Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

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1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Otto Szanto, Otto Szanto Sole Proprietorship, Hundsrücken 15, 75417 Mühlacker, Germany, Tel.: +491637122122, Email: info@infocargo.de. The controller for the processing of personal data 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 Visiting Our Website

2.1 When using our website purely for informational purposes, that is, if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

- Our visited website

- Date and time of access

- Amount of data sent in bytes

- Source/reference from which you accessed the page

- Browser used

- Operating system used

- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. There will be no transfer or other use of the data. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively should there be concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the padlock symbol in your browser's address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

For the hosting of our website and the presentation of the page content, we use a provider that provides its services either itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

3) Cookies

To make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called 'session cookies'), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow the storage of page settings (so-called 'persistent cookies'). In the latter case, you can find out the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

If individual cookies we use also process personal data, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of granted consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser to be informed about the setting of cookies and to decide individually on their acceptance or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general.

Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Kontaktaufnahme

In the context of contacting us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been conclusively processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Webanalysedienste

Plausible

This website uses "Plausible", a web analytics tool from Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403, Tartu, Estonia.

It anonymously records and evaluates interactions of randomly selected individual visitors with the website in order to collect information about site usage (such as visitor numbers, page views, bounce rates, and duration of stay).

At no time are personal data processed. Plausible only collects non-personal data when using this website, such as information about the browser and the user agent. This data is stored in a non-personally identifiable form and evaluated for statistical purposes. Deletion occurs as soon as the data is no longer needed for our evaluation purposes.

If, in individual cases, personal data is processed, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the statistical evaluation of user behaviour for optimisation purposes in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

6) Seitenfunktionalitäten

Google reCAPTCHA

On this website, we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA.

For the visual design of the captcha window, the provider uses 'Google Fonts', which are fonts loaded from the internet by Google. There is no processing of additional information beyond the aforementioned, which is already transmitted to Google through the functionality of ReCaptcha.

The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively through machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is taken by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit, and transmits this for evaluation to the provider's servers. Cookies may be used in this process, which are small text files stored in the browser of the device.

If the above-described processing is based on cookies, these will only be set if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the 'Cookie Consent Tool' provided on the website.

If the above-described processing is carried out without the use of cookies, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual accountability on the internet and preventing abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

8) Rights of the Data Subject

8.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights as a data subject in relation to the processing of your personal data by the controller (rights to information and intervention), with reference to the respective legal basis for the conditions of exercise:

- Right to access under Art. 15 GDPR;

- Right to rectification under Art. 16 GDPR;

- Right to erasure under Art. 17 GDPR;

- Right to restriction of processing under Art. 18 GDPR;

- Right to notification under Art. 19 GDPR;

- Right to data portability under Art. 20 GDPR;

- Right to withdraw consent given under Art. 7(3) GDPR;

- Right to lodge a complaint under Art. 77 GDPR.

8.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS DUE TO OUR PREVAILING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED 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 DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US 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. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

9) Duration of storage of personal data

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

When processing personal data based on explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the relevant data will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed in the context of contractual or contractual-like obligations based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data based on 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 which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing based on 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 stated in the other information in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.