Privacy Policy

Data controller

General notes on data processing

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Below we inform you about the collection and processing of personal data when you use our website, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (e.g. name, email address, IP address).

Hosting (Vercel)

This website is hosted on servers operated by Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, USA. Vercel processes technically necessary data (IP address, browser type, timestamp) in the course of providing the hosting service.

The transfer to the USA takes place on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) in accordance with Art. 46 (2) (c) GDPR. Further information can be found in the Vercel privacy policy.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in operating the website).

Fonts (self-hosted)

This website uses the typefaces Montserrat and DM Sans, served locally from our own server. No connection is made to Google servers or other external font providers. No personal data is transferred to third parties.

Contact by email or phone

If you contact us by email or phone, your details (name, email address, phone number, message) are stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for any follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest).

Cookies & analytics

This website does not use tracking cookies and does not deploy any analytics tool such as Google Analytics.

To measure anonymous page views we use Vercel Web Analytics (provider: Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, USA). This tool is designed to be privacy-friendly: no cookies are set, no IP addresses are stored, and no personal data is collected. The data captured (page views, approximate region, device category) is fully aggregated and anonymised.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in optimising the website). No consent is required because no personal data is processed. Further information: Vercel Analytics privacy.

Your rights as a data subject

Under the GDPR you have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the data controller:

• Access (Art. 15 GDPR), to know what data we hold about you
• Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), to correct inaccurate data
• Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), to have your data deleted
• Restriction (Art. 18 GDPR), to limit processing
• Portability (Art. 20 GDPR), to receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection (Art. 21 GDPR), to object to processing based on legitimate interests

To exercise your rights, please contact: pdm-media@outlook.de

Right to lodge a complaint

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