1. General Information
Controller:
VP International, “George V”, 14 avenue de Grande-Bretagne (“we”), is the operator of the website www.vpi.mc (“Website”).
Data Protection Officer:
Tel.: (+49) (0) 89 18917360
Email: datenschutz@vp-group.de
We attach great importance to the protection of your data. The following Privacy Policy explains the collection, processing, and use of your data within the scope of our Website. The Website may contain links to other providers’ offers to which this Privacy Policy does not apply.
2. Personal Data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, details such as a person’s real name, address, mailing address, and telephone number. The security of personal data is of great concern to us. For this reason, our websites are operated in accordance with the legal provisions, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
3. Use of the Website Without Providing Personal Data
You can use the informational content on our Website without providing personal data.
a) Log Files
Subject of processing:
When you access the Website, we collect information about the requesting computer and web browser, such as the time of access, the content accessed, the type of browser, and the operating system. Complete IP addresses that could identify a specific computer and thus an individual Internet user are not collected.
Purpose of processing:
This data helps us to analyze and optimize the use of our Website, i.e., to pursue legitimate interests.
Legal basis: Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR.
b) Cookies
If you provide your consent, we use session cookies.
Subject of processing:
When you visit the Website, so-called cookies are set — short text files stored in your web browser. These are session cookies, which are only valid for the duration of your browser session and are not permanently stored; they are automatically deleted when you close your browser. No data stored in cookies can be directly associated with you personally. The contents of cookies are not combined with personal data but remain pseudonymized (i.e., linked only to a randomly generated identifier).
Purpose of processing:
These cookies are used to process your browser’s requests to our Website and to assign them to a specific user — for example, to track which content you have already viewed or which products you have added to your wish list. The data stored in cookies is used to analyze and optimize the use of our Website and to implement the wish list, i.e., to pursue legitimate interests.
Legal basis: Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
Right to object:
You can prevent the setting of cookies by disabling cookies in your web browser settings, and you may view and delete the contents of cookies at any time. If you disable cookies, some functions of our Website may not be available in full.
4. Processing of Data You Provide to Us
Apart from the cases mentioned in Section 3, no personal data is processed without the user’s consent through the use of our Website. The user decides whether to disclose personal data in connection with an inquiry.
Subject of processing:
When you contact us via the contact form or by email, we collect the personal data you provide, including the content of your inquiry.
When using the contact form, it is mandatory to provide your name, company, email address, and postal address so that we can process your request.
Purpose of processing:
We use this data to process your inquiry and, for example, to send you materials or samples. Within the scope of legal provisions, we may use your personal data for direct marketing purposes — i.e., to pursue legitimate interests — unless you object.
Legal bases: Article 6 (1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) and Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests).
5. Confidentiality of Your Data and Disclosure to Third Parties
Our employees are obliged to maintain confidentiality. We may disclose your personal data to external service providers as necessary, for example, to send you materials or samples.
Otherwise, we only disclose personal data to third parties when legally required to do so — for example, to law enforcement authorities.
Legal basis: Article 6 (1)(c) GDPR.
Within the framework of commissioned data processing, apart from Google (see Section 3.c), we use the following service provider, who processes your personal data exclusively according to our instructions and under our control: planet33 AG.
6. Duration of Data Storage
We strive to process personal data to the minimal extent necessary. We store your data only as long as required for the respective purpose or as long as there is a legal obligation to do so.
7. Your Rights
You have the following rights, provided the relevant legal conditions are met:
- The right to obtain information about your stored personal data (Article 15 GDPR).
- The right to request the rectification of inaccurate data (Article 16 GDPR).
- The right to request the erasure (Article 17 GDPR) or restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR) of data that is no longer needed. Where statutory retention obligations exist (e.g., under commercial or tax law) or another legal exception applies, data will not be deleted but only restricted.
- The right to object at any time to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes and, for special reasons, also to other processing (Article 21 GDPR).
- The right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR), i.e., to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller without hindrance from us; where technically feasible, you may also request that we transfer the data directly to another controller.
To exercise your rights, please contact the address provided in Section 1.
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR).
The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht)
Promenade 27 (Schloss), 91522 Ansbach
Tel.: +49 (0) 981 53 1300
Fax: +49 (0) 981 53 98 1300
Email: poststelle@lda.bayern.de
8. Data Security
We use encryption throughout our Website. Data that you enter into the contact form is therefore transmitted to us in encrypted form and cannot be viewed by unauthorized third parties.
We also take appropriate measures to ensure the security of the personal data stored with us. All data is carefully protected against loss, destruction, falsification, manipulation, and unauthorized access or disclosure.