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Table of Contents<\/span><\/p>\r\n Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n Automatic Data Retention<\/span><\/p>\r\n Cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n Storage of Personal Data<\/span><\/p>\r\n Rights in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation<\/span><\/p>\r\n Amazon Associates Program Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n Awin Affiliate Program Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n YouTube Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n Stripe Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n We created this Privacy Policy (version 01.01.1970-121610308), to declare which information we collect, how we use data and which options the users of our website have, according to the guidelines of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016\/679<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Unfortunately, these subjects sound rather technical due to their nature, but we have put much effort into describing the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Automatic Data Retention<\/span><\/p>\r\n Every time you visit a website nowadays, certain information is automatically created and saved, just as it happens on this website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Whenever you visit our website such as you are doing right now, our webserver (computer on which this website is saved\/stored) automatically saves data such as<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n the address (URL) of the accessed website<\/span><\/p>\r\n browser and browser version<\/span><\/p>\r\n the used operating system<\/span><\/p>\r\n the address (URL) of the previously visited site (referrer URL)<\/span><\/p>\r\n the host name and the IP-address of the device the website is accessed from<\/span><\/p>\r\n date and time<\/span><\/p>\r\n in files (webserver-logfiles)<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Generally, webserver-logfiles stay saved for two weeks and then get deleted automatically. We do not pass this information to others, but we cannot exclude the possibility that this data will be looked at in case of illegal conduct.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n Our website uses HTTP-cookies to store user-specific data.<\/span><\/p>\r\n For your better understanding of the following Privacy Policy statement, we will explain to you below what cookies are and why they are in use.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n What exactly are cookies?<\/span><\/p>\r\n Every time you surf the internet, you use a browser. Common browsers are for example Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text-files in your browser. These files are called cookies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n What should not be dismissed, is that cookies are very useful little helpers. Nearly all websites use cookies. More accurately speaking these are HTTP-cookies, since there are also different cookies for other uses. http-cookies are small files which our website stores on your computer. These cookie files are automatically put into the cookie-folder, which is like the \u201cbrain\u201d of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. Moreover, to define a cookie, one or multiple attributes must be specified.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Cookies save certain parts of your user data, such as e.g. language or personal page settings. When you re-open our website, your browser submits these \u201cuser specific\u201d information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you the settings you are familiar to. In some browsers every cookie has its own file, in others such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in one single file.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n There are both first-party cookies and third-party coookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, while third-party cookies are created by partner-websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Every cookie is individual, since every cookie stores different data. The expiration time of a cookie also varies \u2013 it can be a few minutes, or up to a few years. Cookies are no software-programs and contain no computer viruses, trojans or any other malware. Cookies also cannot access your PC\u2019s information.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n This is an example of how cookie-files can look:<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: _ga<\/span><\/p>\r\n value: GA1.2.1326744211.152121610308-9<\/span><\/p>\r\n purpose: differentiation between website visitors<\/span><\/p>\r\n expiration date: after 2 years<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n A browser should support these minimum sizes:<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n at least 4096 bytes per cookie<\/span><\/p>\r\n at least 50 cookies per domain<\/span><\/p>\r\n at least 3000 cookies in total<\/span><\/p>\r\n Which types of cookies are there?<\/span><\/p>\r\n What exact cookies we use, depends on the used services. We will explain this in the following sections of the Privacy Policy statement. Firstly, we will briefly focus on the different types of HTTP-cookies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n There are 4 different types of cookies:<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Essential Cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n These cookies are necessary to ensure the basic function of a website. They are needed when a user for example puts a product into their shopping cart, then continues surfing on different websites and comes back later in order to proceed to the checkout. Even when the user closed their window priorly, these cookies ensure that the shopping cart does not get deleted.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Purposive Cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n These cookies collect info about the user behaviour and record if the user potentially receives any error messages. Furthermore, these cookies record the website\u2019s loading time as well as its behaviour within different browsers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Target-orientated Cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n These cookies care for an improved user-friendliness. Thus, information such as previously entered locations, fonts or data in forms stay saved.