Privacy
Foreword
There is nothing more important than our privacy. That's why we encrypt all IP addresses
used in votes before we store them in the database. For law enforcement purposes,
we only store the IP address of the creator of a vote in plain text.
Because this is not the place to commit crimes, harass others or spread propaganda.
Please think twice before entering personal data in the title of the survey
or in the answer options, as you are responsible for this.
1. An overview of data protection
General
The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your
personal information when you visit our website. Personal
information is any data with which you could be personally
identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection
can be found in our privacy policy found below.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data collected on this website are processed by the website
operator. The operator's contact details can be found in the
website's required legal notice.
How do we collect your data?
Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for
example, be data you enter on a contact form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you
visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as
the browser and operating system you are using or when you
accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon
as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of
the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use
the site.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored
data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its
collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that
it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any
time using the address given in the legal notice if you have
further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection.
You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent
regulatory authorities.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of
your surfing behavior. This happens primarily using cookies and
analytics. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually
anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this
data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using
certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following
privacy policy.
You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about
how to exercise your options in this regard.
Do Not Track (DNT)
To respect the user's interest in "Do Not Track", we added various mechanisms to our website.
All analytics related requests are blocked if a user's browser sends the "Do Not Track" signal.
In addition, we do not send any request to ads related third parties in embedded content.
On our website, we delay all ad server requests until user consent is given for users where approval is required.
Our consent solution is provided by Quantcast Choice, which loads and displays a user-friendly overlay for each user where approval is required.
2. General information and mandatory information
Notice concerning the party responsible for this website
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Gregor Krambs Internet GmbH & Co. KG
Eppendorfer Baum 26
20249 Hamburg
Contact: Gregor Krambs
Eppendorfer Baum 26
20249 Hamburg
Contact: Gregor Krambs
Telephone: +49 40 36942520
Email: gregor@gregorkrambs.com
Email: gregor@gregorkrambs.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or
jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of
processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your
express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with
future effect. An informal email making this request is
sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may
still be legally processed.
Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the
person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory
authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters
related to data protection legislation is the data protection
officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered.
A list of data protection officers and their contact details can
be found at the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process based on your
consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to
yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable
format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another
responsible party, this will only be done to the extent
technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for
the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such
as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can
recognize an encrypted connection in your browser's address line
when it changes from "http://" to "https://" and the lock icon is
displayed in your browser's address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us
cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time
with information free of charge about any of your personal data
that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the
purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right
to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact
us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you
have further questions on the topic of personal data.
Opposition to promotional emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in
the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to
sending promotional and informational materials not expressly
requested. The website operator reserves the right to take
specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as
email spam, is received.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your
computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our
website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are
small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by
your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They
are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain
in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make
it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the
site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of
cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to
accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be
configured to automatically accept cookies under certain
conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete
cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the
functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or
to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping
cart) are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f of
DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the
storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of
technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze
your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated
separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information
that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log
files". These are:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO, which
allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for
measures preliminary to a contract.
Registration on this website
You can register on our website in order to access additional
functions offered here. The input data will only be used for the
purpose of using the respective site or service for which you have
registered. The mandatory information requested during
registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject
your registration.
To inform you about important changes such as those within the
scope of our site or technical changes, we will use the email
address specified during registration.
We will process the data provided during registration only based
on your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) DSGVO. You may revoke your
consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making
this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive
your request may still be legally processed.
We will continue to store the data collected during registration
for as long as you remain registered on our website. Statutory
retention periods remain unaffected.
Leaving comments on this website
If you use the comment function on this site, the time at which
you created the comment and your email address will be stored
along with your comment, as well as your username, unless you are
posting anonymously.
Storage of the IP address
Our comment function stores the IP addresses of those users who
post comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before
they go live, we need this information to be able to pursue action
for illegal or slanderous content.
Subscribing to the comment feed
As a user of this site, you can sign up to receive the comment
feed after registering. Your email address will be checked with a
confirmation email. You can unsubscribe from this function at any
time by clicking the link in the emails. The data provided when
you subscribed to the comments feed will then be deleted, but if
you have submitted this data to us for other purposes or elsewhere
(such as subscribing to a newsletter), it will be retained.
How long comments are stored
The comments and the associated data (e.g. IP address) are stored
and remain on our website until the content commented upon has
been completely deleted or the comments are required to be removed
for legal reasons (slander, etc.).
Legal basis
The comments are stored based on your consent per Art. 6 (1) (a)
DSGVO. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect.
An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data
processed before we receive your request may still be legally
processed.
4. Social media
Share content via plugins (Reddit, Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter,
etc.)
The content on our pages can be shared on other social networks
like Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit. This page uses a self written
tool with custom sharing buttons. This tool establishes direct
contact between the networks and users only after users click on
one of these buttons.
This tool does not automatically transfer user data to the
operators of these platforms. If users are logged into one or more
of the social networks, the Like, and Share buttons for Facebook,
Twitter, etc. will display an information window in which the user
can edit the text before it is sent.
Our users can share the content of this page on social networks
without their providers creating profiles of users' surfing
behavior.
5. Analytics and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is
operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View,
CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files
that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the
use of the website by you. 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.
Google Analytics cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user
behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website.
Your IP address will be shortened by Google within the European
Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in
exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server
in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on
behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the
website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide
other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for
the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser
as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data
held by Google.
Browser plugin
You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the
appropriate settings in your browser. However, we wish to point
out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full
functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data
generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP
address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these
data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin
available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by
clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to
prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this
site:
Disable Google Analytics.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data,
see Google's privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
Outsourced data processing
We have entered into an agreement with Google for the outsourcing
of our data processing and fully implement the strict requirements
of the German data protection authorities when using Google
Analytics.
Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for including
advertisements from Google Inc. ("Google"). It is operated by
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043,
USA.
Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", which are text files
stored in your computer that enable an analysis of the way you use
the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons
(invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such
as the visitor traffic on these pages can be evaluated.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons relating to
your use of this website (including your IP address), and delivery
of advertising formats, is transmitted to a Google server in the
US and stored there. This information can be passed on from Google
to contracting parties of Google. However, Google will not merge
your IP address with other data you have stored.
AdSense cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. The
website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user
behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your
browser software accordingly. Please be aware that in this case,
you may not be able to make full use of all the features of this
website. By using this website, you agree to the processing of
data relating to you and collected by Google as described and for
the purposes set out above.
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
Under CCPA, Californian residents have the right to declare their preferences on the sale of data for advertising and marketing purposes.
You can always review your consent by clicking the "privacy" overlay in the bottom right corner of the page where it applies.
6. Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by
Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave.,
San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a
connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube
server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to
associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal
profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube
account.
YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This
constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the
data protection declaration of YouTube under
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts
provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the
required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and
fonts correctly.
For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection
to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was
accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done
in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our
website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6
(1) (f) DSGVO.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is
used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
and in Google's privacy policy at
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.