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Privacy policy

1. introduction

With the following information, we would like to give you as a “data subject” an overview of the processing of your personal data by us and your rights under data protection laws. It is generally possible to use our website without entering personal data. However, if you wish to make use of special services of our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain your consent.

The processing of personal data, such as your name, address or e-mail address, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to “PVS Relationship Services GmbH”. By means of this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.

As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone or post.

You too can take simple and easy-to-implement measures to protect yourself against unauthorized access to your data by third parties. We would therefore like to give you some tips on how to handle your data securely:

Passwords should consist of at least 12 characters and be chosen in such a way that they cannot be easily guessed. Therefore, they should not contain common everyday words, your own name or the names of relatives, but should contain upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and special characters.

2. responsible person

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is the:

PVS Relationship Services GmbH

Julius-Hölder-Str. 47, 70597 Stuttgart, Germany

Phone: +49 711 7252 477

E-mail: info@pvs-rs.com

Representative of the person responsible: Franco Aleo

3. data protection officer

You can reach the data protection officer as follows:

Phone: +49 (0)711 / 72 52-477
E-Mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@pvs-rs.com

You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. definitions

The data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms, among others, in this Privacy Policy:

1. personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

2. person concerned

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller (our company).

3. processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

4. restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing.

5. profiling

Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

6. pseudonymization

Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

7. processors

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

8. recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

9. third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

10. consent

Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

5. legal basis of the processing

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR (in conjunction with. § Section 25 (1) TDDDG (formerly TTDSG)) serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.

If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of another service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services.

If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.

In rare cases, it may be necessary to process personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and their name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. The processing would then be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d) GDPR.

Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

Our services are generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 16 may not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and young people, do not collect it and do not pass it on to third parties.

6. transmission of data to third parties

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  1. you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR,
  2. the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR is permissible to safeguard our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
  3. if there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR, and
  4. this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.


As part of the processing operations described in this privacy policy, personal data may be transferred to the USA. Companies in the USA only have an adequate level of data protection if they are certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and thus the adequacy decision of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR applies. We have explicitly stated this for the service providers concerned in the privacy policy. To protect your data in all other cases, we have concluded data processing agreements based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. This may not apply in the case of data transfer to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

7. technology

7.1 SSL/TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us as the operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser contains “https://” instead of “http://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

7.2 Data collection when visiting the website

If you only use our website for informational purposes, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information or do not give your consent to processing that requires consent, we only collect data that is technically necessary for the provision of the service. This is regularly data that your browser transmits to our server (“in so-called server log files”). Our website collects a range of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses a page. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following can be recorded

  1. browser types and versions used,
  2. the operating system used by the accessing system,
  3. the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer),
  4. the sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website,
  5. the date and time of access to the website,
  6. an Internet Protocol address (IP address) and,
  7. the Internet service provider of the accessing system.


When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. Rather, this information is required to

  1. deliver the content of our website correctly,
  2. optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it,
  3. ensure the permanent functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
  4. to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber-attack.

This collected data and information is therefore evaluated by us both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

7.3 Hosting by Hetzner

Our website is managed by Flow7 GmbH, Lorenzstraße 29, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany.

Our website is hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter referred to as Hetzner).

When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g. IP addresses in log files) are processed on Hetzner’s servers.

The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation, provision and security of our website.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with Flow7 GmbH in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that Flow7 GmbH processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

You can find more information on Hetzner’s data protection provisions at: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz

You can find more information about Flow 7’s privacy policy at: https://www.flow7.de/datenschutzerklaerung

8. cookies

8.1 General information on cookies

Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

Information is stored in the cookie that results from the connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimization. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage duration of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.

8.2 Borlabs Cookie (Consent Management Tool)

We use the WordPress cookie plugin “Borlabs Cookie” from Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany. This service enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing.

Borlabs Cookie uses cookies to collect data generated by end users who use our website. When an end user gives consent, the following data, among others, is automatically logged:

The consent status is also stored in the end user’s browser so that the website can automatically read and follow the end user’s consent in all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions for up to 12 months. The consent data (consent and withdrawal of consent) is stored for three years. The retention period corresponds to the regular limitation period pursuant to Section 195 of the German Civil Code (BGB). The data will then be deleted immediately.

The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the described processing. The user has no right to object as long as there is a legal obligation to obtain the user’s consent to certain data processing operations, Art. 7 para. 1, 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR.

The data collected will not be forwarded to Borlabs GmbH, nor will Borlabs GmbH have access to it.

You can find more information at: https://de.borlabs.io/borlabs-cookie/.

9. contents of our website

9.1 Contact / contact form

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). 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 request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

10. web analysis

10.1 Neuland.Agency/Mautic

We use the open source marketing tool Mautic. The tool is operated by Neuland.Agency LLC, 19046 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Ste B6 #977, Tampa, FL 33647 on servers within Germany within the framework of order processing.