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Advertising Cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n These cookies are also known as targeting-Cookies. They serve the purpose of delivering individually adapted advertisements to the user. This can be very practical, but also rather annoying.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Upon your first visit to a website you are usually asked which of these cookie-types you want to accept. Furthermore, this decision will of course also be saved in a cookie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n How can I delete cookies?<\/span><\/p>\r\n You yourself take the decision if and how you want to use cookies. Thus, no matter what service or website cookies are from, you always have the option to delete, deactivate or only partially allow them. Therefore, you can for example block cookies of third parties but allow any other cookies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n If you want change or delete cookie-settings and would like to determine which cookies have been saved to your browser, you can find this info in your browser-settings:<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Chrome: Clear, enable and manage cookies in Chrome<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Safari: Manage cookies and website data in Safari<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Firefox: Clear cookies and site data in Firefox<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Microsoft Edge: Delete cookies in Microsoft Edge<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n If you generally do not want to allow any cookies at all, you can set up your browser in a way, to notify you whenever a potential cookie is about to be set. This gives you the opportunity to manually decide to either permit or deny the placement of every single cookie. The settings for this differ from browser to browser. Therefore, it might be best for you to search for the instructions in Google. If you are using Chrome, you could for example put the search phrase \u201cdelete cookies Chrome\u201d or \u201cdeactivate cookies Chrome\u201d into Google.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n How is my data protected?<\/span><\/p>\r\n There is a \u201ccookie policy\u201d that has been in place since 2009. It states that the storage of cookies requires the user\u2019s consent. However, among the countries of the EU, these guidelines are often met with mixed reactions. In Austria the guidelines have been implemented in \u00a7 96 section 3 of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n If you want to learn more about cookies and do not mind technical documentation, we recommend https:\/\/tools.ietf.org\/html\/rfc6265, the Request for Comments of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) called \u201cHTTP State Management Mechanism\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Storage of Personal Data<\/span><\/p>\r\n Any personal data you electronically submit to us on this website, such as your name, email address, home address or other personal information you provide via the transmission of a form or via any comments to the blog, are solely used for the specified purpose and get stored securely along with the respective submission times and IP-address. These data do not get passed on to third parties.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Therefore, we use personal data for the communication with only those users, who have explicitly requested being contacted, as well as for the execution of the services and products offered on this website. We do not pass your personal data to others without your approval, but we cannot exclude the possibility this data will be looked at in case of illegal conduct.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n If you send us personal data via email \u2013 and thus not via this website \u2013 we cannot guarantee any safe transmission or protection of your data. We recommend you, to never send confidential data via email.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Rights in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation<\/span><\/p>\r\n You are granted the following rights in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG):<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n right to rectification (article 16 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n right to erasure (\u201cright to be forgotten\u201c) (article 17 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n right to restrict processing (article 18 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n right to notification \u2013 notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing (article 19 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n right to data portability (article 20 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n Right to object (article 21 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing \u2013 including profiling \u2013 (article 22 GDPR)<\/span><\/p>\r\n If you think that the processing of your data violates the data protection law, or that your data protection rights have been infringed in any other way, you can lodge a complaint with your respective regulatory authority. For Austria this is the data protection authority, whose website you can access at https:\/\/www.data-protection-authority.gv.at\/<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Amazon Associates Program Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\r\n We use the Amazon Associates Program of the company Amazon.com Inc on our website. The responsible bodies for the privacy statement are Amazon Europe Core S.\u00e0.r.l., Amazon EU S.\u00e0.r.l, Amazon Services Europe S.\u00e0.r.l. as well as Amazon Media EU S.\u00e0.r.l., which are based at 5, Rue Plaetis, L-2338 Luxemburg, along with Amazon Instant Video Germany Ltd., which is located at Domagkstra\u00dfe 28, 80807 Munich. Thereby, Amazon Germany Services Ltd. at Marcel-Breuer-Stra\u00dfe 12, 80807 Munich is responsible for data processing. Due to the use of the Amazon Associates Program, Amazon can receive, store and process your data.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n In this privacy statement we will inform you on what data this can be, why we use the program and how you can manage or prevent the data transmission.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n What is the Amazon Associates Program?