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Privacy Policy

Basics

This data protection declaration is intended to inform visitors to this website about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator.

The website operator and therefore the person responsible for data processing on this website is:

Contact email:

The website operator takes your data protection very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal regulations. Since changes to this data protection declaration may be made due to new technologies and the constant development of this website, we recommend that you read the data protection declaration again at regular intervals.

Definitions of the terms used (e.g. “personal data” or “processing”) can be found in Art. 4  GDPR .

Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Strato

The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files including your IP addresses.

Further information can be found in Strato's data protection declaration:
https://www.strato-hosting.co.uk/privacy-policy/.

The use of Strato is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented as reliably as possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. Device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded an data processing agreement contract (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that we only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access data

We, the website operator or site provider, collect data about access to the website based on our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) and store this as “server log files” on the website server. The following data is logged like this:

  • Website visited
  • Time at the time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used

The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, e.g. B. to be able to clarify cases of abuse. If data has to be kept for evidentiary reasons, it is excluded from deletion until the incident has been finally clarified.

Data collection on this website

Cookies

This website  does not use  cookies for pseudonymous reach measurement, which would be transmitted from either our server or the server of a third party to the browsers of visitors to this website.

Only technically necessary cookies are used to use functionalities such as logging into the site and the comment function.
These functionalities are therefore voluntary and require registration/login on the site.

Since we only use technically necessary cookies and do not make any third-party requests, we do not use a cookie consent tool.

Collection and processing of personal data

The website operator only collects, uses and passes on your personal data if this is permitted by law or if you consent to the data collection.

Personal data includes all information that serves to identify you as a person and that can be traced back to you - for example, your name, email address and  telephone number .

You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. However, in order to improve our online offering, we store your access data to this website (without personal reference). These access data include, for example: B. the file you requested or the name of your internet provider. By anonymizing the data, it is not possible to draw conclusions about you personally.

  • We process personal data such as first name, last name and email address - i.e. your details from the  Subscribe form .
  • We only process this personal data with the express permission of the person concerned and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
  • The processing of personal data is based solely on our legitimate interest in fulfilling our offer for the e-mail newsletter and the possibility that may be added in the future to view protected content on this website that is not accessible to the public with the help of a membership and a corresponding account.

Registration and login directly via this application

By registering or logging in, users authorize this application to identify them and grant them access to specific services. Personal data is collected and stored exclusively for registration and identification purposes. Only data that is necessary to provide the service requested by the user is affected.

Personal data processed: email; username; Usage Data.

Mailing list or newsletter

The website operator offers you an email newsletter in which he informs you about current events and offers. If you would like to subscribe to the email newsletter, you must provide a valid email address. If you subscribe to the email newsletter, you agree to receive the email newsletter and the procedures explained.

By subscribing to the mailing list or newsletter, the User's email address will be added to the contact list of persons who may receive email messages containing commercial or promotional information relating to this Application. In addition, your email address may be added to this list if you have registered for this application.

Personal data processed: email; Username.

The email newsletter is sent by the external service provider Mailgun; See below: Plugins and Tools - Mailgun.

Revocation and termination: You can revoke your consent to receive the email newsletter at any time and thus cancel your email newsletter subscription. After your termination, your personal data will be deleted. Your consent to receive the email newsletter expires at the same time. At the end of each email newsletter you will find the unsubscribe link.
The email newsletter is primarily intended to provide information about newly created or frequently read articles on this website. If advertising information is included, it will be shown and marked separately. Under no circumstances are automatically integrated online advertising forms used, but only advertising materials that have been editorially revised and checked by the operator of this website.

Handling comments and posts

If you leave a post or comment on this website, your IP address will be saved. This is based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR and serves the security of us as website operators: If your comment violates applicable law, we can be prosecuted for it, which is why we have an interest in the Identity of the comment or post author.

Handling contact details

If you contact us as the website operator using the contact options offered, your details will be saved so that they can be used to process and answer your query. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Rights of visitors to this website

You have the right, upon request, to receive free information about what personal data has been stored about you. You also have the right to correct incorrect data and to restrict processing or delete your personal data. If applicable, you can also exercise your right to data portability. If you believe that your data has been processed unlawfully, you can lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Deletion of data

Unless your request conflicts with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g. data retention), you have the right to have your data deleted. Data stored by us will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for its intended purpose and there are no statutory retention periods. If deletion cannot be carried out because the data is required for permissible legal purposes, data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.

Right to object

Visitors and users of this website can exercise their right to object and object to the processing of their personal data at any time. If you would like correction, blocking, deletion or information about the personal data stored about you or have questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data or would like to revoke your consent, please contact:

Plugins and tools

YouTube with extended data protection

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the extended data protection mode does not necessarily exclude the passing on of data to YouTube partners. This way, regardless of whether you watch a video, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google Marketing Network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after starting a video, YouTube can store various cookies on your device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can receive information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user experience and prevent fraud attempts.

If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after starting a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their data protection declaration at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en .

The company is certified according to the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when data is processed in the USA. Every DPF certified company undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Mailgun

On our website we use Mailgun, an email API service for our email newsletter and for user management (registration). The service provider is the American company Mailgun Technologies Inc., 112 E Pecan St #1135, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA.

In order for us to send you the newsletter, your browser must communicate with Mailgun's servers in the USA. This tells Mailgun Technologies Inc. that you have visited our site. Mailgun is used in the interest of uniform and secure communication with registered users who have also subscribed to the newsletter.

Such a data record of a received email contains:

  • date and time of receipt,
  • recipient email address,
  • the access status (e.g. message opened),
  • the description of the type of web browser/email client used,
  • the IP address of the receiving computer

Consequences and risks

To process your data, we work with the US company Mailgun. However, the European Court of Justice has ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield, which was intended to ensure data protection in the USA, is not sufficient. Therefore, we may only transfer your data to the USA if you give us your express consent.

The person concerned therefore expressly consents to the involvement of Mailgun in data processing.

The risks are essentially as follows:

  • The European Court of Justice has ruled that US laws allowing US authorities to access EU personal data do not comply with the requirements of EU law. These laws are too imprecise and do not give those affected sufficient rights to defend themselves against access by the US authorities.
  • The Court emphasizes that certain surveillance programs that allow the US authorities access to personal data transferred from the EU to the US for national security reasons do not impose any restrictions on the powers conferred on the US authorities or guarantees for potentially data subjects outside the USA.

For more information about the data processed through the use of Mailgun, please see the Privacy Policy at:
https://www.mailgun.com/legal/privacy-policy/

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You can also use the website without data transfer to the USA if you do not subscribe to the newsletter.

Additional information

Google

This website currently does not use Google services until revoked   - not even for embedding fonts via Google Fonts.

Facebook

This website currently does not use any  social media plugins or other services from Facebook until revoked  .

Twitter

This website currently does not use any  social media plugins or other services from Twitter until revoked  ; If external Twitter posts (tweets) or those created by the operator of this website are embedded, they will only be embedded in accordance with the data protection functionalities provided by Twitter.

LinkedIn

This website currently does not use any  social media plugins or other services from LinkedIn until revoked  ; If external LinkedIn contributions or posts created by the operator of this website are embedded, they will only be embedded in accordance with the data protection functionalities provided by LinkedIn.

Final Notes

This data protection declaration was created using a template provided by https://www.datenschutz.org/  and edited and supplemented by the website operator.

Last updated: January 2, 2023