1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data includes any information that can be used to identify you personally.
For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our full privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact information in the section “Notice Regarding the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in two main ways. First, you provide it to us directly—for example, when you enter information into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website via our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.
How do we use your data?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website functions properly. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the data you provide will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other service requests.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future.
Additionally, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
For these matters and any other questions regarding data protection, you may contact us at any time.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider(s). This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website access data, and other data generated through the use of a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing a secure, fast, and efficient online service through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
If applicable consent has been obtained, processing is carried out solely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, to the extent that consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) as defined by the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Our hosting provider(s) will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill their contractual obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following hosting provider:
Heroku, Inc.
415 Mission Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States
Data Processing on Behalf of the Controller
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a legally required contract under data protection law that ensures the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws as well as this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains which data we collect, how we use it, and the purposes for which it is processed.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Notice Regarding the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Steffen Eßers
Email: satoshisquest [@] gmail . com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).
Data Retention
Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you exercise a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons to retain your personal data (e.g., statutory retention periods for tax or commercial law purposes). In such cases, deletion will occur once these reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to the processing of your data, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, if special categories of data are involved, Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.
In the case of an explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of the relevant GDPR provisions.
Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Data processing may also be carried out based on our legitimate interests, pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal basis for each specific case is described in the following sections of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties.
We only share personal data with external parties if it is necessary to fulfill a contract, if we are legally required to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the transfer.
When using data processors, we only share our customers’ personal data on the basis of a valid Data Processing Agreement (DPA). In cases of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke any consent you have previously given at any time. The lawfulness of any data processing carried out prior to the revocation remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to Object to Data Processing in Specific Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The legal basis on which the processing is based can be found in this privacy policy.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such advertising; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, workplace, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive personal data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, either for yourself or to transfer it to a third party. If you request direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out to the extent technically feasible.
Right to Access, Rectification, and Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of processing. You also have the right, if applicable, to request correction or deletion of this data. For these matters and any other questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:
- Disputed Accuracy: If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- Unlawful Processing: If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- Legal Claims: If we no longer need your personal data but you require it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- Objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR: If you have filed an objection, a balancing of your interests against ours must take place. As long as it is not determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
Once you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed—apart from storage—with your consent, or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for important reasons of public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
SSL / TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption.
You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in your browser’s address bar from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Contact via Email, Telephone, or Fax
If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data arising from it (such as your name and the content of your request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or required for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in efficiently handling inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory legal provisions—especially statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.
5. Social Media
X (formerly Twitter)
This website includes features of the X service (formerly Twitter). These features are offered by the parent company X Corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. For data processing of individuals residing outside the USA, the responsible entity is Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
When the social media element is active, a direct connection between your device and the X server is established. X (formerly Twitter) thereby receives information about your visit to this website. By using X (formerly Twitter) and the “Re-Tweet” or “Repost” function, the websites you visit are linked to your X (formerly Twitter) account and made known to other users.
Please note that as the provider of this website, we do not receive any information about the content of the transmitted data or its use by X (formerly Twitter). For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of X (formerly Twitter) at: https://x.com/de/privacy.
The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://gdpr.x.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.
You can change your privacy settings on X (formerly Twitter) in your account settings: https://x.com/settings/account.
The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that ensures compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to uphold these data protection standards. More information is available from the provider here: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/2710.