Privacy policy

1. Privacy at a glance

General information

The following information gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data on this website is processed by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Controller” in this privacy policy.

How is your data collected?
Some of your data is collected because you provide it, for example data you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically, or after your consent, by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. web browser, operating system or time of the page request).

What is your data used for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to process your inquiry.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected or deleted. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Vercel

The provider is Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA (“Vercel”). When you visit our website, Vercel collects various log files including your IP address. For details, see Vercel’s privacy policy: https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Vercel is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible. Where consent has been requested, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers storing cookies or accessing information on the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and, where applicable, on the provider’s certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the provider.

Image delivery (Sanity)

Images on this website are delivered through the content management and content delivery system of Sanity AS, Bryggegata 9, 0250 Oslo, Norway (“Sanity”). When images are requested, your IP address is transmitted to Sanity or its delivery network so the images can be sent to your browser. This is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in delivering content efficiently). Privacy policy: https://www.sanity.io/legal/privacy.

3. General information and mandatory disclosures

Data protection

The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Please note that data transmitted over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Karl Knoop
Görlitzer Hof 27
26789 Leer
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 172 4199835
Email: hello@karlknoop.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for processing it no longer applies. If you make a justified request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing it.

Withdrawing your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to object to data collection (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. This right 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 fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, and, where applicable, a right to have this data corrected or deleted.

SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://”.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

This website generally only uses technically necessary cookies and largely does without cookies. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Technically necessary cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. You can set your browser to inform you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only in individual cases.

Server log files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer, time of the server request and IP address. This data is not combined with other data sources. It is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including your contact details, is stored by us to process the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling the inquiries sent to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Inquiries by email or phone

If you contact us by email or phone, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) is stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request.

5. Plugins and tools

Locally hosted fonts

For consistent display of fonts, this website uses locally hosted fonts. The fonts are loaded from our own hosting when a page is requested; no connection to third-party servers (such as Google) is made.