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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2026

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1. Data Controller

The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Sebastian Taatz Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Raiffeisenstraße 2

97209 Veitshöchheim

Germany

Email: datenschutz@taatz-consulting.de

Phone: +49 155 67113162

Data protection contact: Sebastian Taatz

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2. Overview of Data Processing

The following overview summarizes the types of data processed, the purposes of processing, and the categories of data subjects.

Types of data processed:

  • Usage data (e.g., pages visited, access times)
  • Meta/communication data (e.g., IP address, browser type)
  • Content data (e.g., information in contact requests)
  • Contact data (e.g., name, company, and email address when contacting us)

Categories of data subjects:

  • Users (e.g., website visitors)

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3. Legal Basis

The processing of personal data is based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
  • Contract fulfillment / pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), particularly in the secure, stable, and user-friendly provision of the website

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4. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

These include measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data, as well as protection against unauthorized access.

The entire website is transmitted encrypted using SSL/TLS technology (HTTPS).

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5. Website Hosting

This website is served statically via Netlify. Contact requests are processed through Netlify Functions; pseudonymized per-IP and aggregated hourly/daily abuse-prevention counters are processed through Netlify Blobs. For technical audience measurement, we use Netlify Web Analytics based on server and CDN logs generated by Netlify.

  • Server location: depends on the respective service and CDN node
  • Data transfers to third countries: may occur depending on the service used; where required, they are based on appropriate safeguards, especially contractual data protection agreements

Data collected when accessing the website (server logs and Netlify Web Analytics)

  • IP address, shortened or anonymized where possible
  • Date and time of access
  • Name and URL of the accessed file
  • Referrer URL
  • Browser type and operating system
  • Name of the access provider
  • HTTP status, delivered file types, and aggregated page views in Netlify Web Analytics
  • For forms, additional technical identifiers/IP address for rate limiting and abuse prevention
  • For contact forms, a short-lived signed intent token, a hidden honeypot field, and aggregated hourly/daily capacity counters; no external CAPTCHA, challenge cookie, or additional tracking is used

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the technical provision, security, stability, and audience measurement of the website)

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6. Cookies and Local Storage

This website does not use tracking cookies and does not request statistics consent. Only necessary or user-friendly local storage for language, display preferences, and PWA update status is used. Netlify Web Analytics is based on server and CDN logs and does not set cookies or local browser storage. Simple Analytics is embedded as privacy-friendly, cookieless audience measurement and does not create personal profiles.

1. Language preference and language notice (German/English)

  • Name: language_preference (localStorage)
  • Name: language_banner_dismissed (sessionStorage)
  • Purpose: Storage of the preferred language and dismissal of the language notice during the current session
  • Storage duration: language preference until manual deletion; language notice until the end of the browser session
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a user-friendly display)

2. Design preference and PWA updates

  • Name: sebastiantaatz_theme (localStorage)
  • Purpose: Storage of the preferred color scheme (Light/Dark Mode)
  • Name: taatz_pwa_build_id (localStorage)
  • Purpose: Storage of the latest delivered build version to detect fresh deployments and service worker updates
  • Storage duration: until manual deletion by the user or until overwritten by a new version
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a user-friendly display)

3. Privacy-friendly statistics

  • Service used: Simple Analytics (/proxy.js)
  • Purpose: privacy-friendly web analytics, page views, and manually defined events for contact CTAs, successful contact requests, reference links, email links, and downloads
  • Data-minimizing configuration: no marketing cookies, no fingerprinting, no user or device IDs, no full event URLs
  • Event metadata is limited to placement, form type, language, a static project key, or file type; form input, email addresses, and full destination URLs are not transmitted
  • According to the provider, IP addresses are not stored independently; Do Not Track is not overridden by this website
  • Technical implementation: Simple Analytics is embedded manually, CSP-safely, and versioned in the website code; Netlify snippet injection and the CSP-incompatible auto-events script remain disabled
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in audience measurement and improving the online offering)

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7. External Services

Hosting, form processing, and email infrastructure

We use external service providers to operate the website, provide technical audience measurement, process contact requests, and provide privacy-friendly client-side statistics. Advertising, retargeting, or social media pixels are currently not integrated.

Data processed:

  • Hosting and server log data such as IP address, timestamp, requested URL, and technical browser data
  • Aggregated Netlify Web Analytics data from server and CDN logs, in particular page views, referrers, status codes, and file types
  • Contact form data such as name, company, email address, selected situation, goals, timeline, source, and language
  • Pseudonymized technical rate-limit data, signed short-lived intent tokens, and aggregated capacity counters for abuse prevention
  • Client-side statistics data about page views and events via Simple Analytics
  • Email metadata and content of confirmation and notification emails
  • Providers: Netlify, Inc. (hosting, Netlify Web Analytics, form processing, and pseudonymized/aggregated abuse-prevention data), Resend, Inc. (email delivery), Simple Analytics (client-side web analytics)
  • Server location/data transfer: depends on the provider; individual services may process data outside the EU
  • Legal bases: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (operation, security, abuse prevention, technical audience measurement, and improvement of the online offering), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures), and Art. 28 GDPR (data processing agreement)

Netlify Web Analytics is generated server-side from server and CDN logs and does not set browser cookies. Contact-form protection uses no external CAPTCHA or challenge cookies. Simple Analytics is used without cookies, fingerprinting, user/device IDs, full event URLs, marketing, retargeting, or session replay.

Fonts (local embedding)

This website uses the Inter font, which is embedded locally on our server.

No connection to external provider servers occurs and no data is transferred to third parties.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a consistent presentation of the online offering)

Services not used

This website does not use:

  • Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager
  • Social media pixels
  • Advertising or retargeting services
  • Newsletter signup on the website

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8. Email Delivery

Confirmation emails and internal notifications for contact requests are sent via the Resend service.

Service provider: Resend, Inc.

Data transmitted:

  • Email address
  • Name and company
  • Email content or information from the contact request

Processing: based on the provider's data protection agreements; transfers to third countries may occur and are secured by appropriate safeguards where required

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (data processing agreement)

More information: resend.com/legal/privacy-policy

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9. Contact

When contacting us (e.g., by email), the following data is processed:

  • Name
  • Company
  • Email address
  • Phone number where requested
  • Information from selection fields about situation, goals, timeline, or requested service
  • Language and source of the request

Purpose: Processing of the inquiry

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR

Storage duration: until the inquiry is fully processed and in accordance with statutory retention periods

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10. Data Retention

Unless a more specific storage duration is stated in this privacy policy, we only process and store personal data for as long as necessary to achieve the respective purposes or as required by statutory retention periods.

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11. Obligation to Provide Data

The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required.

However, without the provision of certain data (e.g., email address when contacting us), requests cannot be processed.

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12. Automated Decision-Making

Automated decision-making, including profiling pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR, does not take place.

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13. Your Rights

Data subjects have the following rights in particular:

  • Access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Objection (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Revocation of given consents
  • Complaint to a supervisory authority

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14. Supervisory Authority

Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA)

Promenade 18

91522 Ansbach

Germany

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15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to comply with legal or technical changes. The current version is always available on this website.

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Questions about data protection?

If you have any questions about the processing of personal data or wish to exercise your rights, please contact:

datenschutz@taatz-consulting.de