Privacy Policy for SIMPROVA.com

Important Note: This draft serves only as a guide and is not legal advice. A privacy policy must always be adapted to the specific data processing operations of your website. It is strongly recommended to consult an IT law or data protection lawyer to create a legally binding privacy policy tailored to your individual circumstances and to ensure full compliance with the GDPR and other relevant laws.

Privacy Policy for SIMPROVA.com

1. Controller in the Sense of the GDPR

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Olaf Geiling, SIMPROVA Studio
Scharnhorststr. 7, 10115 Berlin, Germany, Email: info@simprova.com

2. Collection of General Data and Information

When you visit our website SIMPROVA.com, general information is automatically collected. These so-called server log files include, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address, and similar data.

This data is processed for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
Ensuring comfortable use of our website
Evaluation of system security and stability
Further administrative purposes

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes of data collection listed above. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person.

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure.

Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are stored only for the duration of your use of our website. They are essential for the basic functions of the website.
Persistent Cookies (optional): These remain stored on your device even after the end of a browser session and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (e.g., for language settings or shopping cart functions).

You can manage and delete cookies at any time in your browser settings. Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if you deactivate cookies.

4. Contact Form and Email Contact (if applicable)

If you send us inquiries via the contact form or email, your details from the inquiry form or your email, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of pre-contractual measures or fulfillment of a contract), provided your inquiry aims at concluding a contract. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us at any time (Art. 15 GDPR). Furthermore, you have the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR), and the right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).

If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR). This means that we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future.

Please contact the email address mentioned under point 1 for this purpose.

6. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is that of the federal state in which our company is headquartered. A list of supervisory authorities can be found, for example, at: [Link to a list of data protection supervisory authorities in Germany - e.g., https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html]

7. Data Retention

We store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected or as required by law (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods). After the respective purpose ceases to apply or these periods expire, the corresponding data will be routinely and in accordance with legal requirements deleted.

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy (e.g., when introducing new services). The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.