Privacy – scope of application
1. General information
This website is a private, non-commercial information service. The protection of personal data and the transparent handling of information collected when visiting this website are important to me.
Personal data are processed only to the extent necessary for the operation, security and statistical evaluation of this website.
The person responsible for this website and for data protection can be found in the Imprint.
2. Hosting and technical data
When this website is accessed, technical information may be transmitted automatically by the visitor’s browser to the web server. This may include, for example, the IP address, browser type, operating system, referring page, date and time of access and the requested pages.
Such technical data may be processed insofar as this is necessary to provide and secure the website and to identify technical problems or misuse.
3. Cookies and consent management
This website uses Complianz for cookie and consent management. Complianz is used to inform visitors about cookies and other technologies and, where required, to obtain and document their choices.
Non-essential services requiring consent are not intended to be activated before the corresponding consent has been given.
Consent preferences are currently stored for up to 365 days. Visitors can change or withdraw their choices through the cookie settings available on the website.
4. Visitor statistics
This website uses WP Statistics / SlimStat [see note below before publishing] to obtain basic statistical information about the use of the website.
The statistics are used exclusively to understand, in aggregated form, which pages and topics are of interest to visitors and to improve the website accordingly. They are not used for advertising, user profiling or commercial tracking.
Where technically possible, statistical information is processed locally within the WordPress installation. Data are not intentionally combined with information from other sources in order to identify individual visitors.
Statistical data are retained only for the period configured in the respective statistics tool and are deleted or aggregated thereafter.
5. External content and services
Individual pages may contain or refer to content provided by third parties, in particular YouTube. When external content is embedded, data may be transmitted to the respective provider.
Where consent is required, such content is blocked by the consent management system until the visitor has made the appropriate choice.
Ordinary external links do not themselves transmit data to the linked website until the visitor follows the link. After leaving this website, the privacy provisions of the respective external provider apply.
6. Use of artificial intelligence
Artificial-intelligence tools may be used to assist with research, language editing, translation, structuring of texts and the preparation or editing of illustrations.
AI-generated or AI-assisted material is not published without editorial review. Responsibility for the selection, verification and final presentation of the information remains with the website owner.
No personal data submitted by visitors through this website are intentionally transferred to generative AI services for analysis or processing.
Further information on the editorial use of artificial intelligence is provided on the website’s introductory page.
7. Rights of visitors
Where personal data relating to an identifiable individual are processed, applicable data-protection law may provide rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and objection to processing.
Questions concerning privacy or the processing of personal data can be addressed using the contact details provided in the Imprint.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated if the technical operation of the website or the services used on it change.
Last updated: August 2026