For sending emails (e.g. messages from contact forms or newsletter emails), we use the Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES). The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (“AWS”).
Amazon SES is an email delivery service that enables us to reliably send emails via AWS infrastructure. The data required for email delivery (in particular, the email address, IP address, timestamp, and content of the message) is processed on AWS servers. Processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest) in secure, reliable, and efficient email communication. If you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us via a form, processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR (consent).
We have concluded a Data Processing Addendum (DPA) with AWS in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, which ensures that personal data is processed exclusively in accordance with our instructions. Data processing takes place exclusively in data centers within the European Union, in particular in the regions “EU (Frankfurt)” or “EU (Ireland)”.
No transfer of personal data to third countries (e.g. the USA) takes place.
However, due to Amazon’s corporate structure, it cannot be completely ruled out that U.S. authorities may request access to data stored in the EU in individual cases.
AWS has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures as well as Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 GDPR) to ensure an adequate level of data protection.
For more information, please refer to the Amazon Web Services privacy policy: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
Our website includes a so-called social wall that displays content from social networks (e.g. Instagram or Facebook). The content is provided via an external widget from a third-party provider (e.g. Elfsight, LLC, 300 Lenora Street, #333, Seattle, WA 98121, USA).
The social wall is only loaded after you have given your explicit consent via our cookie banner. Only then will a connection be established to the provider’s servers as well as the respective social networks. In the process, technical data (e.g. IP address, browser and device information, time of access) may be transmitted. The providers may use cookies or similar technologies and may transfer data to third countries (e.g. the USA).
The legal basis for processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Further information can be found in the privacy policy:
Elfsight: https://elfsight.com/privacy-policy/
Our website contains links to other websites for whose content we are not responsible. We are not liable for linked websites, as we had and have no knowledge of illegal activities, we have not noticed any such illegal activities to date and we would remove links immediately if we became aware of any illegal activities.
If you notice any illegal links on our website, please contact us. You will find the contact details in the legal notice.