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Privacy Policy

 

1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Data Controller

 

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data that can be used to personally identify you.

 

1.2 The data controller for the processing of personal data on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Julia Hohl, Pfälzer-Wald-Str. 7, 81539 Munich, Germany, Email: glueckshummeln@gmx.de. The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

 
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

 

2.1 When using our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

  • The website visited

  • Date and time of access

  • Amount of data sent in bytes

  • Source/referral from which you accessed the page

  • Browser used

  • Operating system used

  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. Data will not be passed on or otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are specific indications of unlawful use.

 

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the data controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" prefix and the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

 
3) Hosting & Content-Delivery-Network

 

3.1 Wix

For hosting our website and displaying its content, we use the system provided by Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Data is also transmitted to: Wix Inc., 500 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider’s servers. We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

When data is transmitted to the provider's location, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection level.

 

3.3 Google Cloud CDN

We use a content delivery network provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

This service allows us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts faster via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection level.

 
4) Cookies
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To make our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain features, we use cookies, which are small text files placed on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period to store page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the cookie settings overview of your web browser.

If individual cookies we use process personal data, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR either for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR if consent is given, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the optimal functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies and to decide individually on their acceptance or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

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5) Registration on the Portal or Forum
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You can register on our website by providing personal data. The specific personal data processed during registration are determined by the input mask used for registration. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, meaning your registration is only complete once you have confirmed your registration by clicking on the link contained in a confirmation email sent to you for this purpose. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your registration will be automatically deleted from our database. Providing the aforementioned data is mandatory. Any additional information can be voluntarily provided by you through the use of our portal.

When using our portal, we store the data necessary for contract fulfillment, including possibly payment details, until you permanently delete your access. Additionally, we store the voluntarily provided data for the duration of your use of the portal, unless you delete it earlier. You can manage and change all information in the protected customer area. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Furthermore, we store all content you publish (e.g., public posts, wall entries, guest book entries, etc.) to operate the website. We have a legitimate interest in providing the website with complete user-generated content. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If you delete your account, your public statements, especially in the forum, will remain visible to all readers, but your account will no longer be accessible. All other data will be deleted in this case.

 
6) Comment Function
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In the context of the comment function on this website, besides your comment, details about the time of comment creation and the commentator name you chose are also stored and published on this website. Additionally, your IP address is logged and stored. The storage of the IP address is for security reasons and in case the person making a comment infringes on the rights of third parties or posts unlawful content. We need your email address to contact you if a third party should challenge your published content as unlawful.

The legal bases for storing your data are Art. 6 (1) (b) and (f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are challenged as unlawful by third parties.

You can subscribe to follow-up comments. You will receive a confirmation email to ensure that you are the owner of the specified email address (double opt-in procedure). The legal basis for data processing in the case of subscribing to comments is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can cancel ongoing comment subscriptions at any time with effect for the future. For more information on how to unsubscribe, please refer to the confirmation email.

 
7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising

 

Subscription to Our Email Newsletter

If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The mandatory information for sending the newsletter is only your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means we will only send you an email newsletter after you have explicitly confirmed that you agree to receive the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm, by clicking on a link, that you wish to receive the newsletter.

By activating the confirmation link, you grant us permission to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. When subscribing to the newsletter, we store the IP address registered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to be able to trace any misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected during newsletter registration will be used exclusively for the purposes of advertising communication via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the above-mentioned data controller. After unsubscribing, your email address will be promptly deleted from our newsletter distribution list, unless you have explicitly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.

 
8) Web Analysis Services

 

8.1 Adobe Analytics (Omniture)

This website uses the web analysis service of the following provider: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, California 95110, USA.

Using cookies and/or similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data, including information about the device used such as IP address and browser information, to evaluate it for statistical analyses of user behavior on our website and to create pseudonymized usage profiles. Among other things, this enables the analysis of movement patterns (so-called heatmaps) which show the duration of page visits as well as interactions with page content (e.g., text entries, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization generally excludes direct personal reference. There is no merging with other data collected about you.

All of the above-described processing, particularly reading or storing information on the device used, is only carried out if you have expressly given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection level.

 

8.2 Google Optimize

This website uses "Google Optimize," a service provided by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Based on "Google Analytics," the service enables a statistical evaluation of the use of new features and content on the website by showing test variants to certain user groups. This helps to understand which variants are preferred by users in order to improve the attractiveness of our website.

Google Optimize uses cookies, which are small text files stored on your device that allow analysis of your website usage. The information collected through cookies about your use of the website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored and processed there. This may also involve transmission to servers of Google LLC in the USA and further processing of the information there.

All of the above-described processing, particularly setting cookies for storing and reading information on your device used to access the website, is only carried out if you have expressly given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without your consent, Google Optimize will not be used during your visit to the website. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please disable this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection level.

 

8.3 Google Tag Manager

This website uses the “Google Tag Manager,” a service provided by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: “Google”).

Google Tag Manager provides a technical basis for bundling various web applications, including tracking and analysis services, and calibrating, controlling, and conditioning them through a unified user interface. Google Tag Manager itself does not store or read information on user devices, nor does it perform independent data analyses. However, Google Tag Manager transfers your IP address to Google upon page request and may store it there. Transmission to servers of Google LLC in the USA is also possible.

This processing is only carried out if you have expressly given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Without this consent, Google Tag Manager will not be used during your visit to the site. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your withdrawal, please deactivate this service in the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which, based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission, ensures compliance with the European data protection level.

Further legal information on Google Tag Manager can be found at

 https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

 

8.4 Simple Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service provided by Adriaan van Rossum, Korteweegje 49, 3247BH Dirksland, Netherlands.

