Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

We, the operator of this website, take the protection of your personal data very seriously. This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of your personal data (hereinafter “data”) on our website and its associated functions.

2. Controller

The responsible party (controller) for data processing on this website is:

Dennis Heißmann
Am Jagdhaus 87
42113 Wuppertal
Germany

Email: [Your Email Address]Website: https://urbex24.shop

3. Overview of Data Processing

We process your data for the following general purposes:

  • Providing our website and its content.

  • Processing and responding to inquiries and communication.

  • Ensuring the security and stability of our services.

  • Analyzing user behavior to improve our website (see Matomo section).

The processing of your data is based on the following legal grounds as per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  • Your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

  • For the performance of a contract or to process your inquiries (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

  • Our legitimate interests, e.g., in improving and securing our services (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

4. Specific Data Processing Activities

a) Server Log Files
When you visit our website, our web server automatically collects data that your browser transmits. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referrer URL, and the time of the server request. This data is processed based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) to ensure the technical security and stability of our website.

b) Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

c) Media
If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website could download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.

 

d) Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

e) Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

f) Web Analytics with Matomo
We use the open-source software tool Matomo to analyze the surfing behavior of our users. This helps us to improve our website and its user-friendliness. The software runs exclusively on our own servers, and your IP address is anonymized before storage. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Opt-out from Matomo Tracking:
[ACTION REQUIRED: Insert your Matomo opt-out iframe here. You can find it in your Matomo Dashboard under “Administration” -> “Privacy” -> “Users opt-out”.]

5. Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

6. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

7. What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

8. Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

9. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy. The current version is available on our website.

10. Contact
For any questions or concerns regarding data protection, please feel free to contact us at the address listed in Section 2.