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1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice (Impressum) of this website.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This may, for example, be data you enter into a contact form or provide during registration.

Other data is collected automatically, or with your consent, when you visit the website, by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page request).

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. For this and other questions on the topic of data protection, you can contact us at any time.

2. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

3. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten," Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
• Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

To exercise your rights, please contact the controller named above.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

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

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Registration on This Website

You can register on this website to use additional features. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the use of the respective offer or service for which you registered.

During registration, we collect the following data:

• Name
• Email address
• Password (stored encrypted)
• Optional: profile picture, bio, social media links

Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract).

5. External Services

Firebase Authentication (Google)

We use Firebase Authentication from Google Ireland Limited for user authentication. The following data is processed:

• Email address
• Name (for Google login)
• Profile picture URL (for Google login)
• Authentication token

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further information: Firebase Privacy Policy

Stripe Payments

We use Stripe, Inc. for payment processing. The following data is transmitted to Stripe for a payment:

• Payment data (credit card number, expiry date, CVC)
• Billing address
• Email address
• Purchase amount and transaction details

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further information: Stripe Privacy Policy

Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hosting provider's servers. Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

6. Storage Duration

We store your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law.

• Account data: Until the account is deleted
• Transaction data: 10 years (statutory retention obligation)
• Server logs: 7 days

7. Data Security

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.