Privacy Policy

We hereby inform you in accordance with the legal requirements of data protection law (in particular according to the BDSG new version and the European General Data Protection Regulation ‚GDPR‘) about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data by our company. This privacy policy also applies to our websites and social media profiles. Regarding the definition of terms such as „personal data“ or „processing“, we refer to Art. 4 GDPR.

Name and contact details of the data controller
Our data controller (hereinafter „controller“) within the meaning of Art. 4 no. 7 GDPR is:

Sylvia Szulc
Wasserstieg 18
22041 Hamburg, Germany
Email: mail@sylviaszulc.de

Data Protection Officer
Email: mail@sylviaszulc.de

Types of data, purposes of processing, and categories of data subjects

Below, we inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection, processing, and use of personal data.

1. Types of data we process
Contact details (phone number, email, fax, etc.)

2. Purposes of processing pursuant to Art. 13 para. 1 c) GDPR
Handling contact inquiries

3. Categories of data subjects pursuant to Art. 13 para. 1 e) GDPR
The data subjects are collectively referred to as „users.“

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Below, we inform you about the legal basis for the processing of personal data:

  1. If we have obtained your consent for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis.
  2. If the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures carried out at your request, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR is the legal basis.
  3. If the processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g., legal retention obligations), Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR is the legal basis.
  4. If the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d) GDPR is the legal basis.
  5. If the processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, and if the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR is the legal basis for the processing.

Disclosure of personal data to third parties and processors

Without your consent, we generally do not disclose data to third parties. If this does occur, it is based on the aforementioned legal bases, for example, when data is disclosed to online payment providers for contract fulfillment or due to a court order or legal obligation to disclose data for the purpose of law enforcement, hazard prevention, or enforcement of intellectual property rights. We also use processors (external service providers, e.g., for web hosting of our websites and databases) to process your data. If, within the framework of an order processing agreement, data is passed on to processors, this is always done in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. We carefully select our processors, regularly monitor them, and have contractually obligated them to comply with data protection regulations in accordance with BDSG new version and GDPR.

Transfer of data to third countries

With the adoption of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a uniform basis for data protection in Europe has been created. Your data will therefore primarily be processed by companies for which the GDPR applies. Should processing by third-party services outside the European Union or the European Economic Area nevertheless take place, they must fulfill the special requirements of Articles 44 et seq. GDPR. This means that processing takes place on the basis of special guarantees, such as the determination of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU officially recognized by the EU Commission or compliance with officially recognized specific contractual obligations, the so-called „standard contractual clauses.“ In the event that, due to the ineffectiveness of the so-called „Privacy Shield,“ we obtain your explicit consent to the transfer of data to the USA pursuant to Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR, we will point out the risk of secret access by US authorities and the use of data for surveillance purposes, possibly without legal remedies for EU citizens.

Deletion of data and storage period

Unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy, your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply, your consent to processing is revoked, or the data is no longer required for the purpose, unless further storage is necessary for evidentiary purposes or statutory retention obligations prevent deletion. This includes, for example, commercial retention obligations for business letters pursuant to § 257 para. 1 HGB (6 years) and tax retention obligations pursuant to § 147 para. 1 AO for documents (10 years). Once the prescribed retention period expires, your data will be blocked or deleted unless storage is still required for contract conclusion or contract fulfillment purposes.


Existence of automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.


Provision of our website and creation of log files

  1. If you only use our website for informational purposes (i.e., no registration or other transmission of information), we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data:
    • IP address;
    • User’s internet service provider;
    • Date and time of access;
    • Browser type;
    • Language and browser version;
    • Content of the request;
    • Time zone;
    • Access status/HTTP status code;
    • Data volume;
    • Websites from which the request originates;
    • Operating system.
    This data is not stored together with other personal data about you.

  2. This data is used for the purpose of user-friendly, functional, and secure delivery of our website to you with its features and content, as well as for its optimization and statistical evaluation.
  3. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence

    1 lit. f) GDPR.


Please note that we do not store this data and cannot attribute it to specific persons. This data will not be merged with other data sources. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.


SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the „https://“ address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.