Data protection

Benjamin Otto, Werner-Otto-Str. 1-7, 22179 Hamburg.

Since May 25, 2018, the uniform requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have applied throughout Europe in the area of data protection. In the following data protection information, we inform you about the processing of personal data in accordance with the GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG 2018). Please read our data protection information carefully.

Name and contact details of the party responsible for processing

This data protection information applies to data processing by Benjamin Otto
Werner-Otto-Straße 1-7
22179 Hamburg Deutschland
Email-address: contact@holistic.foundation
for the website https://www.benjamin-otto.info/.

Log files

Each time you access websites/applications, information is sent by the respective Internet browser of your respective end device to the server of our website/application and temporarily stored in log files. The data records stored in this process contain the following data, which is stored until it is automatically deleted: Date and time of access, name of the page accessed, IP address of the requesting device, referrer URL (the URL from which you came to our website), the amount of data transferred, loading time, as well as product and version information of the browser used and the name of your access provider.

The legal basis for processing the IP address is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from

• ensuring a smooth connection setup
• ensuring convenient use of our website/application
• evaluating system security and stability

It is not possible to draw any direct conclusions about your identity based on this information, nor will we do so.

The data will be stored and automatically deleted once the aforementioned purposes have been fulfilled. The standard deletion periods are based on the criterion of necessity.

Data processing upon conclusion of a contract

When you enter into a contract with us, we process the data necessary for the conclusion, execution, or termination of the contract with you.
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The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(a) and (b) GDPR, i.e., you provide us with the data on the basis of the respective contractual relationship between you and us.
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We store the data collected for the purpose of contract processing for the duration of the contract and until any legal claims have expired. After this period has expired, we retain the information required by commercial and tax law relating to the contractual relationship for the periods specified by law. During this period, the data will only be processed again in the event of an audit by the tax authorities.

Contacting us

You can contact us in several ways: by email, by phone, using the contact form, or by mail. When you contact us, we use the personal data that you voluntarily provide us with for the sole purpose of contacting you and processing your request.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) (a), Art. 6 (1) (b), Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

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Your rights

You have the following rights under the law:

• the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us (Art. 15 GDPR); in particular, you may request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, and the origin of your data if it was not collected directly from you;
• the right to have inaccurate data corrected or complete data completed (Art. 16 GDPR);
• the right to have your data stored by us deleted (Art. 17 GDPR), unless we are required to comply with any statutory or contractual retention periods or other legal obligations or rights to further storage;
• the right to restrict the processing of your data (Art. 18 GDPR), unless the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
• the right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, i.e. the right to receive selected data stored by us about you in a common, machine-readable format, or to request the transfer of this data to another controller;
• the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose. The supervisory authority responsible for Benjamin Otto is the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.

You can assert the aforementioned rights you have against us at contact@holistic.foundation.

Status: 01.03.2024

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