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Privacy Policy

At a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to the privacy policy provided below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the imprint of this website.

How Do We Collect Your Data?

Your data is collected partly by you providing it to us, for example by entering information into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page request). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke that consent at any time for the future. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request a restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this and further questions regarding data protection, please feel free to contact us at any time.

Hosting

Hosting with Vercel

Our website is hosted using Vercel, a cloud-based service provided by Vercel Inc. To ensure the reliable and secure operation of our website, we use Vercel to store and process data related to website usage. When you visit our website, certain data – such as technical information and log data – may be transmitted to and processed by Vercel. This data is used solely for the purpose of operating and maintaining the website and is processed in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

For more information on how Vercel processes data, please refer to the Vercel Privacy Policy.

By using our website, you agree to the transfer and processing of your data by Vercel as described above.

General Information and Mandatory Notices

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various pieces of personal data are collected.

Personal data is any information by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this takes place.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Regarding the Responsible Entity

The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:

MZ Software LLC
30 N Gould St # 45399
Sheridan, WY 82801
USA

Telephone: +49 (0) 171 3133548
Email: hi@martinzoeller.com

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer exists. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for retaining your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur once those reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, in the case of special categories of data processed according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR. In the event of explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to accessing information on your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also carried out on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data, where necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The respective legal bases for processing in individual cases are detailed in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external entities. In some cases, the transmission of personal data to these external entities is necessary. We only pass on personal data to external entities if it is required for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. transmission of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in passing on the data, or if another legal basis permits the transmission of data. When using data processors, we only pass on our customers' personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing procedures are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke any consent you have given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY FOR THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL THEREAFTER NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Complain to the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your habitual residence, workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to complain exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to request, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, a copy of the data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract. If you request the direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out if technically feasible.

Right to Access, Rectification, and Deletion

Under the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to receive, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, their origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, the right to have these data corrected or deleted. For this and further questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time to request this. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data we have stored, we typically need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If the processing of your personal data has been or is being carried out unlawfully, you can request, instead of deletion, the restriction of data processing.

If we no longer require your personal data, but you need them for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request, instead of deletion, the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be conducted. As long as it is not determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may – aside from storage – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our websites use so-called 'cookies'. Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until your web browser automatically deletes them. Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third parties within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment transactions).

Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart functionality or video display). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required for the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart), or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure web traffic) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and similar tracking technologies has been obtained, processing is carried out solely on the basis of that consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to generally exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases, or to enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

Information about which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.