1. Introduction and Controller Identity
    Welcome to www.retrofitflow.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy informs you about how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you visit our Website, book our on-site pipe removal and renovation services, or interact with us.

For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and relevant German data protection laws (including the Federal Data Protection Act – BDSG), the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:

Website / Controller: www.retrofitflow.com

Brand Name: Retrofitflow

Address: Grambker Heerstraße 93 A, 28719 Bremen, Germany

Contact Email: pipes@retrofitflow.com

Phone: +49 421649280

  1. Categories of Personal Data Collected
    When you access our Website, book our on-site residential services, or communicate with our support team, we may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

Identity Data: Includes your full name and title.

Contact Data: Includes your service location address, billing address, email address, and telephone number.

Transaction and Booking Data: Includes details concerning your appointment bookings, selected on-site service packages, deposit payments, and billing records.

Technical and Usage Data: Includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform data collected automatically when you browse our Website.

  1. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing
    We process your personal data strictly in accordance with the GDPR. Depending on the interaction, the legal bases for our processing activities include:

Performance of a Contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR): We process your identity, contact, and booking details to manage service appointments, deliver on-site pipe removal and renovation services, coordinate schedules, and fulfill pre-contractual requests.

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR): We retain accounting records, invoices, and transaction details to comply with statutory retention periods mandated by German commercial and tax laws (e.g., Handelsgesetzbuch – HGB and Abgabenordnung – AO).

Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): We process technical data to secure our Website, prevent unauthorized access or misuse, and ensure operational stability.

  1. Payment Processing via Stripe
    To process payments securely for our online appointment deposits, we integrate payment services provided by Stripe. When you make a booking, your payment data (such as credit or debit card details, expiration date, and CVC code, alongside transaction amounts) is transmitted directly to Stripe.

Payment Processor: Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., operating under strict PCI-DSS security standards.

Data Processing Purpose: Payment execution, fraud prevention, and risk management.

Legal Basis: Performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and compliance with legal obligations.

For further information regarding Stripe’s privacy practices and data handling, please review their privacy policy directly.

  1. Data Retention Periods
    We store your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements:

Contractual and Transaction Records: In accordance with German commercial and tax regulations (Section 257 HGB and Section 147 AO), commercial letters, invoices, booking records, and associated transaction data are retained for 10 years.

Communication and Inquiry Records: General customer inquiries and correspondence that do not result in a formal contract are retained for 12 months following the final communication, unless ongoing legal obligations require a longer storage period.

Technical and Log Data: Automatically collected server log files and technical usage data are securely deleted or anonymized no later than 30 days after collection, unless required for investigating security incidents.

  1. Data Sharing and International Transfers
    We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. Your data is shared only with trusted service providers necessary for our operations, such as our payment processor (Stripe) and IT hosting infrastructure providers.

Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure that appropriate safeguards are implemented in compliance with GDPR requirements, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

  1. Your Data Protection Rights
    Under the GDPR, you possess specific rights concerning your personal data. You have the right to:

Access: Request confirmation as to whether your data is processed and obtain a copy of your personal data.

Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

Erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data under specific statutory conditions (such as when data is no longer necessary for the purposes collected).

Restriction of Processing: Request the temporary suspension of data processing under specific circumstances.

Data Portability: Request the transfer of your data to you or a designated third party in a structured, commonly used format.

Objection: Object to the processing of your data when based on legitimate interests.

Withdrawal of Consent: Withdraw any previously granted consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us directly at pipes@retrofitflow.com. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority, such as the relevant data protection authority in Germany.

  1. Data Security
    We implement technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, or alteration. Our Website utilizes secure encryption technologies (SSL/TLS) for data transmission.
  2. Changes to This Privacy Policy
    We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our legal obligations, business operations, or technical infrastructure. The updated version will be posted directly on www.retrofitflow.com with the revised effective date.