Sophie Schönicke - Coaching & Career Counseling

The confidentiality of your data is our highest priority. Your personal data will be processed by us with the utmost care and expressly only for the purpose agreed to by you. Therefore, the comprehensible formulation and design of our privacy policy is a special concern for us.

In this privacy policy, we explain to you how we process your personal data and which rules apply.

Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. This includes, above all, information that allows conclusions to be drawn about your identity, for example your name, your telephone number, your address or e-mail address. Statistical data that we collect, for example, during a visit to our website and that cannot be linked to your person do not fall under the concept of personal data.

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1. Contact Person

The contact person and so-called controller for the processing of your personal data when visiting this website within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/DSGVO) is Sophie Schönicke, 14558 Nuthetal, sophie.schoenicke@gmail.com.

For all questions regarding data protection in connection with our service or the use of our website, you can also contact us at any time. We can be reached at the above e-mail address.

2. Access to our Website / Access Data

Each time you use our website, we collect the access data that your browser automatically transmits to enable you to visit the website. The access data includes in particular: IP address of the requesting device, date and time of the request, address of the called website and the requesting website, information about the browser used and the operating system as well as online identifiers (e.g. device identifiers, session IDs).

The data processing of this access data is necessary to enable the visit of the website and to ensure the permanent functionality and security of our systems. The access data is also temporarily stored in internal log files for the purposes described above, in order to compile statistical information about the use of our website, to further develop our website with regard to the usage habits of our visitors (e.g. if the proportion of mobile devices used to access the pages increases) and for general administrative maintenance of our website. The information stored in the log files does not allow any direct conclusions to be drawn about you. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

3. Contacting

You have various options for contacting us. In this context, we process data exclusively for the purpose of communicating with you, which is automatically deleted after complete processing, unless we still need your request to fulfill contractual or legal obligations (see section "Storage period"). The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

4. Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies for Analysis and Advertising Purposes

In order to improve our website, we use cookies and comparable technologies (e.g. web beacons) for statistical collection and analysis of general usage behavior based on access data. We may also use cookies and similar technologies for advertising purposes. A cookie is a small text file that is stored by the browser on your device. Cookies are not used to run programs or download viruses onto your computer.

The legal basis for the data processing described in the following section is Art. 6 para.1 lit. f DSGVO, based on our legitimate interest in the design and continuous optimization of our website and to provide you with personalized advertising.

In the following section, we would like to explain these technologies and the providers used for this in more detail. The data collected may include, in particular, the IP address of the device, the date and time of access, the identification number of a cookie, the device identifier of mobile devices, and technical information about the browser and operating system. However, the collected data is stored exclusively pseudonymously, so that no direct conclusions about persons are possible.

In the following descriptions of the technologies we use, you will find information on how to object to our analysis and advertising measures by means of a so-called opt-out cookie. Please note that after deleting all cookies in your browser or the subsequent use of another browser and/or profile, an opt-out cookie must be set again. Alternatively, you can exercise your opt-out by making the appropriate settings on the TRUSTe or Your Online Choices websites, which provide bundled opt-out options from many advertisers. Both sites allow you to deactivate all ads at once for the listed providers by means of opt-out cookies or, alternatively, to make the settings for each provider individually.

4.1 Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to analyze and improve our website based on your user behavior. The data generated in this context may be transferred by Google to a server in the USA for analysis and stored there. In the event that personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield. However, your IP address will be shortened before the usage statistics are analyzed so that no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. For this purpose, Google Analytics on our website has been extended by the code "anonymizeIP" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses.

Google will process the information obtained through the cookies in order to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

You can configure your browser to reject cookies, as shown above, or you can prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of our website in the cookie settings of Google's privacy policy. Alternatively, you can also prevent the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser-add-on provided by Google (the latter does not work for mobile devices).

You can find more information on this in the Google Analytics privacy policy.

4.2 Google Tag Manager

Our website uses Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). The Tag Manager is used to manage tracking tools and other services, so-called website tags. A tag is an element that is stored in the source code of our website, for example, to record specified usage data. The Google Tag Manager does not require the use of cookies. The Google Tag Manager ensures that the usage data required by our partners (cf. the data processing procedures described above) is forwarded to them. In some cases, the data is processed on a Google server in the USA. In the event that personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, based on our legitimate interest to integrate and manage multiple tags on our website in an uncomplicated way. You can find more information on this in Google's information on the tag manager.

4.3 LinkedIn

Our website integrates functions and content of LinkedIn Ireland ULC, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn"). This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which you can share content from our website within LinkedIn. If you use the LinkedIn platform, LinkedIn can assign the call of the above content and functions to your profile there.

In some cases, the data is processed on a LinkedIn server outside the EU. In the event that personal data is transferred to the USA, LinkedIn has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

You can find more information in LinkedIn's privacy policy.

5. Passing on of Data

The data collected by us will only be passed on if

you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO;
the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not having your data disclosed;
we are legally obliged to disclose your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DSGVO; or
this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO for the processing of contractual relationships with you or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, which take place at your request.

Part of the data processing may be carried out by our service providers. In addition to the service providers mentioned in this privacy policy, this may include in particular data centers, or IT and marketing service providers. If we pass on data to our service providers, they may only use the data to perform their tasks. The service providers are carefully selected and commissioned by us. They are contractually bound to our instructions, have suitable technical and organizational measures in place to protect the rights of the data subjects and are regularly monitored by us.

In addition, disclosure may take place in connection with official inquiries, court decisions and legal proceedings if it is necessary for legal prosecution or enforcement.

6. Storage Period

In principle, we store personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill contractual or legal obligations for which we collected the data. Thereafter, we delete the data immediately, unless we still need the data until the expiry of the statutory limitation period for evidence purposes for claims under civil law or due to statutory retention obligations.

For evidentiary purposes, we must retain contractual data for three years from the end of the year in which the business relationship with you ends. Any claims become statute-barred at this point at the earliest in accordance with the statutory limitation period.

Even after that, we still have to store some of your data for accounting reasons. We are obliged to do so because of legal documentation obligations that may arise from the German Commercial Code, the German Fiscal Code, the German Banking Act, the German Money Laundering Act and the German Securities Trading Act. The periods specified there for the retention of documents are two to ten years.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to request information about the processing of your personal data by us at any time. When you request information, we will explain the data processing to you and provide you with an overview of the data stored about you. If any data stored by us is incorrect or no longer up to date, you have the right to have this data corrected. You can also request the deletion of your data. If deletion is exceptionally not possible due to other legal regulations, the data will be blocked so that it is only available for this legal purpose. You can also have the processing of your data restricted, e.g. if you are of the opinion that the data stored by us is not correct. You also have the right to data portability, which means that we will provide you with a digital copy of the personal data you have provided to us upon request. To exercise your rights described here, you can contact us at any time using the contact details above. In addition, you have the right to object to data processing based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f DSGVO.

Finally, you have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us. You can assert this right at a supervisory authority in the member state of your residence, your workplace or the location of the alleged violation. In Berlin, the competent supervisory authority is: Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Friedrichstraße 219, 10969 Berlin.

8. Right of Revocation and Objection

Pursuant to Article 7 para. 2 DSGVO, you have the right to revoke consent you have given to us at any time. This has the consequence that we no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Insofar as we process your data on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your data pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO, insofar as there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will also be implemented by us without giving reasons.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an informal message to the above contact details.

9. Changes to the Privacy Policy

Occasionally, we update this privacy policy, for example, if we adapt our website or if the legal or regulatory requirements change.