When using our website, personal data within the meaning of the German Federal Data Protection Act or the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU-DSGVO) is collected and stored in various ways. This happens in different ways depending on the area of use:
Downloads
On our website we offer file downloads. In order to temporarily store the shopping cart contents, "cookies" are used (small text files that are stored by the browser on your computer). In the further ordering process, we collect your e-mail address in order to send you the desired download links by e-mail once. The specification of name and first name is optional. The program or WordPress plugin "Easy Digital Downloads" that we use for file downloads stores the following information in our database: e-mail address, last name and first name (if specified by you), the selected download files (shopping cart) and the download history (a log of when and how often you downloaded which files). This data storage is used for the automated processing of your file download requests and for statistical evaluations. Upon your request, we will delete your personal data from our database.
Comments
If you leave a contribution or comment on this website, your name, your e-mail address and - if you have entered it in the form - possibly also your website will be stored by us. Your e-mail address is not publicly visible, but can be used by us for queries or responses in connection with your comment. If you wish to have a comment that you have entered deleted, please let us know by e-mail.
Subscribe to comments notification
Independently of the possibility to leave comments on the website yourself, there is also the additional possibility to be notified by us via e-mail about new comments on a post. In this case, we store your e-mail address and the post(s) to which you would like to subscribe to comments. For security reasons, you must confirm your consent in the so-called double opt-in process. You can delete your notification subscriptions at any time; for this purpose, corresponding unsubscribe links are included in every notification e-mail.
Contact form / e-mails
If you contact us by e-mail or contact form regarding questions of any kind, you give us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contacting you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address. This serves the assignment of the request and the subsequent response to the same. The provision of further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.
Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)
In order to display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use script libraries and font libraries on this website, such as Google Web Fonts (https://www.google.com/webfonts/). Google Web Fonts are transferred to your browser's cache to avoid multiple loads. If the browser does not support Google Web Fonts or prevents access, content is displayed in a standard font.
Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the operator of the library. It is theoretically possible - although it is currently unclear whether and for what purposes - that the operators of such libraries collect data.
The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about visitors' use of the map functions. More information about the data processing by Google can be found at the Google Privacy Policy from the privacy center. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the Privacy Center.
Detailed instructions on how to manage your own data in connection with Google products you can find here.
Location / Geo-Localization
For the OpenStreetMap-based maps embedded on our website, we optionally offer the option to display your own location on the map. This is a functionality of the so-called HTML 5 standard. Before your location data is requested, you will be asked for explicit consent by your browser. We do not evaluate your location transmitted in this way. The location information is only used to show you the map section around your current position.
Participation in affiliate partner programs
Within our online offer, we use industry-standard tracking measures based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer) pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, insofar as these are necessary for the operation of the affiliate system. In the following, we explain the technical background to users.
The services offered by our contractual partners may also be advertised and linked on other websites (so-called affiliate links or after-buy systems, if, for example, links or third-party services are offered after a contract has been concluded). The operators of the respective websites receive a commission if users follow the affiliate links and subsequently take advantage of the offers.
In summary, it is necessary for our online offer that we can track whether users who are interested in affiliate links and/or the offers available from us subsequently take advantage of the offers at the instigation of the affiliate links or our online platform. For this purpose, the affiliate links and our offers are supplemented by certain values, which may be part of the link or otherwise set, e.g. in a cookie. The values include, in particular, the source website (referrer), time, an online identifier of the operator of the website on which the affiliate link was located, an online identifier of the respective offer, an online identifier of the user, as well as tracking-specific values such as advertising material ID, affiliate ID and categorizations.
The online user IDs we use are pseudonymous values. That is, the online identifiers themselves do not contain any personal data such as names or email addresses. They only help us to determine whether the same user who clicked on an affiliate link or became interested in an offer via our online offer has taken advantage of the offer, i.e. has concluded a contract with the provider, for example. However, the online identifier is personal to the extent that the partner company and also us, the online identifier together with other user data. Only in this way can the partner company inform us whether the user has taken up the offer and we can, for example, receive the bonus.
Booking.com Affiliate Program
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO), we are participants in the affiliate program of Booking.com. DSGVO), we are a participant in the affiliate program of Booking.com, which is designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by placing advertisements and links to Booking.com (so-called affiliate system). Booking.com uses cookies to track the origin of bookings. Among other things, Booking.com can recognize that you have clicked the affiliate link on this website and subsequently made a booking with Booking.com.
For more information about Booking.com's use of data and ways to object, please see the company's privacy policy: https://www.booking.com/content/privacy.de.html.
Amazon Affiliate Program
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO. DSGVO) participant of the affiliate program of Amazon EU, which is designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by placing ads and links to Amazon.de (so-called affiliate system). I.e. as an Amazon partner we earn on qualified purchases.
Amazon uses cookies to track the origin of orders. Among other things, Amazon can recognize that you have clicked the partner link on this website and subsequently purchased a product from Amazon.
For more information about Amazon's data use and opt-out options, please see the company's privacy policy: https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010.
Note: Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or one of its affiliates.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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.
In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. Cookies are only stored if you have explicitly agreed to this ("cookie popup"). You can find more details about this in our Cookie Policy.
You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymizeIp" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
Security functions / Firewall ("Wordfence" from Defiant Inc.)
To protect our website from misuse and hacker attacks, we used the plugin "Wordfence" from Defiant Inc, 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104 (third-party provider based in the USA).
In order to enable the security functionality, the following data is transmitted to the third-party provider when using our website: the user's IP address, the page accessed (request URL), the referring page (referral URL), information about the user's device, location and browser.
For more information on how we handle user data, please see Defiant Inc.'s privacy policy: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/
Cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the usability and security of this website. We also use cookies in connection with Google Analytics. Common browsers offer the setting option to not allow cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.
Server log files / access data
We or our site provider collects data about accesses to the site and stores them as "server log files". The following data is logged in this way:
- Visited website
- Time at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used in anonymized form
The data collected is only used for statistical analysis and to improve the website and is automatically deleted after 7 days.
Change to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.
Rights of the user: information, correction and deletion
As a user, you can request information free of charge about what personal data has been stored about you. Provided that your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g. data retention), you have a right to have incorrect data corrected and to have your personal data blocked or deleted.
Created with Datenschutz-Generator.de by RA Dr. Thomas Schwenke and customized by the website owner.
Other sources used:
www.datenschutzbeauftragter-info.de, privacy.org, Data protection declaration generator of activeMind AG