Privacy Policy
Pro Schütz Privacy Notice – Overview
Last Updated: September 11, 2025
When you access or use our website or contact us, we—and certain third parties—may process Personal Information about you. This overview summarizes our practices; the full Privacy Policy below provides details and definitions.
Personal Information we collect
You provide it: e.g., when you send us a message via form or email.
Automatically: via our host Squarespace (IP address, device/browser info, pages viewed, referrer, timestamps).
From third parties: limited to services we use to run the site (e.g., web fonts, embedded social features).
Why we collect/use it
To operate and secure the site (hosting, logs, fraud/abuse prevention).
To respond to your inquiries.
To understand site performance in aggregate (Squarespace Analytics).
Sharing
With service providers (e.g., Squarespace hosting/analytics, font providers).
As required by law.
We do not sell or share Personal Information for cross-context behavioral/targeted advertising.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (EU/EEA/UK/CH, certain US states), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object, opt-out, or withdraw consent. See “Understanding Your Privacy Rights & Choices.”
How to reach us
Controller: Pro Schütz GmbH, Mr Arnold Schütz, Theodor-Heuss-Ring 83, 23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany · Tel. +49 (0) 4551 9638056 · schuetz@proschuetz.com
Pro Schütz Privacy Policy
By using our website, you acknowledge that your Personal Information will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Table of Contents
Controller
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
Sources of Personal Information
How We Use Your Personal Information (Purposes & Legal Bases)
How We Disclose Personal Information
Cookies, Tracking Technologies & Analytics
Third-Party Services (Social Sharing; Web Fonts)
International Transfers
Security
Retention
Third-Party Links
Children
Understanding Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Exercising Your Rights (incl. Opt-Outs)
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Contact Us
1) Controller
Pro Schütz GmbH
represented by Mr Arnold Schütz
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 83, 23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 4551 9638056 · E-Mail: schuetz@proschuetz.com
Web: https://www.proschuetz.com
2) Categories of Personal Information We Collect
Identifiers & device data: IP address, device/browser type and version, operating system, language, referrer URL, pages viewed, timestamps, session metadata.
Usage data: clicks, internal links, scrolling, site searches, error diagnostics, aggregate analytics.
Contact data (if you contact us): name, email address, phone number, message content, metadata (e.g., timestamps).
Inferences: only in aggregate via Squarespace Analytics; no profiling for advertising.
Payment data: not collected on this website (no checkout on site).
3) Sources of Personal Information
Directly from you (forms, email, phone).
Automatically through our host Squarespace when you visit the site.
Third parties strictly as needed to display fonts and enable social sharing features you choose to use.
4) How We Use Your Personal Information (Purposes & Legal Bases)
Operate, secure, and maintain the website; prevent abuse; diagnose errors; measure availability/performance.
Legal bases (GDPR): Art. 6(1)(f) legitimate interests; for essential cookies Art. 6(1)(f).
Respond to inquiries and provide support.
Legal bases: Art. 6(1)(b) (pre-/contractual steps), Art. 6(1)(f) (communication), and Art. 6(1)(a) when you consent.
Analytics in aggregate to understand traffic and improve content (via Squarespace).
Legal bases: Art. 6(1)(a) for non-essential analytics cookies; otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) for high-level, essential operational metrics.
We do not use your Personal Information for automated decision-making that produces legal effects concerning you.
5) How We Disclose Personal Information
We disclose Personal Information only to the extent necessary:
Service providers/Processors: website hosting & analytics (Squarespace), font delivery (Google Fonts/Adobe Fonts).
Legal & compliance: where required by law or to protect rights/safety.
Business continuity: in the event of corporate restructuring, merger, or asset transfer (rare for us).
We do not sell or “share” Personal Information for cross-context behavioral/targeted advertising.
6) Cookies, Tracking Technologies & Analytics
We use cookies and similar technologies:
Strictly necessary cookies (security, load balancing, session). Cannot be turned off.
Analytics/performance cookies (optional): used only with your consent via our cookie banner/preferences tool. You can withdraw consent any time (“Manage Preferences”).
Browser help: Chrome, Safari, Firefox provide cookie controls.
Squarespace Analytics. When you visit our site, Squarespace may collect: IP address, device/browser info, referrer, pages viewed, timestamps, and interaction data (clicks, scrolls, internal searches). We receive de-identified/aggregate reports. For details, see Squarespace’s privacy documentation.
Global Privacy Control (GPC). Where legally required and technically feasible, we honor recognized browser-level opt-out signals such as GPC for non-essential tracking.
7) Third-Party Services (Social Sharing; Web Fonts)
Social sharing buttons (Instagram, Facebook): If you click a share button, the respective platform may receive your IP address, device/browser details, and the URL/content you share. Your use is governed by that platform’s privacy policy.
Web fonts (Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts): To render typography, your browser may fetch font files from those providers, who receive your IP address and basic device/browser info necessary to serve the fonts.
8) International Transfers
Our providers may process data in countries outside your jurisdiction. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards (e.g., EU Standard Contractual Clauses) to protect your Personal Information.
9) Security
We implement technical and organizational measures (incl. SSL/TLS, access controls, least-privilege practices) to protect Personal Information. No method of transmission/storage is 100% secure.
10) Retention
We keep Personal Information only as long as necessary for the purposes above or as required by law; afterwards we delete or anonymize it. Log files are retained briefly unless needed for evidence.
11) Third-Party Links
Our site may link to third-party sites. Their data practices are governed by their own policies.
12) Children
Our site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
13) Understanding Your Privacy Rights & Choices
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
Access your Personal Information;
Rectify inaccuracies;
Delete your data;
Restrict or object to processing;
Portability of data you provided;
Withdraw consent (for future processing based on consent);
Complain to a supervisory authority (e.g., your local DPA).
US state privacy laws (e.g., CA/CO/CT/VA, etc.): If these laws apply to you, you may have rights to know/access, correct, delete, and opt-out of “sales”/“sharing” (targeted advertising). We do not sell or share Personal Information as defined by these laws. You may still use the choices below.
14) Exercising Your Rights (incl. Opt-Outs)
Email us at schuetz@proschuetz.com with your request (access, correction, deletion, objection, restriction, portability, withdrawal of consent).
We may need reasonable information to verify your identity before acting.
Manage non-essential cookies via our “Manage Preferences” link in the footer/cookie banner.
We endeavor to honor recognized Global Privacy Control signals for non-essential tracking where applicable.
15) Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. The current version (date above) is always available at https://www.proschuetz.com/en/privacy
16) Contact Us
Controller as in 1): Pro Schütz GmbH
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 83, 23795 Bad Segeberg, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 4551 9638056 · schuetz@proschuetz.com