DATA PROTECTION

Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data is very important to us! We thank you for the trust you have placed in us regarding your important data, and we are happy to be transparent about how we use it.

The legal basis for our privacy policy is the EU GDPR and the BDSG-neu.

The owner is listed as the responsible party.

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us directly at:

Carsten Norbert Johann Detzer
Kulmbacher Straße 27 b
95460 Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge
GERMANY

info [at] johann-von-dancer.com
General Information

In accordance with our legal obligation, we would like to inform you about the collection and use of your personal data.

When you use our website, personal data about you is collected. This may occur when you enter the data yourself—such as your email address. However, our system also automatically collects data from you, such as information about your visit to our website. This occurs regardless of the device or software you use to access our website.

Any data you enter on our website is voluntary; you will not suffer any disadvantages if you choose not to disclose your data. However, without certain data, we are unable to provide services or enter into contracts. We will always indicate which information is required.

On this website, the user’s personal data is collected only in accordance with applicable data protection law, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The technical terms used in this text are explained in more detail in Article 4 of the GDPR.

Under the GDPR, data processing is permitted in three specific cases:

    • pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7 of the GDPR, if you have consented to our processing of your data; in each case, we will inform you in detail in advance in this Privacy Policy and at the time you provide your consent, in accordance with Article 4(11) of the GDPR, regarding the purposes and circumstances under which we process your data;
    • pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, if the processing of your personal data is necessary for the initiation, conclusion, or performance of a contractual relationship;
    • pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, if, following a balancing of interests, the processing is necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests; these include, in particular, our interests in analyzing, optimizing, and securing the content on our website—which primarily involves analyzing user behavior, creating profiles for advertising purposes, storing access data, and using third-party providers.
Inventory Data

We collect personal data to the extent necessary for establishing, defining the terms of, or modifying a contractual relationship (including one provided free of charge) between us and the user. This may include: customer data (e.g., name, address), contact information (e.g., email address, phone number), and service details (e.g., service ordered, term, fee). When establishing the user relationship, we will request this information from you (e.g., name, address, and email address) and will also inform you to what extent providing this information is mandatory in order to establish the user relationship.

Usage Data

We also collect usage data to enable users to access the services on our website. This may include: usage information (e.g., web pages or sections accessed, duration of visit, interest in services), content data (e.g., data, text, images, audio, and videos entered or uploaded by you), and metadata (e.g., your device’s identity, location, IP address).

We will only combine usage data if and to the extent that this is necessary for billing purposes. Otherwise, we will only process usage data in a pseudonymized form and only to the extent that you have not objected to such processing. You may submit this objection at any time to the address provided in the legal notice or to the data controller named in this Privacy Policy.

The legal basis for this data processing is, on the one hand, our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR in analyzing the website and its use, and, where applicable, the legal authorization to store data in connection with the initiation of a contractual relationship pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.

In most of these cases, you have the option to opt out of the use of your data—for example, by revoking your consent to the processing of your personal data or by no longer using a specific service. You can do this, for example, by contacting our customer service team.

Initial contact via an electronic inquiry

If you contact us electronically (e.g., via contact form, email, fax, phone, messenger, etc.), we will store and process the data you have provided to us (e.g., name, contact information, content of the inquiry). The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in effective customer communication pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and, insofar as the inquiry relates to the conclusion or performance of a contract, also Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
We will only disclose this data to third parties to the extent that it is necessary (pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR) for the performance of the contract, corresponds to the overriding interest in effective service (pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR), or if your consent (pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR) or another legal authorization or obligation exists.
You may request information from us at any time, free of charge, regarding the purpose of the processing, the source, and, if applicable, the recipients of your personal data. Furthermore, you may request the correction, deletion, and restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may object to the (further) processing of your data at any time and have the right to data portability as well as the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
As a general rule, your data will only be stored for as long as required by the purpose of the respective data processing. Further storage may be considered, in particular, if it is still necessary for legal proceedings or to protect legitimate interests, or if there is a legal obligation to retain the data (e.g., tax retention periods, statute of limitations).

Consent

Whenever we ask for your consent to process your data, we will inform you in clear and easily accessible language about the specific purposes for which you are giving your consent. Any consent we request is voluntary; any benefit you wish to obtain by giving your consent can also be obtained without it—just ask us.

For any consent you provide, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. You can do this by sending an informal notification, e.g., via our contact form, by email to the address listed in the legal notice, or by using an opt-out link (if we provide one). Your withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to that point.

Retention period

As a general rule, your data will only be stored for as long as required to fulfill the purpose of the respective data processing. Further storage may be considered, in particular, if it is still necessary for us to pursue legal claims or to protect our other legitimate interests.
For your personal data that was necessary to fulfill a contractual relationship (including one provided free of charge), this means that we will store it until the contractual relationship has been fully fulfilled or terminated, plus the statute of limitations period (which is generally 2 or 3 years), along with a reasonable margin to account for any interruption of the statute of limitations.
For your usage data collected during your use of the website, this means that we will store it only for as long as it is still necessary for the proper functioning of our website and as our legitimate interest requires. We will primarily store statistical data in pseudonymized form.
In addition, we will continue to store your data to the extent that we are legally required to do so. This includes, in particular, tax retention periods, which generally amount to 6 or even 10 years.

User Rights

You may request information from us at any time, free of charge, regarding the personal data we have stored about you. To prevent misuse, you will be required to verify your identity.

Erasure, Rectification, Restriction

You may request that we correct (including by supplementing) inaccurate data at any time, as well as restrict its processing or even delete your data. This applies in particular if the purpose of processing no longer exists, if the required consent has been revoked and no other legal basis exists, or if our data processing is unlawful. We will then correct, block, or even delete your personal data without delay, in accordance with the law.

Objection

ANY PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA THAT WE BASE ON A BALANCING OF INTERESTS PURSUANT TO ART. 6( 1(f) of the GDPR, you may object at any time if there are grounds for doing so arising from your particular personal situation.
WE WILL THEN NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS ON OUR PART.

Data Transmission

You may request that we provide you with the personal data we have stored about you in a machine-readable format.

Complaint

If you feel that your rights have been infringed upon as a result of our data processing, you may file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority (you can find a list of authorities here).

Changes to the Privacy Policy

Should it ever become necessary to amend the Privacy Policy for legal or factual reasons, we will update this page accordingly. No changes will be made to the consents provided by the user.

Fonts

Google Fonts

In pursuit of our legitimate interest in providing a technically flawless online service and ensuring its economically efficient design and optimization in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, we use Google Fonts, an online font library provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”), to display fonts on our website. External font libraries are particularly well-suited to ensuring consistent, fast, and secure display.
Neither cookies nor other trackers are stored in your browser for the use of online fonts. Instead, the font files (CSS, fonts) are requested from the font library provider. However, as with any data transmission on the web, your usage data—such as your IP address, the browser you are using, the website you previously visited, and your usage behavior—is transmitted to the font provider.

Google makes it clear that all requests related to CSS and fonts are completely separate from all other Google services. They are not associated with your account and are stored by Google only for a short period of time. Google uses the data only in pseudonymized form for statistical analysis. For detailed information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
When you use Google Fonts, your data is transferred to and stored on Google’s servers in the United States. For more information on how Google uses your data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Our current Privacy Policy dated August 3, 2025 applies.