Privacy Policy

We are pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of Sonja Postel. The Sonja Postel website can generally be used without providing any personal data. However, if a person wishes to make use of special services provided by our company via our website, personal data may have to be processed. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the agreement of the person concerned.

Personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always processed in accordance with the Basic Data Protection Regulation and the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Sonja Postel. Through this privacy statement, our company aims to inform the public about the manner, extent and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. In addition, this Privacy Policy will inform individuals about their rights.

In its role as data controller, Sonja Postel has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as completely as possible.

Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions always can have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, each person is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative ways, such as telephone.

For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative ways, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions of terms

Sonja Postel’s data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European directive and regulation legislator when adopting the basic data protection regulation. Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. In order to guarantee this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms in this privacy statement, among others:

1. a) Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter ” data subject”). A natural person shall be considered identifiable if he can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more specific characteristics expressing the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

1. b) Data subject

Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

1. c) Processing

“Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is carried out with or without the aid of automated processes and which relates to personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or association, qualification, erasure or destruction.

1. d) Limitation of processing

Limitation of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

1. e) Profiling

Profiling is any automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to the work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, conduct, whereabouts or movement of that natural person.

1. f) Pseudonymization

Pseudonymization means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the involvement of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures ensuring that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

1. g) Person in charge or person in charge for the processing

The controller or data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are laid down by Union law or by the law of the Member States, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his designation may be laid down by Union law or by the law of the Member States.

1. h) Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

1. i) Recipient

The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not that person is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigation mandate under Union law or the law of the Member States shall not be considered as recipients.

1. j) Third person

Third person means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the responsible person, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the responsible person or the processor.

1. k) Consent

Consent shall mean any voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression by the data subject of his or her will in the particular case, in the form of a statement or other unequivocal confirmatory act, indicating that he or she consents to the processing of his or her personal data.

2. The name and address of the responsible processor

The person responsible within the meaning of the Basic Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is the Data Protection Commissioner:

Sonja Postell

Von Kahr Str. 49

80999 Munich, Germany

Germany (German)

Phone: 0049 89 812 86 44

E-mail: sonjapostell@hotmail.de

Website: www.istria-luxus.com/

3. Collection of general data and information

Sonja Postell’s website collects a series of general data and information each time a data subject or an automated system accesses it. These general data and information are stored in the log files of the server. It is possible to record (1) the types and versions of browsers used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-sites accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used to avert dangers in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

Sonja Postell does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned when using this general data and information. This information is needed (1) to correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) to optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) to guarantee the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in case of a cyber attack. Sonja Postell therefore evaluates this anonymously collected data and information both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimum level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by the person concerned.

4. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The responsible person for the data processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period of time necessary to achieve the storage purpose or in so far as this has been provided for by the European directive and regulation giver or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the responsible person for the data processing is subject.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European directive and regulation authorities or another competent legislator expires, the personal data shall be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

5. Rights of the data subject
6. a) Right to confirmation

Every data subject shall have the right, granted by the European directive and regulation maker, to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data relating to him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to make use of this right of confirmation, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller.

1. b) Right of access

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation legislator, to obtain at any time, free of charge, from the controller, information on the personal data relating to him which have been stored and a copy of that information. Furthermore, the European Data Protection Supervisor has granted the data subject access to the following information:

the purposes of the processing

the categories of personal data processed

the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations

if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if that is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration

the existence of a right to the rectification or deletion of personal data concerning him or her or to the limitation of the processing carried out by the controller or of a right to object to such processing

the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority.

If the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information on the origin of the data.

The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) of the DS-GVO and, at least in these cases, meaningful information on the logic involved, the relevance and the intended impact of such processing on the data subject.

The data subject also has the right to know whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject shall also have the right to obtain information on the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may at any time contact a member of staff of the controller.

1. c) Right to rectification

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation maker, to request the rectification without delay of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right, having regard to the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, he or she may at any time contact a member of staff of the controller.

