Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 2026
Table of Contents
- 011. Data Controller
- 022. Overview of Data Processing
- 033. Legal Basis
- 044. Security Measures
- 055. Website Hosting
- 066. Cookies and Local Storage
- 077. External Services
- 088. Email Delivery
- 099. Contact
- 1010. Data Retention
- 1111. Obligation to Provide Data
- 1212. Automated Decision-Making
- 1313. Your Rights
- 1414. Supervisory Authority
- 1515. Changes to this Privacy Policy
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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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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