Privacy Policy

1. Controller

Walter Burscheid
Burscheid Advisory
Auf der Schmitt 21
56626 Andernach
Germany

Phone: +49 152 51768789
Email: burscheid@burscheid-advisory.com

2. General information

Protecting your personal data is important to us. Personal data is processed on this website only insofar as this is necessary to operate and optimise the website and to handle your contact enquiries.

Personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection legislation.

3. Hosting and server data

This website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany.

When you access the website, technical processing includes, in particular, the referrer, the requested website or file, browser type and version, operating system, device type, time of access and the IP address in anonymised form.

According to IONOS, this visitor data is anonymised directly upon collection and stored for eight weeks. According to IONOS, this visitor data is not transferred to third countries.

The processing ensures a secure, stable and technically functional website. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and reliable operation of this website.

The necessary contractual arrangements for processing on our behalf are in place with IONOS.

4. IONOS WebAnalytics

This website uses IONOS WebAnalytics for statistical analysis and technical optimisation of the website.

The data processed includes, in particular, the referrer, pages or files accessed, browser type and version, operating system, device type, time of access and an anonymised IP address.

IONOS WebAnalytics does not use cookies. The IP address technically transmitted when a page is accessed is anonymised immediately after transmission and subsequently processed without reference to an individual. According to IONOS, the data collected with WebAnalytics is not passed on to third parties.

The processing serves to analyse usage and improve our website. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the statistical analysis and optimisation of our website.

5. Cookies

This website currently does not use cookies.

6. Contact by email or telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, we process the personal data you provide, in particular your contact details and the content of your enquiry, to handle and respond to your request.

Where your enquiry concerns entering into or performing a contractual relationship, processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. In other cases, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in appropriately handling business and other enquiries.

The email address provided on this website is hosted by IONOS. Incoming messages are forwarded to Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online, which we use for our business communications, and are processed and stored there.

7. Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online

We use Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online for our business email communications. The provider is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.

If you contact us by email, the personal data you provide, in particular your email address, any additional contact details, the content of your message and any attachments, is processed and stored through Microsoft 365.

Within these services, Microsoft generally processes customers' personal data as a processor. Appropriate contractual arrangements for processing on our behalf are in place with Microsoft on the basis of the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum (DPA).

Processing of personal data outside the European Union or the European Economic Area cannot be entirely ruled out in the provision and support of Microsoft services. Where personal data is transferred to third countries and no adequacy decision applies, Microsoft provides appropriate safeguards for international data transfers in the DPA.

The legal basis for processing communications data is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where the communication serves to enter into or perform a contractual relationship, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in other cases. Our legitimate interest lies in reliable and secure business communications.

8. Retention period

Personal data is generally stored only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose of processing.

Data from business communications may also be stored where statutory retention obligations apply or further storage is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

IONOS states a retention period of eight weeks for visitor data generated through web hosting.

9. Your rights

Where the statutory requirements are met, you have, in particular, the right of access to the personal data processed about you, rectification of inaccurate data, erasure of your data, restriction of processing, data portability and objection to certain processing.

In particular, you may object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation.

To exercise your rights, you may contact us using the contact details provided above.

10. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes data protection legislation.

The authority responsible for the location of Burscheid Advisory is:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Rhineland-Palatinate
Hintere Bleiche 34
55116 Mainz
Germany

Phone: +49 6131 8920-0
Email: poststelle@datenschutz.rlp.de

11. Updates to this privacy policy

Last updated: October 2026

This privacy policy will be updated if the services used or the nature of data processing change.