#Privacy Policy

Who I am

The data processing on this website will be done through the operator of this website.

Which personal data I collect and why I collect them

Comments

When visitors write comments on the site, I collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and the user-agent string (which identifies the browser) to help detect spam ,

From your email address, you can create an anonymous string (called a hash) and submit it to the Gravatar service to see if you're using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you are a registered user and are uploading photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website could download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.

Contact forms

If you send me requests via contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions will be stored with me. I will not share this information without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this an informal message by e-mail to me. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data entered by you in the contact form remains with me until you request me to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage is omitted (for example, after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain unaffected.

Cookies

If you post a comment on my site, it may be a consent to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so you do not have to re-enter all this data if you write another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you have an account and sign up for this site, my site will set a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is discarded when you close your browser.

If you sign up, my website will set up some cookies to store your login and viewing options. Log-in cookies expire after two days and cookies for display options after one year. If you select "Stay signed in" when signing up, your registration will be maintained for two weeks. Logging out of your account will delete the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal information and only refers to the post ID of the item you have just edited. The cookie expires after one day.

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 them. These are:

• Browsertype und Browserversion
• Operating System
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP-Adress

A merge of this data with other data sources will not be done.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Embedded content from other websites

Posts on this site may contain embedded content (eg videos, pictures, posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave just as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this site.

Analysis services

By visiting my website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens mainly with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior can not be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following of this privacy statement.

You can contradict this analysis. I will inform you about the possibilities of contradiction in this privacy policy.

Analysis tools and advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

IP anonymization

I have activated the function IP anonymization on this website. This will result in your IP address being shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; I point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of this website in full. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install:Link to the Browser-Plugin

Disagree to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website:Disable Google Analytics

Order processing

I've entered into a contract data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Plugins and tools

YouTube

My website uses plugins from the Google-powered YouTube page. Site operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit any of my YouTube plug-in enabled pages, you will be connected to the servers of YouTube. It tells the YouTube server which of my pages you've visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of my online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

For more information on how to handle user information, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at:https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Vimeo

My website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. Provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, NY, New York 10011, USA.

If you visit one of my pages equipped with a Vimeo plugin, it will connect to Vimeo's servers. This tells the Vimeo server which of my pages you visited. In addition, Vimeo obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the United States.

By logging into your Vimeo account, you enable Vimeo to associate your surfing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

Further information on how to deal with user data can be found in the privacy statement of Vimeo:https://vimeo.com/privacy

Adobe Typekit

This site uses so-called web fonts, provided by Adobe Typekit, for the uniform representation of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

In order to provide the Typekit service, Adobe may collect information about the fonts being served to this website. The information is used for the purposes of billing and compliance, and may include the following: Fonts served, Kit ID, Kit JavaScript version (string), Kit type (string "configurable" or "dynamic"), Account ID (identifies the customer the kit is from), Service providing the fonts (e.g., Typekit or Edge Web Fonts), Application requesting the fonts (e.g., Adobe Muse), Server serving the fonts (e.g., Typekit servers or Enterprise CDN), Hostname of page loading the fonts, The amount of time it takes the web browser to download the fonts, The amount of time it takes from the web browser downloading the fonts until the fonts are applied, Whether or not an ad blocker is installed to help identify whether the presence of an ad blocker affects accurate pageview tracking, Site visitor IP address, OS, and browser version.

Adobe uses the information received from third party websites using Typekit fonts to provision the Typekit service and diagnose delivery or download problems. This information is also used to pay and fulfill our contracts with the font foundries whose fonts are utilized.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.

More information about Adobe Typekit can be found athttps://www.adobe.com/be_en/privacy/policies/typekit.htmland in Adobe's privacy policy:https://www.adobe.com/be_en/privacy.html

How long do I save your data

If you write a comment, it will be stored indefinitely including metadata. That way, I can auto-detect and release follow-up comments instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on my website, I also store the personal information you provide in your user profiles. All users can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (the username can not be changed). Site administrators can also view and change this information.

What rights do you have to your data?

If you have an account on this site or have written comments, you may request that I export your personal information, including any data you have provided to me. In addition, you may request the deletion of any personal information I have stored about you. This does not include the data that I need to keep for administrative, legal or security-related needs.

Where do I send your data to

Visitor comments could be examined by an automated spam detection service.

I transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the context of the contract, for example to third parties, parties involved in the processing of a project (copywriters, graphic designers, photographers, agencies, etc.), which forms the basis for this Art. 6 para lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or precontractual measures.

In addition, the data will only be transmitted if you have expressly consented to the transmission or if this has been specified separately in this privacy policy.

Further information

Note to the responsible unit

The responsible data processing unit on this website is:

Responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

How I protect your information

As operator of these pages I take the protection of your personal data very seriously. I treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

If you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal information is information that personally identifies you. This Privacy Policy explains what information I collect and what I use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

I point out that data transmission over the Internet (for example, when communicating via e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

SSL- respectively TLS-Encoding

This site uses, for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to me as a site operator, an SSL or. TLS encryption. An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser's address bar changing from "http: //" to "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to me can not be read by third parties.