1. Privacy at a glance
General information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website? Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Information on the controller” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This can be data that you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge 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 to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done mainly with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting and content delivery networks (CDN)
External hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This can mainly be IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
The host is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR).
Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data.
We use the following host: DigitalOcean, 101 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10013. Datacenter: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Conclusion of a data processing agreement
In order to guarantee processing in compliance with data protection regulations, we have concluded a data processing agreement with our host.
Cloudflare
We use the “Cloudflare” service. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).
Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and our website is routed through Cloudflare's network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze the data traffic between your browser and our website and to act as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious data traffic from the internet. Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognize internet users, which, however, are used solely for the purpose described here.
The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in the most error-free and secure provision of our web offering possible (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR). The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
In order to guarantee processing in compliance with data protection regulations, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Cloudflare.
3. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Interwebs GmbH Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße 14 68542 Heddesheim, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion takes place after these reasons cease to apply.
Note on data transfer to the USA
Among other things, tools from companies based in the USA are integrated on our website. When these tools are active, your personal data can be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as a data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (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. You can find the respective legal basis on which processing is based in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct advertising purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct advertising (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, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place insofar as it is technically feasible.
SSL / TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Encrypted payment transactions on this website
If, after the conclusion of a paid contract, there is an obligation to transmit your payment data to us (e.g. account number for direct debit authorization), this data is required for payment processing. Payment transactions via the usual means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are carried out exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of processing.
- If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
Objection to advertising e-mails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation for sending advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam e-mails.
4. Data collection on this website
Inquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your inquiry including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR) if this was requested.
The data you send us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
Registration on this website
You can register on this website to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.
For important changes, such as to the scope of the offer or for technically necessary changes, we use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way.
The data entered during registration is processed for the purpose of carrying out the user relationship established by the registration and, if applicable, for the initiation of further contracts (Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR). The data collected during registration is stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and is then deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
5. Analysis tools and advertising
Matomo (formerly Piwik)
This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses technologies that enable the cross-page recognition of the user to analyze user behavior (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Matomo about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage.
With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by website visitors. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which page views were made and from which region they come. We also collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).
The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising. If corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
Hosting: We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.
6. Newsletter
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke the consent given to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
Sendinblue
This website uses Sendinblue to send newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Sendinblue's servers in Germany.
With the help of Sendinblue, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message was opened and which links were clicked. Sendinblue also enables us to divide newsletter recipients into different categories. If you do not want analysis by Sendinblue, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR), which you can revoke at any time. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Sendinblue. For more information, please refer to Sendinblue's privacy policy at: https://de.sendinblue.com/datenschutz-uebersicht/.
7. Plugins and tools
Google Web Fonts (local hosting)
This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google's servers does not take place. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
8. eCommerce and payment providers
Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only insofar as it is necessary for the establishment, content or modification of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and use personal data about the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill for it. The collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Data transmission upon conclusion of a contract for services and digital content
We transmit personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example to the credit institution commissioned with payment processing. Further transmission of the data does not take place, or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without express consent, for example for advertising purposes. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR.
Payment services
On our website we offer various payment methods. For the handling of the technical payment services when paying by credit card, by SOFORT bank transfer and with Paysafecard, we use (among others) the services of Micropayment GmbH, Scharnweberstraße 69, 12587 Berlin. When paying with these payment methods, the data protection notices and conditions of Micropayment GmbH apply, which you can view during the payment process.
9. Identity verification (KYC) and age verification
Identity verification for creators (KYC)
Anyone wishing to offer content on our platform as a creator must first prove their identity and legal age. This is required by law (in particular for reasons of youth protection under the German JuSchG and JMStV) and protects creators and users alike. The following data is processed as part of the verification: photos of the front and back of a valid identity document (national ID card or passport), a selfie or short video selfie for liveness detection and comparison with the document photo, and the master data extracted from the document (name, date of birth, address, document type and number).
We use the specialized service provider Yoti Ltd, 12th Floor, 107 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN, United Kingdom, as a processor to carry out the identity verification. You will be redirected to Yoti for the verification and automatically returned to us afterwards. An adequacy decision of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR is in place for the United Kingdom. Yoti's privacy notices (www.yoti.com/privacy) apply in addition.
The legal basis for carrying out the identity and age verification is Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR (compliance with legal obligations). The permanent storage of the identity documents (front and back as well as the selfie) in our own infrastructure is carried out for security and evidentiary reasons and exclusively on the basis of your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, which you give before starting the verification. You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future; the lawfulness of the processing carried out until revocation remains unaffected. To revoke, please use the contact details provided in the section “Information on the responsible party”.
The stored identity documents are deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the stated purposes — at the latest after deletion of the creator profile and expiry of statutory retention and evidentiary obligations.
Age verification for users (AVS)
Access to content relevant to youth protection requires age verification. We also use the above-mentioned service provider Yoti for this purpose. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with the requirements of German youth media protection law. Upon successful verification, we only store the result of the verification (passed / not passed) — not the documents used in the process.