1. d) Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data shall have the right, granted by the European directive and regulation, to require the controller to erase without delay personal data concerning him which are subject to one of the following conditions and to the extent that the processing is not necessary:

Personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.

o The data subject withdraws his agreement on which the processing was based according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DS-GVO or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a DS-GVO and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

o The data subject enter an objection to the processing under Article 21(1) DS Block Exemption Regulation and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing or the data subject enters an objection to the processing under Article 21(2) DS Block Exemption Regulation.

o The personal data have been processed unlawfully.

o The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under EU law or the law of the Member States to which the data controller is subject.

o The personal data have been collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 DS-GVO.

If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored at Sonja Postell deleted, he may contact at any time  an employee of the data controller. The Sonja Postell employee shall arrange for the request for deletion to be fulfilled immediately.

If Sonja Postell has made the personal data public and our company is obliged to delete the personal data as the data controller according to Art. 17 (1) DS-GVO, Sonja Postell shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform other data controllers who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to these personal data or copies or replications of these personal data from these other data controllers, insofar as the processing is not required. The Sonja Postell employee will take the necessary steps in individual cases.

1. e) Right to restriction of processing

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation, to request the controller to limit the processing under one of the following conditions:

o The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period of time which allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

o The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.

o The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal rights.

o The data subject has entered an objection to the processing according to Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GVO and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the data controller outweigh those of the data subject.

If one of the conditions mentioned above is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored at Sonja Postell, he or she can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The Sonja Postell employee will initiate the restriction of the processing.

1. f) Right to data transferability

Any data subject involved in the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation, to obtain personal data concerning him or her which have been provided by the data subject to a controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. It also has the right to communicate these data to another controller without being hindered by the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, provided that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DS-GVO or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a DS-GVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter b DS-GVO and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority entrusted to the controller.

Furthermore, when exercising his right to data transferability pursuant to Art. 20 (1) DS Block Exemption Regulation, the data subject shall have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one data controller to another data controller insofar as this is technically feasible and insofar as this does not impair the rights and freedoms of other persons.

In order to assert the right to data transfer, the person concerned may contact a Sonja Postell employee at any time.

1. g) Right of appeal

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation maker, to object at any time, for reasons related to his/her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him/her on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the DS Block Exemption Regulation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Sonja Postell will no longer process personal data in the event of objection, unless we can prove compelling grounds for processing worthy of protection which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If Sonja Postell processes personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling in so far as it is connected with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to processing by Sonja Postell for direct marketing purposes, Sonja Postell will no longer process the personal data for such purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him/her by Sonja Postell for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 DS-GVO for reasons arising from his particular situation, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact any Sonja Postell employee or another employee. The data subject is also free to exercise his or her right of objection in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

1. h) Automated case-by-case decisions, including profiling

Any person data subject to the processing of personal data has the right under the European Directive and Regulation not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects upon him or her or significantly affects him or her in a similar manner, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or national law or by the Member States to which the data controller is subject and which provides for adequate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and the legitimate interests of the data subject, or (3) is taken with the express consent of the data subject.

Where the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller or (2) is taken with the express consent of the data subject, Sonja Postell shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and the legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to have the data controller intervene, to present his or her point of view and to challenge the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise rights relating to automated decisions, he or she may at any time do so by contacting an employee of the controller.

1. i) Right to revoke consent under data protection law

Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation maker, to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may at any time do so by contacting an employee of the controller.

6. Legal basis for the processing

Art. 6 I lit. a DS-GVO serves our company as a legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b DS-GVO. The same shall apply to such processing operations which are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c DS-GVO. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our site were injured and his name, age, health insurance information or other vital information would have to be disclosed to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d DS-GVO. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f DS-GVO. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not predominate. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the data controller (recital 47 sentence 2 DS-GVO).

7. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third person

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f DS-GVO, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business for the benefit of all our employees and shareholders.

8. Duration for which the personal data is stored

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective legal retention period. After this period has expired, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted unless they are no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract.

9. Legal or contractual provisions on the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of not providing the data

We will inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that a person concerned makes personal data available to us which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract could not be concluded with the data subject. The data subject must contact one of our employees before providing personal data. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of a contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of not providing the personal data.

10. Existence of automated decision making

As a responsible company, we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.

This data protection declaration was created by the data protection declaration generator of the German Society for Data Protection, the sample data protection declaration generator, in cooperation with the data protection lawyers of the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte.