Legal

Imprint

Information pursuant to § 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act).

Provider

Jochen Meyer
Altenburg 1
96049 Bamberg
Germany
Email: jochen@okay.cool

Responsible for the content pursuant to § 18 (2) MStV

Jochen Meyer, Altenburg 1, 96049 Bamberg, Germany.

This website is a private, non-commercial project documenting the Altenburg near Bamberg in encyclopaedic form.

Research, texts, images & technical implementation: Jochen Meyer
Website design and art direction: Anna Chechetka

Liability notice

The contents of this site have been created with care. However, no guarantee can be given for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information. As service provider we are responsible for our own content on these pages according to § 7 (1) DDG and the general laws. Pursuant to §§ 8 to 10 DDG, however, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances indicating illegal activity.

This website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. No liability can be assumed for such external content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their content. If we become aware of any legal infringements, such links will be removed immediately.

Copyright

Content and works created by the provider on this website are subject to German copyright law. Photographs, drawings and texts by the provider may not be reproduced or used commercially without prior consent. Images from historical sources embedded on this site are either in the public domain or published under a free licence (including Creative Commons); the respective attribution is provided in the image caption or in the associated source entry.

Privacy policy

Principles and no cookie banner

This website is static and uses no tracking cookies. We deliberately do not use a cookie banner because we do not set any consent-requiring cookies or trackers under § 25 TTDSG (German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act). The legal basis for the processing described below is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in consistent presentation, security and reach measurement) or, for the newsletter, Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (consent).

Controller under GDPR

Jochen Meyer, Altenburg 1, 96049 Bamberg, Germany.
Email: jochen@okay.cool.

A data protection officer is not required by law and has therefore not been appointed.

Hosting and server logs

The website is hosted on a server of Hetzner Online GmbH (Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, location Nuremberg, Germany). On every page request the web server (Caddy) writes technically necessary access data to a log:

  • IP address of the requesting device
  • date and time of the request
  • requested URL, HTTP status code and volume of data transferred
  • referrer (the previously visited page, if transmitted)
  • user agent (browser and operating system identifier)

Purpose: technical operation, defence against attacks, error analysis.
Legal basis: Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in secure and functional operation).
Retention: maximum 14 days, then automatic rotation and deletion.
A data processing agreement under Article 28 GDPR is in place with Hetzner.

Reach measurement (Umami)

For anonymous, cookie-free reach measurement we use Umami, an open-source analytics software self-hosted on the same server in Germany. No personal profiles are created and the Umami statistics are not passed to third parties; IP addresses are used only in anonymised form for counting and are not stored. No cookies are set.

Legal basis: Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in reach measurement).
Retention: aggregated statistics for a maximum of 12 months.

Web fonts (Adobe Fonts)

For a consistent typographic presentation we use Adobe Fonts (Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland; parent company: Adobe Inc., 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA). When you load a page, the font files are fetched from Adobe's servers (including use.typekit.net and p.typekit.net). Your browser transmits the following data to Adobe:

  • IP address
  • user agent (browser and operating system identifier)
  • referrer (the requested URL on our site)

Purpose: delivery of the web fonts to ensure a consistent and typographically coherent presentation.
Legal basis: Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Self-hosting of Adobe Fonts is not permitted under the Adobe licence; delivery via Adobe's servers is technically the only option.
Transfer to third countries: Adobe may transfer data to the United States. The transfer is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs); Adobe is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Retention: according to Adobe's privacy policy.
Right to object: You may object to this processing under Article 21 GDPR; browser add-ons such as uBlock Origin or disabling web fonts in your browser will block the Adobe requests entirely without rendering the site unusable.
Further information: Adobe privacy policy .

Newsletter signup

When you subscribe to the newsletter, the following data is processed:

  • Email address (mandatory), for delivery of the newsletter and verification of unsubscription.
  • First name (optional), for personal addressing.
  • Signup timestamp and IP address, for documentation of the double opt-in process.

Legal basis: Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR (consent through signup and confirmation of the double-opt-in link).

Data is processed on the following systems:

  • Listmonk (open-source newsletter system, listmonk.app), self-hosted on a server of Hetzner Online GmbH (location Nuremberg, Germany). Server administrator: Jochen Meyer, Bamberg. Open and click tracking are disabled in Listmonk.
  • Resend (email delivery service, resend.com), handles the technical delivery of the newsletters. A data processing agreement (DPA) under Article 28 GDPR is in place (Resend standard DPA, effective upon account registration). Resend servers in the EU (Ireland).

Double opt-in: After signup you will receive an email with a confirmation link. Only after clicking this link is your address actively added to the list. If you do not confirm within 7 days, the address is automatically deleted.

Unsubscribe any time via the unsubscribe link at the foot of each newsletter email or by a short message to jochen@okay.cool. The consent may be withdrawn at any time without giving reasons pursuant to Article 7 (3) GDPR. After unsubscription your address is completely removed from the system within 30 days (including backups).

No third-party use. Newsletter addresses are neither sold, rented, nor processed for purposes other than newsletter delivery. There is no tracking inside the newsletter emails (no pixel, no click statistics).

Your rights as a data subject

As a data subject you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access (Article 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent (Article 7 (3) GDPR)

To exercise these rights, an informal email to jochen@okay.cool is sufficient.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR). The competent authority is:

Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA)
Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 981 180093-0
www.lda.bayern.de

No automated decision-making

No automated decision-making, including profiling within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR, takes place.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy when technical, legal or organisational conditions change. The version accessible on this page at the time of your visit shall apply.