Privacy

This website is deliberately simple: plain HTML pages, no database, no comments, cookies and statistics only with your consent (see “Statistics with Google Analytics”), no ad networks, no third-party fonts or scripts. All photos – including stock photos from Unsplash – are served from our own server. The only exception are the VG Wort counting pixels (see below).

Controller

Jan Thomas Otte, Rheingutstraße 4, 78462 Konstanz, Germany, email@janthomasotte.eu

Hosting and server logs

The site is hosted by webgo GmbH, Hamburg. When you visit, the server processes technically necessary data (IP address, date and time, requested file, referrer, browser) in log files to deliver the site and keep it secure (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Logs are deleted after a short period. A data processing agreement with webgo is in place.

Light/dark mode

If you switch between light and dark mode, your browser stores this choice locally (localStorage). It never leaves your device.

VG Wort counting pixels

Articles contain a counting pixel of VG Wort (Untere Weidenstraße 5, 81543 Munich, Germany), an invisible image loaded from VG Wort servers to measure access for statutory author remuneration. Your IP address is transmitted and processed in shortened form only; no cookies are set. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Contact form

The form on the editorial page sends your name, email, topic and message encrypted to an automation service (n8n Cloud, n8n GmbH, Berlin), which creates an email to the editors and a confirmation to you, sent via Brevo (Sendinblue GmbH, Berlin). Both act as processors; form data is not stored permanently. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time.

Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection (Art. 15–21 GDPR) and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

As of October 2026

Recommendations with Amazon links

Articles contain recommendations (guidebooks, gear) marked “Advertisement”. These are plain links to Amazon (Amazon EU S.à r.l.) with our associate ID – no Amazon images, scripts or cookies on this site. Only when you click a link does amazon.de open and data is transmitted to Amazon; Amazon’s privacy notice then applies.

Statistics with Google Analytics (consent only)

Only if you choose “Allow statistics” in the notice do we use Google Analytics 4 by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) to see which articles are read. Only then is Google’s script loaded; Google sets cookies (_ga, ga*) and processes usage data such as pages viewed, time on page, device and a shortened IP address, possibly also in the USA (Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework). Google signals and advertising features are switched off. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TDDDG). We store your choice locally in your browser for 12 months (no cookie). You can change or withdraw it at any time via “Statistics settings” in the footer of every page; on withdrawal we delete the Analytics cookies. Without consent there is no measurement. More: policies.google.com/privacy.