With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about how we process personal data. We are aware of the importance of processing personal data for the user and accordingly observe all relevant legal requirements. In doing so, the protection of your privacy is of utmost importance to us. Therefore, compliance with the legal provisions on data protection is a matter of course for us.

1. Contact

Dr. Ing. (I) Nico Aprile

c/o aprile consulting GmbH
Alstertor 9
20095 Hamburg
datenschutz (at) aprileconsulting.com

2.Personal Data

Personal data is any information about the personal and factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable person.
We collect and process the following categories of personal data about you:

• Contact and name information, insofar as you have provided us with your contact information in the contact form
• Information about your request in the contact form
• Your contact information (such as first and last name, address, email address, telephone number),
• Your correspondence with us,
• Online identifiers (such as cookie IDs, IP addresses, advertising IDs).

3. Legal basis

The processing of your data is done on the following legal bases:

• In relation to data you provide in forms and the like, with your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO,
• In relation to services you use, for the performance of a contract with you, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO,
• The fulfillment of legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) DSGVO),
• Otherwise, in particular for statistical data and online identifiers, on the basis of legitimate interests, Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO (see below).

4. Legitimate interests

When processing your data, we pursue the following legitimate interests:

• Improvement of our offer,
• Protection against misuse,
• Technical necessity for the provision and delivery of the website,
• Our own statistics,
• Protection against theft and property violations, and preservation of evidence.

5. Data sources

Unless otherwise stated, we obtain the data from you (including through the devices you use). If we do not collect the personal data directly from you, we will also tell you the source of the personal data and, if applicable, whether it is from publicly available sources.

6. Storage period

We store your data

• If you have consented to the processing, at most until you revoke your consent,
• If we need the data to perform a contract, at most for as long as the contractual relationship with you exists or legal retention periods run,
• If we use the data on the basis of a legitimate interest, at most as long as your interest in deletion or anonymization does not prevail.

7. Purposes of use

Personal data will only be collected by us if and only to the extent and for the purpose for which you provide us with the data of your own accord, e.g. in the context of a registration.

We only use your personal information within the company and only pass it on to those companies that are involved in the performance of the contracts concluded with you or otherwise in the provision of services. Otherwise, your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties unless you have given your express consent to do so or we are required to disclose it, for example, pursuant to a court or administrative order.

We process your data for the following purposes:

• for contacting you as requested by you,
• for contacting you as requested by you,
• to send newsletters and invitations,
• Protection against theft and property violations, and preservation of evidence.
• for correspondence with you,
• for quality assurance and statistics,
• to provide our service,
• to consider your application,
• to improve our service.

8. Cookies

Cookies are small files that your browser stores on your device in a designated directory. These cookies can be used, for example, to determine whether you have visited a website before. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can set your browser so that no cookies are stored or explicit consent is required before a cookie is stored. You can also delete cookies that have already been set at any time. Please note that deactivating cookies may lead to restrictions in the use of our website. In the case of cookies, which are absolutely necessary to provide the website properly, we base the setting of cookies on Section 25 (2) No. 2 TTDSG or the processing of personal data on our legitimate interest under Article 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO to make our website available and to ensure this and your functionality and user-friendly design.

We set the following cookies:

PHPSESSID

• Purpose: Technically necessary
• Name of the cookie in the browser: PHPSESSID
• Lifetime of the cookie: Session

• What data is collected: Unique identifier consisting of randomized string to recognize the visit.
• Legal basis: Legitimate interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Data recipient

When processing your data, we cooperate with the following service providers who have access to your data:

• Web analytics tool providers,
• Web hosting and web development providers,
• IT development service providers,
• Ticketing and customer support software providers,
• Marketing and advertising agencies,
• Email and newsletter providers,
• Proofreading and translation service providers,
• CRM system service providers,
• Cloud services,
• Conference and webinar software,
• Dienstleister für Online-Umfragen,
• Chat software service providers,
• Social media platforms,
• Accounting and billing service providers

9. Web analytics

We use analytics tools on our website in the form of tracking software to determine the frequency of use and number of users of our website.

Wir verwenden die Open-Source-Software Matomo der InnoCraft Ltd, 7 Waterloo Quay PO625, 6140 Wellington, Neuseeland, zur Analyse und statistischen Auswertung der Nutzung der Website. Die dadurch erhaltenen Informationen über die Websitenutzung werden ausschließlich an unsere Server übertragen und in pseudonymen Nutzungsprofilen zusammengefasst. Die Daten verwenden wir zur Auswertung der Nutzung der Website. Eine Weitergabe der erfassten Daten an Dritte erfolgt nicht.

The IP addresses are anonymized (IP masking), so that an assignment to individual users is not possible.

The processing of the data is based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. We thereby pursue our legitimate interest in optimizing our website for our external presentation.

You can object to the processing of your data with the following opt-out.

