privacy notice

Hello and thank you for your interest in our website. Among other things, we take your right to privacy, data protection and informational self-determination very seriously. That’s why we would like to make you aware of the following:

Who are we?
Frank Hüpperling Project Development, Löwestraße 25, 10249 Berlin

What happens when you use our website solely for informational purposes?
If you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e. you, as the user, neither register nor provide any other information, we collect the following data from you: IP address, data and time of the request, difference in time zone from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific page), access status/HTTP status code, volume of data transferred in each case, the website from which the request is originating, browser, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software. We obtain this data through cookies and directly from your browser. The purpose of this processing is the provision of our website and statistical analysis. The legal basis for this is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1(f) of the GDPR, which means that we can process personal data, including where no consent has been given by the data subject, if this processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. The purposes stated above are in our interests. In terms of our use of cookies, please see our remarks under the section “How do we use cookies on this website?”.

What happens when you use our contact form?
If you communicate with us using our contact form, we collect the following data: your name, surname, email, age, sex, company name, telephone number, comments. You are the only person who knows your reasons for contacting us; the response to this directly describes the purpose of processing. If your message involves a specific contractual obligation, whether in relation with the initiation, execution or termination of a contract, the legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1(b) of the GDPR. In this case, we store this data until the end of the statutory retention period. In all other cases, the legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1(f) of the GDPR, which means that we can process personal data, including where no consent has been given by the data subject, if this processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. Communication not relating to contractual obligations is in our mutual interest. We store your data until the purpose arising from this legitimate interest has been fulfilled.

Are we obligated to collect this data? What happens if we don’t collect this data?
There is no legal requirement to collect this data. However, this may result in you experiencing difficulty when visiting our website.

Who could potentially access your data? And does this data leave the European Union or European Economic Area?
We do not disclose your data to third parties.

How do we use cookies on this website?
(1) Cookies are stored on your computer when you use this website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk and assigned to the browser you are using. They provide certain information to the organisation that sets the cookies (in this case, us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make our online services more user-friendly and effective overall.
(2) We use transient cookies. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when the user closes their browser. In particular, these include session cookies. These cookies store what is known as a session ID. This allows us to assign various requests from the visitor’s browser to a common session. This allows the visitor’s computer to be recognised when returning to the website.
(3) We use persistent cookies Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a given amount of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. These cookies are deleted will be deleted after the following period at the latest: 12 months.

What are your rights?
You have a number of rights. You have the right to information about your personal data being processed, as well as a right to rectification and erasure, to restriction to processing, to object to processing and to data portability. In addition, you have the option to lodge a complaint to us to our supervisory authority. We would politely point out that these rights may be subject to conditions that we will insist upon.