Courtesy translation. The German original is the legally binding version.

Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

The protection of your personal data is important to us. Below we inform you which personal data is collected when you visit our website, how it is processed and what rights you have.

Use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Where personal data is collected on our pages, this is always done voluntarily and in accordance with applicable data protection rules, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Controller

The controller for data processing on this website is:

PHO-Consulting
Peter Hofmann
Taubfeld 17
66121 Saarbrücken
Germany
Telephone: +49 170 5517343
Email: Peter.Hofmann@pho-online.net
Website: https://www.pho-online.net

3. Collection and storage of personal data when visiting the website

When you visit our website, your browser automatically transmits information to the website's server. This includes in particular:

IP address
Date and time of access
Name of the file requested
Browser type and version
Operating system
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer

This data is processed to ensure the website runs without disruption and to improve our offering.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure provision and optimisation of our website.

4. Contacting us

If you contact us via the contact form, email or telephone, the data you provide will be stored and processed. This may include:

Name
Company
Position
Telephone number
Email address
Content of your message
Selected consulting areas

Processing takes place exclusively to handle your enquiry and for the related communication.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The data is deleted as soon as your enquiry has been finally dealt with and no statutory retention obligations prevent this.

5. Consulting enquiries

In the context of consulting enquiries, PHO-Consulting processes personal data to the extent necessary for contract initiation or performance. Data that may be processed: contact data, company data, project data, communication data, contract data.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

6. Cookies

Our website may use technical cookies that are necessary for the operation of the website. Where analytics, marketing or tracking cookies are used, this takes place exclusively with your express consent.

Legal bases: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

7. Hosting

This website is operated by an external hosting provider. Personal data generated when visiting the website is processed in the process. Processing takes place for the secure and efficient provision of the website.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Hosting provider: IONOS / 1&1

8. Data security

We use technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against loss, manipulation, unauthorised access or other unlawful processing. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

9. Storage period

Personal data is stored only for as long as is necessary for the respective purposes or statutory retention periods apply. Once the purpose of processing ceases or statutory periods expire, the data is deleted.

10. Your rights

You have the right at any time to:

access under Art. 15 GDPR
rectification under Art. 16 GDPR
erasure under Art. 17 GDPR
restriction of processing under Art. 18 GDPR
data portability under Art. 20 GDPR
object under Art. 21 GDPR
withdraw consent given under Art. 7(3) GDPR

11. Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data.

Competent supervisory authority for Saarland:
Unabhängiges Datenschutzzentrum Saarland (Independent Data Protection Centre Saarland)
Fritz-Dobisch-Straße 12
66111 Saarbrücken

12. Right to object

Where the processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to this processing at any time.

13. Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy where necessary to adapt it to changed legal requirements or technical developments.