Legal
Privacy Policy
1. An overview of data protection
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified.
Data recording on this website
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Information about the responsible party” section below.
2. Information about the responsible party (Controller)
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
SHCV.IT OÜ
Steffen Hoehne
Männimäe 1
74626 Kuusalu
Estonia
Phone: +49 3529 580 4996
Email: steffen.hoehne@shcv.it
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
3. Hosting
Hostpoint (Switzerland)
We host our website with Hostpoint AG, Neue Jonastrasse 60, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland. When you visit our website, Hostpoint collects various log files including your IP addresses. Switzerland is considered a “safe third country” by the European Commission, meaning it has an adequate level of data protection (Adequacy Decision 2000/518/EC).
Legal Basis: The use of Hostpoint is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable, secure, and professional presentation of our website.
4. General notes and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://”.
Your Rights (Data Subject Rights)
You have the right at any time to:
- Request information about your stored personal data (Art. 15 GDPR).
- Request the correction of incorrect data (Art. 16 GDPR).
- Request the deletion of your data (“Right to be forgotten” — Art. 17 GDPR).
- Withdraw any consent previously given (Art. 7 (3) GDPR).
To exercise these rights, you can contact us at any time using the address given in the Impressum / Legal Notice.
5. Data collection on this website
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
Legal Basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (if the request is related to a contract) or Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in processing user inquiries).
6. Analysis Tools and Advertising
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with Google Signals
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Signals: We have activated Google Signals. This allows Google Analytics to collect additional information about users who have turned on “Ads Personalization” in their Google accounts. This includes cross-device tracking, remarketing groups, and demographic insights (age, gender, interests). This data is provided to us by Google in an aggregated and anonymized form.
IP Anonymization: In GA4, IP anonymization is enabled by default and cannot be turned off. Your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA.
Legal Basis: The use of Google Analytics and Google Signals is based exclusively on your explicit consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time via the cookie settings on our website.
Opt-out of Google Signals: Users can manage or delete their data and disable “Personalized Advertising” in their own Google Account settings: https://adssettings.google.com/.
Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console to monitor and optimize our search engine ranking. No personal tracking data from website visitors is stored or processed via this tool by the website operator.
7. Plugins and Tools
Calendly
For scheduling appointments, we use the tool Calendly. The provider is Calendly LLC, 271 17th St NW, 10th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30363, USA. When you book an appointment, the data entered (name, email, date) is processed on Calendly’s servers. We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with Calendly. Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).
Legal Basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (contract fulfillment / pre-contractual measures).
Local Google Fonts (Self-Hosted)
This site uses web fonts for the uniform display of text. To protect your privacy, these fonts are hosted locally on our own server. No connection to Google’s servers is established when the page is loaded, and no IP addresses are transmitted to Google in connection with font rendering.
Legal Basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a uniform and privacy-compliant presentation).