Privacy policy
1. Privacy at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information about data protection can be found in the privacy policy set out below.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator's contact details can be found in this website's legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website or after you have given your consent. This mainly comprises technical data (for example, your internet browser, operating system or the time at which the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time and free of charge to obtain information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have consented to data processing, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice if you have questions about this or any other data protection matter.
2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
External hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hosting provider). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hosting provider's servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data and other data generated through a website.
The hosting provider is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online offering securely, quickly and efficiently through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Our hosting provider will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfil its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.
3. General information and mandatory disclosures
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various items of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (for example, when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information about the controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Johnny Bytes GmbH
Im Klapperhof 33
50670 Köln
Phone: +49 221 29497500
Email: info@johnnybytes.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (for example, names, email addresses or similar data).
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are possible only with your express consent. You may withdraw consent that you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing
IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEN NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract provided to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only to the extent that it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection when the browser's address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and a lock symbol appears in your browser.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Access, erasure and rectification
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time and free of charge to obtain information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. Where applicable, you also have the right to have this data rectified or erased. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice if you have questions about this or any other matter relating to personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To exercise this right, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you contest the accuracy of personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed against each other. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may—apart from being stored—be processed only with your consent, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
4. Data collection on this website
Contact form
If you submit enquiries to us via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details entered there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if this has been requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its erasure, withdraw your consent to its storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example, once your enquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.
Transmission of contact form messages via Lettermint
We use the email delivery service Lettermint to deliver messages submitted through the contact form to our inboxes. The data you provide (in particular your name, company, email address, telephone number and message) is transmitted to Lettermint and processed there exclusively for the purpose of reliable email delivery. Processing takes place on servers within the European Union.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in sending our communications securely and reliably (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and, where your enquiry is aimed at entering into or performing a contract, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider of Lettermint pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Your data will be erased as soon as it is no longer required for the delivery purpose and provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent its erasure.
Spam protection with Cloudflare Turnstile
We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our contact form against abusive submissions and spam. The provider is Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Turnstile checks whether an entry is made by a human. To do so, Turnstile analyses various technical details about the device and browser (for example, the IP address, browser and operating system information, time spent on the page and interactions with the page) and transmits this information to Cloudflare.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in protecting our websites against abusive automated use and spam (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). This may involve the transfer of data to Cloudflare servers in the USA. Cloudflare is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework; in addition, standard contractual clauses are in place as appropriate safeguards. Further information about how user data is handled can be found in Cloudflare's privacy policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
Enquiries by email, telephone, WhatsApp or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone, WhatsApp or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name and enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), if this has been requested.
The data you send to us in a contact enquiry will remain with us until you request its erasure, withdraw your consent to its storage or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (for example, once your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.
