[privacy]
Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a glance
General information
This policy explains what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any information through which you can be identified, directly or indirectly.
Who processes your data?
The website operator is responsible for processing personal data. Contact details are given in Section 3 below.
How is data collected?
Some data is provided directly by you, such as information you submit through the contact/support form or send by email. Other information, primarily technical data such as browser, operating system, IP address, and time of access, may be processed automatically when you visit the site. Optional analytics are activated only after consent is given in the cookie settings.
Why is data processed?
Technical data is needed to deliver, secure, and maintain the website. Information you submit is used to answer support requests and enquiries. With your consent, analytics may help us understand website usage and improve the site.
Your rights
Under the applicable provisions of the GDPR, you may have rights to access, correction, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection. You may withdraw consent at any time with future effect and lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.
2. Hosting
IONOS
The hosting provider identified in the site's existing legal information is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. When the website is accessed, the hosting provider may record server log information, including IP addresses. See IONOS privacy information.
Hosting and the processing of technically necessary access data are based primarily on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in reliably providing and securing the website). Where processing requires consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG apply as appropriate. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.
3. General information and mandatory disclosures
Controller
Justin Jäger
Steubenplatz 12
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
Email: [email protected]
Confidentiality and security
We handle personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Data transmission over the internet, including email, can involve security risks; complete protection against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.
Retention periods
Unless a specific retention period is stated, we retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose. Valid deletion requests and withdrawals of consent are respected, unless legal grounds require or permit further retention, such as statutory record-keeping obligations. When those grounds cease to apply, the data is deleted.
Legal bases
Depending on the processing activity, the legal basis may be consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (and, where applicable, Article 9(2)(a) GDPR), performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, compliance with legal obligations under Article 6(1)(c) GDPR, or legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Device access or non-essential cookies may additionally require consent under Section 25(1) TDDDG. Where expressly relevant, transfers to third countries may rely on the applicable provisions of Chapter V of the GDPR.
Recipients
Personal data is shared with external recipients only where necessary to deliver services, comply with legal obligations, protect legitimate interests, or where another applicable legal basis permits sharing. Service providers processing personal data on our behalf are engaged subject to the applicable data processing arrangements.
Withdrawing consent and objecting
You may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future. Where processing relies on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object on grounds relating to your particular situation, subject to the rules in Article 21 GDPR. Processing for direct marketing, if any, can be objected to at any time.
Right of complaint, access, rectification, erasure, and restriction
You may lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority. Subject to applicable conditions, you may request information about personal data we hold, have inaccurate information corrected, request deletion, and request restriction of processing. Restriction may apply, for example, where accuracy is contested, processing is unlawful but you prefer restriction to deletion, you need data for legal claims, or an objection is being assessed. Restricted information is generally processed only as permitted under Article 18 GDPR.
Data portability
Where the statutory requirements are met, you may request personal data you provided in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format or ask for it to be transferred to another controller where technically feasible.
Secure connections
The website uses HTTPS/TLS to protect information transmitted between your browser and the server. You can generally recognize an encrypted connection by the https:// address and your browser's security indicator. Encryption protects data in transit but cannot eliminate every internet security risk.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies and local preferences
Cookies and browser storage may be used to support technical functions, maintain login sessions, protect forms against forgery, and remember theme and consent settings. Session cookies are generally deleted when the session ends; persistent cookies and local storage may remain until their expiration or removal by the browser or user.
Essential cookies are used for the technically necessary delivery of the website, generally under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Optional analytics require your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG where applicable. You can change your choice using Cookies in the website footer and can configure or delete cookies in your browser settings. Disabling technically necessary cookies may limit functionality.
Optional analytics
The website can load Google Tag Manager after you opt in to analytics. Depending on the tags configured, usage information may then be processed by Google services. No optional analytics tag manager is loaded before consent is recorded. You may withdraw consent for future processing through the cookie settings. Google privacy information is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
Contact and support form
When you use the contact and support form, we process your name, email address, enquiry category, selected project (if provided), and message to review and respond to your enquiry. Submissions are stored server-side in a protected administrator inbox, not in a public directory. The contact-message database does not store the sender's IP address with the message. A configured SMTP server may send a copy or notification to the responsible person.
The legal basis depends on the nature of the enquiry: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR may apply to a service-related request, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to legitimate interests in handling support or general messages. Messages are deleted when no longer needed, unless legal retention requirements apply. Stored messages can be removed through the administrative interface.
Contact by email or telephone
If you contact us directly, we process the information you provide to handle your enquiry. Depending on the circumstances, the legal basis may be Article 6(1)(b), Article 6(1)(f), or Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. Data is retained only as long as necessary to process the enquiry or meet relevant statutory obligations. Information is disclosed to third parties only where needed to handle the request or where legally required.
5. External services
Google Fonts
To display fonts consistently, this site loads Google Fonts from Google's servers. Your browser connects to Google to retrieve the font resources; Google may therefore learn that your IP address accessed this website. The use of Google Fonts is based on our legitimate interest in presenting the site consistently under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, subject to applicable consent requirements. If Google Fonts cannot be loaded, a fallback font is used.
For more information, see the Google Fonts FAQ and Google's Privacy Policy. The original privacy notice references Google's participation in the EU–US Data Privacy Framework; see the Data Privacy Framework website for the current status and scope of any certification.