GDPR PRIVACY POLICY

At Thomas Förster, accessible at www.thomasfoerster.net, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Thomas Förster and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information.

Thomas Förster legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

  • Thomas Förster needs to perform a contract with you
  • You have given Thomas Förster permission to do so
  • Processing your personal information is in Thomas Förster legitimate interests
  • Thomas Förster needs to comply with the law

Thomas Förster will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification.
  • The right to object.
  • The right of restriction.
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to withdraw consent

Log Files

www.thomasfoerster.net follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services‘ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users‘ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, www.thomasfoerster.net uses ‘cookies‘. These cookies are used to store information including visitors‘ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users‘ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors‘ browser type and/or other information.

Use of the plugins from Vimeo

We use the Vimeo plugins for the integration of videos on our website. Vimeo is operated by Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you visit a website with the Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. This tells the Vimeo server which website you have visited.
have visited. If you are logged in to Vimeo as a member, Vimeo assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the plugin, e.g. playing a video by activating the play button activating the play button, this information is also assigned to your user account. You prevent this assignment by logging out of your Vimeo user account before using our website. Vimeo user account and deleting the corresponding cookies from Vimeo. Further Information on data processing and notes on data protection by Vimeo can be found at https://vimeo.com/privacy. We base the use of Vimeo on Art. 6 para. 1 letter a) GDPR. By activating the plugin and logging in to Vimeo at the same time, you give us your consent to data processing. In any case, data processing is permitted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR; by activating the plugin and logging in to the respective social network at the same time network, the data processing is carried out for advertising purposes and is therefore in our legitimate interest.

Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of www.thomasfoerster.net.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Website Name, which are sent directly to users‘ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that www.thomasfoerster.net has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Part Privacy Policies

Website Name’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers‘ respective websites. What Are Cookies?

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

www.thomasfoerster.net does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in www.thomasfoerster.net. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.

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DISCLAIMER

Liability for content

As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with Section 7 (1) TMG (German Telemedia Act) and general legislation. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we as a service provider are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation remain unaffected by this. However, liability in this respect is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific infringement. As soon as we become aware of such infringements, we will remove this content immediately.

Liability for links

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. If we become aware of any legal infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright

The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such content immediately.