Privacy Policy
§ 1 Information on the Collection of Personal Data
(1) In the following, we provide information on the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be attributed to you personally, e.g., name, address, email addresses, user behavior.
(2) The responsible party according to Art. 4 Para. 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Fabian Bitter, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18, 20459 Hamburg, represented by the owner Fabian Bitter, me@fabian.business (see our Imprint). Our data protection officer can be reached at me@fabian.business or at our postal address with the addition "Data Protection Officer".
(3) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, possibly your name, and your phone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your inquiries. We will delete the data collected in this context as soon as the storage is no longer necessary or restrict processing if there are legal retention obligations.
(4) If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offering or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also specify the determined criteria for the storage duration.
§ 2 Your Rights
(1) You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
– Right to access,
– Right to rectification or erasure,
– Right to restriction of processing,
– Right to object to processing,
– Right to data portability.
(2) You also have the right to file a complaint with a data protection authority about the processing of your personal data by us.
§ 3 Collection of Personal Data when Visiting Our Website
(1) When using the website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or transmit information to us in any other way, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. In order to view our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display our website and ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR):
– IP address
– Date and time of the request
– Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
– Content of the request (specific page)
– Access status/HTTP status code
– Amount of data transmitted
– Website from which the request comes
– Browser
– Operating system and its interface
– Language and version of the browser software.
(2) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard drive of the browser you use and through which certain information is sent to the entity that sets the cookie (here by us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are used to make the internet service more user-friendly and efficient overall.
(3) Use of Cookies:
a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
– Transient cookies (see b)
– Persistent cookies (see c).
b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to the same session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser's security settings.
d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences, e.g., by rejecting the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website if you do so.
§ 4 Additional Features and Services of Our Website
(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. In this case, you generally need to provide additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service, and for which the previously mentioned principles of data processing apply.
(2) We sometimes use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.
(3) We may also share your personal data with third parties if participation in actions, competitions, contract conclusions, or similar services is offered by us together with partners. You will receive more detailed information about this when providing your personal data or in the description of the offer below.
The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a and b GDPR. For the revocation of your consent to the processing of your data, § 5 Para. 1 of this privacy policy applies.
(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.
§ 5 Objection or Withdrawal Against the Processing of Your Data
(1) If you have given consent for the processing of your data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Such a withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data before you have expressed the withdrawal to us.
(2) If we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you, as we explain in the following description of the functions. In the case of such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the case of a justified objection, we will review the situation and either stop or adjust the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate reasons for continuing the processing.
(3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can inform us of your advertising objection at the following contact details: [see our Imprint].
§ 6 Special Forms of Use
§ 7 Web Analytics
1. Use of Google Analytics
(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. 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. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will, however, be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide further services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator.
(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
(3) You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. This ensures that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, thus preventing them from being linked to specific individuals. If data collected about you is related to a person, this link is immediately excluded, and the personal data is immediately deleted.
(5) We use Google Analytics to analyze and improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offerings and make them more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has certified itself under the US-EU Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
(6) In order to ensure that Google handles all data based on the privacy requirements of applicable data protection laws, we have entered into a Data Processing Agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR to implement the necessary conditions.
(7) Information from the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms of use: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Privacy overview: https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, as well as the Privacy Policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
(8) This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor flows, conducted via a user ID. You can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in your customer account under "My Data," "Personal Data."
2. Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps to display interactive maps and provide directions. Google
Maps is a mapping service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain
View, California 94043, USA. By using Google Maps, information about your use of this
website, including your IP address and the (starting) address entered in the route
planner function, may be transmitted to Google in the USA. When you visit a page on our
website that contains Google Maps, your browser establishes a direct connection to
Google's servers. The map content is directly transmitted by Google to your browser and
embedded into the website. Therefore, we have no influence over the scope of data
collected by Google in this way. To the best of our knowledge, this includes at least
the following data:
- Date and time of the visit to the relevant page,
- Internet address or URL of the page visited,
- IP address, (starting) address entered in the route planning.
We have no influence over the further processing and use of the data by Google, and
therefore cannot accept responsibility for this.
If you do not want Google to collect, process, or use data about you through our
website, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. However, in this case, you
will not be able to use the map display.
The purpose and scope of the data collection, as well as the further processing and use
of the data by Google and your rights and settings to protect your privacy, can be found
in Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de).
By using our website, you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by the
Google Maps route planner in the manner and for the purposes described above.
The hosting of this website is provided by an external service provider:
netcup GmbH,
Daimlerstraße 25,
76185 Karlsruhe.
The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the external service provider, see the listing in § 3 (1). Our external service providers process your data only if this is necessary to fulfill their contractual service obligations and they comply with our instructions regarding your data.
Since the external service providers act on our behalf concerning the collection, processing, and use of personal data, we have concluded a data processing agreement with them to implement the requirements of Article 28 GDPR.
The legal basis for using the external service provider is Article 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b and f GDPR.
You can find the respective privacy policy of the above-mentioned external service provider at:
https://www.netcup.de/kontakt/datenschutzerklaerung.php
We use the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Cloudflare Germany GmbH, Rosental 7, c/o
Mindspace, 80331 Munich, Germany (Cloudflare), to enhance the security and delivery
speed of our website. This corresponds to our legitimate interest (Article 6(1) lit. f
GDPR). A CDN is a network of [worldwide] distributed servers capable of delivering
content to website users in an optimized manner. For this purpose, personal data may be
processed in Cloudflare’s server log files. Please refer to the section “Hosting.”
Cloudflare is the recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us. This
corresponds to our legitimate interest under Article 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, as we
do not operate our own content delivery network.
You have the right to object to the processing. Whether the objection is successful must
be determined as part of a balancing of interests.
The processing of the data specified in this section is neither legally nor
contractually required. The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the
processing.
Your personal data will be stored by Cloudflare for as long as necessary for the
described purposes.
Further information on objection and removal options regarding Cloudflare can be found
at: Cloudflare DPA
Cloudflare has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These
apply to all global activities in which Cloudflare processes personal data of natural
persons in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses
(SCCs). Further information can be found at: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare_customer_SCCs-German.pdf
§ 8 Data Security
All information you transmit to us is stored on servers within the European Union. Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not entirely secure, which is why we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted over the Internet to our website. However, we secure our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification, or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons through technical and organizational measures. In particular, your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. We use the encryption system SSL (Secure Socket Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security).
§ 9 No Disclosure of Personal Data
We do not disclose your personal data to third parties unless you have consented to the disclosure of data, or we are legally and/or officially or judicially authorized or obliged to disclose data. This may include, in particular, the provision of information for the purposes of law enforcement, danger prevention, or the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
§ 10 Data Protection and Third-Party Websites
The website may contain hyperlinks to and from third-party websites. If you follow a hyperlink to one of these websites, please note that we assume no responsibility or liability for external content or data protection conditions. Please check the respective privacy policies before transmitting personal data to these websites.
§ 11 Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time with effect for the future. The current version is available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself about the applicable privacy policy.