Data Privacy
Data Privacy at a Glance
General Information
Here's a quick and straightforward overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes any information that can personally identify you. For all the nitty-gritty details on data protection, feel free to check out our full privacy policy listed right below this text.
How data is collected 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 their contact details in the "Information on the Controller" section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
First of all, your data is collected when you share it with us. This could be, for example, information you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website runs smoothly and error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other inquiries.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data, completely free of charge. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected or deleted. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding these matters or if you have any other questions about data protection.
Analytics and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically analyzed. This is primarily done using what are known as analysis programs.
For detailed information on these analysis programs, please refer to our privacy policy below.
Hosting
We host our website's content with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of our host(s). This primarily includes IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract details, contact information, names, website access logs, and other data generated through a website.
External hosting is used to fulfill our contracts with potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR) and for the sake of a secure, fast, and efficient delivery of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG, provided the consent includes storing cookies or accessing information on the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined by the TDDDG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their performance obligations and will follow our direct instructions regarding this data.
We use the following host(s):
Framer B.V.
Rozengracht 207B
1016 LZ Amsterdam
Netherlands
Data Processing Agreement
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a legally required agreement under data protection law, ensuring that the host processes the personal data of our website visitors strictly according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
General Information & What You Need to Know
Data Privacy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is information that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We'd like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information regarding the responsible party
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Jan-Dominique Schuetz
Kreuzwegstraße 28
48703 Stadtlohn
Germany
Phone: +49 170 9039289
Email: info@fore7brothers.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and-means of processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, and the like).
Data storage period
Unless a more specific retention period is outlined in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing it no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, we will delete your data—provided we don't have any other legally permissible reasons for keeping it (such as tax or commercial law retention periods). In the latter case, we will delete the data as soon as those legal obligations run out.
General overview of the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have given us your consent to process your data, we will handle your personal information based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR, or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR if special categories of data under Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR are involved. If you have explicitly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In cases where you have consented to the storage of cookies or to accessing information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing additionally relies on Section 25 Para. 1 TDDDG. You can, of course, withdraw your consent at any time. If your data is needed to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process it based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data to comply with legal obligations based on 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. We will fill you in on the specific legal grounds relevant to each individual case in the following sections of this privacy policy.
Who receives your personal data
As part of our day-to-day business, we team up with various external partners. In some cases, this means we need to share personal data with them. Rest assured, we only pass on personal data to external parties if it's necessary to fulfill a contract, if we are legally required to do so (like sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or if another legal basis allows it. When we work with data processors, we only share our customers' personal data on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In cases of joint processing, a joint controller agreement is put in place.
Withdrawing your consent for data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Just head's up: any data processing carried out before you revoke consent remains completely valid and unaffected.
Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 SECT. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR CONCERNED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 SECT. 1 GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT ISS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority
If GDPR rules are breached, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority—especially in the EU member state where you normally live, work, or where the alleged violation took place. This right to file a complaint applies alongside any other administrative or legal remedies you might choose to pursue.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the data we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either sent to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of this data to another responsible party, we will make it happen—as long as it’s technically feasible.
Access, correction, and deletion of your data
Under the current legal regulations, you have the right at any time to get free information about your stored personal data, where it came from, who receives it, and why it’s being processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected or deleted, if applicable. Feel free to reach out to us at any time about this or if you have any other questions regarding your personal data.
Right to restrict processing
You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data. Feel free to reach out to us at any time to make this happen. You can ask for this restriction in the following scenarios:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification process, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you've restricted the processing of your personal data, that data can only be used—aside from storing it—with your consent, to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, to protect the rights of another person or company, or for reasons of important public interest for the EU or a member state.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content—such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator—this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can easily spot an encrypted connection when the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is active, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
How data is collected on this website
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested; you can withdraw your consent at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.
Reach out to us via email, phone, or fax
If you reach out to us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry along with all resulting personal data (such as your name and the details of your request) will be stored and processed by our team to help resolve your query. Rest assured, we do not share this data without your explicit consent.
We process this data based on Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided your inquiry is linked to the performance of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other scenarios, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in handling incoming inquiries smoothly and effectively (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if asked; you can withdraw this consent at any time.
The data you send us via contact inquiries stays with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or once the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully resolved). Any mandatory legal provisions—especially statutory retention periods—remain completely unaffected.
Plugins and tools
Google Fonts
To ensure fonts are displayed consistently, this site uses Google Fonts, provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required fonts into its cache so that text and fonts are displayed correctly.
For this to work, your browser needs to connect to Google's servers. This lets Google know that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in keeping the presentation of our site consistent and professional. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
If your browser doesn't support Google Fonts, your computer will just use its standard font.
Want to dive deeper? You can find more info about Google Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Each DPF-certified company commits to meeting these standards. You can get more details directly from the provider at: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
eCommerce and Payment Providers
Processing customer and contract data
We collect, process, and use personal customer and contract data to establish, structure, and modify our contractual relationships. We only collect, process, and use personal data regarding the use of this website (usage data) to the extent necessary to enable the user to utilize the service or for billing purposes. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship and once any applicable statutory retention periods have expired. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.