Privacy Policy

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator:

As a sole proprietor with fewer than 20 people regularly engaged in automated processing of personal data, I am not required to appoint a data protection officer (§ 38 Para. 1 BDSG).

Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

This website is hosted by:

The personal data collected on this website is stored on servers in Belgium (EU). No data transfer to third countries outside the EU takes place.

Google Cloud Platform complies with GDPR requirements and has a Cloud Data Processing Addendum (CDPA). Its use is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in a secure and efficient provision of our website.

Emails from the contact form are processed via:

Email processing takes place exclusively within Germany. No transfer to servers outside the EU occurs.

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries directed to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Storage Duration

Business correspondence (contact form and emails): 6 years according to tax retention obligations (§ 147 AO, § 257 HGB)

After the legal retention periods expire, your data will be automatically deleted if it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.

You have the following rights at any time:

• Information (Art. 15 GDPR): to receive free information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data
• Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): to request the correction of incorrect data
• Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): to request the deletion of your data
• Restriction (Art. 18 GDPR): to request a restriction of data processing
• Objection (Art. 21 GDPR): to object to data processing
• Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): to request the transfer of your data
• Withdrawal of consent (Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR): to withdraw consent given at any time

To exercise your rights, please contact: tobias@appbaumeister.de

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data. The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

The page provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of server request
• IP address

Storage duration: Server log files are automatically deleted after 30 days. This storage period is necessary for security monitoring and error diagnosis.

This data is not merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website.

This website generally does not use cookies for basic functionality.

We plan to use Google Analytics to analyze user behavior. This will only be done with your explicit consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). Before activation, you will be asked for your consent via a cookie banner.

When using Google Analytics, the following data will be processed:

• Anonymized IP addresses (IP anonymization activated)
• Pages visited and time spent
• Device and browser information
• Approximate location (country/city)

Data transfer to the USA: Google Analytics may transfer data to the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can stop data collection at any time by withdrawing your consent.

• Hosting: Belgium (Google Cloud europe-west1)
• Email services: Germany (united-domains)
• Fonts and CSS: Locally hosted (no external CDNs)

If Google Analytics is used in the future, data may be transferred to the USA. This will only be done with your explicit consent and in compliance with the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

This website does not use automated decision-making or profiling within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. No personal data is required for the use of the website. When contacting us via the contact form, providing an email address is necessary to process your inquiry.

If you have questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time: