Privacy Policy

We, Lobbes Websystems Engineering ("organization", "we", "us", or "our"), take your privacy very seriously and handle your personal information carefully and in full accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on the 27th of December 2023.

1. Overview and how to contact us

1.1. Overview

In this privacy policy we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our site and our services.

1.2. How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights as mentioned further down on this page, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

  • Julian Lobbes
  • Lobbes Websystems Engineering
  • Walderseestr. 25
  • 30177 Hannover
  • Deutschland
  • E-Mail: julian@lobbes.dev
  • Website: https://lobbes.dev/

2. What data do we collect?

We only collect data from you when strictly necessary in order to provide a functioning website, to provide access to our content or services, and to maintain the security of our systems.

2.1. Browser, Device and Connection information

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as:

  • Your IP address
  • Browser and device characteristics
  • Which operating system you use
  • Your language preferences
  • Information about how and when you use our website and other technical information
  • Referring URLs
  • The name of the device you use to access our website

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website.

2.2. Your contact information

Any additional personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website, the choices you make and the features you use. In this regard, we may also collect the following data:

  • Your email address, when you use the contact form on our website
  • Any other information you voluntarily provide us when reaching out to us

3. How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Use or view our website in your browser
  • Contact us through our website's contact form, via email or through other means

4. How do we use your data?

We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent. We use the information we collect:

  • To enhance your experience on our website
  • To respond to you when you contact us
  • To send administrative information to you for business purposes, legal reasons and/or possibly contractual obligations
  • To post testimonials with your consent: we post testimonials on our website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your explicit consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us using our contact details mentioned in section 1.2. of this page.
  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm

4.1. Who do we share your data with?

We will never share your data with third parties, unless:

  • We are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.
  • We believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

5. How do we store your data?

5.1. Means of storage

We securely store your data on our own servers here in Germany. While perfect security is not realistically possible, we go to great lengths to protect our systems against unauthorized access by keeping up-to-date with, and implementing all current and reasonable standards of websystems security.

The facility housing our servers is secured from any physical access by unauthorized parties using appropriate measures. We keep all software on our systems updated to the latest stable versions and apply security patches as soon as they become available. We utilize intrusion prevention- and detection systems at the network-, OS-, and application level (such as firewalls, software isolation and log monitoring) to protect your data, as well as using strong encryption when handling data both in transit and at rest.

5.2. Duration of storage

We do not retain your personal data for any longer than is necessary to fulfill our services and/or contractual obligations to you.

Unless prolonged data retention is required by German or European law, your data, along with any copies of it, is permanently deleted following the termination of our service and/or contract to you.

6. Our cookie policy

6.1. What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect visitor behaviour information related to your visit to a website. Cookies serve useful and sometimes essential functions on the web. They enable web servers to store stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) on the user's device or to track the user's browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past).

6.2. How do we use cookies?

We use cookies on our website to

  • save and recall your language preference when you visit our site
  • prevent abuse by spammers and bots

6.3. What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website only uses:

  • Functional cookies: we use these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These include what language you prefer and which number and date formats you prefer.

Across our website, only first-party cookies are used.

6.4. How to manage cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our website.

7. What are your data protection rights?

We want to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights under the GDPR. Please read the following carefully, and do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you wish to exercise your rights. As a user of our website, you are entitled to the following rights:

7.1.1 The right to access

You have the right to request copies of the personal data we keep about you. We may charge a small fee for this service.

7.1.2 The right to rectification

You have the right to request that we correct any personal information of yours which you believe to be inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete any personal information of yours which you believe is incomplete.

7.1.3 The right to erasure

You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, subject to the conditions of Article 17 of the GDPR.

7.1.4 The right to restrict processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, subject to the conditions of Article 18 of the GDPR.

7.1.5 The right to object to processing

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, subject to the conditions of Article 21 of the GDPR.

7.1.6 The right to data portability

You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another organization, or directly to you, subject to the conditions of Article 20 of the GDPR.

7.1.7 Our obligation to respond to you in a timely manner

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using our contact details mentioned in section 1.2. of this page.

8. Privacy policies of other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy refers only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should refer to their privacy policy.