<\/span><\/p>\r\n The Amazon Associates Program is an affiliate marketing program of the online shipping company Amazon.co.uk. Like any affiliate program, the Amazon Associates Program is also based on the principle of intermediation commissions. Amazon (or we) place advertisements or partner links on our website, which let us receive a reimbursement of advertising costs (commission) if you click on them and buy a product on Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Why do we use the Amazon Associates Program on our website?<\/span><\/p>\r\n Our aim is to provide you a pleasant time with extensive, helpful content. Therefore, we put a lot of work and energy into the development of our website. With the aid of the Amazon Associates Program, we can receive a little remuneration for our work. Of course, every affiliate link to Amazon is related with our theme and shows offers that may interest you.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n What data is stored by the Amazon Associates Program?<\/span><\/p>\r\n As soon as you interact with the products and services of Amazon, the company collects your data. Amazon differentiates between information you actively gave to the business and information that is collected and retained automatically. \u201cActive information\u201d include name, email address, telephone number, age, payment details or location information. So-called \u201cautomatic information\u201d are primarily saved by cookies. This includes information, user behaviour, IP address, device information (browser type, operating systems) or the URL. Moreover, Amazon also saves the clickstream, which is the path (order of pages) you make as a user in order to get to a product. Amazon also stores cookies in your browser to retrace the origin of an order. This enables the company to identify if you clicked an Amazon ad or an affiliate link on our website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n If you have an Amazon account and are logged in to it while you surf our website, the collected data can be allocated to your account. You can prevent this by logging out of Amazon before surfing our website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n In the following we will show you exemplary cookies that are placed in your browser when you click an Amazon link on our website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: uid<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: 3230928052675285215121610308-9<\/span><\/p>\r\n Purpose: This cookie stores a unique user ID and collects information on your website activity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expiry date: after 2 months<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: ad-id<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: AyDaInRV1k-Lk59xSnp7h5o<\/span><\/p>\r\n Purpose: This cookie is provided by amazon-adsystem.com and serves the company regarding various advertising purposes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expiry date: after 8 months<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: uuid2<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: 8965834524520213028121610308-2<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: 8965834524520213028121610308-2\nPurpose: This cookie allows targeted and interest-based advertising via the AppNexus platform. By the IP address it collects and retains anonymous data on what ads you clicked and which sites you opened.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expiry date: after 3 months<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: session-id<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: 262-0272718-2582202121610308-1<\/span><\/p>\r\n Purpose: This cookie stores a unique user ID that the server assigns to you for the duration of a website visit (session). If you visit the site again, the information saved in there gets retrieved again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expiry date: after 15 years<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: APID<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: UP9801199c-4bee-11ea-931d-02e8e13f0574<\/span><\/p>\r\n Purpose: This cookie stores information on how you use a website, and on what ads you looked at before your visit to the website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expiry date: after one year<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: session-id-time<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: tb:s-STNY7ZS65H5335FZEVPE|1581329862486&t:1581329864300&adb:adblk_no<\/span><\/p>\r\n Purpose: This cookie records the time you spend on a website with a unique cookie ID.<\/span><\/p>\r\n expiration date: after 2 years<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Name: csm-hit<\/span><\/p>\r\n Value: 2082754801l<\/span><\/p>\r\n Purpose: We could not find any detailed information on this cookie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Expiry date: after 15 years<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Note: Please note, that this list merely shows examples of cookies and does not claim to be exhaustive.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Amazon use the obtained information to better tailor their advertisements to their users\u2019 interests.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n How long and where are the data stored?<\/span><\/p>\r\n Amazon saves personal data for as long as it is required for both Amazon\u2019s business services, and for legal reasons. As the company\u2019s headquarters are in the USA, any collected data is stored on American servers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n How can I delete my data or prevent data retention?<\/span><\/p>\r\n You always have the right to access your personal data and clear it. If you have an Amazon account, you can manage or delete many of the collected data.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Furthermore, your browser offers another option for managing Amazon\u2019s processing and retention of data according to your preferences. There you can manage, clear or delete cookies.\nThis works a little different on every browser. Here you can find instuctions for the most common browsers:<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Chrome: Clear, enable and manage cookies in Chrome<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Safari: Manage cookies and website data in Safari<\/span><\/p>\r\n