Privacy & Cookies

1. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:

Frank Schulz
Krombachweg 11
50767 Cologne
Germany
Email: info@nistkasten-lindweiler.de

2. Hosting and Server Logs

This website is hosted by dogado GmbH, Antonio-Segni-Straße 11, 44263 Dortmund, Germany. When you access the website, technically necessary connection and log data are processed. This may include, in particular, your IP address, the time of access, the URL requested, referrer information, and browser and device information.

The processing is carried out for the secure and reliable provision of the website on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest lies in the secure and trouble-free operation of this private online service.

3. Encrypted Transmission

This website uses TLS encryption. This protects data transmitted between your browser and the web server against unauthorised access while it is being transferred.

4. Cookies and Consent Management with CookieYes

CookieYes is used to manage consent. The provider is CookieYes Limited, 3 Warren Yard, Warren Park, Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes, MK12 5NW, United Kingdom.

CookieYes stores the privacy settings you select in a technically necessary cookie. Non-essential services and cookies are only loaded after you have given consent for the relevant category. You can change or withdraw consent at any time via the website's privacy settings with effect for the future.

Consent logging is enabled on this website. To document your selection, CookieYes records, in particular, a consent ID, date and time, consent status, the status of the individual categories, and a pseudonymised IP address. Under the Free plan currently in use, consent logs can be searched and viewed in the CookieYes dashboard for one month; exporting consent-log data is possible for up to one year. The technically necessary storage on your device is carried out in accordance with Section 25(2) TDDDG; processing for consent management and for documenting consent is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

An adequacy decision by the European Commission applies to transfers of personal data to the United Kingdom. Further information can be found in the CookieYes Privacy Policy.

5. Contact Form and Email

If you contact me via the contact form or by email, the information you provide is processed in order to respond to your enquiry. This includes, in particular, your name, email address, subject and message text, as well as technical data required for transmission.

An invisible honeypot field is used to protect the contact form against automated spam. No external CAPTCHA service is integrated.

The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in handling incoming enquiries. Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for processing the enquiry and provided that no statutory retention obligations apply.

6. Comments and Spam Protection with Akismet

If you use a comment function, the data you enter as well as technically necessary metadata are processed. This may include, in particular, your name, email address, comment text, time of submission, IP address, browser information and referrer.

Akismet, a service provided by Automattic, is used to protect against comment spam. Data required for spam checking may be transmitted to and processed by Automattic. The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; my legitimate interest lies in protecting the website against spam and abusive content.

According to Akismet, spam-related data is generally stored only for short periods; standard contractual clauses are used, among other safeguards, for transfers to third countries. Further information can be found in the Akismet Privacy Policy.

7. YouTube and External Media

Live streams and other YouTube content are embedded on individual pages. The provider for users in the European Economic Area is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Google LLC in the United States may also be involved in certain processing activities.

YouTube content on this website is loaded only after you have consented to the “External Media” category. Before you give consent, no connection to the YouTube player is established.

Once enabled, the data processed may include, in particular, your IP address, browser and device information, information about the page you are visiting, as well as cookies and comparable storage technologies. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG. You can withdraw consent at any time via the privacy settings.

Processing in the United States is possible. According to its own statements, Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Further information can be found in the Google Privacy Policy.

8. Live Streaming via livespotting

Individual live streams are provided using the service of livespotting GmbH, Ackerstrasse 9, CH-8110 Bülach, Switzerland.

Livespotting content on this website is loaded only after you have consented to the “External Media” category. Before you give consent, no connection to livespotting's servers is established.

Once enabled, the delivery of the stream involves transmission of, in particular, your IP address, browser and connection information, the address of the referring page, as well as player and stream identifiers to livespotting's player and streaming infrastructure. According to livespotting, IP addresses are anonymised in upstream systems and on the streaming servers; internal technical monitoring data is stored for no more than seven days.

The legal basis for loading the external player on this website is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time via the privacy settings. Further information can be found in the livespotting Privacy Policy.

9. Live Chat with Rocket.Chat

The live chat offered on this website is based on Rocket.Chat software and is loaded only after a deliberate action by the user. The chat is provided under a separate subdomain of this website.

When the chat is opened or used, data required for technical operation and communication is processed. This may include, in particular, your IP address, browser information, a chosen username and publicly sent chat messages. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; the legitimate interest lies in providing a communication option that users may choose to use voluntarily.

10. PayPal

On the support page, you have the option of switching to PayPal via a QR code or payment button and making a voluntary payment there. The provider is PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.

Simply opening the support page does not establish a connection to PayPal. You are redirected to PayPal only when you actively use the PayPal function. PayPal is independently responsible for the subsequent processing of data there.

11. Audience Measurement and Statistics

Koko Analytics is used on this website for statistical audience measurement. Koko Analytics runs locally on this WordPress installation; analytics data is not transferred to an external analytics provider. It is configured to use its cookieless tracking method, so Koko Analytics does not set analytics cookies on your device.

The data collected includes, in particular, page views, the pages or posts viewed, and referrer information. To distinguish returning visitors within a single day, a pseudonymous identifier is generated on the server from a daily-changing random value, browser information and the IP address. The IP address itself is not stored as an analytics value; the session data used for this daily identifier is renewed each day.

The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest lies in understanding the use of this private online service in aggregated form and in improving its technical operation and content.

12. Storage Period

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose or for as long as statutory retention obligations apply. Once the purpose of processing no longer applies and there is no legal obligation to continue storing the data, it is deleted.

13. Your Rights

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have, in particular, the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability. You may also object to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation where the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

You can withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

14. Last Updated

Last updated: 24 October 2026. This privacy policy will be amended if the services used or the applicable legal framework changes.