The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the legal provisions (DSGVO, TKG 2003). In this data protection information, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within the framework of our website.
What data we process about you
In the course of your visit to this website, we will collect the following information: The date and time you access a page on our website, your IP address (anonymised), the name and version of your web browser, the web page (URL) you visited before accessing this website, certain cookies (see point 5) and the information you provide yourself by filling out the contact form or subscribing to the newsletter.
There is no obligation to actually provide the information we ask you to provide on our website. However, if you do not do this, it will not be possible for you to use all the functions of the website.
Purposes of data processing
We will process your personal data for the following purposes:
To provide you with this website and to further improve and develop this website;
To be able to compile usage statistics;
To detect, prevent and investigate attacks on our website;
To respond to your request;
Legal bases of the processing
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is our overriding legitimate interest (pursuant to Art 6 (1)(f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation), which is to achieve the aforementioned purposes.
Transfer of your personal data
For the above purposes, we will transfer your personal data to the following recipients:
IT service providers we use
Cookies
Our website uses so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your end device with the help of the browser. They do not cause any damage.
We use cookies to make our website user-friendly. Most of the cookies on this website are so-called session cookies. They are automatically deleted when you leave our website. Some cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. They enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit.
If you do not wish this, you can set your browser so that it informs you about the setting of cookies and you only allow this in individual cases. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
Contact with us
If you contact us via the form on the website or via welcome@thestorydude.com, the data you provide will be stored by us for six months for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
Webshop
Our webshop is a partner shop of the Spreadshirt.com platform. This is operated by sprd.net AG, Gießerstraße 27, 04229 Leipzig, Germany. You can find the corresponding data protection regulations of the shop portal at any time at https://service.spreadshirt.com/hc/de/articles/115000978409/?shop_name=thestorydude&shop_id=100061096.
Web analysis
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). The use includes the "Universal Analytics" mode of operation This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus to analyse the activities of a user across devices.
Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is § 15 para. 3 TMG and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. To prevent collection by Universal Analytics across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Deactivate Google Analytics
Subsites like powerhour.markusgull.com also use the WordPress analytics plugin WP Statistics for web analytics. The provider of this plugin is wp-statistics.com. Simple statistics are created from the data in anonymised form. No usage profiles are created and no cookies are set. All data collected by WP Statistics is stored completely anonymously on this web server. A personal identification of a visitor is therefore not possible, even retrospectively.
Newsletter
You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter via our website. For this we need your e-mail address and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter.
Once you have registered for the newsletter, we will send you a confirmation email with a link to confirm your registration.
You can cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time. Please send your cancellation to the following e-mail address: welcome@thestorydude.com. We will then immediately delete your data in connection with the newsletter dispatch.
Use of social media plugins
Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") from various social networks. With the help of these plugins, you can, for example, share content or recommend products.
Your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of the respective social network as soon as you call up a web page of our website. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from the social network to your browser, which then integrates it into the website.
The integration of the plugins allows the social network to receive the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged in to the social network, it can assign the visit to your account. When you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Facebook "Like" button or posting a comment, your browser transmits this information to the social network and stores it there.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of this data by social networks, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found in the data protection notices of the respective networks or websites. You can find a list of the links here:
This website uses plugins of the social network facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). Information on Facebook's privacy policy can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
If you do not want the data collected via our website to be directly assigned to your Facebook profile, it is necessary for you to log out of Facebook before visiting our website.
Here you can find an overview of Facebook plugins: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins
This website uses plugins of the social network Twitter, operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Twitter"). Link to Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy
If you do not want the data collected via our website to be directly assigned to your Twitter profile, it is necessary for you to log out of Twitter before visiting our website.
This website uses plugins of the social network Pinterest, operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, USA ("Pinterest"). Link to privacy policy: http://about.pinterest.com/privacy/
This website uses plugins of the social network LinkedIn, operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Link to LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv
If you do not want the data collected via our website to be directly assigned to your LinkedIn profile, it is necessary for you to log out of LinkedIn before visiting our website.
You can find a listing and the appearance of LinkedIn's plugins here https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins
Script Blocker
Alternatively, you can also prevent the loading of the plugins with add-ons for your browser, for example with the script blocker " NoScript" http://noscript.net/
Your rights
You are generally entitled to the rights of information, correction, deletion, restriction, data portability, revocation and objection. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the data protection authority.