1. Overview
This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is handled when you visit this website.
I take the protection of your personal data seriously and process your data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
2. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Name: Erik Schultheiss
Address: Reitstraße 53, 83236 Übersee, Germany
Email: contact@erikschultheiss.com
3. Hosting
This website is hosted by Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany.
The hosting provider processes personal data on the basis of a data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
When you access this website, server log files are automatically collected.
Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and stable provision of the website).
- IP address
- Date and time of the request
- Browser type and operating system
- Referrer URL
4. Legal Basis for Processing
The processing of personal data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest) for the technically error-free provision of the website.
If you contact me, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract or pre-contractual measures).
5. Data Retention
Personal data is only stored for as long as necessary to fulfill the respective purposes.
Server log data is usually deleted automatically after a short period of time.
Email inquiries are stored for as long as necessary to process your request.
6. Contact
If you contact me by email, the data you provide (e.g. email address and message content) will be used exclusively to process your request.
The data is not shared with third parties.
7. Cookies and Browser Storage
This website does not use cookies or similar technologies for analytics, advertising, or profiling.
However, the interactive web demo of “Time Twirlers” may use technically necessary browser-side storage in order to remember selected user settings and preferences, for example theme, font size, font selection, sound settings, or similar functional options.
This storage is used solely to provide and operate the demo in a user-friendly way and is not used to track users across websites.
8. No Analytics or Tracking
This website does not use advertising services, user profiling, or website analytics tools that track visitors across websites.
I may use Google Search Console to monitor the visibility and technical performance of this website in Google Search.
9. Search Console
I use Google Search Console, a service provided by Google, to monitor the visibility and technical presence of this website in Google Search results.
Google Search Console helps website operators understand, for example, search impressions, clicks, search queries, indexing status, and technical issues relating to the website in Google Search.
Search Console is used solely for website administration, search performance monitoring, and technical optimization. No advertising services, user profiling, or separate website analytics tools are used through this website.
10. Interactive Web Demo
This website also provides an interactive browser-based demo of the game “Time Twirlers”.
When you access the demo, the same hosting provider processes technical access data required to deliver the website and ensure secure and stable operation, in particular server log data.
The demo stores only function-related settings in the browser. According to the current implementation, no gameplay progress is permanently stored across browser sessions through the demo’s UI state storage.
The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a functional, secure, and user-friendly website and demo experience).
11. Your Rights
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the following rights:
- Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
12. Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.
The competent authority is generally the supervisory authority of your place of residence or my place of business.
13. External Links
This website contains links to external websites, such as the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
When you click such a link, you leave this website. The respective operator is solely responsible for data processing on those external websites.
14. Changes
I reserve the right to update this privacy policy if necessary.