LEGAL

Privacy Policy

Information about the processing of personal data on this website.

1. CONTROLLER

John Heise
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2. GENERAL INFORMATION

This privacy policy explains how personal data may be processed when visitors use this website. Personal data means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

3. WEBSITE HOSTING & SERVER LOGS

This website is hosted by STRATO GmbH. When the website is accessed, technical connection and access data may be processed in server log files in order to ensure the secure, stable and efficient operation of the website. The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and reliable provision of the website).

According to STRATO, log files and temporary storage data are generally retained for periods ranging from a few days up to a maximum of 60–90 days, depending on the specific security or operational requirements.

4. CONTACT REQUESTS

If you contact me through the contact form or by email, the information you provide will be processed in order to respond to your request and handle the related communication. The contact form collects your name, email address and message.

Depending on the nature of your request, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the communication relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, or on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on my legitimate interest in responding to general inquiries.

The data will be retained only for as long as necessary to process your request, unless statutory retention obligations require longer storage.

5. COOKIES & CONSENT

This website does not currently use cookies for analytics or marketing purposes. The website has been configured so that the WordPress comment function is disabled.

If the technical configuration of the website changes or additional services requiring consent are introduced, this privacy policy and the consent settings will be updated accordingly.

6. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES & EMBEDDED CONTENT

This website does not currently use analytics or marketing services, embedded maps or externally loaded Google Fonts. No third-party video or social media content is currently embedded in the website.

If third-party services or embedded content are added in the future, this privacy policy will be updated accordingly.

7. RECIPIENTS & INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Personal data may be disclosed to service providers where this is necessary for the operation of the website and the handling of communications. In particular, STRATO GmbH processes data as the hosting provider.

Based on the services currently used and verified for this website, no transfer of personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) is intended. If services involving international data transfers are introduced in the future, this privacy policy will be updated accordingly.

8. STORAGE PERIODS

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or as required by applicable statutory retention obligations. Contact inquiries are generally deleted once the matter has been conclusively resolved, unless legal retention obligations or legitimate interests require longer storage. Technical data processed by the hosting provider is retained in accordance with the provider’s applicable retention periods.

9. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, data subjects may have rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection and data portability. Where processing is based on consent, consent may generally be withdrawn for the future.

10. RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law.

The competent supervisory authority for North Rhine-Westphalia is the Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW).

John Heise

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