Privacy

The controller responsible for this website is:

nordlicht verlag
Proprietor: Dr. Rainer Höll
Dünenstraße 14
17449 Karlshagen
Germany
Email: info@nordlichtverlag.de

Further legal information and the German contact address are available in the website’s legal notice.

When you access the website, the web server processes technically necessary access data. This may include your IP address, the date and time, the address accessed, the amount of data transferred, the referrer, browser, operating system, and device characteristics. This processing is necessary to deliver the website, identify errors, prevent attacks, and ensure secure operation. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in maintaining a functional and secure online service, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website is hosted on servers in Germany and transmitted using HTTPS encryption.

Technically necessary storage may be used where required for a function you have explicitly requested. Cookies, device identifiers, and comparable technologies for Google advertising that require consent are managed through Google’s Consent Management Platform. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time using the “Change privacy settings” link further down this page. Withdrawal applies going forward and does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

This website uses Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google and other third parties integrated through AdSense may use cookies or store or access information on your device to deliver ads, measure their performance, prevent fraud and misuse, and generate reports. In particular, they may process your IP address, page address, referrer, device and browser data, approximate location information, online identifiers, and information about ad views and interactions.

Google uses advertising cookies, among other purposes, to enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on previous visits to this website or other websites. Personalized advertising and the storage or use of identifiers required for it take place only if you have consented through the consent management platform. In that case, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Without consent, Google may serve limited or non-personalized ads, where available. Even in that case, technically necessary data such as the IP address may be processed for ad delivery, security, frequency capping, and aggregated measurement.

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, this website uses Google’s certified Consent Management Platform under the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework. There, you can consent, reject, or manage individual purposes and providers. The current list of participating providers and purposes is available directly in the privacy options via the “Partner list” link. You can also manage or disable personalized advertising in your Google Account through Google Ads Settings.

Google provides further information about this at Advertising technologies and in the Google Privacy Policy. Google may also process data outside the European Economic Area. Google describes the safeguards and transfer mechanisms used for this in its Privacy Policy.

We use Matomo to analyze website statistics, hosted on the Max-TD domain analytics.max-td.com. Matomo is configured not to set analytics cookies and to respect the browser’s “Do Not Track” setting. The data processed may include the address accessed, referrer, time, browser and device information, screen resolution, and the IP address, which is technically required for transmission. This analysis helps us understand technical issues and general use of the website. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in measuring audience reach while minimizing data and improving our service, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Your search details are transmitted by the accommodation search only when you submit the search. The results open on the Booking.com website. Other links identified as such may also lead to external providers. Once you access an external website, the relevant provider is responsible for its data processing. Please review the applicable privacy information and settings there.

If you contact us by email or through a contact form, we process your contact details, the content of your message, and the technical information needed to handle it. We process this information to respond to your inquiry and, if your inquiry concerns a contract, to take pre-contractual steps pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. For general inquiries, processing is based on our legitimate interest in communication pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

Data is shared only with parties that need it for the purposes stated. These may include hosting and technical service providers, Google in connection with AdSense, and the external provider whose website you access. The controller is based in Germany. Some service providers, particularly Google, may process data outside Germany or the European Economic Area. Where European data protection law requires safeguards, an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses, or another permitted transfer mechanism is used. Data may also be disclosed if we are legally required to do so.

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose or as required by law. Security and server data is deleted or anonymized as soon as it is no longer needed to operate the service or prevent misuse. Contact and contract data may be retained for longer in accordance with applicable commercial, tax, and liability-related retention periods.

Where the statutory requirements are met, you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and to object. You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time, with effect for the future. Where processing is based on legitimate interests, you may object on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Send data protection inquiries to info@nordlichtverlag.de. To protect your data, we may ask you to provide suitable proof of identity. You may also lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

Change privacy settings

We update this Privacy Policy when the services we use, our data processing, or legal requirements change. The version currently published is the applicable version.