1. Controller
Karl Machleidt
Email: [email protected]
For questions regarding data protection or the processing of your personal data, please contact us at the email address provided above.
2. Collection and Processing of Personal Data
When you visit our website, certain data is automatically collected to ensure the secure operation and optimization of our services. This data includes:
• The type and version of your web browser
• The operating system you use
• The domain name of your internet service provider
• The date and time of access
• The pages you visit
This data cannot be directly associated with specific individuals and will not be combined with other data sources.
2.1 Comments
When you leave a comment, we collect the information entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
2.2 Media
If you upload images to our site, avoid uploading files that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.
3. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance the user experience.
• Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
• Login: When logging in, we use cookies to manage login details and display settings. Login cookies expire after two days, while display settings cookies expire after one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
More details about cookie usage are outlined in the sections below.
4. Embedded Content from Third-Party Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly. These third-party websites may:
• Collect data about you
• Use cookies
• Embed additional third-party tracking
• Monitor your interaction with their content
5. Data Security
We use TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption to protect your data during transmission. Encrypted connections can be identified by the “https://” in your browser’s address bar.
6. Third-Party Services
6.1 Matomo
We use Matomo for anonymous website usage analytics. Matomo runs on a self-hosted instance, ensuring full control over the data. No cookies are set, and IP addresses are anonymized to prevent user identification.
6.2 Cloudflare
We use Cloudflare to protect our site from DDoS attacks and to deliver content via a global Content Delivery Network (CDN). Cloudflare uses essential cookies, such as:
• __cfduid: Identifies users behind shared IP addresses and applies security settings.
• __cfruid: Manages traffic handled by Cloudflare services.
These cookies are necessary for the security and functionality of the site and cannot be disabled without affecting its operation.
7. Sharing of Data with Third Parties
Your data will not be shared with third parties without your consent unless required by contractual or legal obligations (e.g., when using Cloudflare for security purposes).
8. Retention of Data
We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected. Once the purpose no longer applies, or upon request, we will delete the data, subject to legal retention requirements.
9. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• Access: Request information about the data we store about you.
• Correction: Request the correction of inaccurate data.
• Deletion: Request the deletion of your data, provided no legal retention requirements exist.
• Restriction: Request restrictions on data processing.
• Objection: Object to the processing of your data.
• Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
10. External Links
Our website may contain links to external websites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for the content of these external sites. The respective provider or operator of the linked sites is responsible for their content.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy as needed to reflect changes in legal or technical requirements. The current version will always be available on our website.
Effective as of: 06.01.2025