Privacy policy of the website https: // peyronie . online
which is operated by Dr. Axel Westerwelle
Langenfelder Str. 262a D-51371 Leverkusen axel @ peyronie . online
(hereinafter also referred to as: “Peyronie”).
Controller within the meaning of the GDPR, data protection in general
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and
for compliance with other data protection regulations is Dr. Axel westerwelle (address see above)
I take the protection of personal data very seriously. I comply with the statutory data protection regulations when operating my website. I want you to know when I collect, process and use which data and what rights you have with regard to the use of your data.
Personal data is information that can be used to find out your identity. This includes information such as your name, address, postal address, telephone number, IP address and e-mail address. It does not include information that is not associated with your identity (such as the number of users of the website). In principle, you can use my website without disclosing your identity, i.e. without entering personal data. This information (e.g. date and time of access, URL (which led you to me and which you may have accessed via my website), browser, operating system, Internet service provider, IP address) is stored in a log file. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The storage takes place to ensure the functionality, optimization and security of my website. This information is collected automatically; there is no option to object. After seven days at the latest, the log files are deleted or anonymized in such a way that they can no longer be assigned. Exceptions apply to the correspondingly marked areas, such as my contact form.
Legal bases according to the GDPR
I am obliged to inform you of the legal basis for the processing of personal data:
In principle, I may only collect and process your personal data with your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, unless prior collection is not possible or the law has stipulated exceptions. I process the personal data collected about you to reply to your messages and, if necessary, to fulfill our contract at a later date or to initiate a contract. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Further legal bases for the processing of personal data is the fulfillment of my legal obligations Art. 6 para. 1 lit.c. GDPR or the protection of vital interests of you or another natural person Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR. I may also process personal data if I have a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, if your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms do not outweigh my interests in a consideration to be made.
I must also point out that data transmission on the Internet is associated with security risks and that complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot therefore be guaranteed. Please ensure that your data and your end device are protected against unauthorized access by third parties and that they are always protected by up-to-date security software.
I store your data on specially protected Hostinger servers. I continuously improve my security measures in line with technical developments, e.g. my website is SSL-encrypted. Apart from the special cases regulated in these data protection provisions, your data is only stored, processed and used to contact you. Access to this data is only possible for a few specially authorized persons who are involved in the technical and content-related support of responding to your contact request.
Contact form
In my contact form, I have marked required information as opposed to voluntary information and refer you to my privacy policy. For the intended conclusion of a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. I will delete your message and your email address once I have replied to your message or a contractual relationship has clearly not been established or has ended. A revocation of the processing of personal data via the contact form is possible at any time under axel @ peyronie . online and leads to the deletion of all data.
Disclosure of personal data to third parties
I will not pass on your data to third parties without your express consent and only to the extent permitted by law. I undertake to transmit data to authorities entitled to receive information in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Use of cookies, deactivation option, cookie banner
Cookies are used when using my website. Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, you can restrict or deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you as soon as cookies are sent. You can also delete cookies that have already been saved. Please refer to the operating instructions of your browser manufacturer for information on how to do this. Complete deactivation may, however, restrict the functionality of my website, so that you may not be able to use all functions properly. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser in order to present you with the most personalized offer possible, which is why you are free to decide whether to use cookies. If you access such a website, the provider's server may also return the cookie along with the page to your browser. The browser then decides, depending on the local settings, whether the cookie is stored on your computer. As pure text files, cookies cannot penetrate your system or cause damage there. The text files are set by the server of a selected website and sent by your browser to the server we use the next time you visit this website. I use cookies to count page views. Here, a random number - a kind of pseudonym - is set for the user in the form of the cookie, which the server uses to recognize that the request is from the same user, but without receiving information about the identity or other data of the user. Moreover, such cookies generally only have a lifespan of 24 hours. Most of the cookies I use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. I can also set a cookie with a long lifespan, which checks the technical settings of your browser and is read as the first information when you visit my website again. These cookies recognize the calling browser even after the end of a session and a new page visit and serve to make my website more user-friendly. I do not create any user profiles by using technically necessary cookies. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
When you visit my website, a banner appears informing you that I set cookies. I link to this privacy policy as part of our banner. The banner does not conceal essential information about my website.
Usage analysis with the help of Google Analytics (IP anonymization), deactivation option, objection option
I also use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of the American company Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, (“Google”) to analyze the use of the website. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, I have activated the IP anonymization function on this website, so your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google Analytics has been expanded to include IP anonymization in order to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses. Google will use this information on my behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide me with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. I base my legitimate interest on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and the optimization of my website offer also in the interest of my users. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can find more information about Google's privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de . I have also concluded a data processing agreement with Google Analytics. Finally, Google Analytics is certified under the “Privacy Shield” data protection agreement concluded between the EU and the USA https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome (https://www.privacyshield.gov/list).
