Privacy Policy                                                                                                                                                                                           Last updated: April 2026
1. Introduction
VALC Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt) ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website www.valccon.com. This Privacy Policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data on our website in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
2. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
VALC Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
3. Your Rights as a Data Subject
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, to access that data.
Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data.
Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, subject to legal exceptions.
Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You have the right to request the restriction of processing under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.
Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7 Abs. 3 GDPR): You may withdraw any consent given at any time with future effect.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW).
4. Data Collection on Our Website
4.1 Server Log Files
The hosting provider of our website (Wix.com) automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits. These include:
Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not combined with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the purpose of fulfilling a contract or for pre-contractual measures.
4.2 Contact Form
When you send us enquiries via our contact form, the information you provide (first name, last name, email address, phone number, and message content) will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case of follow-up questions.
Legal basis: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures) and Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to enquiries).
Retention period: Data submitted via the contact form will be retained until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular, retention periods — remain unaffected.
4.3 Email Contact
If you contact us via email, your data (email address, name, and content of the message) will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling your enquiry. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
Legal basis: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR and Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR.
5. Analytics and Tracking
5.1 Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
IP Anonymisation: We have activated IP anonymisation on this website. This means your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA.
Legal basis: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).
Purpose: We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offerings and make them more interesting for you as a user.
Data transfer to the USA: Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures an adequate level of data protection.
Opt-out: You can prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by using the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For more information on how Google handles user data, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
5.2 Wix Analytics
Our website is hosted on Wix.com. Wix may collect certain analytics data to provide and improve its services. For more information on how Wix processes data, please refer to the Wix Privacy Policy: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy
Legal basis: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).
6. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device by your browser. They do not cause any damage and are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure.
Types of Cookies Used
Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the basic functionality of the website.
Analytics cookies: Used by Google Analytics and Wix to understand how visitors interact with the website.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.
Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Legal basis for strictly necessary cookies: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).
Legal basis for analytics cookies: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).
7. Hosting
Our website is hosted by Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel. When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g., IP addresses) is processed on Wix's servers.
Wix is committed to GDPR compliance. For details, visit: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy
Legal basis: Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in a reliable presentation of our website).
8. SSL/TLS Encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
9. Data Retention
We store personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. Once the purpose of storage no longer applies and no statutory retention obligations exist, the data will be routinely deleted.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the latest information on our privacy practices.
11. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:
VALC Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt)