Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified.

2. Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfillment towards our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Hosting Provider:
Cloudflare, Inc.
101 Townsend St.
San Francisco CA 94107,
USA.

Cloudflare processes personal data in the United States as well. The transfer of personal data to the USA is carried out on the basis of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operator of these pages takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. Personal data is treated confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Kelechi Onyia-Akaa
operating under the name KOA Cloud Consulting
Im Eulenhorst 9
56072 Koblenz

Phone: +49 163 897 9537
Email: contact@koa-cloud.com

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The hosting provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website.

Server log files are stored for a limited period and then deleted in accordance with the hosting provider’s retention policies.

5. Contact

If you contact us by email or telephone, your inquiry including all resulting personal data (e.g. name, inquiry content) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request.

This data is processed on the basis of:

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if the inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures
  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in efficiently handling inquiries

We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Inquiry data is deleted once the request has been conclusively processed and no statutory retention obligations apply.

6. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided above.

7. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

The competent supervisory authority for data protection in Rheinland-Pfalz is:

Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Rheinland-Pfalz (LfDI)
https://www.datenschutz.rlp.de

8. Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device by your browser.

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner is displayed, allowing you to decide whether you consent to the use of cookies and analytics tools.

Your decision is stored in a cookie so that you are not asked again on your next visit. This cookie has a validity period of 365 days.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies in your browser.

9. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Scope of Processing

Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how visitors use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

The following data is collected:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL (previously visited page)
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of server request
  • IP address (anonymized)

Purpose of Data Processing

Google Analytics is used for the purpose of analyzing and statistically evaluating our website in order to improve it. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The legal basis for using Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Google Analytics is only activated if you have expressly consented via our cookie consent banner.

Data Transfer to the USA

Google also processes personal data in the USA. The transfer of personal data to the USA is carried out on the basis of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR.

Storage Period

Data sent by us and linked to cookies is automatically deleted after 14 months.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by:

  1. Deleting cookies in your browser
  2. Resetting the cookie banner (delete cookies and reload the page)
  3. Installing the Google Analytics browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Further Information

For more information about privacy at Google Analytics, please visit:

10. SSL / TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries sent to us. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the browser address line changing from “http://” to “https://”.