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Legal Notice & Privacy |
Legal Notice
Information pursuant to § 5 of the German Digital Services Act (DDG)
Erik Seidel Freelance Author & Journalist Schloßstraße 128 D-12163 Berlin Germany
Contact
Phone: +49 (0) 30 797 09 299 Fax: +49 (0) 30 797 09 298 E-Mail: hallo [a] seigraph.de
Person Responsible for Editorial Content pursuant to § 18 Abs. 2 of the German Interstate Media Treaty (MStV)
Erik Seidel, Schloßstraße 128, D-12163 Berlin, Germany
Dispute Resolution
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR): https://europa.eu
My e-mail address can be found above in the legal notice.
I am neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
Disclaimer
Liability for Content
As a service provider, I am responsible for my own content on these pages in accordance with general laws pursuant to § 7 Abs. 1 DDG. However, pursuant to §§ 8 to 10 DDG, as a service provider I am not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general laws remain unaffected by this. Liability in this regard is, however, only possible from the time of knowledge of a concrete infringement. Upon becoming aware of corresponding legal violations, I will remove this content immediately.
Liability for Links
My website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content I have no influence. Therefore, I cannot assume any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is unreasonable without concrete evidence of a legal violation. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, I will remove such links immediately.
Copyright
The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. The duplication, editing, distribution, and any kind of utilization outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this page was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, I will remove such content immediately.
Are you interested in using texts and/or images from my website? Please contact me and we will find a basis for your use case.
What is important to me
SeiGraph media has no relationship with companies for which personal experiences have been or will be reflected on seigraph.de.
Furthermore, there are no business or personal relationships with owners / managing directors of the designated companies or any of their competitors.
All reviews and assessments are based purely on personal experiences and one's own opinion of the respective restaurant, hotel, etc. Remuneration for writing personal reviews on seigraph.de is excluded, because only in this way can I express my opinion independently.
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy clarifies the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") within my online offer and its connected websites, functions, and content, as well as external online presences, such as my social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as "online offer"). With regard to the terminology used, such as "processing" or "controller", I refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Controller
Erik Seidel Freelance Author & Journalist Schloßstraße 128 D-12163 Berlin Germany
E-Mail: hallo [a] seigraph.de
Link to Legal Notice & Privacy Policy: https://seigraph.de
Types of Processed Data:
- Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses). - Contact data (e.g., e-mail, phone numbers). - Content data (e.g., text inputs, photographs, videos). - Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times). - Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
Categories of Data Subjects
Visitors and users of the online offer (hereinafter collectively referred to as "users").
Purpose of Processing
- Providing the online offer, its functions, and content. - Responding to contact requests and communicating with users. - Security measures. - Reach measurement/marketing.
Terminology Used
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
"Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers practically any handling of data.
"Pseudonymisation" means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
"Profiling" means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
As "Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
"Processor" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Relevant Legal Bases
In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, I inform you of the legal bases of my data processing operations. If the legal basis is not explicitly stated in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill my services and carry out contractual measures as well as respond to inquiries is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill my legal obligations is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to protect my legitimate interests is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
Security Measures
I take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access, input, disclosure, ensuring availability and its separation. Furthermore, I have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, deletion of data, and response to data threats. Furthermore, I consider the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Art. 25 GDPR).
Cooperation with Processors and Third Parties
If, within the scope of my processing, I disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transmit it to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this is only done on the basis of a statutory permission (e.g., if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required for the performance of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b GDPR), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this, or on the basis of my legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosters, etc.).
If I commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called "Data Processing Agreement", this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR.
Transfers to Third Countries
If I process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs within the scope of using the services of third parties or disclosure or transmission of data to third parties, this only takes place if it is done to fulfill my (pre-)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, due to a legal obligation, or on the basis of my legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, I process or let the data be processed in a third country only if the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means that the processing takes place, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level corresponding to the EU (e.g., for the USA through the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework") or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called "Standard Contractual Clauses").
Rights of Data Subjects
You have the right to demand confirmation as to whether relevant data is being processed, and to receive information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.
