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Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

Tom Silas Helmke

c/o Online-Impressum #4746

Europaring 90, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany

Email: tshfm78@gmail.com

2. General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The legal basis is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and the German Digital Services Act (DDG).

3. Hosting

This website is hosted by Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA. When accessing this website, Vercel may automatically store information in server log files that your browser transmits automatically (IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL, hostname, time of request).

The use of Vercel is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the reliable and fast provision of our website.

Data transfer to the USA is carried out on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Vercel is certified under the Data Privacy Framework.

A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place with Vercel. This ensures that Vercel processes personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

4. SSL/TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the address bar of the browser changing from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon in the browser bar. When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

5. Cookies

This website only uses technically necessary cookies or localStorage entries (e.g., for storing the theme setting and cookie consent decision). These do not require consent.

For analytics and advertising cookies, Google Consent Mode v2 is used. Such cookies are only set after your explicit consent via the cookie banner.

6. Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve relevant ads and create ad performance reports.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent is given via the cookie banner on this website. Without your consent, no AdSense cookies will be set.

Publisher ID: ca-pub-4653533937550770

7. Google Analytics

This website may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of website usage. IP addresses are anonymized (IP masking).

The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without your consent via the cookie banner, no analytics cookies will be set and no data will be transmitted to Google.

8. Contact via Email

If you contact us by email, your information including the contact details you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent. Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest).

9. Your Rights

You have the following rights:

  • Access (Art. 15 GDPR): Right to information about your stored personal data.
  • Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Right to correction of inaccurate data.
  • Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): Right to deletion of your data.
  • Restriction (Art. 18 GDPR): Right to restriction of processing.
  • Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Right to receive your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Objection (Art. 21 GDPR): Right to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

10. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The competent authority is:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW)
Kavalleriestraße 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
www.ldi.nrw.de

11. Withdrawal of Consent

If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke it at any time. To do so, delete the cookies in your browser or use the cookie banner settings. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

Last updated: March 2026