I'm delighted that you're visiting my website! Data protection and data security are very important to me when you use my website. This privacy policy is intended to inform you about the processing of your personal data on my website. I treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

1.1 Controller and Data Protection Officer

The data controller for this website is:

Thorsten Hauf

Personnel & Management Consulting

Gonsbachblick 29

55122 Mainz 

The data protection officer is:

Thorsten Hauf

info@pmb-mainz.com

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or about the processing of your personal data by us in general, please feel free to contact our data protection officer at the above address/email address.

1.2 Personal data we process, purposes and legal bases of processing

(a) Visiting the website

I process the following types of your personal data when you visit my website:

• IP Address
• Date and time of access,
• Name and URL of the accessed website,
• Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
• browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

I process this data for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring a comfortable user experience on our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, as well as
• for other administrative purposes
• Usage analysis of our website

I base this data processing on my legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The data processing for the aforementioned purposes is necessary to ensure that you can use my website without disruption.

The processing of this data is expressly not for the purpose of gaining insights into the person visiting the website.

(b) Contact forms and email contact

On this website, you have the option of contacting me via email or the contact form. The following types of your personal data will be processed when you use the contact forms or contact me via email:

• Name
• Email Address
• Telephone number
• Business

The data you provide in your contact form will only be stored to answer your inquiry. I base this processing of your data on my legitimate interest in responding to your inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). This data will not be used for any other services.

1.3 Recipients of your data

Personal data will be transferred to third parties if

• pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a) GDPR, the data subject has expressly consented to this,
• the disclosure is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing their data,
• where there is a legal obligation to transfer data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter c) GDPR, and/or
• This is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b) GDPR.
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In other cases, personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

1.4 Duration of processing your data

I will not store your personal data longer than necessary to achieve the respective processing purpose, unless I am legally or regulatory obligated to do so. In the following cases, I am obligated to retain your data for a longer period.

• Tax-relevant documents (10 years)
• Contract documents (10 years)

1.5 Cookie

This website may use cookies. These are data packets exchanged between the website's server and the visitor's browser. They are stored on the devices used (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when visiting the website. Cookies cannot damage the devices used. In particular, they do not contain viruses or other malware. The information stored in the cookies relates to the specific device used. Thorsten Hauf Personal- & Managementberatung cannot, under any circumstances, directly obtain information about the identity of the website visitor through cookies.

By default, most browsers accept cookies. Browser settings can be configured to either block cookies entirely or to prompt the user before a new cookie is created. However, please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from fully utilizing all the website's features.

Cookies are used to make the use of the Thorsten Hauf Personal & Management Consulting website more convenient. For example, session cookies allow us to track whether a visitor has already visited specific pages of the website. These session cookies are automatically deleted when the visitor leaves the website.

Temporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor's device for a limited time. Upon revisiting the website, it automatically recognizes that the visitor has accessed the site previously and remembers their entries and settings, so they don't have to repeat them.

Cookies are also used to analyze website traffic for statistical purposes and to improve the website's offerings. These cookies allow the website to automatically recognize returning visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted after a set period of time.

The data processed by cookies is justified for the above purposes in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of Thorsten Hauf Personal- & Managementberatung in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR.

1.6 Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

1.7 Your rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data. Please contact me using the contact details provided in section 1 ("Controller and Data Protection Officer"):

1. Information: You can request information from us about the processing of your personal data (Art. 15 GDPR).
2. Correction: You can request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning you (Art. 16 GDPR).
3. Deletion: You can request the deletion of your data in accordance with legal requirements, for example, if your data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or if we process your data based on your consent and you withdraw that consent (Art. 17 GDPR).
4. Restriction of processing: You can request the restriction of the processing of your data in accordance with legal requirements, for example during the time we are reviewing a rectification claim you have asserted (Art. 18 GDPR).
5. Data portability: If our data processing is based on consent or the performance of a contract and is carried out using automated procedures, you can, in accordance with legal requirements, request that you receive the data you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or that we transmit it to another data processor (Art. 20 GDPR).
6. Right to object: If we process your personal data based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data (Art. 21 GDPR).
7. Revocation of consent: You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation can be communicated informally by telephone, email, or mail to my postal address. The lawfulness of data processing based on your consent prior to receipt of your revocation remains unaffected. After receipt of the revocation, data processing that was based solely on your consent will cease.

We will not make any automated decisions based on your personal data.

1.8 Right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority

You can lodge a complaint with the following competent data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data by Thorsten Hauf Personal- & Managementberatung:

State Commissioner for Data Protection in Rhineland-Palatinate:

Prof. Dr. Dieter Kugelmann Address: Hintere Bleiche 34, 55116 Mainz Telephone number: 061 31/208 22 26 Email address: poststelle@datenschutz.rlp.de Website: https://www.datenschutz.rlp.de/de/startseite/

1.9 Changes to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is dated January 29, 2026. I reserve the right to amend this privacy policy due to the further development of our website and services or due to legal or regulatory requirements.