Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Controller

With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data (hereinafter also "data") we process within our online offer and the associated websites, functions, and content as well as external online presences (hereinafter collectively "online offer").

The controller for data processing on this website is:

Dr. Jacob Beautemps
Merheimerstr. 268
50733 Cologne
Germany
E-mail: info@jacob-beautemps.de

2. Types of data processed

• Inventory data: Name, e-mail address.
• Contact data: E-mail address, telephone number, content of the message.
• Usage data: Websites visited, access times.
• Metadata/Communication data: Device information, IP addresses (anonymised).

3. Purposes of processing

We process your data for the following purposes:

• Provision of the online offer, its functions and content.
• Communication with users (e.g. answering enquiries).
• Marketing (e.g. newsletter dispatch).
• Security measures.
• Reach measurement/Web analysis.

4. Legal basis for processing

Your data is processed on the following legal bases:

• Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR): Insofar as we obtain your consent for certain processing operations (e.g. for sending newsletters).
• Performance of a contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR): Insofar as the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR): Insofar as we are subject to a legal obligation.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR): Insofar as the processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or the interests of third parties, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data prevail (e.g. for the functionality and security of the website).

5. Hosting and technical provision

Our website is hosted by:

Vercel Inc.
340 S Lemon Ave #4133
Walnut, CA 91789, USA

However, the website and associated data are hosted on servers within the European Union to ensure compliance with the GDPR. Vercel processes data on our behalf and has been contractually obliged to do so in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR.

6. Anonymous Visitor Tracking (Vercel Analytics)

We use the "Anonymous Visitor Tracking" (Vercel Analytics) function from Vercel. This function allows us to analyse the use of our website anonymously.

• Scope of data processing: Vercel Analytics collects anonymised usage data that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. This includes, for example, the number of visits, the time spent on certain pages and the rough geographical origin (e.g. city, country), without precise localisation. IP addresses are not stored by Vercel and are not visible to us.
• Purpose: The collection serves to optimise our website and improve the user experience by helping us understand which content is particularly popular and where there is a need for optimisation.
• Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in the analysis and optimisation of our online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the data is completely anonymised, no opt-in or opt-out is required, as no personal data is processed that could establish a personal reference.

7. Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. The provision of this data is not required by law or contract, but is necessary to process your enquiry. Without this data, we cannot process your request.

• Service provider: We use the service of Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) for the technical processing of our contact form.
  Brevo GmbH
  Köpenicker Str. 126
  10179 Berlin
  Germany
• Scope of data processing: The data entered in the contact form (name, e-mail address, your message) is transmitted to Brevo and stored there.
• Purpose: Processing your enquiry and communicating with you.
• Legal basis: This data is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), which you give by submitting the contact form, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures or for the fulfilment of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), if your enquiry is aimed at concluding a contract.
• Storage period: The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us and with Brevo until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

8. Newsletter (Brevo with double opt-in)

You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter to receive regular information about our offers.

• Registration procedure (double opt-in): Registration for our newsletter takes place using the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with other people's e-mail addresses. Registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes storing the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address.
• Service provider: We use the Brevo service (formerly Sendinblue) to send our newsletters and manage subscribers.
  Brevo GmbH
  Köpenicker Str. 126
  10179 Berlin
  Germany
• Scope of data processing: Only your e-mail address is required to register for the newsletter. Optional further data (e.g. name) can be collected for personal addressing. This data is stored by Brevo.
• Purpose: Sending the newsletter.
• Legal basis: Your data is processed for the newsletter dispatch on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
• Revocation of consent: You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You will find a corresponding link at the end of each newsletter.
• Storage period: Your e-mail address and any other data will be stored as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing, the data will be deleted, provided there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.

9. Disclosure of data to third parties

Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• You have given your express consent to this (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
• the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR).
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

In all cases in which we use external service providers (processors), we select them carefully and ensure that they meet the requirements of the GDPR. We conclude corresponding order processing contracts.

10. Data transfer to third countries

Data is only transferred to countries outside the European Union (so-called third countries) if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are met (e.g. existence of an adequacy decision by the EU Commission, standard contractual clauses, binding internal data protection regulations).

In the case of Vercel, although the hosting takes place in the EU, the company is based in the USA. However, the use of anonymous visitor tracking by Vercel is configured in such a way that no personal data is transferred to the USA, as no IP addresses are stored and direct tracing to the user is not possible.

Brevo as a service provider for the contact form and newsletter is based in Germany. Personal data is not transferred to third countries here.

11. Your rights as a data subject

You have the right at any time:

• Information (Art. 15 GDPR): To request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.
• Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): To immediately request the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us.
• Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): To request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): To request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing (Art. 21 GDPR).
• Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): To receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller.
• Revocation of consent (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR): To revoke your consent once given to us at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future.
• Objection (Art. 21 GDPR): To object to the processing of your personal data if your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the case of direct advertising, you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.
• Right to complain (Art. 77 GDPR): The right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters for this purpose.

12. Data security

We use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

13. Actuality and amendment of this data protection declaration

This data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status [Date, e.g. June 2025].

Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be accessed and printed out by you at any time on this website under the link "Data Protection".