Privacy Policy
General Information
Esther Fortmann constantly endeavors to comply with data protection regulations. We observe, in particular, the high security standards of the Federal Data Protection Act, the Telemedia Act, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation for Telecommunications Services. All data is treated confidentially.
Visitors may use Esther Fortmann’s website without entering any personal data.
Data Controller
Data is processed on this website by Esther Fortmann, the website operator. The operator´s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.
Data Collection
With the help of server log files of Netcup, the user behavior of all users is anonymized and used exclusively for statistical purposes, and collected for the technical optimization of the website.
The data includes, for example, the type of web browser, the related operating system, the requested website or file, the time of access, the domain name of your Internet service provider, and IP address in anonymous form (used only to determine the location of access). The evaluation does not allow any conclusions about the access behavior of individual persons.
If the visitor disagrees with the storage and evaluation of this data by Esther Fortmann, they can enable the “Do not track” setting in his/her browser.
Duration of storage
After the end of the purpose for which the data was collected, we only save your personal data for as long as this is required by law (in particular, tax law).
Collection and Handling of Personal Data
Personal data is all information that allows one to draw conclusions about the visitor’s identity. Esther Fortmann will only collect, use, and disclose personal data if this is permitted by law or if the visitor consents to the data collection.
Contact Form
If a visitor contacts Esther Fortmann via the contact form, the data entered by the visitor will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on to third parties without the visitor’s consent.
The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively based on the visitor’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The visitor can revoke this consent at any time. An informal message by email to the contact details provided in the legal notice, emailaddress, is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data entered by the visitor in the contact form will remain with Esther Fortmann until the visitor requests deletion, revokes the consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing the inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.
Where is your personal data stored on this website?
Due to the nature of this activity, personal data on this website is stored in two locations:
The web servers of our website, estherfortmann.com, are hosted by hosting providers Netcup GmbH.
Our email marketing provider Mailerlite:
Both companies operate under the legal framework of personal data protection of the European Union and in the fulfillment of their functions exercise the role of data processors.
Below we refer you to the respective privacy policies of each of these providers:
Netcup privacy policy.
Mailerlite Privacy Policy
Your rights
Information
You can request information from us as to whether we are processing your personal data and, if this is the case, you have a right to information about this personal data and to the further information specified in Art. 15 EU GDPR.
Right to rectification
You have the right to correct incorrect personal data relating to you and, in accordance with Art. 16 EU GDPR, you can request the completion of incomplete personal data.
Right to deletion
You have the right to demand that we delete your personal data immediately. We are obliged to delete the data immediately, in particular if one of the following reasons applies:
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Your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
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You withdraw your consent, on which the processing of your data was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
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Your data was processed unlawfully.
The right to deletion does not exist if your personal data are required to assert, exercise, or defend our legal claims.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data if
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You dispute the accuracy of the data and we therefore check the accuracy,
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the processing is unlawful and you reject the deletion and instead request the restriction of use
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we no longer need the data, but you need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims,
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You have objected to the processing of your data and it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.
Right to data transferability
You have the right to receive personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transfer this data to another responsible person without hindrance from us, provided that the processing is based on consent or a contract and that we process the data using automated procedures.
Right of withdrawal
If the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time.
General and right of appeal
Exercising your above rights is basically free of charge for you. You have the right to contact us, via email, directly if you have complaints.
Data security
All data on our website are secured against loss, destruction, access, modification ,and dissemination using technical and organizational measures.
Sessions and cookies
To operate the website, we can use cookies or server-side sessions in which data can be stored. Cookies also serve, for example, to greet you personally with your member name. Cookies are files that are stored on your hard drive by a website in order to automatically recognize this computer the next time you visit the website and thus to be able to adapt the use of the website to you. Some of the cookies used are deleted after the end of the browser session. These are so-called session cookies. Other cookies remain on your device and enable the browser to be recognized when you visit our website at a later date (permanent cookies). You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that you may not be able to use some functions of this website if the cookies are deactivated. We ensure that no personal data is taken from sessions or through cookies and that cookies are only used if this is necessary for the website. The assessment thus shows that there are no overriding interests on your part (Art. 6 I f EU GDPR).
