DATA PROTECTION

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We appreciate your interest in our website and the offerings available on our webpages. The protection of your personal data is a major and very important concern for us. Therefore, we would like to inform you in detail about which data is collected during your visit to our website and the use of our services, as well as how we process or use this data, and the accompanying protective measures we have taken, both technically and organizationally.

This privacy information applies to the data processing by:

**Solareza GmbH**

Phone: +49 6198 588 30 42  
Email: info@solareza.de  
Website: www.solareza.de

**Collection and Storage of Personal Data, and the Type and Purpose of Their Use**

When you access our website www.solareza.de, information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

- IP address of the requesting computer,
- Date and time of access,
- Name and URL of the retrieved file,
- Website from which the access is made (referrer URL),
- Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection establishment of the website,
- Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
- Evaluating system security and stability, and
- For further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter f of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the above-listed purposes of data collection. In no case do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person. Furthermore, we use cookies when you visit our website. More detailed explanations can be found under “Cookies” in this privacy policy.

**Disclosure of Data**

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass your personal data to third parties if:
- You have given your explicit consent according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter a of the GDPR,
- The disclosure is necessary according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter f of the GDPR for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
- There is a legal obligation for disclosure according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter c of the GDPR, or
- It is legally permissible and necessary according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter b of the GDPR for the execution of contractual relationships with you.

**Cookies**

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Our cookies do not harm your device and do not contain viruses, trojans, or other malicious software. The cookie stores information that is related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately gain knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our services more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

Additionally, we use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period. When you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. Furthermore, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate this for the purpose of optimizing our offerings for you (see "Rights of the Data Subject"). These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been to our site on a subsequent visit. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period. The data processed by cookies are necessary for the mentioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter f of the GDPR.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or to always display a notice before a new cookie is created. The complete deactivation of cookies may, however, result in you not being able to use all functions of our website.

**Provision of Contractual Services**

We process inventory data (e.g., names and addresses as well as contact details of users), contract data (e.g., services used, names of contact persons) to fulfill our contractual obligations and services according to Article 6 (1) letter b of the GDPR. The information marked as mandatory in online forms is required for the conclusion of the contract.

In the context of using our online services, we store the IP address and the time of each user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests as well as the user's interest in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. This data is generally not passed on to third parties, unless it is necessary for the enforcement of our claims or there is a legal obligation according to Article 6 (1) letter c of the GDPR.

**Transfers to Third Countries**

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or this occurs in the context of using services of third parties or disclosing or transmitting data to third parties, it will only happen if it is necessary to fulfill our (pre-)contractual obligations, based on your consent, due to a legal obligation, or based on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or allow the data to be processed in a third country only if the special conditions of Articles 44 et seq. of the GDPR are met. This means, for example, that processing is based on special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of an adequate level of data protection corresponding to the EU (e.g., for the USA through the "Privacy Shield") or adherence to officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called "standard contractual clauses").

**Integration of Third-Party Services and Content**

Within our online offer, we use third-party content or service offerings based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offer in the sense of Article 6 (1) letter f of the GDPR) to integrate their content and services, such as fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “content”). This always requires that the third-party providers of this content perceive the IP address of the users, as they would not be able to send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We strive to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content.

**Google Fonts**

We integrate the fonts ("Google Fonts") provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

**Google Analytics**

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google LLC ("Google"), based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offer in the sense of Article 6 (1) letter f of the GDPR). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by the users is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield framework and thus guarantees compliance with European data protection laws (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offer by the users, to compile reports on activities within this online offer, and to provide further services related to the use of this online offer and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled. This means that Google will truncate the IP address of users within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other data from Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting their browser software; users can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Further information on data usage by Google, settings, and opt-out options can be found on Google's websites: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners ("Data usage by Google when you use websites or apps of our partners"), http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads ("Data usage for advertising purposes"), http://www.google.com/settings/ads ("Manage information Google uses to show you ads").

**Google Maps**

We integrate the maps of the "Google Maps" service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

**Contact**

When contacting us (e.g., via contact form, email, phone, or social media), the information provided by the user will be processed to handle the contact request and its processing according to Article 6

 (1) letter b of the GDPR. We will delete the inquiries once they are no longer needed.

**Rights of the Data Subject**

You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us according to Article 15 of the GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the source of your data, if not collected from us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.

According to Article 16 of the GDPR, you have the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us.

According to Article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, as long as the processing is not necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

According to Article 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data, as long as the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose the deletion, and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or if you have lodged an objection against the processing according to Article 21 of the GDPR.

According to Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller.

According to Article 7 (3) of the GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent given to us at any time. This means that we may not continue the data processing based on this consent for the future.

According to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Generally, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual residence or workplace or our company headquarters.

**Right to Object**

If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 letter f of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data according to Article 21 of the GDPR, provided there are reasons arising from your particular situation or if the objection is against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without the need for a specific situation.

To exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, an email to info@solareza.de is sufficient.

**Data Security**

We also use technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal data collected or processed, especially against accidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. Due to the advancement of our website and offerings or changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to amend this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be accessed and printed at any time on the website www.solareza.de.

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