1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website, and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is: Georg Meier Picassoring 49, 56626 Andernach, Germany Phone: +49 (0)160 2277929 Email: info@gxmeier.com 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

2.1 When using our website purely for informational purposes – i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us – we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website:

  • The page visited on our site
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/referrer from which you accessed the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network (CDN)

To host our website and display the site content, we use a service provider who delivers their services either directly or via selected subcontractors, exclusively on servers located within the European Union.

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

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies—small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow us to store site settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). You can find the storage duration of persistent cookies in your browser’s cookie settings.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, this processing takes place either: in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of a contract, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR if consent has been given, or pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly, effective experience for visitors.

You can configure your browser to notify you about the use of cookies and to allow or deny them on a case-by-case basis, or to generally block the use of cookies.

Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

5) Contact

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected via the contact form is visible in the respective form. This data is used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and for the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter has been conclusively resolved, and provided that no legal retention requirements apply.

6) Site Functionalities

Google Web Fonts

This website uses web fonts provided by the following provider to ensure a uniform presentation of fonts: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache in order to display text and fonts correctly, establishing a direct connection to the provider's servers. Certain browser information, including your IP address, may be transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA

The processing of personal data in connection with the use of the font provider's servers is carried out only if you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service via the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font from your computer will be used instead.

For data transfers to the United States, the provider is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European level of data protection.

Further information on Google’s privacy policies can be found here: https://business.safety.google/intl/en/privacy/ https://business.safety.google/intl/de/privacy/

7) 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 as an interactive interface upon accessing the site, where they can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking individual boxes. The tool ensures that all cookies and services requiring consent are only activated if the respective user has granted explicit consent via checkbox selection. This guarantees that such cookies are only set on the user's device if permission has been given.

The tool uses technically necessary cookies solely to store your cookie preferences. As a rule, no personal data is processed in this context.

Should the processing of personal data (such as IP addresses) occur in individual cases—for example, for storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings—such processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in providing a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly cookie consent management system, and thereby ensuring compliance with data protection laws.

An additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, as we are legally obliged as the data controller to obtain consent before using non-essential cookies.

If necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider of the cookie consent tool to ensure the protection of our website visitors' data and to prevent unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the provider and the configuration options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly within the respective interface on our website.

8) Rights of the Data Subject

8.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following rights with respect to the processing of your personal data by the controller (data subject rights), whereby the specific legal basis for exercising each right is indicated:

  • Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

8.2 Right to Object

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

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the relevant data. 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 the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING AT ANY TIME. You can exercise your objection right as described above.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will stop processing your personal data for such purposes.

9) Duration of the Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data depends on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—if applicable—also on the statutory retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax-related retention obligations).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until the data subject withdraws their consent.

If statutory retention periods apply to data that is processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in continuing to store it.

If personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, it will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information provided in this privacy policy concerning specific processing situations, personal data that has been stored will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

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