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Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Notes

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to the full privacy policy 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. Their contact details can be found in the section “Note on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us directly — for example, data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your usage behaviour. Where contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data is also processed for contract offers, orders, or other service requests.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke that consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, under certain circumstances you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For these and any other questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.

2. Hosting

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

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting serves the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host:

Netlify
https://www.netlify.com/about/
https://www.netlify.com/support/
https://www.netlify.com/gdpr-ccpa/

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Michael Jones
Dickhardtstr. 41
12161 Berlin

Phone: +491637305917
Email: michael@tacit.works

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for erasure or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after those reasons cease to apply.

General Notes on Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website

Where 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, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. Where you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked 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. Furthermore, we process your data where required to fulfil 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. The relevant legal bases applicable in each individual case are set out 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. This sometimes requires the transfer of personal data to those 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 (e.g. disclosure of data to tax authorities), where we have a legitimate interest in disclosure under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or where another legal basis permits the transfer. Where we use data processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers 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 explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before the revocation is not affected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

WHERE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF 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 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 PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).

WHERE 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 TO THE EXTENT THAT 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 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 breach. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data which we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Access, Rectification and Erasure

Within the scope of applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, where applicable, the right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this and any other questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
  • If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
  • If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.

Where processing of your personal data has been restricted, such data may — apart from being stored — only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Objection to Marketing Emails

The use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Enquiries via Email, Phone or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, 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 on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry is related 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 revoked at any time.

Data sent to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.

Contact Form (Google Forms)

We use Google Forms to provide our contact form on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you use our contact form, the data you enter (name, email address, message) is transmitted to and stored on Google's servers. Google processes this data on our behalf to provide the form service.

The processing of the entered data is based solely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The lawfulness of data processing operations carried out before the revocation is not affected by the revocation.

Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, ensuring an adequate level of data protection for transfers to the USA. Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Plausible Analytics

This website uses Plausible Analytics, a privacy-friendly web analytics service. The provider is Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403, Tartu, Estonia.

Plausible Analytics does not collect personal data and does not set cookies. Only aggregated, anonymous usage statistics are collected (e.g. page views, visitor sources, devices used). Identification of individual persons is not possible.

As no personal data is processed, no cookie consent is required for the use of Plausible Analytics. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour to optimise our online offering (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

The collected statistical data is stored on servers within the European Union. Further information can be found at: https://plausible.io/data-policy

Appointment Booking via Google Calendar

This website offers the option of booking appointments via an external booking link using Google Calendar, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you click the booking link, you are redirected to an external Google service. Data such as your IP address and browser information may be transmitted to Google. To book an appointment, you provide your name, email address and preferred time.

This data is used to carry out the appointment and thus to implement pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of data entered in the newsletter sign-up form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, your email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of data processing operations already carried out is not affected by the revocation.

Data stored with us for the purpose of newsletter subscription will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after unsubscription or when the purpose ceases to apply. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data stored for other purposes by us is not affected by this.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blocklist where this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blocklist is used only for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage in the blocklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Newsletter Distribution via Kit (formerly ConvertKit)

Our newsletters are sent via Kit, an email marketing service. The provider is Kit (ConvertKit, LLC), 750 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA.

Kit enables us to organise and analyse newsletter distribution. Data you enter for newsletter subscription is stored on Kit's servers in the USA. Kit is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

We use a double opt-in procedure. This means that after signing up you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary to prevent anyone from signing up with someone else's email address. Kit logs newsletter sign-ups in order to document the sign-up process in accordance with legal requirements.

Further information on data processing by Kit can be found at: https://kit.com/privacy

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