This is the English version of our German privacy policy. TRUSTAX is operated from Germany, so the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to this website, wherever you visit from. If the two versions differ, the German version prevails.
1. Controller
MS Group Marius Schopf, owner Marius Schopf
Ringstraße 6, 97234 Reichenberg, Germany
Office: Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6 (Nextower), 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 171 4846 956
Email: kontakt@trustax.de
2. Overview
This is a static website without user accounts. Tracking tools only run with your consent (see section 8). The U.S. edition has one form, the free AI Check (see section 6). Marketing cookies (Meta Pixel) are only set if you expressly agree in the cookie banner. Fonts are served from this website, not from third-party servers. Personal data is processed only as far as needed to run the site and provide its content.
3. Hosting
This website is hosted by Netlify, Inc. (44 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA). When you open the site, Netlify processes technically necessary data in server log files (IP address, date and time of access, page requested, browser type, operating system, referrer URL). This data is required to deliver the site and is deleted after a short time. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in secure and stable operation). Netlify is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; standard contractual clauses are in place in addition. More information: netlify.com/privacy.
4. Scheduling with Calendly
To book an intro call we use Calendly LLC (271 17th St NW, Ste 1000, Atlanta, GA 30363, USA). The calendar is embedded on the “Book a call” page. It loads when you allow “External services” in the cookie banner or click “Load the calendar”; at that point your IP address is sent to Calendly. Calendly processes the data you enter (name, email address, phone number and notes if provided) and technical access data. Processing serves the steps before a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Calendly’s privacy policy applies: calendly.com/privacy.
5. External links
This website links to external services (Instagram, LinkedIn, the German edition of this site). When you follow a link, the privacy terms of that provider apply. We have no influence on their data processing.
6. Free AI Check
Your answers about firm size, software, time drains and goals are first evaluated only in your browser. Only when you request the worked-out check do you send these answers to us, together with your name, firm, email address and phone number. The page from which you opened the AI Check is sent along (path on this website only). The phone number is checked for plausibility in your browser before sending; no data goes to third parties for this. Transmission uses the form feature of our host Netlify (see section 3), which stores the data on our behalf and delivers it to us by email. We use the data to prepare your AI Check and to contact you about it. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time by email.
7. Editions and location detection
This website exists in a German edition and in an English edition for the United States (under /us/). To help visitors find the right edition, our host Netlify derives the country, the state and the time zone from the IP address when a page is opened. We use this only to show a hint to the matching edition and to send visitors from the United States with an English-language browser from the homepage to the U.S. edition. The IP address itself is not passed to us or stored for this purpose, the result is not saved on your device, and no profile is created. If the location cannot be determined this way, the time zone and language of your browser are used instead; this happens only in your browser. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a presentation that fits your location).
If you actively choose an edition (switch link, language menu or “Stay here”), we store that choice for one year in the cookie “tx_region”, so that you are not redirected or asked again. The cookie only contains the value “de” or “us” and is necessary for the function you asked for. You can delete it in your browser at any time.
8. Cookies and Meta Pixel (only with consent)
On your first visit we show a cookie banner with three categories: Necessary (your cookie decision, your chosen edition, form states), External services (Calendly calendar, see section 4) and Marketing (Meta Pixel). External services and marketing only run if you allow them in the banner or under “Cookie settings” in the footer. You can change or withdraw your choice there at any time. Your decision is stored in your browser (local storage).
With your consent we use the Meta Pixel of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland). The pixel sets cookies (including “_fbp”, lifetime 3 months) and tells Meta that you visited our website, which pages you opened and which actions you took (page view, form sent, call booked). We use this to measure which ads on Facebook and Instagram lead to inquiries and to show ads to people who have visited our website. Meta can link the data to your Meta account and use it for its own purposes; Meta is independently responsible for that. For the joint processing of event data there is a joint controller agreement under Art. 26 GDPR. Data is also transferred to servers in the United States. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). More information: Meta’s privacy policy; you can object to ads in your ad preferences.
9. Contact by email or phone
If you contact us by email or phone, we store your details to handle the request and follow-up questions. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (steps before a contract) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering). The data is deleted once it is no longer needed for the purpose and no statutory retention duty applies.
10. Your rights
- Access to the data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Correction of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Deletion (Art. 17 GDPR) and restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Withdrawal of consent with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
- Complaint to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). Competent at the controller’s seat: Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA), Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach
To exercise your rights, an email to kontakt@trustax.de is enough. We answer requests from visitors in the United States in the same way.
11. Visitors from the United States
We do not sell personal information. We use the contact details you give us only to answer your request. Marketing measurement through the Meta Pixel only runs if you opt in through the cookie banner, and you can switch it off again under “Cookie settings” at any time. This website is not directed at children.
12. Encryption
For security reasons this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can tell by the “https://” in your browser’s address bar.
13. Changes
We may adapt this privacy policy when the law or the website changes, for example if further analytics or advertising tools are used. In that case consent is obtained through the cookie banner before they are used.