According to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to demand the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand that relevant data be deleted immediately, or alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand a restriction of the processing of the data.
You have the right to demand to receive the data concerning you, which you have provided to me, in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and to demand its transmission to other controllers.
Furthermore, pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Right of Withdrawal
You have the right to withdraw consents granted pursuant to Art. 7 Abs. 3 GDPR with effect for the future.
Right to Object
You can object to the future processing of the data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. The objection can be made, in particular, against processing for direct marketing purposes.
Cookies and Right to Object to Direct Marketing
Cookies are small files stored on users' computers (distinguished into temporary session cookies and permanent/persistent cookies, as well as first-party and third-party cookies). The storage and retrieval of information on the end-user devices are based on explicit consent pursuant to § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG or, for strictly necessary cookies, on the statutory exceptions of § 25 Abs. 2 TDDDG. A general objection to tracking cookies is possible via https://aboutads.info or https://youronlinechoices.com. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in your browser settings. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this online offer may be usable.
Erasure of Data
The data processed by me will be deleted or its processing restricted in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless explicitly stated within this privacy policy, the data stored by me will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and there are no statutory retention obligations to prevent this. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons.
According to statutory requirements in Germany, retention occurs, in particular, for 10 years pursuant to §§ 147 Abs. 1 AO, 257 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 and 4, Abs. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years pursuant to § 257 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 and 3, Abs. 4 HGB (commercial letters).
According to statutory requirements in Austria, retention occurs, in particular, for 7 years pursuant to § 132 Abs. 1 BAO (accounting documents, vouchers/invoices, accounts, vouchers, business papers, statement of income and expenses, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate and for 10 years for documents in connection with electronically supplied services, telecommunications, broadcasting and television services provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.
Comments and Contributions
If users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses may be stored for 7 days based on my legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f. GDPR. This is done for my safety, in case someone leaves illegal content in comments and contributions (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case, I could be prosecuted for the comment or contribution myself and am therefore interested in the identity of the author.
Furthermore, I reserve the right, based on my legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f. GDPR, to process the users' details for the purpose of spam detection.
The data provided within the scope of comments and contributions will be stored by me permanently until the user objects.
Hosting
The hosting services utilized by me serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services, and technical maintenance services used for the purpose of operating this online offer.
I or my hosting provider collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) based on my legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f. GDPR. The access data includes the name of the retrieved website, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider.
Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate abuse or fraud) for a maximum duration of 7 days and is then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from erasure until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
Based on your explicit consent (pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a. GDPR in conjunction with § 25 Abs. 1 TDDDG), I use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by users is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), thereby offering a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law. The data transfer is additionally secured by Standard Contractual Clauses.
Google will use this information on my behalf to evaluate the use of my online offer by users, to compile reports on the activities within this online offer, and to provide further services to me associated with the use of this online offer and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data in the process.
I only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that the user's IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to 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.
The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: google.com.
Further information on data usage by Google, setting and objection options can be found in the Google privacy policy (google.com) as well as in the settings for the presentation of advertisements by Google (google.com).
Personal data of users will be deleted or anonymized after 14 months.
I use "session cookies" from VG Wort, Munich, to measure accesses to texts in order to record the copy probability. The use of these cookies is based on statutory exceptions pursuant to § 25 Abs. 2 No. 2 TDDDG, as they are strictly necessary to secure the statutory remuneration claims of authors and publishers in accordance with § 53 UrhG. These measurements are carried out by INFOnline GmbH according to the Scalable Central Measurement Method (SZM). They help to determine the copy probability of individual texts for the remuneration of statutory claims of authors and publishers. I do not collect any personal data via cookies.
I maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with active customers, interested parties, and users there, and to inform them about my services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.
Unless otherwise stated within this privacy policy, I process the data of users if they communicate with me within the social networks and platforms, e.g., write posts on my online presences or send me messages.
The fonts ("Google Fonts") are installed locally on my own server. When my website is accessed, no data is transmitted to Google servers and no external connection is established.
Privacy Policy: google.com
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