Privacy Policy
Nicole Hardt takes the protection of your personal data seriously. This policy explains how I process your personal data. I will protect your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
My privacy policy is based on the terms and definitions used in the General Data Protection Regulation.
2. Name and Address
The controller responsible for collecting, processing and using your personal data within the meaning of Article 4(7) GDPR is:
Nicole Hardt
Pohlstrasse 5
10785 Berlin
nicole.hardt@gmail.com
If you wish to object to my collection, processing or use of your data under this privacy policy, either in its entirety or in relation to individual activities, you may address your objection to the controller.
You may save and print this privacy policy at any time.
3. Website www.nicolehardt.com
Connection data is stored when you access my website. This means that whenever a file on this server is accessed, or an attempt is made to access it, the following information about the process is recorded by default in a log file (server log file) for system security and statistical purposes:
The browser types and versions used;
The operating system used by the accessing system;
The website from which an accessing system reaches my website (the referrer);
The subpages accessed on my website by the accessing system;
The date and time of access to the website;
An Internet Protocol address (IP address). An IP address is an address in computer networks that, like the internet, are based on the Internet Protocol (IP). It is assigned to devices connected to the network, making them addressable and therefore reachable;
The internet service provider of the accessing system; and
Other similar data and information used to protect against threats in the event of attacks on my system.
This information is not used to draw conclusions about your name, address, telephone number or email address.
4. Cookies
Some parts of my website use cookies. These do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make the website user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer that save certain settings and data for exchange with my system through your browser.
Most of the cookies I use are session cookies. Session cookies are small pieces of information that a provider stores in the memory of a visitor’s computer. A session cookie stores a randomly generated unique identification number, known as a session ID. A cookie also contains information about its origin and storage period. Session cookies cannot store any other data. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain on your device and allow me to recognise your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).
You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to reject cookies in certain cases or generally, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
Cookies that are necessary for electronic communication or for providing certain functions you have requested are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. I have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure that my services are provided in a technically reliable and optimised manner.
5. Social Media
5.1. Facebook Plugins
My website incorporates plugins from the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognise Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on my website. An overview of Facebook plugins is available here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit my website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives information that you have visited my website using your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can associate the content of my website with your user account. Please note that, as the website provider, I have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Facebook uses it. Further information is available in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to my website with your Facebook account, please log out of your user account.
5.2. Instagram Plugin
My website incorporates functions of the Instagram service. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of my website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This enables Instagram to associate your visit to my website with your user account. Please note that, as the website provider, I have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it.
Further information is available in Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
5.3. LinkedIn Plugin
My website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Whenever you access a page on my website containing LinkedIn functions, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited my website using your IP address. If you click LinkedIn’s “Recommend” button while logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to my website with you and your account. Please note that, as the website provider, I have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how LinkedIn uses it.
Further information is available in LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
5.4. MailChimp
My website uses MailChimp’s services to send newsletters. The provider is The Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
MailChimp is a service that can be used, among other things, to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters. If you enter data for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter, such as your email address, this data is stored on MailChimp’s servers in the USA.
MailChimp is certified under the “EU–US Privacy Shield”. The Privacy Shield is an agreement between the EU and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.
I can use MailChimp to analyse my newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent through MailChimp, a file contained in the email, known as a web beacon, connects to MailChimp’s servers in the USA. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked. Technical information is also recorded, such as the time of access and the IP address. This information cannot be attributed to the individual newsletter recipient. It is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to tailor future newsletters more closely to recipients’ interests.
If you do not want your activity to be analysed by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. I provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message for this purpose.
Data is processed on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
The data you provide to me for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored until you unsubscribe. After you unsubscribe, it will be deleted from both my server and MailChimp’s servers. Data stored by me for other purposes, such as email addresses for the members’ area, is not affected.
For further details, please refer to MailChimp’s data protection provisions at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.
6. Email Contact
When you contact me, for example through a contact form or by email, I process the information you provide in order to handle your enquiry and any follow-up questions.
If the data is processed to take steps prior to entering into a contract at your request or, if you are already one of my customers, to perform the contract, the legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (b) GDPR.
I process other personal data only if you consent to this under Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a) GDPR, or if I have a legitimate interest in processing your data under Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) GDPR. A legitimate interest may, for example, consist of replying to your email.
7. Newsletter
The information requested during the registration process is required to subscribe to the newsletter. Newsletter registrations are logged. After registering, you will receive a message at the email address you provided, asking you to confirm your registration (“double opt-in”). This is necessary to prevent third parties from registering with your email address.
You may withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and thereby unsubscribe.
I store your registration data for as long as it is needed to send the newsletter. I retain the registration log and the recipient’s email address for as long as there is an interest in demonstrating that consent was originally given. This generally corresponds to the limitation periods for civil claims, meaning a maximum of three years.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter is your consent under Article 6(1), first sentence, point (a), in conjunction with Article 7 GDPR and Section 7(2), no. 3 of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG). The legal basis for logging the registration is a legitimate interest in demonstrating that the newsletter was sent with your consent.
You may cancel your registration at any time without incurring any costs other than transmission costs at basic rates. Every newsletter also contains an unsubscribe link.
8. Website Analytics
I use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that allow your use of the website to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie about visitors’ use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
This also constitutes my legitimate interest under Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f) GDPR.
Google has signed up to, and obtained certification under, the Privacy Shield agreement between the European Union and the USA. In doing so, Google undertakes to comply with the standards and requirements of European data protection law. Further information is available in the following entry: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.
I have activated IP anonymisation on this website (anonymizeIp). As a result, Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide me with other services relating to website and internet use.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data held by Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. Please note, however, that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the transmission to Google of the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website, including your IP address, and the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
9. Retention Period
Unless specifically stated otherwise, I store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it is processed.
10. Updates to the Privacy Notice
Nicole Hardt reserves the right to amend this privacy notice at a later date in response to changes, for example in statutory provisions.
11. Data Subject Rights
11.1. Right to Object
You also have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation and with effect for the future, to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on those provisions.
You may exercise your right to object free of charge. To enable me to process your request more quickly, please preferably use my email address: nicole.hardt@gmail.com.
11.2. Right of Access
You have the right to obtain confirmation from me as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed and, where applicable, access to that personal data and the further information listed in Article 15 GDPR.
11.3. Right to Rectification
You have the right to obtain from me, without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you under Article 16 GDPR. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by providing a supplementary statement.
11.4. Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”)
You have the right to request that I erase personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the grounds listed in Article 17(1) GDPR applies and the processing is not necessary for one of the purposes specified in Article 17(3) GDPR.
11.5. Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data where one of the conditions set out in Article 18(1)(a) to (d) GDPR applies.
11.6. Right to Data Portability
Under the conditions set out in Article 20(1) GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to me in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance from me. When exercising your right to data portability, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from me to another controller, where technically feasible.
11.7. Right to Withdraw Consent
Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
11.8. Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for my business. The competent supervisory authority is:
Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Friedrichstraße 219, 10969 Berlin
12. Validity of the Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated 23 May 2023.
13. Contact
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or wish to request access to, rectification, blocking or erasure of data, withdraw consent you have given, or object to a particular use of your data, please contact:
Nicole Hardt
nicole.hardt@gmail.com
+49 (0)170 1779911
Legal Notice
This website is operated by Nicole Hardt.
Responsible pursuant to Section 55(2) of the German Interstate Broadcasting Treaty (RStV):
Nicole Hardt
Email: nicole.hardt@gmail.com