Sie können die Speicherung der Cookies durch eine entsprechende Einstellung Ihrer Browser-Software mit Hilfe eines einfachen Verfahrens verhindern. Ich weise Sie jedoch darauf hin, dass Sie in diesem Fall gegebenenfalls nicht sämtliche Funktionen dieser Website vollumfänglich nutzen können. Sie können darüber hinaus die Erfassung der durch das Cookie erzeugten und auf Ihre Nutzung der Website bezogenen Daten (inkl. Ihrer IP-Adresse) an Google sowie die Verarbeitung dieser Daten durch Google verhindern, indem Sie das unter dem folgenden Link von Google zur Verfügung gestellte Browser- Plugin herunterladen und installieren: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Alternativ zum Browser- Plugin können Sie die Erfassung durch Google Analytics auf dieser Website künftig verhindern, indem ein Opt-Out-Cookie auf Ihrem Endgerät abgelegt wird. Die von uns gesendeten Cookies werden automatisch gelöscht, entweder wenn deren Aufbewahrungsdauer endet, spätestens jedoch nach 14 Monaten.
Deactivate Google Analytics
Use of maps from Google Maps
Not intended.
Use of the calendar function, Google calendar
Not provided.
General data protection regulations regarding the possible integration and references to social networks Facebook, Instagram, youTube and TikTok:
I would like to point out that I plan to be represented on social networks. You will find this information in good time at the top right of my website.
The connections to the social media sites mentioned are then only designed as links and not as plugins. In contrast to a link, a plugin transmits information to the server of the respective social network provider as soon as you access my website with the relevant icon. Only if you follow the link on my website by clicking on the social network will your browser automatically establish a direct connection to the social network provider's servers, even if you do not have a profile there or are not logged in. Through this integration, the respective social network operator receives the information that your browser (including your IP address) has accessed the corresponding page of my website, this is transmitted to the server of the respective operator and stored there. If you have a profile and are logged in, the respective network operator can directly assign the visit to my website to your profile and save it. I base my legitimate interest on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in order to increase my level of awareness and to draw your attention to the added value. If you want to prevent the social network provider from directly assigning the data collected via my website to your profile, you must log out of the social network before visiting my website. You can also completely prevent the plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser.
If we use share functions on my website to enable you to share content on your social networks, we only use share functions that are permitted under data protection law.
Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA (“Facebook”). For more information on the purpose, scope and processing of data collection and information on the settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). You can find out more about Instagram's privacy policy at the following link: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content.
Rights of data subjects (right of access, right to rectification and restriction, right to erasure, right to object, right to data portability, your right to automated decision-making, right to object, right to be informed, right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority).
The GDPR strengthens your rights as a data subject when personal data is processed. Exercising your rights is free of charge.
Right to information: Upon request, I am obliged to provide you with information about the personal data stored about you, including the origin of this data, the recipients or categories of recipients, the purpose and duration of storage, if applicable, stating your criteria, Art. 15 GDPR.
Right to rectification: Your right to rectification includes personal data that is incomplete or incorrectly collected or processed by us, Art. 16 GDPR.
Right to erasure: You have a right to erasure if personal data has been processed unlawfully, the purpose of the data processing no longer applies, you have withdrawn your consent or objected and there is no other legal basis for the processing, Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR. There is no right to erasure if I am entitled to invoke the exercise of my legal rights, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, for the delegated exercise of official authority or on the basis of the right to freedom of expression.
Right to restriction: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR if you request restriction instead of erasure, if you need your data for your legal claims or if you contest the accuracy of the personal data.
Right of revocation: You can revoke your declaration of consent for the future at any time, Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR.
Right to data portability: You have the right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR, to the effect that you receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to a third party if necessary.
In accordance with Art. 22 GDPR, you have the right not to be subject to a decision based on automated processing that significantly affects you in the case of automated decisions in individual cases, including profiling. In addition to your consent, an exception may exist if it is necessary in the context of the contractual relationship or if statutory provisions prescribe this and at the same time measures adequately protect you.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority: If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection regulations, in particular the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, Art. 77 GDPR. The competent supervisory authority is the supervisory authority of the place of the infringement you have complained about, your place of work or the member state in which you are resident. Further legal remedies remain unaffected by this.
Separate right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, Art. 21 GDPR, if the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR. You have this right in particular to object to direct advertising.
You can reach me at:
Dr. Axel Westerwelle (address and contact6 - see above)
If you have exercised your data subject rights against me, you have a right to information to the effect that I will inform all recipients to whom I have disclosed your personal data of the exercise of your data subject rights, Art. 19 GDPR.
Duration of data storage, data erasure
I will only store your data for as long as is permitted by the storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards of the GDPR and/or the contact option you may have requested. The storage to secure my own claims, statutory retention and any associated claims for surrender remain unaffected by this. Otherwise, personal data will be deleted or blocked.
Validity of and changes to data protection provisions
I reserve the right to change the data protection provisions due to legal requirements or the further development of the website. You can view and print out the current data protection provisions on my website at any time.
Leverkusen-Germany, Axel Westerwelle, 12. August 2024