The service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data using cookies and/or similar technologies (such as tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information). This includes information about the used device, such as IP address and browser details, for statistical analysis of user behavior on our website and the creation of pseudonymized usage profiles. This enables the analysis of movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g., text entries, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization generally excludes direct personal identification. There is no merging with other data collected in a personally identifiable manner.

All described data processing activities, including reading or storing information on the used device, are only carried out if you have explicitly consented to them in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

 

8.5 Wix Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service provided by Wix HQ, 6350671, Nemal Tel Aviv St 40, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

The service collects and stores pseudonymized visitor data using cookies and/or similar technologies (such as tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading device and browser information). This includes information about the used device, such as IP address and browser details, for statistical analysis of user behavior on our website and the creation of pseudonymized usage profiles. This includes analyzing movement patterns (so-called heatmaps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g., text entries, scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs). Pseudonymization generally excludes direct personal identification. There is no merging with other data collected in a personally identifiable manner.

All described data processing activities, including reading or storing information on the used device, are only carried out if you have explicitly consented to them in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

When transferring data to the provider's location, an adequate level of data protection is ensured by an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

 
9) Site Functionalities

 

9.1 Facebook-Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network. To enhance the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially disabled and integrated into the site using a "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you visit a page of our website containing such plugins, no connection to the provider's servers is made.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby provide your consent to data transmission in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider’s servers. In this process, regardless of a login into an existing user profile, certain information about your device (including your IP address), your browser, and your browsing history is transmitted to the provider and may be processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the social network of the provider, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be published on the network and displayed to your contacts.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by deactivating the plugin again by clicking on it. However, the withdrawal does not affect data that has already been transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transferred to Meta Platforms Inc., USA. We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties. For data transfers to the USA, the provider is part of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

 

9.2 Instagram-Plugins

Our website uses plugins from the social network provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network. To enhance the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially disabled and integrated into the site using a "2-click" or "Shariff" solution.

This integration ensures that when you visit a page of our website containing such plugins, no connection to the provider's servers is made.

Only when you activate the plugins and thereby provide your consent to data transmission in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR does your browser establish a direct connection to the provider’s servers. In this process, regardless of a login into an existing user profile, certain information about your device (including your IP address), your browser, and your browsing history is transmitted to the provider and may be processed there.

If you are logged into an existing user profile on the social network of the provider, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be published on the network and displayed to your contacts.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by deactivating the plugin again by clicking on it. However, the withdrawal does not affect data that has already been transmitted to the provider.

Data may also be transferred to: Meta Platforms Inc., USA

We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider is part of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

 

9.3 Youtube

Our website uses plugins for displaying and playing videos from the provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data may also be transferred to: Google LLC, USA

When you visit a page of our website containing such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the plugin. In this process, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

When playing embedded videos through the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit, your data is directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to associate the data with your account, you must log out before clicking the play button.

All described data processing activities, including setting cookies to read information on the used device, occur only if you have explicitly consented in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling this service via the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider is part of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

 

9.4 Google reCAPTCHA

We use the CAPTCHA service from: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data may also be transferred to: Google LLC, USA. For the visual design of the captcha window, the provider uses "Google Fonts," which are fonts loaded from Google over the Internet. No additional processing of information beyond what is mentioned above occurs.

The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively by automated processing and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is performed by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the used device, identification data of the used browser and operating system type, as well as the date and duration of the visit, and transmits this information for evaluation to the provider's servers.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual accountability on the Internet and avoiding abuse and spam in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

We have signed a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider is part of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

 
10) Tools and Other

 

Cookie-Consent-Tool

 

This website uses a "Cookie Consent Tool" to obtain valid user consents for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "Cookie Consent Tool" is displayed to users as an interactive interface when they access the site, allowing them to grant consents for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking boxes. The tool ensures that all consent-required cookies/services are only loaded when the respective user grants the appropriate consent by checking the boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user's device if consent has been given.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

If, in individual cases, the storage, assignment, or logging of cookie settings involves the processing of personal data (such as the IP address), this occurs in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in ensuring a lawful, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in legally compliant website design.

Another legal basis for processing is also Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. As data controllers, we are legally required to make the use of technically non-essential cookies dependent on user consent.

If necessary, we have entered into a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors' data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and settings of the Cookie Consent Tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

 
11) Rights of the Data Subject

 

11.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following rights with regard to the processing of your personal data by the controller, subject to the respective conditions for exercising these rights based on the referenced legal basis:

  • Right of access according to Article 15 GDPR;

  • Right to rectification according to Article 16 GDPR;

  • Right to erasure according to Article 17 GDPR;

  • Right to restriction of processing according to Article 18 GDPR;

  • Right to notification according to Article 19 GDPR;

  • Right to data portability according to Article 20 GDPR;

  • Right to withdraw consent given according to Article 7(3) GDPR;

  • Right to lodge a complaint according to Article 77 GDPR.

 

11.2 Right to Object

If we process your personal data based on a legitimate interest, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons related to your particular situation, to this processing with future effect.

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease the processing of the affected data. Further processing remains reserved if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing purposes. You can exercise this right as described above.

If you exercise your right to object, we will cease the processing of the affected data for direct marketing purposes.

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12) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
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The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, processing purpose, and, if applicable, statutory retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data is stored until you withdraw your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data processed based on contractual or quasi-contractual obligations under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, the data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided it is no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or initiation, and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further retention.

When processing personal data based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Article 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise specified in the additional information in this statement regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

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