This privacy policy explains how we collect, process, and protect your personal data when you use our website. We process your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable German data protection laws.
If you have any questions about data protection, please contact us using the details above.
You have a number of rights regarding your personal data. You have the right to access the data we hold about you and to request correction of any inaccurate information. You can also request deletion of your data, subject to any legal obligations we may have to retain it, as well as request that we restrict how we process your data. Furthermore, you have the right to receive your data in a machine-readable format and to withdraw any consent you have given at any time with future effect. You may also object to processing based on legitimate interests. If you believe we have violated data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. To exercise any of these rights, simply contact us via the email address provided above.
When you visit our website, our servers automatically collect certain technical information for security purposes and to improve our site. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, date and time of access, pages visited, and the website from which you came. This data is stored temporarily and is not merged with any other personal data. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in ensuring website security and functionality.
Our website also uses cookies, which are small text files stored on your device to make the site more user-friendly and secure. Some cookies are session cookies that are deleted automatically after your visit, while others are persistent and remain on your device until you delete them, allowing us to recognise your browser on future visits. You can configure your browser to reject cookies or to notify you before they are stored, but please be aware that disabling cookies may limit some website functions. Essential cookies are stored on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing a functional website, while non-essential cookies require your consent, which we obtain through a cookie banner.
For logged-in users, additional cookies are used. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year. If you have an account and log in, we will set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies; this cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we also set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks, and the login cookies are removed when you log out. When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser that contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited; this cookie expires after one day.
If you contact us via our contact form or by email, we store the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and message, solely for the purpose of processing your inquiry and any follow-up communication. We do not share this data with third parties without your consent. The legal basis for this processing is either the performance of contractual or pre-contractual measures or our legitimate interest in responding to inquiries. Your data from inquiries is deleted once your request has been fully resolved, unless legal retention obligations apply.
We use a self-hosted, privacy-friendly analytics service to analyse website usage and better understand how visitors interact with our site. This tool uses cookies to collect anonymous usage data such as pages visited and time spent on the site. No personal data is transmitted to third parties, and IP addresses are anonymised. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in analysing and optimising our website. You can opt out of analytics tracking by adjusting your browser settings or using the opt-out feature provided.
When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user-agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymised string may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it, and you can review the Gravatar privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment. Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service.
If you upload images to this website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data such as EXIF GPS, as visitors can download and extract any location data from images stored on the site.
Articles on this site may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited that other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Our website contains icons linking to our profiles on various social networks. These are simple links, not social plugins, so no data is transmitted to these networks simply by visiting our site. If you click on a link and visit our social media profile, the terms and privacy policies of the respective platform apply, and we have no control over the data collected by these platforms.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. Data may be shared with service providers who help us operate our website, such as hosting and analytics providers, or with legal authorities if required by law.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile, and all users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, though they cannot change their username. Website administrators can also view and edit that information. Other personal data is stored only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy or as required by law, such as commercial or tax retention periods. Once the purpose no longer applies or the retention period expires, your data is either deleted or blocked.
We use technical and organisational measures to protect your data against loss, misuse, or unauthorised access. However, please note that no data transmission over the internet, including email, is completely secure.
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy as needed. The current version will always be published on this page with the effective date stated below.
Last updated: 09/09/2026