# What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
## Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and user-agent string (used to identify the browser) to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using the service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
## Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos containing embedded EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to this website may be able to download the photos and extract location information from them.
## Contact Forms
## Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so that you do not have to enter your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and display options. Login cookies last for two days, and display-option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me” when logging in, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you have just edited. It expires after one day.
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on a user’s computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that enables unique identification of the browser when the website is visited again.
We use cookies to make our services more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize your browser after you move from one page to another and provide you with services. Some functions of our website cannot be provided without the use of cookies. These functions require the browser to be recognized even after navigating to another page.
In addition, we use cookies on our website to analyze the browsing behavior of our visitors.
We also use cookies to recognize website visitors on other websites later and show them targeted, interest-based advertising.
The processing is based on Section 15 (3) TMG and Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the purposes described above.
The data collected from you in this manner is pseudonymized through technical measures. It is therefore no longer possible to associate the data with you personally. The data is not stored together with other personal data relating to you.
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
Cookies are stored on your computer. Therefore, you have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can prevent cookies from being stored and prevent the transmission of the data they contain. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, please note that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can find information on how to manage cookies in the most common browsers (including how to disable them) at the following links:
* Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
* Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
* Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
* Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
## Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this website may contain embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, etc. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
## Who We Share Your Data With
### Use of YouTube
We use the YouTube video embedding function provided by YouTube LLC (901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA; “YouTube”) on our website.
YouTube is a subsidiary of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
This function displays videos hosted on YouTube in an iframe on our website. The “Enhanced Privacy Mode” option is enabled. This means that YouTube does not store information about visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is information transmitted to YouTube and stored there.
For more information about the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, your related rights, and how your privacy is protected, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy: https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy
## Analytics Services
### Use of Google Analytics
We use the web analytics service Google Analytics provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on our website.
The data processing serves the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors. For this purpose, Google uses the information collected on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data held by Google.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
IP anonymization is enabled on this website. This means that Google truncates your IP address beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. An adequacy decision by the European Commission is available for data transfers to the USA.
The processing is based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in designing the website according to users’ needs and in a targeted manner.
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
You can prevent cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software. However, please note that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), as well as from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you can set an opt-out cookie. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. You must activate the opt-out on all systems and devices you use for this to work comprehensively.
Click here to disable Google Analytics.
For more information about the terms of use and privacy, please visit:
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
or:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/
## Use of Facebook Remarketing
We use the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function provided by Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; “Facebook”) on our website.
This function is used to target website visitors with interest-based advertising on the Facebook social network.
For this purpose, Facebook’s remarketing tag has been implemented on the website. When you visit the website, this tag establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. This allows Facebook’s server to receive information about which of our pages you have visited.
Facebook associates this information with your personal Facebook user account. When you visit the Facebook social network, you may then be shown personalized, interest-based Facebook advertisements.
The processing is based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in the purpose described above.
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.
You can disable the “Custom Audiences” remarketing function here.
For more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook, your related rights, and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
## Use of Wistia Video Hosting
We use the video embedding function provided by Wistia Inc., 17 Tudor Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA (“Wistia”) on our website.
This function displays videos hosted by Wistia in an iframe on our website. When a webpage containing an embedded video is accessed, information about the visit is transmitted to Wistia and stored there.
For more information about the collection and use of data by Wistia, your related rights, and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Wistia’s privacy policy:
https://wistia.com/privacy
## Use of Email Addresses for Sending Newsletters
We use your email address, independently of the contractual relationship, exclusively for our own advertising purposes to send newsletters, provided that you have expressly consented to this use.
The processing is based on Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of your consent before the withdrawal.
You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the corresponding link in the newsletter or by notifying us directly. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.
Your data may be transferred to an email marketing service provider as part of data processing on our behalf. No transfer to other third parties will take place.
Your data may be transferred to a third country for which an adequacy decision by the European Commission is available.
## How Long We Store Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, modify, or delete their personal information at any time (the username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and modify this information.
## What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you can request an export of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
You can also request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
## Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
## Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
Under Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.