Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data means any data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Dr. Bastian Kanning, Cunning Applied, Kreuzstr. 82, 28203 Bremen, Germany, phone: +49 (421) 70910671, email: connect@cunningapplied.com. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called server log files). When you access our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website:

  • The website visited
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/referrer from which you accessed the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & content delivery network

We use a provider for hosting our website and displaying page content who provides its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4) Contacting us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations apply.

5) Rights of the data subject

5.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective conditions of exercise:

  • Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

5.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING MAY REMAIN RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

6) Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and, where applicable, additionally by the respective statutory retention periods (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods exist for data processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR in the context of legal transactions or similar obligations, this data is routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided it is no longer required for contract performance or initiation and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data is otherwise deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

7) Web analytics with Plausible Analytics

This website uses the privacy-friendly web analytics service “Plausible Analytics” (provider: Plausible Insights OÜ). Plausible does not use cookies and does not create user profiles. Aggregated usage data is processed (e.g. pages visited, referrer, browser type, anonymised IP address). The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in privacy-friendly statistical evaluation of website use). Further information is available in Plausible’s data policy .