This privacy policy informs you about the processing of your personal data. This English version is provided for your convenience; in case of doubt, the German version prevails.
If you would like to change your privacy settings (give consent or withdraw consent you have already given), you can do so here at any time:
Controller
Steffen Banse, Zepziger Strasse 76, 06406 Bernburg, Germany, markes@my-sl-stories.de
Hosting provider
1&1 IONOS SE
We host our website with our processor 1&1 IONOS, 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany.
Connection data is processed for the purpose of providing and delivering the website. For the mere purpose of delivering and providing the website, the data is not stored beyond your visit.
The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest (the strict technical necessity of providing and delivering the service “website” that you have expressly requested by visiting it) pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
To operate the website, connection data and other personal data are also processed as part of various other functions and services. Details are given for each of these functions and services in this privacy policy.
Server log files
Connection data is processed to monitor technical functionality and to increase the operational security of our web host. Processing is limited to 30 days.
The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest (the strict technical necessity of a server log file as the basic data source for error analysis and security measures within the service “website” that you have expressly requested by visiting it) pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Cookie consent
To request and manage your consent, we use our own consent tool, operated locally on our server. No data is passed on to third parties in the process.
We store your choice in the cookie dcb_consent on your device (content: selected categories, time, version of the request; lifetime 365 days). Without this cookie, we would have to ask you again on every page view. Storing it is strictly necessary (Section 25(2) No. 2 TDDDG).
To be able to demonstrate that consent was given (Art. 7(1) GDPR), we log each decision with a random identifier, the time, the selected categories and your IP address in pseudonymised form (a keyed hash with a secret key; the IP address itself is not stored). The entries are deleted automatically after 365 days.
The legal basis for the processing is the fulfilment of our legal obligation to provide evidence pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7(1) GDPR.
Cookies used
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Contact form
Our website offers the option of contacting us directly via a contact form. After you submit the contact form, the controller processes the personal data you have entered for the purpose of handling your enquiry, on the basis of the consent you give by submitting the form pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, until you withdraw it.
There is no statutory or contractual obligation to provide the personal data. Not providing it merely means that you cannot submit your request and we cannot process it.
Your message is stored on our server and deleted automatically after 365 days; messages identified as spam are deleted after 30 days.
Comments
The comment function is currently closed. For comments already published: the personal data provided when commenting is processed for the purpose of displaying the comment on our website and for internal documentation, on the legal basis of the contract concluded with you pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (free hosting contract for displaying your comment on our website). Your name and your comment are published. Your personal data is stored until the comment is deleted.
Security services
On this website, we use a spam filter to prevent non-human and automated submissions.
Akismet
To protect against spam, we check messages from our contact forms with the service Akismet of Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Your form entries (name, email address, message) as well as your IP address, browser identifier and the referring page are transmitted to Akismet and checked there for spam characteristics. Akismet does not set any cookies on your device.
The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest in protecting the website against spam and abuse pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The transfer to the USA is based on the EU standard contractual clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR). Further information: automattic.com/privacy
Embedded content
We only embed content from external providers (videos, maps, social media posts) after you have given your consent. Until then, you see a placeholder; its preview image is served from our own server, so no connection to the provider is made before you consent.
YouTube
If you give your consent, we and the service YouTube, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, process your personal data as joint controllers for the purpose of playing videos on our website.
We enable the service to collect connection data and data from your web browser and to place an advertising cookie. Placing advertising cookies allows Google to calculate an individual user ID for each user. This personal data, which is suitable for unique identification, is then processed within the advertising network operated by Google.
The Google group transfers your personal data to the USA. The transfer is based on the European Commission's adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework of 10 July 2023 (Art. 45 GDPR), under which the provider is certified.
Insofar as Google carries out further independent processing of the data, in particular within its advertising network, Google is solely responsible for it. For details, see the Privacy Policy of Google.
If you do not give consent, the only consequence is that the YouTube service is not available to you. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time via the privacy settings.
The legal basis for the processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Google Maps
If you give your consent, we and the service Google Maps, Google LLC, Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, process your personal data as joint controllers for the purpose of displaying interactive maps on our website.
We enable the service to collect connection data and data from your web browser and to place an advertising cookie. Placing advertising cookies allows Google to calculate an individual user ID for each user. This personal data, which is suitable for unique identification, is then processed within the advertising network operated by Google.
Insofar as Google carries out further independent processing of the data, in particular within its advertising network, Google is solely responsible for it. For details, see the Privacy Policy of Google.
If you do not give consent, the only consequence is that the Google Maps service is not available to you. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time via the privacy settings.
The legal basis for the processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
The Google group transfers your personal data to the USA. The transfer is based on the European Commission's adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework of 10 July 2023 (Art. 45 GDPR), under which the provider is certified.
If you give your consent, we and the service Instagram, Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, process your personal data as joint controllers for the purpose of providing Instagram services on our website.
We enable the service to collect connection data and data from your web browser and to place advertising cookies. Placing advertising cookies allows Meta to calculate an individual user ID for each user. This personal data, which is suitable for unique identification, is then processed within the advertising network operated by Meta.
The Meta group transfers your personal data to the USA. The transfer is based on the European Commission's adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework of 10 July 2023 (Art. 45 GDPR), under which the provider is certified.
Insofar as Meta carries out further independent processing of the data, in particular within its advertising network, Meta is solely responsible for it. For details, see the Privacy Policy of Meta.
If you do not give consent, the only consequence is that Meta's services are not available to you. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time via the privacy settings.
The legal basis for the processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Analytics services
Google Analytics
If you give your consent, we and the service Google Analytics (integrated via the WordPress plugin Site Kit by Google), Google LLC, Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, process your personal data as joint controllers for the purpose of error analysis and statistical evaluation of our website. Not giving consent has no direct effect on how the website works, but without statistical data it is harder for us to develop the website further. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time via the privacy settings.
We enable the service to collect connection data, data from your web browser and data about the content you view, and to run analytics software and store data on your device (cookies _ga and _ga_*, lifetime up to two years). Google Analytics does not store IP addresses and provides us with the data in the form of statistics. We use these statistics to fix errors and to develop our website further. Without your consent, Google Analytics is not loaded; if you withdraw consent, the cookies are deleted.
The legal basis for the processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG. The Google group transfers your personal data to the USA. The transfer is based on the European Commission's adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework of 10 July 2023 (Art. 45 GDPR), under which the provider is certified.
WP Statistics
For the purpose of finding and analysing errors, evaluating usage and deriving measures for the future development of our website, we process your data using the local analytics software WP Statistics.
As this is a local analytics tool, no personal data whatsoever is passed on to the service provider or to third parties. IP addresses are anonymised immediately after collection; no cookies are set. The stored usage data is deleted automatically after 365 days.
The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest (the strict technical necessity of providing and delivering the service “website” that you have expressly requested by visiting it) pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Right to object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing.
Unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing on our part, the processing of your data on this legal basis will be stopped.
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you object, your personal data will no longer be processed for direct marketing purposes.
The lawfulness of the processing carried out before the objection is not affected by the objection.
Right to withdraw consent
You have the right to withdraw consent you have already given at any time:
The lawfulness of the processing carried out before the withdrawal is not affected by the withdrawal.
Rights of data subjects
You also have the right of access, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing of your personal data.
Where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent or on a contract concluded with you, you also have the right to data portability.
For requests, simply send an informal message to markes@my-sl-stories.de or use the form on the page My Data.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection of Saxony-Anhalt (Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz Sachsen-Anhalt). An overview of all data protection authorities in the European Union is available from the European Data Protection Board.