Cookie Policy

1. Scope and applicable law

This Cookie Policy applies to the website www.kringsingenieurexperten.de and to all persons visiting this website.

As a company established in Germany, our processing is governed in particular by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) and other applicable German data protection provisions.

Where data processing has effects in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection may additionally apply. We therefore also provide visitors from Switzerland with the transparent choice, consent and withdrawal options described in this policy.

2. Controller

The controller responsible for the use of cookies and comparable technologies on this website is:

KRINGS INGENIEURE XPERTEN GmbH & Co. KG
Markt 34 · 25746 Heide
Germany

Represented by its general partner, KRINGS Verwaltungs GmbH, represented by its managing directors Markus Krings and Inga Krings.

Phone: +49 (0)162 6865414
Email: i.krings@krings-ingenieure.de
Website: www.kringsingenieurexperten.de

3. What are cookies and comparable technologies?

Cookies are small data records stored on your device when you visit a website and may be read again on subsequent visits. Cookies may be set by us directly (first-party cookies) or by third-party providers whose services are embedded on our website (third-party cookies).

Comparable technologies include local storage, session storage, scripts, pixel tags, web beacons, device identifiers and other methods used to store information on or retrieve information from your device.

Session cookies are generally deleted when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies remain on your device for the period specified or until you delete them yourself.

4. Legal bases

4.1 Storage of and access to information on your device

Information is generally stored on your device, or information already stored there is accessed, only after your prior consent pursuant to Section 25(1) TDDDG.

Consent is not required under Section 25(2) TDDDG where storage or access is strictly necessary to transmit a communication over a public telecommunications network or to provide a digital service expressly requested by you.

4.2 Subsequent processing of personal data

Where cookies or comparable technologies involve the processing of personal data, processing may in particular be based on:

• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR where you have given consent,
• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where processing is necessary for pre-contractual measures or performance of a contract,
• Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR to comply with legal obligations,
• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to pursue legitimate interests, provided your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests.

Where Swiss data protection law applies, processing follows the principles of lawfulness, proportionality, purpose limitation, transparency and data security.

5. Consent management with Complianz

We use the WordPress plugin Complianz to obtain, implement and document your consent choices.

On your first visit, you can accept or reject non-essential categories and adjust detailed settings. Non-essential categories are not preselected. Rejection is available at the same level as consent.

Your decision is stored using technically necessary Complianz cookies. These cookies do not contain the content of your communications, but may contain your selected categories, the status of the consent banner and the underlying policy version.

You can change or withdraw your decision at any time with effect for the future using the consent-management function permanently available on the website.

6. Cookie categories

6.1 Technically necessary / functional

These cookies and technologies are required for secure operation of the website, storage of your consent decision or a function expressly requested by you. They cannot be disabled through the consent banner.

6.2 Preferences

These technologies store optional settings that are not strictly necessary for operation of the website. They are used only after your consent.

6.3 Statistics

Statistical technologies help us understand how our website is used and support technical and content improvements. Statistical technologies requiring consent are activated only after your consent.

6.4 External media and marketing

This category includes embedded videos, maps and social-media content. The relevant third-party services are loaded only after your consent. Providers may then use cookies or comparable technologies and may process data for their own analytics, profiling or advertising purposes.

7. Cookies and services used

7.1 Complianz

Provider: local WordPress installation; plugin provider Complianz B.V., Netherlands
Purpose: storage and documentation of your consent decision
Category: technically necessary
Typical names: cmplz_functional, cmplz_preferences, cmplz_statistics, cmplz_marketing, cmplz_consented_services, cmplz_policy_id, cmplz_banner-status
Storage period: generally up to 365 days unless settings are changed earlier or cookies are deleted in the browser
Legal bases: Section 25(2) TDDDG; Art. 6(1)(c) and (f) GDPR

7.2 WordPress and Elementor

Our website is operated using WordPress and Elementor. WordPress may use technically necessary cookies, particularly to test whether cookies can be stored or to authenticate logged-in users. Cookies such as wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-settings-* and wp-settings-time-* generally concern logged-in WordPress users and therefore mainly the internal administration of the website.

Typical names: wordpress_test_cookie, wpEmojiSettingsSupports and, for logged-in users, wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-settings-* and wp-settings-time-*
Purpose: technical provision, functional checks and user authentication
Category: technically necessary
Storage period: session up to a maximum of one year depending on the cookie
Legal bases: Section 25(2) TDDDG; Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

7.3 WP Statistics

We use WP Statistics by VeronaLabs for data-minimised statistical analysis of the use of our website.

WP Statistics is configured so that IP addresses are shortened or masked before storage and then protected by a non-reversible hashing method. Linking page views to logged-in WordPress users is disabled. The full user-agent string is not stored. Statistical data is stored in our own WordPress database or on our own web server.

In our current configuration, WP Statistics does not set its own tracking cookies and does not use a persistent cross-device identifier.

Purpose: statistical analysis, technical monitoring and improvement of the website
Category: statistics without proprietary tracking cookies
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

7.4 Locally hosted fonts

The fonts used on this website are hosted locally on our own web server. Loading the fonts does not establish a connection to Google Fonts or other external font providers.

7.5 YouTube

Where videos from YouTube are embedded on our website, the provider for persons in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

YouTube content is loaded only after you consent to the relevant external-media or marketing category. Following activation, data such as your IP address, device and browser information, page accessed and interaction data may be processed.

Purpose: display and playback of embedded videos
Category: external media / marketing
Legal bases: Section 25(1) TDDDG; Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

7.6 Google Maps

Where Google Maps is embedded on our website, the provider for persons in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Maps is loaded only after you consent to the relevant category. Following activation, your IP address, device and browser information, page accessed, interaction data and, depending on your device settings, location data may be processed.

Purpose: display of maps and locations
Category: external media / marketing
Legal bases: Section 25(1) TDDDG; Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

7.7 Instagram

Where content or a feed from Instagram is embedded on our website, the provider for persons in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

Instagram content is loaded only after your consent. Following activation, your IP address, device and browser information, page accessed and interaction data may be processed.

7.8 LinkedIn and WhatsApp

Our website contains links to LinkedIn and WhatsApp. When only a link is provided, visiting our website alone does not establish a connection to the respective provider. A connection is established only when you click the link or button.

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for LinkedIn in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland, is responsible for WhatsApp.

8. Data transfers outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland

When external services are activated, personal data may be transferred to recipients outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, in particular to the USA.

Such transfers take place only under the applicable statutory requirements, including an adequacy decision, certification under an applicable data protection framework, suitable safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or, where required, your explicit consent.

9. Managing, withdrawing consent and deleting cookies

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future using the consent-management button available on every page.

You can also delete, block or selectively allow cookies through your browser settings. Blocking technically necessary cookies may restrict website functionality.

10. Your data protection rights

Subject to the statutory requirements, you have in particular the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection. You may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future.

Where Swiss data protection law applies, you may additionally have the rights provided under that law, including rights to information, access, rectification and judicial protection.

11. Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

The authority particularly relevant to our company is:

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein
Holstenstraße 98
24103 Kiel
Germany

Where Swiss data protection law applies, affected persons may also contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

12. Updates and amendments

We amend this Cookie Policy if the legal situation, services used, technical configuration of the website or nature of data processing changes. The version published on this website is the applicable version.

Last updated: 22 September 2026

This English version is provided for convenience. The German version is authoritative for legal purposes.