Privacy Policy

1. Controller (Verantwortlicher)

Axel Gercke, Tillystraße 40, 90431 Nürnberg, Germany. Contact: via the contact form; see also the legal notice.

2. Hosting and server log files

This website is operated on a virtual server. When you visit it, the web server automatically processes technical data (IP address, date and time, requested page, browser and operating system information, referrer) so that the pages can be delivered and operated securely. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a stable and secure website). Log data is deleted after a short period. The fonts used are served from this website itself; no data is sent to font providers.

3. Contact form

If you use the contact form, your name, email address and message are used to answer your enquiry. The message is sent by email via the service provider Brevo (Sendinblue GmbH / Brevo, Paris, France) and is not stored on this website. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and, for pre-contractual enquiries, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Data is deleted once your enquiry has been dealt with, unless statutory retention duties apply. To protect against abuse, your IP address is briefly held in memory to limit the number of submissions.

4. Newsletter

If you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is stored with Brevo (see above) after you have confirmed your subscription via a link in a confirmation email (double opt-in). Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every newsletter; your data is then deleted from the mailing list. Brevo may process data in third countries; the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

5. Google Maps

The map on the contact page is only loaded after you click “Load map”. Before that, no data is sent to Google. Once loaded, Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC receives your IP address and usage data and may set cookies. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). See Google’s privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.

6. Cookies and protected area

This website does not use tracking or advertising cookies and no analytics. Only if you log in to the password-protected page, a technically necessary session cookie is set to keep you logged in (§ 25(2) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). It expires automatically.

7. External links (Instagram)

The link to Instagram is a plain link. Data is only transferred to Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. once you click it and visit Instagram; its own privacy policy then applies.

8. Your rights

You have the right to access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object (Art. 21) under the GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g. the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA), Ansbach.