DATA PRIVACY

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Privacy Policy

 

What personal data is collected and why

 

Comments

 

When visitors leave comments on the site the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection is collected. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

 

Media

 

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

 

Contact Forms

 

If you use the contact form, the data shared in the contact form is collected, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string is also collected to help spam detection.

 

Cookies

 

If you leave a comment on this website you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

 

If you have an account and you log in to this site, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

 

When you log in, several cookies will be set up to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

 

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

 

My website is hosted through Wix.com. Wix uses two types of cookies:

 

Session (Transient) cookies: These cookies are erased when you close your browser, and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.

 

Persistent (Permanent or Stored) cookies: These cookies are stored on your hard drive until they expire (i.e. the are based on a set expiration date) or until you delete them. These cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as Web surfing behavior or user preferences for a specific site.

 

Take a look at the table on the following Wix site to view which cookies Wix places on Wix sites:

https://support.wix.com/en/article/cookies-and-your-wix-site

 

Embedded content from other websites

 

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

 

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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

 

 

Who I share your data with

 

Your data is not shared with any other third party other than as described in this Privacy Policy. 

 

Because this website is hosted by Wix, your data is also shared with Wix and subject to Wix’s Privacy Policy which can be visited here: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.

 

How long does this website retain your data

 

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that any follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. 

 

For users that register on this website (if any), the personal information they provide in their user profile is also stored. 

 

All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

 

Where I send your data

 

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

This Data Privacy Policy may change without notice. 

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For the full German Data Privacy Version please click here.