The responsible entity according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other data protection regulations is:

Sumations GmbH i.L.

Hellwisch 5
22391 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 40 533 00 850
E-Mail: sabine@sumations.com

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal basis for our data processing activities. Unless the legal basis is specifically mentioned in the privacy notice, the following applies:
The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 (1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 7 GDPR. The legal basis for processing for the fulfillment of our services and the implementation of contractual measures as well as responding to inquiries is Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR. The legal basis for processing for the fulfillment of our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR. If the processing of your data is necessary for the protection of a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and your interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms do not outweigh this interest, then Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing. If the processing of personal data is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Art. 6 (1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

We adhere to the principles of data minimization according to Art. 5 (1)(c) GDPR and storage limitation according to Art. 5 (1)(e) GDPR. We store your personal data only as long as necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned here or as required by legal retention periods. After the respective purpose ceases or after these retention periods expire, the corresponding data will be deleted as quickly as possible.

Our website also includes tools from companies based in third countries. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the servers of these companies. The level of data protection in third countries usually does not comply with EU data protection law. This poses a risk that your data may be disclosed to authorities in those countries. We have no influence on these processing activities.

This website may contain links to third-party websites or other websites under our responsibility. If you follow a link to a website outside of our responsibility, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for these external websites and their privacy policies. Therefore, please review the privacy statements of these websites before using them.

External links can be recognized by being slightly distinguished from the rest of the text or by being underlined. Your cursor will indicate external links when you hover over them. Only when you click on an external link will your personal data be transmitted to the link’s destination. The operator of the other website will then receive, in particular, your IP address, the time you clicked the link, the page from which you clicked the link, as well as other information that you will find in the privacy policy of the respective provider. 

Please also note that individual links may lead to data transfers outside the European Economic Area, allowing foreign authorities to access your data. You may not have legal remedies against these data accesses. If you do not want your personal data to be transmitted to the link’s destination or to be exposed to access by foreign authorities, please do not click on any links. 

As a data subject under the GDPR, you have the option to exercise various rights. The rights derived from the GDPR include the right to information (Article 15), the right to rectification (Article 16), the right to erasure (Article 17), the right to restriction of processing (Article 18), the right to object (Article 21), the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, and the right to data portability (Article 20).

Right of Withdrawal:

Some data processing can only be carried out with your explicit consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing before the withdrawal is not affected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object:

If the processing is based on Art. 6 (1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you as the data subject, may object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you. This right also applies to profiling based on these provisions according to Art. 4(4) GDPR. Unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, we will cease processing your data after your objection.

If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you also have the right to object at any time. The same applies to profiling related to direct marketing. In such cases, we will no longer process personal data once you object.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority:

If you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the EU member state of your residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

As a data subject under the GDPR, you have the option to exercise various rights. The rights derived from the GDPR include the right to information (Article 15), the right to rectification (Article 16), the right to erasure (Article 17), the right to restriction of processing (Article 18), the right to object (Article 21), the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, and the right to data portability (Article 20).

Right of Withdrawal:

Some data processing can only be carried out with your explicit consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing before the withdrawal is not affected by the withdrawal.

Right to Object:

If the processing is based on Art. 6 (1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you as the data subject, may object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you. This right also applies to profiling based on these provisions according to Art. 4(4) GDPR. Unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, we will cease processing your data after your objection.

If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you also have the right to object at any time. The same applies to profiling related to direct marketing. In such cases, we will no longer process personal data once you object.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority:

If you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the EU member state of your residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

Our website is hosted by:

Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.
One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521
Ireland

The server location is Germany.

When you access our website, we automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files. This information is automatically transmitted by your browser to our server or to the server of our hosting company.

These are:

• IP address of the website visitor's device
• Device used
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Operating system of the visitor
• Browser type and version
• Name of the accessed file
• Time of the server request
• Data volume
• Information on whether the data retrieval was successful

These data are not merged with other data sources.

