Privacy Policy
1. An overview of data protection
General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our
website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed
information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy found below.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator's contact details
can be found in the website's required legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a
contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are
primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed
the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to
analyze how visitors use the site.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the
purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or
deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further
questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with
the competent regulatory authorities.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens
primarily using cookies and analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous, i.e. we
will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using
certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your
personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this
privacy policy.
If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data
with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and
what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g. via email communication) may be subject to
security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
Notice concerning the party responsible for this website
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Patrick Fohrmann
Alsterdorfer Strasse 15
22299 Hamburg
Telephone: +49 172 4206906
Email: Patrickfohrmann@aol.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the
purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your
consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data
processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract
automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you
require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent
technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of
confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an
encrypted connection in your browser's address line when it changes from "http://" to "https://" and the
lock icon is displayed in your browser's address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about
any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has
been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact
us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of
personal data.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses.
Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that
are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted after your
visit. Other cookies remain in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible
to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a caseby-
case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to
automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete
cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish
to use (such as the shopping cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of DSGVO. The
website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service
provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior)
are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically
transmits to us in "server log files".
These are:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a
contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.
Registration with Facebook Connect
Instead of registering directly on our website, you may also register using Facebook Connect. This service
is provided by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
If you decide to register with Facebook Connect and click on the "Login with Facebook" or "Connect with
Facebook" buttons, you will be automatically redirected to the Facebook platform. There you can log in
with your Facebook username and password. This will link your Facebook profile to our website or
services. This link gives us access to your data stored on Facebook.
Including especially your:
Facebook name
Facebook profile picture
Facebook cover picture
Email address provided to Facebook
Facebook ID
Facebook friends
Facebook Likes
Birthday
Gender
Country
Language
This data will be used to set up, provide, and personalize your account.
For more information, see Facebook's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. These can be found at
https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/.
4. Social media
Share content via plugins (Facebook, Google+1, Twitter, etc.)
The content on our pages can be shared on other social networks like Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.
This page uses the eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool. This tool establishes direct contact between the
networks and users only after users click on one of these buttons.
This tool does not automatically transfer user data to the operators of these platforms. If users are logged
into one or more of the social networks, the Like, +1, and Share buttons for Facebook, Google+1, Twitter,
etc. will display an information window in which the user can edit the text before it is sent.
Our users can share the content of this page on social networks without their providers creating profiles of
users' surfing behavior.
Facebook plugins (Like & Share buttons)
Our website includes plugins for the social network Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park,
California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the Like button
on our site. For an overview of Facebook plugins, see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our site, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established
via the plugin. This enables Facebook to receive information that you have visited our site from your IP
address. If you click on the Facebook "Like button" while you are logged into your Facebook account, you
can link the content of our site to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate visits to our
site with your user account. Please note that, as the operator of this site, we have no knowledge of the
content of the data transmitted to Facebook or of how Facebook uses these data. For more information,
please see Facebook's privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our site with your Facebook account, please log out
of your Facebook account.
Twitter plugin
Functions of the Twitter service have been integrated into our website and app. These features are
offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you use
Twitter and the “Retweet” function, the websites you visit are connected to your Twitter account and made
known to other users. In doing so, data will also be transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that,
as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will
be used by Twitter. For more information on Twitter's privacy policy, please go to https://twitter.com/privacy
.
Your privacy preferences with Twitter can be modified in your account settings at
https://twitter.com/account/settings.
Google+ plugin
Our pages use Google+ functions. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain
View, CA 94043, USA.
Collection and disclosure of information: Using the Google +1 button allows you to publish information
worldwide. By means of the Google+ button, you and other users can receive custom content from
Google and our partners. Google stores both the fact that you have +1'd a piece of content and
information about the page you were viewing when you clicked +1. Your +1 can be displayed together
with your profile name and photo in Google services, for example in search results or in your Google
profile, or in other places on websites and advertisements on the Internet.
Google records information about your +1 activities to improve Google services for you and others. To
use the Google + button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the
name chosen for the profile. This name is used by all Google services. In some cases, this name may
also replace a different name that you have used to share content via your Google account. The identity
of your Google profile can be shown to users who know your email address or other information that can
identify you.
Use of collected data: In addition to the uses mentioned above, the information you provide is used in
accordance with the applicable Google data protection policies. Google may publish summary statistics
about users' +1 activity or share it with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliate
websites.
5. Analytics and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600
Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that
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 based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate
interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Browser plugin
You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser.
However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of
this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your
IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading
and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An optout
cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google
Analytics.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
etracker
Our website uses the etracker analytics service. The service is provided by etracker GmbH, Erste
Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany. This data can be used to create pseudonymous usage
profiles. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files stored in your local browser
cache. These cookies enable the recognition of your browser. The data collected by the etracker
technologies are not used to determine the personal identity of website visitors and are not compiled
together with personal data related to the person referred to by the pseudonym unless expressly agreed
to by the person concerned.
etracker cookies remain on your device until you delete them.
The storage of etracker cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate
interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
You can object to the collection and storage of your data at any time with future effect. To refuse the
collection and storage of your visitor data for the future, you can use the etracker opt-out cookie at the
following link. This means that in the future no visitor information will be collected and stored by etracker
in your browser: https://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb.
Using this will set an opt-out-cookie called "cntcookie" from etracker. Please do not delete this cookie if
you wish your refusal to consent to remain valid. For more information, see the etracker privacy policy:
https://www.etracker.com/de/datenschutz.html.
6. Plugins and tools
Vimeo
Our website uses features provided by the Vimeo video portal. This service is provided by Vimeo Inc., 555
West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established.
Here the Vimeo server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo will
receive your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo when you visit our website or
do not have a Vimeo account. The information is transmitted to a Vimeo server in the US, where it is
stored.
If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, Vimeo allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly
with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.
For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to the Vimeo Privacy Policy at
https://vimeo.com/privacy.
7. Online marketing and affiliate programs
Amazon affiliate program
The site operators participating in the Amazon EU partner program. Our pages contain advertisements
and links to the sites run by amazon.de through which we can earn referral fees. Amazon uses cookies to
trace the origin of the orders. As a result, Amazon can detect that you clicked the affiliate link on our
website.
The storage of Amazon cookies is based on Art. 6 (f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate
interest in this service since it only receives credit for referral fees if these cookies are set.
To obtain more information about how Amazon uses your data, see the Amazon privacy policy at
https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401.