This is an English translation provided for your convenience. In case of any discrepancy, the German version is legally binding.
Protecting your personal data matters to me. Below I’ll explain which data is collected when you visit my website, how it’s used and what rights you have.
1. Controller
The party responsible for data processing on this website is stated in the legal notice.
2. Your data is processed on the following legal bases:
- Contact form (via Formspree) and email: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (handling your request).
- Hosting and server log data (Netlify): Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in operating and securing the website).
- Seline Analytics: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (analysis to improve my offering).
- External services (YouTube, Ko-fi): Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG (consent by clicking “Load video” or the Ko-fi button).
3. Collection and processing of data
When you visit my website, no personal data is stored without your active input, except:
- Information you voluntarily provide in the contact form or send me by email (email address & message).
- Standard log data recorded by my hosting provider Netlify when the website is accessed (e.g. IP address, browser type, time), see section 6.5.
- Note: The log data is used solely for technical purposes (delivering the pages, security, error analysis).
4. Use of the data
- The data from the contact form or from your email is used solely to handle your request.
- The log data is only used to ensure operation and for troubleshooting.
- The anonymized usage data collected by Seline Analytics is used solely to analyze visitor behavior and improve my offering. It cannot be traced back to individual people.
5. Disclosure to third parties
Personal data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so. The exception is the services listed under section 6 that I use to run the website. In particular, this includes my hosting provider Netlify, which delivers the pages (see section 6.5), and the “Formspree” service, which sends the contact form (see section 6.4).
Anonymized usage data is transmitted to the “Seline Analytics” service for analysis. This service doesn’t process any personal data and works entirely without cookies. You’ll find more information under section 6.3.
6. External services
This website uses external services:
6.1 YouTube
On some pages I embed videos from the YouTube platform. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The videos are embedded using a two-click solution: when you open a page, you first only see a placeholder with a preview image. This preview image is stored on my own server, so simply opening the page doesn’t establish a connection to YouTube and no data is transmitted to YouTube.
Only when you click “Load video” is the YouTube player loaded in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). This establishes a connection to YouTube’s servers and transmits data, in particular your IP address, information about your browser and the address of the page you’re on. YouTube may also store or read information in your browser during playback. If you’re logged in to YouTube or Google at the same time, YouTube can link the request to your account. A transfer of data to the USA cannot be ruled out. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for which there is an adequacy decision by the EU Commission (Art. 45 GDPR).
The legal basis for loading the videos is your consent, which you give by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG).
If you tick “Always load YouTube videos from now on” when loading a video, I store this decision in your browser’s local storage (localStorage, entry “yt-consent”). YouTube videos on this site will then load in future without another click. This entry is not transmitted to me. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by using the following button or by deleting the website data in your browser:
You’ll find more information in the provider’s privacy policy:
6.2 Ko-fi
This website gives you the option of supporting me voluntarily via Ko-fi. The Ko-fi button and its image are stored on my own server. Simply opening a page doesn’t establish a connection to Ko-fi, and no data is transmitted to Ko-fi.
Only when you click the button does a window open in which the Ko-fi page is loaded. This establishes a connection to Ko-fi’s servers and transmits data, in particular your IP address, technical data about your browser and the address of the page you’re on. Ko-fi and the payment services embedded there (e.g. PayPal or Stripe) may set cookies or store information in your browser. If you complete a payment, Ko-fi also processes your payment and contact data. A transfer of data to the USA cannot be ruled out.
The legal basis for loading the Ko-fi page is your consent, which you give by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, Section 25(1) TDDDG). For processing a payment you have initiated, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR applies.
You’ll find more information about data processing by Ko-fi in the provider’s privacy policy:
https://more.ko-fi.com/privacy
6.3 Seline Analytics
I use the privacy-friendly analytics service “Seline Analytics”. It works entirely without cookies and doesn’t process any personal data. IP addresses are anonymized before any processing and are not stored.
Only aggregated and anonymized usage data is collected (e.g. pages visited, referrer, device type, browser information). It cannot be traced back to individual people.
The processing is based on my legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in analyzing the use of my website and improving my offering.
The data is stored for 12 months and then deleted.
Since no personal data is processed and no cookies are set, no consent is required.
You’ll find more information here:
- Privacy Policy: https://seline.com/privacy
- GDPR information: https://seline.com/gdpr
6.4 Formspree
The contact form is sent via the “Formspree” service of Formspree, Inc. (USA). When you submit the form, your details (email address and message) and technical data such as your IP address are transmitted to Formspree’s servers, stored there and forwarded to me. This involves a transfer of data to the USA.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (handling your request).
If you don’t want your data to be transmitted via Formspree, you can email me directly instead. You’ll find the address in the legal notice.
You’ll find more information in the provider’s privacy policy:
6.5 Hosting (Netlify)
This website is hosted by Netlify. The provider is Netlify, Inc., 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.
When you visit the website, Netlify processes the technically necessary data, in particular your IP address, information about your browser and the date and time of access, in order to deliver the pages and to ensure the operation and security of the website. Netlify processes this data on my behalf on the basis of a data processing agreement (Art. 28 GDPR).
This involves a transfer of data to the USA. Netlify, Inc. is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for which there is an adequacy decision by the EU Commission (Art. 45 GDPR).
The legal basis is my legitimate interest in providing the website securely and reliably (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
You’ll find more information in the provider’s privacy policy:
7. Cookies
No cookies or tracking tools are used for advertising purposes. Technically necessary cookies (e.g. session cookies) may be used for the website to function. These are deleted at the end of the session.
8. Your rights
You have the following rights:
- Access to the data I store about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Erasure or restriction of processing (Art. 17, 18 GDPR)
- Objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Withdrawal of your consent at any time (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
To exercise your rights, please contact me via the contact form or by email to the address given in the legal notice.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority: State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg (Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg) https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de
9. Storage
Personal data from the contact form or from emails is only stored for as long as necessary to handle the request. After that it is deleted. Server log data is processed and stored by my hosting provider Netlify insofar as this is necessary to deliver the pages and ensure operation (see section 6.5).
10. Changes to this privacy policy
I reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy in the event of changes to the website or legal requirements.