Instead of operating this website on its own server, we may also host it on the server of an external service provider (hosting company), as mentioned above. The personal data collected by this website is then stored on the hosting company’s servers. In addition to the above data, the web host stores, for example, contact inquiries, contact details, names, website access data, metadata, communication data, contract data, and other data generated through a website on our behalf.

The legal basis for processing these data is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the technically error-free display and optimization of this website. If the website is accessed to enter into contract negotiations with us or to conclude a contract, an additional legal basis applies (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). If we have engaged a hosting company, a data processing agreement exists with this provider.

Our website uses Local Storage Items, Session Storage Items, and/or Cookies. Local storage is a mechanism that allows data to be stored within the browser on your device. This data often includes user preferences, such as the "Day" or "Night mode" of a website, and remains until you manually delete the data. Session storage is very similar to local storage, but the storage duration only lasts for the current session, i.e., until the current tab is closed. After that, the session storage items are deleted from your device. Cookies are pieces of information that a web server (server providing web content) stores on your device to identify it. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) and deleted after you leave a website, or permanently stored (persistent cookies) on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

These objects may also be stored on your device by third-party companies when you visit our site (third-party requests). This enables us as the operator and you as a visitor to use certain services provided by third parties that are installed on this website. Examples include processing payment services or displaying videos.

These mechanisms have various applications. They can improve the functionality of a website, manage shopping cart functions, enhance security and convenience of website usage, and allow analysis of visitor traffic and behavior. Depending on the individual functions, they are classified under data protection law. If they are necessary for the operation of the website and to provide certain functions (e.g., shopping cart function) or serve to optimize the website (e.g., cookies to measure visitor behavior), their use is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in storing Local Storage Items, Session Storage Items, and Cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. In all other cases, Local Storage Items, Session Storage Items, and Cookies are stored only with your explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).

If Local Storage Item, Session Storage, or Cookies from third-party companies or for analysis purposes are used, we inform you about this separately within this privacy notice. Your required consent will be obtained and can be revoked at any time.

External services are in use on our website. External services are third-party services that are utilized on our website for various reasons, such as embedding videos or securing the website. When using these services, personal data is also transmitted to the respective providers of these external services. If we do not have a legitimate interest in using these services, we obtain your revocable consent as a visitor of our website before using them (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).

We use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to optimize the performance and availability of our website. For this, the service provider that provides this network processes your IP address as well as information on when you visited our website. For further information on data processing by this service provider, please refer to their privacy policy.

We base this processing on a legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our legitimate interest in using a Content Delivery Network is to provide our website as quickly, securely, and reliably as possible.

We use the CloudFlare service on our website. The provider of the service is Cloudflare Germany GmbH, Rosental 7, 80331 Munich, Germany.

Using this service may result in data transfer to a third country (USA). The provider is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, offering an adequate level of data protection.

Further information can be found in the provider's privacy policy at the following URL: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

We use the Google Static service on our website. The service provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Using this service may result in data transfer to a third country (USA). The provider is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, offering an adequate level of data protection.

Further information can be found in the provider's privacy policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We use the jsDelivr service on our website. The service provider is Volentio JSD Limited, Suite 2a1, Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, EN4 9EB, United Kingdom.

Using this service may result in data transfer to a third country (USA).

Further information can be found in the provider's privacy policy at the following URL: https://www.jsdelivr.com/terms/privacy-policy.

Hosting refers to the provision of webspace and the files located on it by a web host.

This involves the transmission and storage of personal data on the web host's servers. In particular, the IP addresses, metadata, and communication data of users, as well as data on website access, are processed. When a website visitor accesses the site, a connection is made to the servers of the web host, which involves processing personal data of the website visitor.

We base this processing on a legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our legitimate interest is to make our website available and accessible on the internet.

We use the Microsoft-Azure service on our website. The provider of the service is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland.

Since this service is hosted locally on the web server, no data transfer to third parties takes place.