This data privacy statement informs users of „mmaunfolded.com“ about the type, scope and purpose of the elicitation and usage of personal data. This data privacy statement is based on the German data protection act (BDSG-neu), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Teleservices Act (TMG).
1. General remarks
The operator of this website upholds the commitments of the data protection law and respects the privacy of the visitors.
All captured data is protected in a highly sophisticated manner with the best of our knowledge.
No personal data is forwarded to a third party.
While using this website no data is sent to third party servers. If the transfer of personal data is necessary in an isolated case, the users will be informed before any transfer takes place (commonly called „Opt-In“). This ensures, that IP addresses of the users are best possibly protected from third parties.
2. Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, the website is encrypted according to the current state of the art (so called „TLS or SSL encryption“). The content retrieved and transmitted by the user cannot be viewed or manipulated by third parties.
An (accidental) use of the website without encryption is not possible. This ensures the best possible security and confidentiality for users.
3. Personal data
Personal data is any kind of information, that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. For example this can be an address, e-mail address, phone number or IP address.
The operator only collects personal informations, if it is necessary for the operation of this website, if it is allowed by law and if the user approves to it.
4. Contacting
Visitors may use the methods documented on the contact page to contact the operator. Any contact requests and resulting communications including personal data are stored by the operator in order to process the request and for the case of possible follow-up questions. Any resolved contact request including personal data and follow-up communications is removed automatically after eight weeks.
The operator reserves the right to keep contact requests and follow-up communication, if there are concrete indications or eligible suspicions of illegitimate usage until the issue is resolved.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1a & 1f GDPR, since it is in the interest of the operator to answer the contact inquiries of its customers and to ensure the non-disruptive operation of the web offer.
5. Server logfiles
Any request to this website is recorded into logfiles (commonly called „Server logfiles“). The recorded data contains:
- the visitor’s IP address
- identification of the web browser (commonly called „User-Agent“)
- point in time of the request
- address of the requested page
- amount of tranferred data
- notification about the success of the request
The operator uses these logfiles for detection and elimination of possible malfunctions (especially for protection against Spam and DOS attacks). The operator reserves the right to review the logfiles afterwards, if there are concrete indications or eligible suspicions of illegitimate usage.
The server logfiles are automatically removed after seven days.
The proper and error-free operation of this website is an essential interest of the operator. The legal basis for data processing is therefore justified with Art. 6 Para. 1f GDPR.
6. Cookies
A so called „cookie“ is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the users computer by the web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information or to record the user’s browsing activity.
Anonymous usage of this website does not require any cookies. Only an optional cookie is used for anonymous statistical evaluation (see „7. Usage statistics“).
Most modern browsers support cookies and allow the user to disable them:
- Disable cookies in „Chrome“
- Disable cookies in „Firefox“
- Disable cookies in „Edge“
- Disable cookies in „Opera“
- Disable cookies in „Safari“
The operator uses cookies for proper and flawless provisioning of this website. The legal basis for processing is therefore justified with Art. 6 Para. 1f GDPR.
7. Usage statistics
This website uses the software „Matomo“ (formerly known as „Piwik“) in order to keep track of visitors. This allows the operator to optimize the website and discover possible problems. The IP address is stored anonymously. This means, that no personal data of the visitors is tracked.
„Matomo“ makes use of so called „cookies“ – a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the users computer by the web browser while the user is browsing. Any information, that is gathered by the tracking cookie is saved on our servers in Germany and is not passed to a third party.
Users may disable tracking in one of the following ways:
If the user enables the „Do not track“ feature of his web browser, no statistical data is gathered.
An opt-out cookie may be set in order to disable gathering of statistical data.
On this page visitors can find further information about their current state of tracking and a form to disable / enable tracking by setting an opt-out cookie.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1f GDPR, since it is a legitimate interest of the operator to align and constantly improve the website to the needs of the customers.
8. YouTube videos
Some pages of this website might contain videos, that are embedded from the video platform YouTube (belonging to Google Ireland Limited, located at Dublin, Ireland). To indicate these videos, the text „Watch on YouTube“ is shown within the videos preview image.
After clicking on the video the YouTube servers are connected in order to start video playback. In the process of video playback the IP address of the user and the originating page of this website is sent to the YouTube servers.
Further information about the scope and usage of personal data can be found in YouTubes privacy policy.
The integration of YouTube videos significantly improves the quality of the web offer and is therefore of essential interest for the operator. The third-party provider only receives personal data after explicit consent of the user to play the YouTube video. Art. 6 Para. 1a & 1f GDPR is therefore considered the legal basis for data acquisition.
9. Legal instructions
Each visitor may excercise the following rights related to the storage of his personal data at this website:
information about the processing of your personal data;
obtain access to the personal data held about you;
ask for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete personal data to be corrected;
request that personal data to be erased when it’s no longer needed or if processing is unlawful;
object to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes or on grounds relating to your particular situation;
request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in specific cases;
receive your personal data in a machine-readable format and send it to another controller („data portability“)
Due to the lack of appropriate standards for a data transfer, the operator can’t meet the requirements of an easy data portability in a cost-neutral way. For a tolling fee the operator will provide the requested information in a machine readable format. But the operator can’t fully guarantee the further applicability of the provided files by another vendor.
This website does not make use of automated processing (profiling). Therefore these requirements do not apply to the operator.
9.1. Responsible regulation authority
In case of a privacy related violation, the user has a right of appeal at the regulation authority for data privacy. The responsible authority is the Berlin officer for privacy and freedom of information.
10. Contact person
For any questions or requests about storage and processing of personal data you can contact the operator of this website:
Clemens Werner
Berliner Straße 30
10715 Berlin
info@mmaunfolded.com
last update: 11.11.2022