PRIVACY POLICY

(Standing: October 2025)

1. Responsible person

Vorholt horses

Owner: Steffen Vornholt

Zum Flatt 6a, D- 27374 Visselhövede

Telephone: 49 1523 / 357 29 41

E-Mail: info@vornholt-pferde.de

The person named above is responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. General information on data processing

(1) We take the protection of your personal data very seriously.

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person (e.g. name, address, email, telephone number).

(2) We process your data exclusively on the basis of the GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

This privacy policy informs you about what data we collect, for what purposes and how we protect it.

3. Collection and storage of personal data

We process personal data when you:

Visit our website,

use a contact form

Conclude contracts via our website or offline (e.g. horse purchase, brokerage agreement, order of stallion semen).

Data collected may include:

Name, address, email address, telephone number,

Payment information (e.g. bank details, billing address),

Information about your horse / purchase interest / order,

IP address, browser data (when visiting a website).

4. Purposes of data processing

Your data will be processed for the following purposes:

Answering inquiries,

Handling of purchase and brokerage contracts,

Shipping and payment processing,

Accounting and tax obligations,

Customer service and communication,

technical security and optimization of our website.

5. Legal basis for processing

We only process personal data if there is a legal basis for doing so:

Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR – for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures,

Article 6 paragraph 1 letter c GDPR – for the fulfillment of legal obligations,

Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR – based on our legitimate interest in a functioning business operation,

Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a GDPR – if you have expressly consented (e.g. newsletter).

6. Disclosure of data to third parties

Your data will not be sold to third parties.

Data will only be shared if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract, e.g.:

to stallion owners, veterinarians or transport companies (in the case of sperm brokerage or horse transport),

to payment service providers or banks (payment processing),

to tax advisors or authorities (legal obligations),

to web hosters or IT service providers (operation of the website).

All service providers are bound by confidentiality and GDPR compliance obligations.

7. Data transfer to third countries

Data is generally not transferred to countries outside the EU or the EEA, unless...

It is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract,

You have expressly consented, or

There is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission.

8. Storage and Deletion

We only store personal data for as long as necessary.

as is necessary for contract fulfillment and business transactions,

or statutory retention obligations (e.g. according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) or the German Fiscal Code (AO)) exist.

After these periods have expired, the data will be deleted or blocked.

9. Your rights (data subject rights)

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR) – about your stored data,

Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) – of inaccurate data,

Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) – “Right to be forgotten”,

Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),

Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR),

Right to object to certain processing activities (Art. 21 GDPR).

To exercise these rights, simply send an informal notification to: info@vornholt-pferde.de

10. Revocation of consent

If you have given us your consent to data processing (e.g. contact or newsletter),

You can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.

11. Cookies and server logs (website visit)

Our website may use cookies to facilitate use and for statistical analysis.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device.

You can disable the storage of cookies in your browser.

When you visit our website, technical data is automatically collected:

IP address (shortened/anonymized),

Date and time of access,

Browser type and version,

Operating system used.

This data is used for system security and is not used to identify the user.

12. Contact form and email communication

If you contact us via a contact form or by email,

Your information will be used exclusively for processing your request and then deleted.

unless there is a legal obligation to retain the data.

13. Data security

We are taking technical and organizational measures,

to protect your data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access.

Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption.

14. 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 believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.

The following are responsible, for example:

State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony

Prinzenstraße 5, D-30159 Hannover

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy.

to adapt them to current legal requirements or changes to our offering.

The version valid at the time of your visit applies.

A notice:

This privacy policy is formulated for Vornholt Pferde (Germany) – i.e. for horse trading, brokerage and semen shipping (online & offline).

It fulfills the obligations under GDPR, BDSG and TMG.