1) Introduction and contact details of the responsible party

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2 The data controller for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Markus Hofmann, Knewalfa GmbH, Pestalozzistrasse 3, 86356 Neusäß, Germany, Tel.: +4917623374602, E-Mail: info@knewalfa.com. The data 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 you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the website 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 to you: Our visited website Date and time of access Amount of data sent in bytes Source/referrer from which you accessed this page Browser used Operating system used IP address used (possibly in anonymized form)The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files should there be 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 data controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the padlock symbol in your browser's address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use a provider that performs its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers 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 the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make your visit to our website more enjoyable and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow us to save your website settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find information about the storage duration in your web browser's cookie settings.If any of the cookies we use process personal data, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and allow you to decide whether to accept them individually, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or entirely.Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

5) Making contact

5.1 WhatsApp Business

You have the option of contacting us via the WhatsApp messaging service provided by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. We use the so-called "Business version" of WhatsApp for this purpose. If you contact us via WhatsApp regarding a specific transaction (for example, an order you have placed), we will store and use the mobile phone number you use with WhatsApp, as well as your first and last name (if provided), in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, to process and respond to your inquiry. Based on the same legal basis, we may ask you via WhatsApp to provide further data (order number, customer number, address, or email address) in order to assign your inquiry to a specific transaction. If you use our WhatsApp contact for general inquiries (e.g., regarding our range of services, availability, or our website), we store and use the mobile phone number you use on WhatsApp and – if provided – your first and last name in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in the efficient and timely provision of the requested information. Your data will only be used to answer your inquiry via WhatsApp. It will not be shared with third parties. Please note that WhatsApp Business accesses the address book of the mobile device we use for this purpose and automatically transfers phone numbers stored in the address book to a server of its parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., in the USA. For the operation of our WhatsApp Business account, we use a mobile device whose address book contains only the WhatsApp contact data of users who have actually contacted us via WhatsApp. This ensures that every person whose WhatsApp contact details are stored in our address book has already consented to the transfer of their WhatsApp phone number from the address books of their chat contacts, in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, by accepting the WhatsApp Terms of Service upon first using the app on their device. The transfer of data from users who do not use WhatsApp and/or have not contacted us via WhatsApp is therefore excluded. For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by WhatsApp, as well as your related rights and privacy settings, please refer to WhatsApp's privacy policy:

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?eea=1#privacy-policyWe have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which protects the data of our website visitors and prohibits its transfer to third parties. The processing described above may involve data transfers to servers of Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European level of data protection.

5.2 When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form is indicated on the respective form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, contacting you, and for the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after 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 statutory retention obligations exist.

6) Page functionalities

6.1 LinkedIn Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network of the following provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. These plugins enable direct interaction with content on the social network. To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page using a so-called "2-click" or "Shariff" solution. This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed, no connection is established with the provider's servers. Only when you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, will your browser establish a direct connection to the provider's servers. In this process, regardless of whether you are logged into an existing user profile, certain information about your device (including your IP address), your browser, and your browsing history will be transmitted to the provider and may be further processed there. If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider's social network, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts. You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the plugin by clicking it again. However, this revocation does not affect data that has already been transmitted to the provider. Data may also be transferred to: LinkedIn Inc., USAWe have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of our website visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

6.2 Xing Plugins

This website uses the "XING Share Button" from the following provider: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg. When you access this website, your browser briefly establishes a connection to the provider's servers to provide the "XING Share Button" functions (in particular, calculating and displaying the share count). The provider does not store any personal data, especially no IP addresses. Furthermore, your usage behavior is not analyzed using cookies in connection with the "XING Share Button."

7) Rights of the data subject

7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights as a data subject (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the legal basis stated for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;Right to information pursuant to Article 19 GDPR;Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.

7.2 Right of objection

If we process your personal data based on our overriding legitimate interest as part of a balancing of interests, you have the right to object to this processing at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, with effect for the future. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data in question. However, further processing remains possible if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims. If we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing. You can exercise your right to object as described above. If you exercise your right to object, we will cease processing the data in question for direct marketing purposes.

8) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent. If statutory retention periods exist for data processed in the context of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the performance of a contract or for initiating a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in its continued storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR. Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was col collected or otherwise processed.

As of June 22, 2026

Privacy Policy by IT Law Firm
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