1) Introduction and contact information for the data controller

1.1We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we provide information about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Michael Saad, FINU Deutschland, Magdeburger Allee 124, 99086 Erfurt, Germany, Tel.: 017614192019, Email: info@finu-de.de. The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1When you use our website for informational purposes only—that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information—we collect only the data that your browser transmits to the website server (so-called “server log files”). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

• The website we visited
• Date and time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/link that brought you to this page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files at a later date if there are specific indications of unlawful use.

2.2For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential information (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the padlock icon in your browser address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

We use a provider to host our website and display its content; this provider delivers its services—either directly or through selected subcontractors—exclusively on servers located within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the service provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits its unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make your visit to our website more enjoyable and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies—small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.

If personal data is processed through individual cookies we use, such processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for the purpose of performing a contract, pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR in the event that consent has been given, or pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website as well as a user-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set, allowing you to decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them, or to block cookies in specific cases or generally.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Contacting us

When you contact us (e.g., via the contact form or email), we collect personal data. The specific data collected when you use a contact form is indicated on the form itself. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, establishing contact, and performing the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved and provided that no statutory retention obligations preclude this.

6) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie Consent Tool

This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain valid user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The “Cookie Consent Tool” is displayed to users when they visit the site in the form of an interactive user interface, where they can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking the appropriate boxes. Through the use of this tool, all cookies and services requiring consent are loaded only if the respective user grants the corresponding consent by checking the appropriate boxes. This ensures that such cookies are set on the user’s device only if consent has been granted.

The tool uses technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. No personal user data is processed in this process.

If, in individual cases, the storage, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and, consequently, in the legally compliant design of our website.

Another legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. As the data controller, we are legally required to make the use of non-essential cookies contingent upon the user’s consent.

Where necessary, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our website visitors’ data and to prohibit its unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For more information about the operator and the settings options for the cookie consent tool, please refer directly to the relevant user interface on our website.

7) Rights of the data subject

7.1Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights as a data subject (rights of access and rectification) with respect to the controller regarding the processing of your personal data; please refer to the cited legal basis for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:

• Right of access pursuant to Article 15 of the GDPR;
• Right to rectification under Article 16 of the GDPR;
• Right to erasure under Article 17 of the GDPR;
• Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR;
• Right to information under Article 19 of the GDPR;
• Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR;
• Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) of the GDPR;
• Right to lodge a complaint under Article 77 of the GDPR.

7.2RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO SUCH PROCESSING ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL CEASE PROCESSING THE DATA IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE RELEVANT DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

8) Retention period for personal data

The length of time personal data is stored is determined by the applicable legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—where applicable—the relevant statutory retention period (e.g., retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, the data in question will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed in connection with contractual or quasi-contractual obligations pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted upon the expiration of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer necessary for the performance or initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

Unless otherwise specified in the other information contained in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.