You have the option to prevent actions you take here from being analyzed and linked. This will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and improving the usability for you and other users.

Opt-out abgeschlossen; Ihre Besuche auf dieser Webseite werden nicht vom Webanalysetool erfasst. Bitte beachten Sie, dass auch der Matomo-Deaktivierungs-Cookie dieser Webseite gelöscht wird, wenn Sie die in Ihrem Browser abgelegten Cookies entfernen. Außerdem müssen Sie, wenn Sie einen anderen Computer oder einen anderen Webbrowser verwenden, die Deaktivierungsprozedur nochmals absolvieren.

You have the option to prevent actions you take here from being analyzed and linked. This will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and improving the usability for you and other users.

Your visit to this website is currently collected by Matomo web analytics. Deselect this checkbox for opt-out. Ihr Besuch dieser Webseite wird aktuell von der Matomo Webanalyse nicht erfasst. Diese Checkbox aktivieren für Opt-In.

Die Tracking opt-out Funktion benötigt aktivierte Cookies.

10. Log files

Bei jedem Zugriff auf unsere Internet-Seiten werden Nutzungsdaten durch den jeweiligen Internetbrowser übermittelt und in Protokolldateien, den sogenannten Server-Logfiles, gespeichert. Die dabei gespeicherten Datensätze enthalten die folgenden Daten: Besuchte Website, Domain, von der aus der Nutzer Zugriff auf die Webseite nimmt, Datum und Uhrzeit des Abrufs IP-Adresse des zugreifenden Rechners, Webseite(n), die der Nutzer im Rahmen des Angebots besucht, übertragene Datenmenge, Browsertyp und -version, verwendetes Betriebssystem, Name des Internet-Service-Providers, Meldung, ob der Abruf erfolgreich war. Diese Logfile-Datensätze werden in anonymisierter Form ausgewertet, um das Angebot zu verbessern und nutzerfreundlicher zu gestalten, Fehler zu finden und zu beheben und die Auslastung von Servern zu steuern. Hierin liegt auch unser berechtigtes Interesse an der Datenverarbeitung gemäß Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Eine Weitergabe dieser Daten an Dritte erfolgt nicht. Die Speicherung der Zugriffsdaten in der Protokolldatei erfolgt für maximal 7 Tage.

11. Third party services

For various functions of our website, we use the services of third parties.

Contact Form 7

The Contact Form 7 plugin is a service for creating contact forms. The Contact Form plugin is only used to forward entered form data to our company's email address. Additional storage, e.g. in the WordPress database, does not take place. Further information and the applicable privacy policy of Contact Form can be found at https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/ and https://rocklobster.in/ Contact Form is open source software. The communication between browser and server is done exclusively by HTTPS (SSL/TLS) - encryption.

12. Video surveillance of our offices Alstertor 9, Hamburg.

Aufgrund des berechtigten Interesses nach Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO zum Schutz vor Diebstahl und Eigentumsverletzungen und einer damit verbundenen Beweissicherung, werden unsere Eingangsbereiche videoüberwacht. Bitte beachten Sie beim Besuch unserer Büroräume die entsprechenden Hinweisschilder. Die Videodaten werden aufgezeichnet und automatisch nach einem Ablauf von 7 Tagen gelöscht. Bitte beachten Sie ebenfalls hierzu den Abschnitt „Rechte des Betroffenen“.

13. transfer to third countries

Data transfer to countries outside the European Economic Area takes place. We only transfer personal data to third countries where the EU Commission has confirmed an adequate level of protection or where we can ensure the careful handling of personal data through contractual agreements or other suitable guarantees, such as certifications or proven compliance with international security standards, which you can view upon request.

14. Rights of the data subject

• You have the right to request information about whether and which of your personal data is processed by us. Likewise, you have the right to request that your personal data be corrected or completed.
• Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that your personal data be deleted.
• You have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
• You may revoke your consent to the processing and use of your data in whole or in part at any time with effect for the future.
• You may object to the processing of your data.
• You have the right to data portability, i.e. to receive your personal data in a common, structured and machine-readable format and to transfer it or have it transferred to another responsible party.
• You can also contact our data protection officer in writing with questions, comments and complaints, as well as requests for information in connection with our data protection statement and the processing of your personal data
• You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you is in breach of the law.

To exercise your data subject rights or if you have any questions about the data protection measures of aprile consulting GmbH, please contact us by e-mail at: datenschutz (at) aprileconsulting.com.

If you have a particularly sensitive request, please contact our data protection officer by mail, as communication by e-mail can always have security gaps. Please indicate in the request that your concern relates to the company aprile consulting.

15. Requirement or obligation to provide data

Unless expressly stated at the time of collection, the provision of data is not required or mandatory.

16. Automated decision-making (including profiling)

Automated decision-making - including profiling - does not take place.

17. Status of this privacy policy

23.01.2023

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future.