Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notices provide 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 personally identify you. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

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. You can find their contact details in the section 'Notice on the Responsible Party' in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may be data you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

THE BARK Vedat EGE Helmholtzstr. 173 46045 Oberhausen Germany

Phone: +49 176 614 250 57 Email: datenschutz@the-bark.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

3. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

• Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us.
• Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to have inaccurate data corrected.
• Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You have the right to request the deletion of your data, provided there are no statutory retention obligations.
• Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You can request the restriction of processing of your data.
• Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): You can object to the processing of your data at any time.
• Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR): You can revoke any consent you have given at any time.
• Right to Lodge a Complaint (Art. 77 GDPR): You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry 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 share this data without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.

5. Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated through a website.

The use of the host is in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

6. Cookies and Consent

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device. Some cookies are technically necessary (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), others are only set with your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TTDSG).

You can revoke your consent at any time via our cookie settings. For more information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.