Legal Notice & Privacy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides 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.

Data collection on this website

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example by completing our contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time of your page visit.

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time, as well as the right to request correction or deletion of this data.

2. Hosting

Cloudflare

Our website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When you visit our website, Cloudflare processes connection data including your IP address in order to deliver and secure the website. Details can be found in Cloudflare’s privacy policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

The use of Cloudflare is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable and secure presentation of our website. As Cloudflare is based in the USA, data may be transferred to the USA; Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. A data processing agreement (DPA) has been concluded with Cloudflare.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Information on the Responsible Party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Akroporos Partners
Dornsgasse 13, 99510 Apolda, Germany
Email: contact@akroporos.com
Phone: +49 176 56396058

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing it no longer applies. If you assert 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 your personal data.

Legal Basis for Data Processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data where this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation, on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Withdrawal of Consent

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

Right to Object (Article 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged breach.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address line changes from http:// to https:// and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses one technically necessary cookie (NEXT_LOCALE) to store your selected language preference (German or English). This cookie is required for the proper functioning of the website and is stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; pursuant to Section 25(2)(2) TDDDG, no consent is required for technically necessary cookies. We do not use cookies, tracking technologies, or analytics services that require your consent.

Contact Form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry. Processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract, or on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR or your consent in all other cases.

Inquiry by Email, Telephone or Post

If you contact us by email, telephone or post, your inquiry will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

5. Analytics Tools

Cloudflare Web Analytics

This website uses Cloudflare Web Analytics for the privacy-focused statistical analysis of visitor traffic. The provider is Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare Web Analytics does not use cookies, does not store any client-side state, and does not fingerprint individuals; it collects aggregated metrics such as page views and visit duration without creating personal profiles.

The use of this analytics service is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the provider is based in the USA, data may be transferred to the USA; Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. A data processing agreement has been concluded with Cloudflare.

6. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the following rights at any time:

• Right to information (Article 15 GDPR)
• Right to correction (Article 16 GDPR)
• Right to deletion (Article 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
• Right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)

To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@akroporos.com.