Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information Lang & Schwarz TradeCenter AG & Co. KG collects through this website, how it is used, and the choices available to you.
1. Who we are
This website, ls-d.org, is operated by Lang & Schwarz TradeCenter AG & Co. KG ("we", "us", "our"), registered at Breite Straße 34, 40213 Düsseldorf, Deutschland. Lang & Schwarz TradeCenter AG & Co. KG publishes informational content about brokerage, securities trading and capital markets and does not provide brokerage, custody, payment or advisory services of any kind.
2. Information we collect
We collect information in the following limited circumstances:
- Contact form submissions. When you use our contact form we receive the name, email address, subject and message you choose to provide.
- Automatically collected data. Like most websites, our hosting and analytics tools may record technical information such as browser type, approximate location derived from IP address, pages visited and time spent on the site.
- Cookies. We use a small number of essential and analytics cookies, described in detail in our Cookies Policy.
We do not collect financial account details, payment card numbers or identity documents, because we do not offer any paid service, account opening or transaction functionality.
3. How we use information
- To respond to enquiries submitted through our contact form.
- To understand how visitors use our content, so we can improve articles and site navigation.
- To maintain the security and technical operation of the website.
- To comply with applicable legal obligations.
4. Legal basis for processing
Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, we rely on your consent for optional analytics cookies, our legitimate interest in operating and securing the website, and the necessity of processing to respond to messages you send us.
5. Sharing of information
We do not sell personal information. We may share limited data with service providers who help us operate the website, such as hosting and analytics providers, under contractual confidentiality obligations. We may disclose information if required to do so by law or to protect our legal rights.
6. International transfers
Some service providers we use may process data outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.
7. Data retention
Contact form messages are retained only as long as needed to address your enquiry and for a reasonable period afterwards for record-keeping, after which they are deleted. Analytics data is retained in aggregated or pseudonymised form in line with our analytics provider's standard retention periods.
8. Your rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these rights, contact us at support@ls-d.org. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
9. Security
We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information submitted to us. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Children's privacy
This website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
12. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy can be sent to support@ls-d.org or by post to Breite Straße 34, 40213 Düsseldorf, Deutschland.