Privacy Policy

1. An Overview of Data Protection

General Information 

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

  • Who is responsible for the data collection on this website? 

    Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Notice Regarding the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

  • How do we collect your data? 

    On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can, for example, be data that 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 call). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

  • What do we use your data for? 

    Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order requests.

  • What rights do you have regarding your data? 

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

For this purpose, as well as for further 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. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If a corresponding consent was requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

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

We employ the following host: 

Elementor Ltd. 

Tuval St 40, Ramat Gan 5252247, Israel

Data transfer to a third country 

Data transfer to Israel is based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission (Art. 45 GDPR). This means the European Commission has determined that Israel ensures an adequate level of data protection comparable to that of the European Union. Insofar as data is transferred to other third countries (such as the USA) via Elementor’s sub-processors, this is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) of the European Commission. These clauses are designed to ensure that your data is processed in compliance with European data protection standards even when transferred outside the EU/EEA.

Data Processing Agreement (DPA) 

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection 

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

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Regarding the Responsible Party 

The responsible party for data processing on this website is: 

Dr. Corina Krawinkel

Lindenallee 19, 50968 Cologne, Germany

Phone: +49 17396755 95

Email: Corina.krawinkel@gmx.de

Website: www.corinacontemporary.com

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

Storage Duration 

Unless a more specific storage period is specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion 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 takes place after these reasons cease to apply.

General Notes on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website 

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 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 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

 

Recipients of Personal Data 

In the course of our business operations, we work together with various external entities. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external entities. We only pass on personal data to external entities if this is necessary within the scope of fulfilling a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the disclosure, or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using 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.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing 

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

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

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM 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 AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF 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 INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

 

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority 

In the event of infringements 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, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

 

Right to Data Portability 

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion 

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further 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 the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

 

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the audit, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

  • If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

  • 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 the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

  • If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data — apart from its storage — may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

 

SSL or TLS Encryption 

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies 

Our internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion takes place through your web browser.

Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions desired by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies to measure web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies was requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

If further cookies and services are used on this website, you can find details in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files 

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version

  • Operating system used

  • Referrer URL

  • Hostname of the accessing computer

  • Time of the server request

  • IP address

     

This data is not merged with other data sources. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Consent Management with Complianz

Our website uses the consent technology of Complianz to obtain your consent for the storage of certain cookies on your device or for the use of specific technologies and to document this in a legally compliant manner. The provider of this software is Complianz B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands (hereinafter “Complianz”).

When you visit our website, Complianz stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign the consents you have granted or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored on our servers until you ask us to delete it, delete the Complianz consent cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention obligations remain unaffected.

Complianz is used to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies and other technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Detailed Cookie Policy 

For detailed information about the specific cookies we use, their exact purposes, storage durations, and how you can view or change your consent settings at any time, please refer to our separate Cookie Policy.

Adobe Fonts

For the uniform and appealing presentation of fonts, this website uses web fonts provided by Adobe (Adobe Fonts). When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must establish a connection to Adobe’s servers. As a result, Adobe becomes aware that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Adobe Fonts is based on our legitimate interest in a uniform and appealing presentation of our online environment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., via a consent management tool), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The provider of this service is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA. The data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) of the European Commission and/or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), providing a recognized level of data protection.

For more information about Adobe Fonts and how Adobe handles your data, please read Adobe’s privacy policy at: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

Contact Form (WPForms) 

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, 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 use the “WPForms” plugin to provide and manage our contact forms. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment 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 processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data entered by you in the contact form remains with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.

Email Communication via WP Mail SMTP 

To ensure that emails generated by our website (such as notifications from contact form submissions) are sent securely and reliably, we use the plugin “WP Mail SMTP”. This service allows us to route our website’s outgoing emails through a dedicated SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) provider rather than the standard web server function.

Depending on the configuration, the personal data you enter into our contact form (such as your name, email address, and message) may be transmitted to our chosen email/SMTP service provider solely for the technical purpose of delivering the email to us. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in ensuring secure and reliable communication (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Site Kit by Google 

We use the “Site Kit by Google” plugin to connect our website with various Google services and monitor its performance. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Site Kit itself serves as a central dashboard. However, depending on the Google services activated within Site Kit (e.g., Google Search Console, Google Analytics), personal data of website visitors (such as IP addresses or user behavior) may be collected and transmitted to Google servers, potentially including servers in the United States. If such tracking services are activated and require consent, they are managed via our consent management tool (Cookie Banner) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Otherwise, the integration is based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis and optimization of our website (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

The data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) of the European Commission and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). For further information on how Google handles user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

(Source: based on https://www.e-recht24.de)