Correction
You have the right to access your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of processing at any time, as well as the right to correct, block, or delete it—unless legal retention requirements apply.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You may request the restriction of processing of your personal data in the following cases:
• You contest the accuracy of the data.
• Processing is unlawful, but you oppose deletion.
• We no longer need the data, but you require it for legal claims.
• You have objected under Art. 21(1) GDPR, and the balance of interests is pending.
If processing is restricted, such data may only be stored or processed with your consent or for legal claims, the protection of others, or public interest.
Objection to Marketing Emails
We object to the use of contact data published within the legal notice obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information. The site operators reserve legal action in case of unsolicited promotional content (e.g., spam emails).

3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to make it more user-friendly and secure. Most are "session cookies" which are automatically deleted after your visit. Others remain on your device until deleted manually.
You can configure your browser to notify you about cookies, accept them only in specific cases, or disable them entirely. If disabled, some site functionality may be limited.
Cookies necessary for the communication process or certain functions (e.g., shopping cart) are stored under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR—our legitimate interest in providing an optimized, technically error-free service.
Server Log Files
We automatically collect and store information in server log files, which your browser sends to us:
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referrer URL
• Hostname
• Time of request
• IP address (stored for up to 7 days for security purposes)
This data is not merged with other data sources and is processed under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Contact Form
When you send us inquiries via contact form, the data entered (including contact details) will be stored for processing your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
Data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can revoke at any time. Data remains stored until you request deletion or withdraw consent, unless legal retention obligations apply.
Contact via Website
If you contact us via email or contact form, the voluntarily provided data will be stored for the purpose of responding to your request. We will not share your personal data without your consent.

4. Plugins and Tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA). When you visit a page with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established, and YouTube is informed which of our pages you visited.
Cookies may be set by YouTube to gather information on usage behavior and prevent fraud. If you are logged into your YouTube account, your activity may be linked to your profile.
More: YouTube Privacy Policy
Vimeo
We embed videos from Vimeo (Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA). Accessing a page with a Vimeo plugin sends your IP address to Vimeo—even if you're not logged in.
If you are logged in, your usage may be linked to your profile. You can prevent this by logging out of Vimeo.
More: Vimeo Privacy Policy
Google Web Fonts
We use Google Web Fonts for consistent typography. When you load a page, your browser connects to Google's servers, revealing your IP address.
More:
• Google Web Fonts FAQ
• Google Privacy Policy
Google Maps
This site uses Google Maps via API (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). To use Maps, your IP address is sent to Google and may be stored on US-based servers.
We have no influence over this data transmission. More: Google Privacy Policy