1.Information about the collection of personal data

Protecting your personal data is of central concern to coe (hereinafter also: "we" or "us"). In the following we would like to inform you about the processing of personal data which takes place in the context of the use of our website www.coe-ea.com (hereinafter: "Website"). Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, including for example your name, address, e-mail address or user behaviour.

The responsible person according to Art. 4 para. 7 General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: "GDPR") for data processing on the Website is:

coe energy advisors GmbH Auf der Scheibe 3 01157 Dresden Germany Email: info@coe-ea.com

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2. For what purposes do we process your personal data?

When using the Website for information purposes only, i.e. simply viewing it without registering and without providing us with any other information, we process the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. The data described below is technically necessary to display the Website's functions and to ensure stability and security.

The following data is collected:

• IP address

• Date and time of the request

• Content of the request (page accessed)

• Access status / HTTP status code

• Amount of data transferred

• Website from which the request originates

• Browser, operating system and language settings

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website).

 

3. How do we use Cookies?

When you visit our Website, technical tools are used for its functionality, in particular cookies which may be stored on your device. Cookies are text files or information in a database stored in the device memory of your end device and associated with the website you are using. They allow certain information to be transmitted to the entity that sets the cookie.

We use cookies in different categories on our Website. To obtain and manage your consent, we use the Consent Management Platform Usercentrics (Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich, Germany). When you first visit the Website, a cookie banner will appear, allowing you to grant, refuse or individually configure your consents. Your consent decision is stored so that the banner does not reappear on subsequent visits. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time with effect for the future by clicking on the privacy button (fingerprint icon) at the bottom left of the page.

We distinguish the following cookie categories:

a) Essential Cookies (technically necessary) These cookies are technically required for the operation of the Website and cannot be deactivated. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. These include:

• Wix: platform functionality and session management

• Usercentrics for Wix: storage of your consent decisions

b) Functional Cookies These cookies allow the Website to remember information that changes the way the Website looks or behaves. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

c) Analytical Cookies These cookies enable analysis of Website usage to measure and improve performance and user experience. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

d) Marketing Cookies These cookies use tracking technologies to collect data about user behaviour on the Website or across websites in order to display relevant advertising. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

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4. Use of Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our Website. Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to manage code snippets (so-called "tags") on our Website. Google Tag Manager itself does not set cookies or collect personal data. However, it may trigger other tags that collect data – these are described in the respective categories in Section 3 above.

Google Tag Manager only activates services outside the technically necessary category if you have given your consent to do so.

For more information about Google Tag Manager, please visit: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/

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5. Who are the Recipients of your personal data?

To operate our Website, we use the following service providers:

• Wix.com Ltd. (wix.com), Tel Aviv, Israel – as our website platform and hosting provider. Data may be processed in the EU, Israel and the USA. For more information, please see Wix's Privacy Policy at: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

• Usercentrics GmbH, Munich, Germany – as provider of the Consent Management Platform. For more information: https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

• Google Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland – as provider of Google Tag Manager. In the event of data transfers to the USA, such transfers are made on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses pursuant to Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR. For more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

We will not pass on your personal data to other third parties unless we are legally required to do so or you have expressly consented.

 

6. Do you use automated decision making Processes?

The Website is not used for automated decision-making processes (in particular profiling).

 

7. For what term is data stored and when is it deleted?

In principle, we only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in section 2. A longer storage period only applies if we are either obliged to do so for legal reasons (for example, on the basis of commercial or tax law requirements) or a longer storage period is expressly permitted by law (for example, if the data is required for the defence or assertion of legal claims).

 

8. What rights do you have regarding your Data?

You have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the controller with regard to the personal data concerning you:

• Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)

• Right to rectification or erasure (Art. 16, 17 GDPR)

• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)

• Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

• Right to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR) – without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data. The competent supervisory authority for us is:

Sächsischer Datenschutz- und Transparenzbeauftragter (Saxon Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information) Devrientstraße 5 01067 Dresden https://www.saechsdsb.de

If you have any questions in connection with your rights or this Data Privacy Notice, please contact us at: info@coe-ea.com

 

9. Changes to this Data Privacy Notice

In the context of further potential developments of data protection law as well as due to technological or organizational changes, our Data Privacy Notice is regularly reviewed to determine whether it needs to be adapted or supplemented. You will be informed of any changes in particular on the Website. This version of the Data Privacy Notice is valid as of 27 May 2026.