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1. Data Protection at a Glance

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.

2. Analysis Tools (Google Analytics)

The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (Google), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Consent-based tracking

We only use Google Analytics after your express consent in the cookie banner. Before this consent is granted, no data is transmitted to Google and no analysis scripts are loaded.

IP Anonymization

We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. Your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA.

The legal basis for the use of this service is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (Consent).

3. Affiliate Partner Programs (Awin)

We integrate advertising banners from partners on this website. In doing so, we refrain from integrating tracking scripts or externally loaded advertising iframes from third-party providers. The banners used are static images hosted on our own server.

When you click on such a banner, you will be redirected directly to the partner (e.g., Awin) via a hyperlink. Only through this active click do you leave our website and reach the third-party provider's platform, which may set its own cookies for commission accounting purposes from that point onwards. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the monetization of the free service).

4. Ad-free experience through premium subscription

We offer our users the option to take out a paid subscription. This subscription suppresses the display of all advertising banners.

When a subscription is concluded, we process the data necessary for the fulfillment of the contract (billing data, payment status). In this case, no transmission of data for advertising purposes takes place.

5. Content Delivery Network (CDN)

This site uses so-called Web Fonts and scripts provided by a CDN (BootstrapCDN / jsDelivr) for the uniform display of fonts and styles. This allows the provider to gain knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. Use is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

6. Cookies and Consent Management

Our website uses cookies. We use the 'Vanilla CookieConsent' manager to store your settings. In doing so, a technically necessary cookie is set that stores your decision (consent or refusal).

Technically necessary cookies (e.g., session cookies or CSRF protection) are set without consent on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR to ensure the operation of the website. Analysis cookies are only set after your consent.