Privacy policy

1. Controller

The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Global Solutions Systems GmbH, Bessemerstraße 51, 1. OG, 12103 Berlin, Germany, represented by its managing director Ünal Aydin. E-mail: info@global-solutions-systems.com, phone: +49 178 4986840.

2. The essentials in brief

• We use no analytics, tracking or advertising tools.
• Fonts, scripts and images are loaded exclusively from our own server; no external font services or content delivery networks are embedded.
• The public pages set no cookies for analytics or advertising.
• We only receive personal data when you write to us via the contact form or by e-mail – and then only to handle your enquiry.

3. Hosting and access logs

When you open this website, your browser transmits technically necessary data to the server: IP address, date and time, requested address, status code, amount of data transferred, referring page and browser identifier. This access data is processed solely to operate and secure the website, is not combined with other data and is deleted after 30 days.

The website runs on a server of Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany; the data centre is located in Germany. Hetzner processes the data as a processor under a contract pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR and solely on our instructions.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and uninterrupted operation of the website).

4. Contact form, project inquiry and e-mail

When you write to us via the contact form, we process the data you provide: name, e-mail address and message, and optionally company and phone number. The form is delivered to us by e-mail only, with your e-mail address as the reply-to address; we do not store the details in a database on the website. If you e-mail us directly, we process your e-mail address, the content of your message and any details you choose to include.

Via the "Start a project" form we additionally process your details about the project: the services selected, the situation and any existing material, the preferred start, optionally a budget range, your description, optionally a link to documents, and the preferred way of contact. If you ask for a call back, the phone number is required. This inquiry, too, is delivered to us by e-mail only and not stored in a database on the website. We follow a link to documents only to handle your inquiry.

We use this data solely to answer your enquiry and, where applicable, to prepare an offer. It is not passed on to third parties for any other purpose.

The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR where your enquiry aims at concluding or performing a contract, and otherwise Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering enquiries).

To protect against automated spam, both forms contain a check field that is invisible to people and the time the form was loaded, with a checksum against tampering; this lets us recognise submissions that are faster than a person can type. This time is only checked on sending and not stored. We also limit enquiries to five per sender within 15 minutes, for both forms together. For this we do not store your IP address itself on our server, only a non-reversible hash derived from it (HMAC-SHA256) in a temporary cache; it is deleted after 30 minutes at the latest. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in preventing abuse). The contact form sets no cookies, and neither does the project inquiry.

We delete your enquiry once it has been dealt with conclusively and no further communication is expected. If a contractual relationship results from the enquiry, we keep the correspondence for as long as commercial and tax retention obligations require.

5. Cookies and local storage

The public pages of this website set no cookies for analytics, marketing or advertising. The contact form works without cookies as well. A technically necessary session cookie is only created in the protected editorial area, which is intended solely for logged-in staff.

We store your choice in the "Cookies" notice in a cookie named gss_cookie_consent on your device, so that the notice does not appear again on every visit. It contains the selected categories, the time of the decision, the language and a randomly generated identifier that allows the consent to be demonstrated without reference to a person, and it expires after six months. Your browser sends the cookie with every page request; our server does not evaluate it. The storage is strictly necessary to take your choice into account (§ 25 (2) no. 2 TDDDG). You can review your choice at any time via "Cookie settings" in the footer and delete the cookie in your browser settings.

If you switch between light and dark mode, your browser stores this choice in the local storage (localStorage) of your device so the page appears in the chosen mode on your next visit. This value is not sent to our server and is not used for tracking. The storage is strictly necessary to provide the function you have explicitly requested (§ 25 (2) no. 2 TDDDG, the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act). You can delete the entry at any time in your browser settings.

6. Search

The search function of this website runs entirely on our own server; no external search service is embedded. As your search term is part of the requested address, it appears in the access logs and is deleted with them after 30 days (see section 3).

7. Links to other websites

Our project pages link to the websites of our products. When you follow such a link, you leave this website; data processing there is governed by that website’s privacy policy. No data is transferred until you click the link.

8. Recipients and transfers to third countries

Apart from us, the recipient of your data is the host Hetzner Online GmbH as a processor with its data centre in Germany. The website does not transfer data to countries outside the European Union.

9. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the rights of access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20). Where we process data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21). An informal message to the e-mail address above is enough.

10. Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit), Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, Germany.

11. Changes

We update this privacy policy when the website or legal requirements change. The current version published here is the one that applies.

Last updated: 16 September 2026