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Privacy Information for Clients

Lernen im Allgäu (LiA)

As of: 19 October 2026

This information applies to my clients in language courses, corporate training, the self-study course DeutschMeister A1 and certified translations. This is a translation for information purposes; in case of doubt, the German version shall prevail. Information on the use of this website can be found in the privacy policy (in German).

1. Name and contact details of the controller

This privacy information applies to data processing by:

Eva-Maria Schinko
Language school "LiA – Lernen im Allgäu"
c/o POSTFLEX PFX-253-947
Emsdettener Straße 10
48268 Greven
Germany

Phone:+49 (0) 176 / 96 70 19 32
Email:info@lernen-im-allgaeu.de
Website:www.lernen-im-allgaeu.de

2. Collection and storage of personal data, purpose and legal basis

  1. When you engage my services, I collect and process the following information, which is required to provide the lessons:
    • First name, last name, title if applicable
    • Company, if applicable
    • Address
    • Phone number
    • Email address(es)
    • Contract and billing data
    • Data on your language level at the start and on the progress you make
    • Login and usage data of the learning platform (see section 6)
  2. I process this data
    • to identify you as my contractual partner;
    • to fulfil my contractual and legal obligations, in particular to teach you according to your level;
    • to correspond and communicate with you;
    • for invoicing and accounting;
    • for permitted direct marketing purposes.
  3. Legal bases:
    • Contract: The processing is necessary for the performance of the contract or to take pre-contractual steps at your request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). This also applies to documenting your learning progress.
    • Legal obligations: Retention obligations under tax and commercial law (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).
    • Direct marketing: My legitimate interest in informing you about my own similar services (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). As an existing client, I will only send you marketing emails under the conditions of Section 7(3) of the German Act against Unfair Competition (UWG). You can object to this at any time (see section 7).
    • Consent: Where you have given me your consent, e.g. for the LiA-Club newsletter (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
  4. Providing the data listed under a) is necessary to conclude and perform the contract. Without this data, I cannot conclude or perform the contract. No automated decision-making, including profiling, takes place.

3. Storage period

  1. I store contract data and correspondence until the statutory retention periods have expired and delete them afterwards. I keep invoices and accounting records for eight years, and business letters and other tax-relevant documents for six years, each calculated from the end of the calendar year (Section 147 German Fiscal Code (AO), Section 14b German VAT Act (UStG)). Data will only be stored for longer if you have consented to this.
  2. I delete information on your language skills and learning progress three months after the end of the contractual relationship.
  3. As a rule, I delete your account on the learning platform about four weeks after the end of the course (see section 6).

4. Disclosure of data to third parties

  1. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
  2. Where necessary for the performance of the contract and for my organisation, the following recipients receive your data:
    • Tax advisor and tax office (accounting, tax returns)
    • Lexware Office (invoicing and accounting)
    • Email and telephone providers (communication with you)
    • Microsoft (online lessons via MS Teams, see section 5)
    • Hetzner Online GmbH (server for my learning platform, see section 6)
    • 98 Grad, Kempten (technical support and updates of the learning platform, see section 6)
    • Learning management system (LMS): Moodle
    • dogado GmbH (hosting of my website)
    • matman Werbeagentur, Bad Grönenbach (support of my website lernen-im-allgaeu.de, e.g. for enquiries via the contact form)
    • Postflex (receipt and digitisation of letters sent to my business address)
    • Digistore24 GmbH (sales and payment processing, only when purchasing DeutschMeister A1)
    • CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG (sending the LiA-Club newsletter, only if you have subscribed to it)
    • Employer (only for corporate training and for DeutschMeister A1 bookings made by your employer, see e)
    • Other IT service providers (maintenance and security of my IT systems)
  3. Data is disclosed where this is necessary for the performance of the contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), to fulfil legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) and otherwise on the basis of my legitimate interest in efficient organisation and communication (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). I have concluded data processing agreements in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR with service providers who process data on my behalf.
  4. The recipients may use the data exclusively for the purposes stated.
  5. For corporate training and for course bookings made by your employer, your employer is my contractual partner. I inform your employer about your attendance, the result of your placement test and your learning progress, insofar as this is necessary for planning, delivering and invoicing the training. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the proper delivery and invoicing of the training commissioned by your employer. You can object to this disclosure in accordance with section 7 e).

5. Microsoft Teams

  1. For online lessons, I use Microsoft Teams for video sessions as part of Microsoft 365. The provider for clients in the EU is Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. The parent company is Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA.
  2. The following data is processed/stored: for audio and video meetings, your voice, your image if applicable, your name and the content of the chat; when dialling in by phone, also your phone number.
  3. The content is only visible to the participants of the lesson and to me as the teacher. I do not record the lessons.
  4. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
  5. It cannot be ruled out that data is transferred to the USA. Microsoft is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. An adequacy decision of the European Commission exists for these transfers (Art. 45 GDPR). Further information is available at www.microsoft.com/en-us/trust-center/privacy.
  6. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected.

6. Learning platform (Moodle)

  1. For teaching materials, exercises and self-study courses, I run my own learning platform based on the Moodle software (lia-moodle.de). The platform runs on a server of Hetzner Online GmbH in a data centre in the EU.
  2. The following data is processed: name, email address, username, password (stored in encrypted form), course enrolment, learning progress, results of exercises and tests, contributions you submit, and technical data such as login times and IP addresses.
  3. The agency 98 Grad in Kempten provides technical support for the platform (updates and maintenance) and may have access to this data in doing so. I manage the courses and participants myself.
  4. In group courses, other participants can see your name and, if applicable, your profile picture.
  5. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
  6. As a rule, I delete your account about four weeks after the end of the course. For self-study courses, the agreed access period applies.

7. Your rights

  1. You have the right to request information at any time about the personal data I hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR). This also covers the recipients or categories of recipients to whom this data is disclosed and the purpose of storage.
  2. You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data under the conditions of Art. 16 GDPR and the erasure of stored data under the conditions of Art. 17 GDPR. Erasure is only possible if the processing is not required to comply with a legal obligation or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
  3. You have the right to request the restriction of processing under the conditions of Art. 18 GDPR, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of your data, the processing is unlawful and I refuse erasure, you need the data to establish legal claims, or you have objected to the processing.
  4. Under the conditions of Art. 20 GDPR, you can request to receive your data in a common, machine-readable format (data portability).
  5. Where I process your data on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), you can object at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. In the event of an objection, I must refrain from any further processing of your data for the aforementioned purposes, unless

    (1) there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or

    (2) the processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

  6. Objection to direct marketing: You can object to the use of your data for direct marketing at any time without giving reasons. A short email is sufficient.
  7. You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR). This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out until the withdrawal.
  8. Please send all requests, withdrawals and objections to me by email (see section 1).
  9. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The authority responsible for me is:

    Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht
    (Bavarian Data Protection Authority)
    Promenade 18
    91522 Ansbach
    Germany
    www.lda.bayern.de