Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG):

General

I take the protection of your personal data very seriously. All processing of your data is carried out exclusively in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

This website serves exclusively to present my services as a freelancer and to allow potential clients to make contact. No registration, login or user tracking takes place.

What data is collected?

When you visit this website, the web server automatically records the following technical data:

• Server logIP address (anonymised shortly after access)
• Server logDate and time of access
• Server logURL accessed and HTTP status code
• BrowserBrowser type and version, operating system
• BrowserReferrer URL (previously visited page)

This data is used solely to technically provide the website and to defend against attacks, and is not merged with other data sources.

Contact form & email contact

If you use the contact form or write to me by email, the data you provide (name, email address, company, message) will be stored to process your enquiry.

This data is used exclusively to respond to your enquiry and for communication related to it. It is not passed on to third parties.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in processing enquiries).

The data is deleted once the enquiry has been fully processed and no contractual relationship has been established – generally within 3 months at most.

Cookies

This website uses only technically necessary cookies – i.e. only those required for the basic operation of the website.

No tracking cookies, analytics cookies, advertising cookies or third-party cookies (e.g. Google Analytics, Meta Pixel) are used.

Since no non-essential cookies are used, no cookie consent banner is required.

Legal basis for processing

The processing of your personal data is based on the following legal grounds:

Retention and deletion

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the stated purposes or as required by statutory retention obligations.

Data from contact enquiries where no contract is concluded is deleted after 3 months at most. Data from contractual relationships is retained in accordance with commercial and tax law retention periods (6–10 years).

You may request the deletion of your data at any time, provided no statutory retention obligations prevent this.

Hosting & data transfers

This website is hosted with a provider in the European Union. No transfer of data to third countries takes place unless required by law.

A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with the hosting provider. Your data is not shared with any other third parties.

Your rights as a data subject

You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:

• Art. 15Right of access to stored data
• Art. 16Right to rectification of inaccurate data
• Art. 17Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
• Art. 18Right to restriction of processing
• Art. 20Right to data portability
• Art. 21Right to object to processing
• Art. 7(3)Right to withdraw consent

To exercise your rights, please contact me by email: kontakt@falko-kromer.de

Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.

The competent supervisory authority for Hesse (Germany) is the Hessischer Beauftragter für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (HBDI). A list of all German data protection authorities can be found at: bfdi.bund.de

Privacy contact

For any questions about data protection, access requests or deletion of your data, please contact me directly:

I generally process requests within 72 hours.