Newsletter
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we, with your permission, store your e-mail address and use it only for our own advertising purposes until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. In this context, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure, i.e. we only send you our newsletter with your explicit consent. For this purpose, we send you a confirmation e-mail, with which we ask you to declare your agreement by clicking on the link contained in the e-mail. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time without incurring any costs. To do so, simply send a text message to the contact details given in the legal notice (e.g. e-mail, letter). Also, you will also find a link in each newsletter that allows you to unsubscribe.
The processing is based on article 6 paragraph 1 letter a) of the GDPR. We store your data until you revoke your consent.
Our Newsletter is sent with Mailerlite. You can find their Privacy Policy here: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy
Third Party Services
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google, operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) and collects and stores data via this web analysis service, from which usage profiles are made using pseudonyms to be created. The usage profiles created in this way serve to evaluate visitor behavior in order to design and improve the offerings presented on this website as required. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, small text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. The usage profiles managed under a pseudonym are also not merged with the personal data about the user without the express and separately declared consent of the user. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by clicking on the following link (http: // tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) download and install the available browser plug-in.
You can view Google’s data protection information at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. You can find more information on the terms of use and data protection at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. We would like to point out that Google Analytics has been expanded to include the code “anonymizeIp” on this website in order to ensure an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
Social-Media-Links and Social-Sharing
We have our own social media pages with the third-party providers that can be reached via links from this website. Using the links will take you to the respective websites of the third party providers (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+) and you can also share our content. As soon as you have accessed the third-party provider’s site, you are in the area of responsibility of the respective third-party provider, so that their data protection declaration and their declarations on the use of data also apply. We have no influence on this, but we recommend that you log out of the respective third-party provider before using a corresponding link in order to avoid unnecessary data transfer, so that usage profiles cannot be created by the third-party provider just by using the link.
Facebook Inc., 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
This website uses Facebook’s “Custom Audiences” remarketing function. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements (“Facebook ads”) to visitors of this website when they visit the social network Facebook. This information is transmitted to the Facebook server that you have visited this website, and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account.
Further information can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
The use of the service is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the purpose described above.
Xing
Functions and content of the Xing service, offered by XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, may be integrated into our online offering. This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can share content from this online offering within Xing. If the users are members of the Xing platform, Xing can assign the access to the above-mentioned content and functions to the users’ profiles there. Privacy policy of Xing: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Pinterest Europe Ltd. Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street. Dublin 2, Ireland
Instagram HQ, 1 Hacker Wy, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Use of Youtube
This website and the integrated offers contain so-called embeddings of videos on YouTube. These enable the connection to YouTube and the videos stored there. YouTube is an offer from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The purpose and scope of data collection and data use by Google as well as your rights and setting options for protection as a YouTube customer can be found in YouTube’s data protection information. You can find this at: http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy/.
Google Web Fonts
We also use so-called web fonts from Google in order to be able to show you a uniform font on our website. When you visit one of our pages, these are automatically saved in your browser cache to enable the desired depiction. If your browser does not support the web fonts used, a standard font from your computer may be used. This does not affect the interests of users that outweigh this technical necessity (Art. 6 I f EU GDPR). You can view Google’s privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
Data Transmission via the Internet
The transmission of data via the internet (e.g., in email communication) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.
Rights of the Data Subject
Visitors have the right to obtain information about their stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, free of charge and at any time. Visitors also have the right to request the rectification, erasure, or restriction of the processing of their personal data. Furthermore, visitors have the right to object to the processing and the right to data portability.
If a visitor believes that the processing of their personal data violates data protection laws or their data protection rights have otherwise been violated, they can file a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Germany, the responsible authority is the data protection officer of the federal state in which Esther Fortmann resides.
Further information and contacts
If you have any further questions regarding data protection, please contact Esther Fortmann directly using the contact details provided in the legal notice.