Privacy Policy

The responsible party in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Marius Claßen

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time under the provided contact details of our data protection officer:

Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Article 15 GDPR), correction of inaccurate personal data (Article 16 GDPR), deletion of your data stored with us (Article 17 GDPR), restriction of data processing, if we cannot delete your data due to legal obligations (Article 18 GDPR), objection to the processing of your data with us (Article 21 GDPR) and data portability, if you have consented to the data processing or have entered into a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, for example, the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the data controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at:

Contact form

Nature and purpose of processing:

The data you provided will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this, it is necessary to provide a valid email address and your name. This is used to associate the request and subsequently respond to it. The provision of additional data is optional.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is carried out on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we aim to facilitate an uncomplicated way for you to get in touch. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request as well as for any follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the processing of the data entered into the contact form is carried out for the purpose of taking pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipient:

The recipients of the data may be processors.

Storage duration:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

In the event that a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the HGB and will delete your data after the expiration of these periods.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, your email address, and the reason for the request.

Use of Google Analytics

Nature and purpose of processing:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide other services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

The purposes of data processing lie in evaluating the use of the website and compiling reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the internet, further related services are to be provided.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data is based on the user's consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a of the GDPR).

Recipient:

The recipient of the data is Google as the data processor. For this, we have concluded the corresponding data processing agreement with Google.

Storage duration:

The deletion of the data will occur as soon as it is no longer necessary for our recording purposes.

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. If you prevent access, this may lead to functionality restrictions on the website.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:

Withdrawal of consent:

Alternatively or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by <a title="Set Google Analytics Opt-Out Cookie" onClick="gaOptout();alert('Google Analytics has been disabled');" href="#">clicking this link</a>. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device, which will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

Profiling:

With the help of the tracking tool Google Analytics, the behavior of website visitors can be evaluated, and their interests can be analyzed. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

Use of Adobe Typekit

Nature and purpose of processing:

We use Adobe Typekit for the visual design of our website. Typekit is a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; hereinafter referred to as "Adobe"), which gives us access to a library of fonts. To embed the fonts we use, your browser must connect to a server from Adobe in the USA and download the font required for our website. Adobe thus receives the information that our website has been accessed from your IP address. For more information about Adobe Typekit, you can find it in the privacy notices of Adobe, which you can access here:

Legal basis:

The legal basis for integrating Adobe Typekit and the associated data transfer to Adobe is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient:

The invocation of script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the operator of the library. You can find information about the use of your data by Adobe Typekit Web Fonts at

Data usage

and in the privacy policy of Adobe Typekit: Typekit Privacy Policy

Storage duration:

We do not collect any personal data by embedding Adobe Typekit Web Fonts.

Third country transfer:

Adobe is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement, thereby providing a guarantee to comply with European data protection law.

Privacy Shield

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of personal data is neither required by law nor contractually binding. However, without the correct representation of the content from standard fonts, it cannot be made possible.

Embedded YouTube Videos

Nature and purpose of processing:

On some of our web pages, we embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This informs YouTube about which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behavior with you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.

When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.

For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information regarding your related rights and options for protecting your privacy.

Google-Richtlinien

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Privacy Shield

Legal basis:

The legal basis for integrating YouTube and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR).

Recipient:

The call to YouTube automatically triggers a connection to Google.

Storage duration and withdrawal of consent:

Those who have disabled the storage of cookies for the Google ad program will not have to deal with such cookies while watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you will need to block the storage of cookies in your browser.

Further information on data protection at "YouTube" can be found in the provider's privacy policy at:

Google Privacy Policy

Third country transfer:

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Privacy Shield

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. If you prevent access, this may lead to functionality restrictions on the website.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption methods that correspond to the current state of the art (e.g., SSL) over HTTPS.

Change of our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy to ensure it always meets current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., with the introduction of new services. For your subsequent visit, the new privacy policy will apply.

Questions for the Data Protection Officer

If you have questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

Data protection

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© Marius Claßen, 2025

Traveling from Potsdam/Berlin around the world.

© Marius Claßen, 2025

Traveling from Potsdam/Berlin around the world.