Privacy

General privacy policy
By using our website, you agree to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. Our website can generally be visited without registration. In the process, data such as pages called up or names of files called up, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address or e-mail address are collected as far as possible on a voluntary basis. No data will be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Designation of the responsible office
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Block Optic Design GmbH
Semerteichstr. 60
44141 Dortmund
Germany
represented by:
Management Jörg Grawunder
The controller alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, contact details or similar).

Server data
For technical reasons, the following data, among others, which your Internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider, is recorded (so-called server log files):
– browser type and version
– Operating system used
– Website from which you visit us (referrer URL)
– Website that you visit
– Date and time of your access
– Your Internet Protocol (IP) address.
This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and thus does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. They are evaluated for statistical purposes in order to be able to optimize our Internet presence and our offers.

Cookies
This website complies with the obligation to indicate the use of cookies. Through the use of cookies, Internet pages can be made user-friendly, effective and safer. In the process, text files with information points based on user activities are temporarily stored in the user’s browser. Visiting preferences and website settings can thus be defined and stored. The stored cookies can be viewed and managed for each website: Chrome: Click the lock (for SSL-certified sites) or the information icon (i) at the top next to the address bar. Select [number] are used. Firefox: Click the icon at the top left of the web address. Follow the click box to the right and select “More information”. The cookie management is located under “Privacy & History” Internet Explorer: Select the “Tools” > “Internet Options” button behind the gear icon. Click the “Privacy” tab. Under Settings you will find the item “Advanced” with the management options for cookies. By storing cookies, you enable this homepage to adapt its content and structure to individual visitor needs. Website settings are stored for a limited time and retrieved when you visit again. With the application of the DSGVO 2018, webmasters are obliged to comply with the basic regulation published at https://eu-datenschutz.org/ and to inform its users accordingly about the collection and analysis of data. The lawfulness of the processing is justified in Chapter 2, Article 6 of the DSGVO.

Contact option
We offer you the possibility on our site to contact us by e-mail and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user will be stored for the purpose of processing his contact. The data will not be passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site also does not take place.

Contact form/offer form
If you send us inquiries via the offer form, your data from the offer form including the contact data you provided there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. In this way, we fulfill, among other things, the legal requirement to enable rapid electronic contact with us. If you use this option, your information will be processed and automatically stored for the purpose of answering the inquiry in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. We delete the inquiries if they are no longer required and no legal archiving obligations apply.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority
As a data subject, you have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority in the event of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority with regard to data protection issues is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company’s registered office is located. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

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SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Google Web Fonts
Google Web Fonts are implemented on this website. By means of these, the display of fonts is made possible. By using Google Web Fonts, an external server of Google in the USA is called up when using this offer, i.e. Google is theoretically informed about the use of the offer. Further data protection information can be found on the pages of the provider “Google”.

Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Information / Revocation / Deletion
Based on the Federal Data Protection Act or the DSGVO, you can contact us free of charge with questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data and their correction, blocking, deletion or a revocation of consent granted. We would like to point out that you have the right to correct incorrect data or delete personal data, if this claim does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data.

Wordfence
This site uses the security plugin WORDFENCE to protect the website from hacker attacks etc.. The provider is DEFIANT, 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104.
The provided DSGVO compliant data processing agreement has been completed.
WORDFENCE currently uses three cookies and below is an explanation of what each cookie does, who set the cookie, and why the cookie helps protect the site.

wfwaf-authcookie- (hash) What it does: This cookie is used by the WORDFENCE firewall to perform a capability check on the current user before WordPress loads. Who gets this cookie: This cookie is set only for users who can log into WordPress. How this cookie helps: With this cookie, WORDFENCE firewall detects logged in users and allows them increased access. WORDFENCE can also detect users who are not logged in and restrict their access to secure areas. The cookie informs the firewall what level of access a visitor has to help the firewall make wise decisions about who to allow and who to block.

wf_loginalerted_ (hash) What it does: This cookie is used to notify the WORDFENCE administrator when an administrator logs in from a new device or location. Who receives this cookie: This cookie is set for administrators only. How this cookie helps: This cookie helps site operators know if an admin login has occurred from a new device or location.

wfCBLBypass What it does: WORDFENCE provides a site visitor with the ability to bypass country blocking by accessing a hidden URL. This cookie can be used to track who is allowed to bypass country blocking. Who gets this cookie: when a hidden URL defined by the site administrator is accessed, this cookie is used to verify that the user can access the site from a country restricted by country blocking. This is set for anyone who knows the URL that allows bypassing the default country blocking. This cookie is not set for anyone who does not know the hidden URL to bypass country blocking. How this cookie helps: this cookie gives site owners the ability to allow certain users blocked countries, even though their country has been blocked.

For more information on how DEFIANT handles user data, please see DEFIANT’s privacy policy: https://www.WORDFENCE.com/privacy-policy/

Yoast SEO
On our website we use plugins from Yoast SEO. This is an offer from Yoast BV, Don Emanuelstraat 3, 6602 GX Wijchen, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0)24 82 00 337 (Chamber of Commerce / KvK: 55404367, VAT Number: NL851692540B01).
This plugin takes care of the complete technical optimization of our websites for search engines. It also assists with content development. For more information, please refer to Yoast BV’s privacy policy, which you can view at https://yoast.com/privacy-policy/.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.