Privacy policy

1. Controller

BW Consultants, owner Benjamin Würtz (sole proprietorship)
Baumbachstraße 49, 74391 Erligheim, Germany
Email: info@bwconsultants.de

We have not appointed a data protection officer, as we are not legally required to do so. Please direct any data protection questions to the email address above.

2. Overview

We only process personal data to the extent necessary to operate this website, answer your enquiries or initiate and perform contracts. We do not use any analytics, tracking or advertising services and do not embed third-party content such as Google Fonts, maps or videos.

3. Hosting

This website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. When the website is accessed, IONOS processes the technically required data on our behalf. A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place with IONOS. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing the website securely and reliably (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

4. Server log files

Each time the website is accessed, the following data is automatically stored in server log files: IP address, date and time of access, page or file accessed, amount of data transferred, referrer URL, browser type and version, and operating system. The data is used to deliver the website, analyse errors and defend against attacks. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The log files are stored for a limited period and then deleted. The data is not combined with other data sources.

5. SSL/TLS encryption

This website is transmitted in encrypted form. You can recognise this by “https://” in your browser's address bar.

6. Cookies and consent management

We only use one technically necessary cookie:

• cookieyes-consent: stores your choice in the cookie notice, retention period up to one year.

The legal basis is § 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We provide the cookie notice with the WordPress plugin CookieYes, which runs on our own server. Your choice is logged as proof (Art. 7(1) GDPR) with a timestamp and a pseudonymous identifier. You can delete or block cookies in your browser at any time.

7. Contact form and email

If you write to us via the contact form or by email, we process your details (name, company, email address, selected topic and your message) in order to answer your enquiry. The form details are sent to us by email and are not stored in a database on the website. To protect against spam we use a hidden check field and an arithmetic question; no data is transferred to third parties in the process.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is aimed at a contract or its initiation, otherwise our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We delete your data once the enquiry has been dealt with, unless statutory retention obligations apply, for example for commercial and business letters under § 257 HGB and § 147 AO.

8. Applications

We process applications that you send us by email in order to carry out the application process (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 88 GDPR). If no employment relationship results, we delete your documents no later than six months after the end of the process, unless you have consented to longer storage.

9. Fonts

The fonts used on this website are stored locally on our server. When the website is accessed, no connection is made to servers of Google or other font providers.

10. Links to LinkedIn

Our website links to our company page on LinkedIn. This is a simple link; data is only transferred to LinkedIn once you click on it. The privacy policy of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company applies to processing on LinkedIn.

11. Your rights

You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and data portability (Art. 20 GDPR). You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR).

Right to object: Where we process data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR).

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg, Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart.

12. Automated decision-making

No automated decision-making, including profiling, takes place.

13. Changes

We update this privacy policy when our website or the legal situation changes. The version published here applies.