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Privacy policy

1. An Overview of Data Protection

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the Imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

On one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us (for example, by entering it into a contact form or sending an email). Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data, such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time of the page view.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior and serve advertisements.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. Hosting and General Information

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This mainly includes IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, web page access, and other data generated through a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL (the page you visited previously)
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the secure and technically error-free operation of the website.

3. Third-Party Services and Tools

Google AdSense

This website plans to use or uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google AdSense uses cookies or web beacons (invisible graphics) to analyze website traffic. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This data may be passed on by Google to its contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored about you.

The storage of AdSense cookies and the processing of this data are based strictly on your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time via our Cookie Consent Banner. If consent is not given, personalized ads will not be displayed, and tracking cookies will be blocked.

Buy Me a Coffee

We integrate a button or widget from "Buy Me a Coffee" (operated by Buy Me a Coffee, Inc.) to allow users to support our content financially. When you interact with this widget or click the link, data is transferred to Buy Me a Coffee. If you choose to make a donation or purchase a item, processing of your payment data is handled directly by Buy Me a Coffee and their third-party payment processors (such as Stripe).

The use of this service is based on our legitimate interest in providing a voluntary tipping mechanism for our content (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or the performance of a contract or transaction initiated by you (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). For more details on how they handle your data, please consult the official Buy Me a Coffee Privacy Policy.

4. Your Rights Under the GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  • Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • Right to Object to Processing (Art. 21 GDPR): You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, particularly regarding direct marketing and user profiling related to Google AdSense.
  • Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details listed in our Imprint page.