Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 30 August 2026
1. Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Maurice Werntges-Gaplanyan
2. General information on data processing
Personal data is processed when you visit this website. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
We process personal data only where this is necessary to operate and securely provide the website, to handle enquiries, or on the basis of valid consent.
3. Hosting and website platform: Wix
This website is provided using the Wix platform. The provider is:
Wix.com Ltd.
5 Yunitsman St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
In connection with hosting and the technical operation of the website, data such as your IP address, date and time of access, pages or files accessed, referrer information, browser and device information and other technical usage data may be processed.
The processing is carried out to provide the website securely, reliably and technically. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure and efficient operation of our online presence.
Wix.com Ltd. is based in Israel. The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for Israel. Wix may also process personal data in other countries. Where personal data is transferred to countries without an adequacy decision, Wix states that it uses appropriate legal transfer mechanisms.
Wix provides a Data Processing Agreement for processing personal data on behalf of its users.
4. Encrypted transmission
This website uses an encrypted HTTPS connection. This helps protect data transmitted between your browser and the website against access by third parties.
5. Cookies and similar technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Strictly necessary cookies and technologies may be used where they are essential to provide a digital service expressly requested by you.
Non-essential cookies and similar technologies are used only after you have given your prior consent. In such cases, the legal basis for accessing information on your terminal device is Section 25(1) of the German Telecommunications-Digital-Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG); subsequent processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Strictly necessary operations may be carried out without consent under the conditions of Section 25(2) TDDDG. Where personal data is processed in this context, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the website's cookie settings.
6. Wix Analytics
We use Wix Analytics to statistically evaluate the use of our website.
This may involve processing information about pages visited, sessions, interactions, technical device and browser information and other usage data.
According to Wix, when a cookie consent banner is active, analytics data is collected only after you have consented to the relevant category.
The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG.
You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the cookie settings.
7. Contact via contact form or email
If you contact us via the contact form or by email, we process the information you provide in order to handle and respond to your enquiry.
Depending on the design of the form, this may include:
• Name
• Email address
• Company or organisation
• Area of interest
• Message
Where your enquiry relates to entering into or performing a contract, processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.
For other business or general enquiries, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the appropriate handling of incoming enquiries.
Information submitted via the contact form may be stored in the Wix contact management system as part of the Wix functionality.
We delete the data once it is no longer required to handle your enquiry, unless statutory retention obligations or other legitimate grounds require further storage.
8. Embedded LinkedIn content
This website may embed content from the LinkedIn social network.
For users in the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company is the controller for LinkedIn's services.
When embedded LinkedIn content is loaded, a direct connection may be established between your browser and LinkedIn's servers. In this context, LinkedIn may receive information including your IP address, browser and device information, the page you are visiting and other technical usage data.
If you are logged in to LinkedIn, LinkedIn may be able to associate your visit to our website with your LinkedIn account.
Embedded LinkedIn content is loaded only after you have consented to the relevant functional or third-party technologies.
The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG.
You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via this website's cookie settings.
Further information on how LinkedIn processes personal data can be found in LinkedIn's Privacy Policy.
9. Recipients of personal data
Personal data may be disclosed to technical service providers and processors where necessary.
For the operation of this website, this particularly includes Wix and its subprocessors and - after your consent and when embedded content is loaded - LinkedIn.
Personal data is disclosed to other recipients only where legally permitted, necessary for the performance of a contract, or where you have consented.
10. Storage period
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant processing purpose.
Data may also be stored where statutory retention or documentation obligations apply or where storage is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where processing is based on consent, such processing generally ends when consent is withdrawn, unless another legal basis permits continued processing.
11. Your rights
Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have in particular the following rights:
• Right of access under Article 15 GDPR
• Right to rectification under Article 16 GDPR
• Right to erasure under Article 17 GDPR
• Right to restriction of processing under Article 18 GDPR
• Right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR
• Right to object under Article 21 GDPR
• Right to withdraw consent under Article 7(3) GDPR
To exercise your rights, please contact: contact@werntges-search.de.
12. Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
Where we process personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right under Article 21 GDPR to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to such processing.
13. Withdrawal of consent
You may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.
In particular, cookie consent can be managed via the website's cookie settings.
14. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.
The supervisory authority responsible for the controller's registered location is in particular:
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 22
20459 Hamburg
Germany
15. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy if the services used, the technical configuration of the website or the applicable legal requirements change.
This English version is provided for convenience. Where interpretation of German statutory terminology is relevant, the German legal terminology applies.