Privacy Policy

1 General Information

This privacy policy provides detailed information about what happens to your personal data when you visit our website https://zinngiessform.com.

Personal data means any information that can personally identify you. When processing your data, we strictly comply with the applicable legal requirements, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

It is very important to us that your visit to our website is completely secure.

2 Responsible Body

The responsible body for the collection and processing of personal data on this website is shown above on this page.

3 Access Data (Server Log Files)

When you access our website, we automatically collect access data transmitted to us by your browser and store it in so-called server log files. This includes the following data:

• Browser type and browser version of your PC
• Date and time of the server request

As a rule, it is neither possible nor intended for us to assign this data to a specific person. This data is processed pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in order to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

4 Newsletter

We will only send you our newsletter at regular intervals to your e-mail address with your prior consent. In order to use this service, it is necessary to provide and verify your e-mail address. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. Your data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

The data provided when registering for the newsletter is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail or use of the unsubscribe link contained in the newsletter is sufficient. Data processing operations already carried out remain unaffected by your withdrawal.

If you unsubscribe from the newsletter, the data stored for setting up the subscription will be deleted. If this data has already been stored by us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will continue to be stored.

5 Contact

If you contact us, including by e-mail, the data transmitted in this context, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request and to be available for any follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

The processing of personal data relating to you is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time without giving reasons. An informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient for withdrawal. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

The transmitted data will be stored by us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

6 Storage Period for Posts and Comments

We store both posts and comments created by users as well as the associated data, including IP addresses. This data is stored until the content is either removed by the user or there is a legal obligation to delete it.

The storage of your posts and comments is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time without giving reasons. A simple e-mail to us is sufficient to declare your withdrawal. Data processing operations already carried out will not be retroactively invalidated by your withdrawal.

7 User Account

The creation of a user account requires your consent to the storage of your master data, such as name, address and e-mail address, as well as your access data, such as user name and password. This data enables you to log in to our website with your e-mail address and password.

8 Use and Disclosure of Data

We assure you that personal data that you provide to us, for example by e-mail, such as your name, address or e-mail address, will not be sold to third parties or otherwise used commercially. Your data will be processed exclusively for correspondence with you and for fulfilling the purpose for which you provided the data to us. In the context of payment processing, your payment data will be forwarded to the commissioned credit institution.

The data automatically collected when you visit our website is used exclusively for the purposes stated above. No other use of the data takes place.

The protection of your personal data is important to us. We therefore generally do not pass on your data to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so or you have given us your express consent.

9 Encryption (SSL/TLS)

Our website uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security and protection of the transmission of confidential content. This applies in particular to requests that you, as a website visitor, send to us as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” in the address bar of your browser and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by unauthorized third parties.

10 Storage Period

The personal data that you transmit to us via our website will only be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the respective purpose of the data processing. In accordance with commercial and tax retention obligations, certain data may, however, be stored for up to 10 years.

11 Your Data Protection Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to your personal data in accordance with the statutory provisions:

A. Right of Withdrawal

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out on the basis of your consent until the withdrawal remains unaffected. The storage of data for billing and accounting purposes is not affected by a withdrawal.

B. Right of Access

Pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we process your personal data. If this is the case, you have the right to obtain information about this data, including the purposes of processing, the categories of data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining it, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, the origin of the data if it was not collected from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and intended consequences of such processing for you, and your right to be informed about the safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in the event of transfer of your data to third countries.

C. Right to Rectification

Pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right at any time to request the correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you and/or the completion of incomplete data.

D. Right to Erasure

Pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data if one of the following grounds applies:

1. Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
3. You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
4. The personal data has been processed unlawfully.
5. We are obliged to erase the personal data in order to comply with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member State to which we are subject.
6. The personal data was collected in connection with the provision of information society services pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR.

This right may be restricted in the following circumstances if processing is necessary:

1. to comply with a legal obligation requiring processing under Union law or the law of the Member State to which we are subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority;
2. to fulfil a legal obligation requiring processing under Union law or the law of the Member State to which we are subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) GDPR;
4. for archiving purposes, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR in the public interest, insofar as the rights of the data subject are likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing; or
5. for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If we have made your personal data public and are obliged to erase it in accordance with the provisions above, we will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and implementation costs, to inform the controllers processing this data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of all links to your personal data or copies or replications of such data.

E. Right to Restriction of Processing

Pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. To exercise this right, you may contact us at any time. The contact details can be found in the legal notice. Restriction of processing may be requested in the following cases:

1. If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
2. If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
3. If we no longer need your personal data but you need it for the exercise, defence or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
4. If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.

After restriction of processing, your personal data may generally only be processed with your consent. Exceptions apply to certain legally defined cases, such as the establishment of legal claims or the protection of public interests.

F. Right to Notification

If you exercise your right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of your personal data, we are obliged pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR to inform all recipients to whom the data has been disclosed. This does not apply if notification proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Upon request, we will inform you about the recipients of your data.

G. Protection Against Automated Decisions Including Profiling

Pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR, you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

This does not apply if the decision:

1. is necessary for entering into or performing a contract between you and us,
2. is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests, or
3. is based on your explicit consent.

However, decisions in the cases referred to in (a) to (c) may not be based on special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9(1) GDPR unless Art. 9(2)(a) or Art. 9(2)(g) applies and suitable measures have been taken to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests.

In the cases referred to in (a) and (c), we take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests. This includes at least the right to obtain human intervention by the controller, to express your own point of view and to contest the decision.

H. Right to Data Portability

Where your personal data is processed on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on the basis of a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller, or to request that we transmit it to another controller, where technically feasible.

I. Right to Object

If we process your personal data on the basis of a balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on those provisions. The respective legal basis for processing can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct advertising, you have the right to object to such processing at any time; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct advertising purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

J. Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR

In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. The complaint may be lodged in particular in the Member State of the data subject’s habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint under this provision is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Our competent supervisory authority is:

12 Validity and Amendment of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy enters into force on 01 August 2026. We reserve the right to amend this policy as necessary and in compliance with applicable data protection laws. This may be required, for example, in order to meet new legal requirements or to take account of changes to our website or new services offered through our website. The current version of the privacy policy available on our website at the time of your visit is binding.

In the event of changes to this privacy policy, we will publish them on this page in order to provide you with comprehensive information about which personal data we collect, how we process it and under which conditions we may disclose it.