Privacy Policy

1. General Information

The protection of your personal data is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what data is collected when you visit this website and how it is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

3. Hosting

This website is hosted by IONOS SE, Germany.

When you visit this website, IONOS processes technical access data (such as IP address, date and time of access, browser information, and request data) in order to ensure the secure and reliable operation of the website.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and reliable operation of the website).

For the chatbot functionality, server-side API requests are handled via Vercel Inc., United States. In this context, technical request data may be processed to provide and operate the chatbot service.

4. Chatbot / Interactive Communication

This website offers an interactive chatbot feature.

When you enter messages into the chatbot, the content of your message is processed in order to generate a response. For this purpose, message content is transmitted to OpenAI (OpenAI, L.L.C., United States).

The data is processed solely to enable the chatbot conversation. No automated decision-making or profiling within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place.

OpenAI processes data based on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of data protection.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures).

5. Cookies and Tracking

This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"), to analyze website usage and improve user experience.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of this website, including:

• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referral sources (how you arrived at the website)
• Device and browser information
• General geographic location (country/city level, IP address is anonymized)

The data collected is processed by Google on servers in the United States. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures an adequate level of data protection.

IP anonymization is enabled, meaning your IP address is shortened before being sent to Google. This prevents the identification of individual users.

You can prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by:

• Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
• Adjusting your browser settings to reject cookies

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in analyzing website usage to improve the website and user experience).

For more information about Google Analytics and data protection, please visit: Google Privacy Policy and Google Analytics Privacy Policy.

6. Data Retention

Personal data is processed only for as long as necessary to fulfill the respective purpose or as required by applicable law.

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

8. Contact

If you have any questions regarding data protection or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

contact@hoffmann-nils.de