What data do we collect?

We collect the following categories of personal data:

When visiting the website:

• IP address
• Date and time of access
• Browser and operating system information
• Requested pages

When contacting us via the website:

• Name
• Email address
• Organization name
• Requested service
• Message content

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in the following ways:

• Automatically, when you visit the website (server access logs)
• When you voluntarily submit information via the contact form

How will we use your data?

We use your data solely to:

• Ensure the technical operation, security, and stability of the website
  (Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interest)
• Process and respond to business inquiries
  (Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – pre-contractual measures)

Your data is not used for advertising, tracking, or profiling purposes.

Third-party services

govaguard.com does not use:

• Analytics tools
• Tracking services
• Advertising platforms
• Embedded third-party content

The website is hosted by all-inkl.com, which processes technical access data as part of standard hosting operations.

All personal data is processed exclusively within the European Union.
No data is transferred to third countries outside the EU or EEA.

How do we store your data?

• Website access data is stored in standard server logs generated by the hosting provider
• Contact messages are sent directly to [email protected]
• Contact data is not stored in a database and is retained only in email inboxes for business correspondence

Data is deleted once it is no longer required for its original purpose or to comply with legal obligations.

Marketing

We do not send marketing or promotional communications and do not share personal data with marketing or advertising partners.

What are your data protection rights?

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request deletion of your data
• Restrict or object to processing
• Request data portability, where applicable

To exercise your rights, contact us at:
📧 [email protected]

We will respond within one month.

Cookies

govaguard.com uses only technically necessary cookies, if any, required for basic website functionality.

• No analytics cookies
• No tracking cookies
• No marketing cookies

Because only essential cookies are used, no cookie consent banner is required.

Privacy policies of other websites

govaguard.com may contain links to external websites. This privacy policy applies only to govaguard.com. Please review the privacy policies of external websites separately.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep this privacy policy under regular review and update it as necessary. The current version will always be published on this page.

Last updated: January 2026

How to contact us

If you have questions about this privacy policy or the data we hold about you, please contact us:

GovaGuard GbR
📧 [email protected]

Supervisory authority

GovaGuard GbR is based in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The competent supervisory authority is:

Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW)
Kavalleriestr. 2–4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Website: https://www.ldi.nrw.de