Mautic is a tool for optimizing and automating our marketing activities. With Mautic, we can build landing pages and forms, plan, implement and evaluate marketing campaigns and manage our customer data, among other things.

We can also analyze the user behavior of our website visitors.

Mautic uses technologies that enable the cross-page recognition of the user for the analysis of user behavior (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting).

Website visitors receive an individual ID with which they can be recognized when they visit the website again.

Mautic also records the IP address, the language of the user, URLs visited and the time of access. We use Mautic with anonymized IP. Your IP address is shortened in the Mautic application so that it can no longer be directly assigned to you.

The legal basis for the use of the above service is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with § 25 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

11. plugins and other services

11.1 Google Maps

We use Google Maps (API) on our website. The operating company of Google Maps is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visualize geographical information. By using this service, you can, for example, see our location and make it easier for you to find us.

Information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there as soon as you access those subpages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, if you have given your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. In addition, Google Maps loads Google Web Fonts and Google Photos as well as Google stats. The provider of these services is also Google Ireland Limited. When you access a page that integrates Google Maps, your browser loads the web fonts and photos required to display Google Maps into your browser cache. The browser you are using also establishes a connection to Google’s servers for this purpose. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged into or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out of your Google user account. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent has been granted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

You can view Google’s terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view the data protection provisions of Google Maps at (“Google Privacy Policy”): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

11.2 Google WebFonts

Our website uses so-called web fonts for the uniform display of fonts. Google Web Fonts are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent has been granted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information on Google WebFonts and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq ; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

11.3 Use of Jetpack / Automatic

We use Jetpack, a service from Automattic, on our website. This service is provided to us by Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd, Grand Canal Dock, 25 Herbert Pl, Dublin, D02 AY86, Ireland.

We use Jetpack tools such as backups and security scans, brute force protection, block editor and website verification with Google.

The legal basis for the use of Jetpack is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a), lit. f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and easy integration and management of various tools on its website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent. Consent can be revoked at any time.

When Jetpack is used, personal data may be transferred to the USA. Since the parent company (Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd.) is a US company, data is transferred to third countries (Art. 44 ff. GDPR), or at least cannot be ruled out. From a data protection perspective, the USA is a less secure third country. There is no comprehensive EU adequacy decision or other suitable guarantees for the USA. There is currently no level of data protection in the USA that is equivalent to that in the EU, which is why your personal data is less well protected and there is therefore a risk to your rights and freedoms. In particular, due to the legal situation in the USA, it cannot be ruled out that government agencies may gain access to the data transmitted to the USA or processed/stored by US companies. One such legal basis for US authorities is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”, a law that regulates foreign intelligence and counterintelligence in the United States).

In addition to this legal regulation, US companies in the telecommunications sector and remote computing services (in particular cloud providers) are subject to the so-called “Cloud Act” (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act). This is a legal clarification according to which the access rights also apply if this data is processed outside the USA, provided that the data is controlled by US companies.

If US authorities gain access to your data on the basis of this current legal situation in the USA, you as an EU citizen have no effective means of legal protection. The risk associated with this processing lies in particular in the lack of enforceable rights and effective legal remedies against access and processing by US authorities.

If you give your consent, you do so in full knowledge of the risks described above. Your consent is the legal basis for the transfer of data to a third country in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 a) GDPR.

Automattic processes data from visitors to our website. For more information on what data is processed by Automattic and how the data is handled, please refer to Automattic’s privacy policy (“Privacy Notice for Visitors to Our Users’ Sites”): https://automattic.com/privacy-notice/“

12. your rights as a data subject

12.1 Right to confirmation

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.

12.2 Right to information Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to receive free information from us at any time about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data in accordance with the statutory provisions.

12.3 Right to rectification Art. 16 GDPR

You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, considering the purposes of the processing.

12.4 Erasure Art. 17 GDPR

You have the right to demand that we delete the personal data concerning you immediately, provided that one of the reasons provided by law applies and insofar as the processing or storage is not necessary.

12.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to demand that we restrict processing if one of the legal requirements is met.

12.6 Data portability Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us to which the personal data have been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

Furthermore, when exercising your right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 (1) GDPR, you have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

12.7 Objection Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) (data processing in the public interest) or (f) (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) of the GDPR.

This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

In individual cases, we process personal data for the purpose of direct advertising. You can object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

You also have the right to object, on grounds relating to your situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

You are free to exercise your right to object in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

12.8 Revocation of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.

12.9 Complaint to a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection about our processing of personal data.

13. Routine storage, deletion and blocking of personal data

We process and store your personal data only for the period required to achieve the purpose of storage or if this is provided for by the legal regulations to which our company is subject.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

14. duration of the storage of personal data

The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After this period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, if it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

15. updating and amending the privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status: June 2024.

It may become necessary to amend this privacy policy because of the further development of our website and services or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on the website at “PVS Relationship Services | Privacy Policy (pvs-rs.com)“.

info@pvs-rs.com +49 (0) 711 7252-477