privacy policy

  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 personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the operator in the „Responsible Party“ section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected by you providing it to us. This may involve data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected or obtained with your consent when you visit the website using our IT systems. This mainly consists of technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent for the processing of data, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to demand the restriction of processing your personal data. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time with further questions regarding data protection.

  1. Hosting

Strato

We host our website with Strato. The provider is Strato AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin (hereinafter referred to as „Strato“). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files, including your IP address.

For more information, please refer to Strato’s privacy policy at https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable representation of our website. If the corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a contract for data processing (DPA) with the aforementioned provider. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

  1. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of these pages take 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.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected.

Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Uli Sigg, Friesenwall 94, D-50672 Cologne

Phone: +49 151 2235 8481

Email: contact@ulisiggcollection.com

Responsible entity is the natural or legal person who decides alone or together with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage period:

If no more specific storage period has been specified within this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will occur upon the expiry of such legal grounds.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries:

We use tools from companies based in the USA or other countries that do not provide the same level of data protection as in the EU. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to point out that in these countries, no data protection level comparable to that of the EU can be guaranteed. For example, US companies are obligated to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence agencies) may process, analyse and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no control over these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing:

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke a previously given consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR):

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is being processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:

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 place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability:

You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfilment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption:

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted

Information, Deletion and Correction

You have the right, at any time and within the framework of applicable legal provisions, to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, the right to have this data corrected or deleted. For this purpose and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can always contact us.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can always contact us. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification process, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can demand the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If you have objected to the processing of your personal data under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, apart from its storage, this data may only be processed with your consent, or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small text files that do not harm your device. They are either stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our website. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser. Sometimes, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your device when you enter our website (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to analyse user behaviour or display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary for the execution of electronic communication processes (necessary cookies) or for the provision of certain functions that you wish to use (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or for the optimisation of the website (e.g. cookies for measuring the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of his services. If consent for the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the respective cookies is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR); the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

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 browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address
  • No merging of this data with other data sources is carried out.
  • The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website – for this purpose, the server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiries by email, phone or fax

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

  1. Vimeo
  2. This website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
  3. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Vimeo video, a connection to Vimeo’s servers is established. In the process, the Vimeo server is notified of which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address, even if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have a Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA.
  4. If you are logged into your Vimeo account, Vimeo can directly associate your surfing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.
  5. Vimeo uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies (such as device fingerprinting) to recognize website visitors.
  6. The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time. The transmission of data to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission and, according to Vimeo, on „legitimate business interests“. Details can be found here:
  7. https://vimeo.com/privacy .
  8. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the Vimeo privacy policy at:
  9. https://vimeo.com/privacy .

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google WebFonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on his website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en .

We use „Google reCAPTCHA“ (hereinafter „reCAPTCHA“) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to verify whether data input on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is done by a human or an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of website visitors based on various features. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. To perform the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, length of stay on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The storage and analysis of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers against abusive automated spying and spam. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing occurs exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA, please see Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en