1. Overview of Data Protection
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes all data that can be used to personally identify you.
Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator:
Hagen Raasch
Klosterbachstraße 3
18057 Rostock
hagen@explorethecosmos.org
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us (e.g., through a contact form). Other data is automatically collected when you visit the website, such as IP addresses, browser type, and operating system.
Why do we collect your data?
Some data is collected to ensure the website functions properly, while other data may be used to analyze user behavior.
2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Our website is hosted by Strato AG. The personal data collected on this website is stored on Strato’s servers.
For more information, please visit Strato’s privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke consent at any time by sending an informal email to us.
Right to File Complaints with Regulatory Authorities
If you believe that your data is being processed unlawfully, you have the right to file a complaint with the appropriate regulatory authority.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
This website uses “cookies.” Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. They serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies, allow cookies only in specific cases, or disable them completely.
Server Log Files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources.
Contact Form
If you send inquiries via the contact form, the information entered in the form, including contact details, will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry. This data will not be shared without your consent.
5. Analytics and Advertising
Google Ads
This website uses Google Ads to display advertisements. Google Ads may place cookies on your device to track interactions with advertisements.
Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can manage your Google ad settings here: https://adssettings.google.com
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics, provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics uses cookies that allow an analysis of website usage. The information generated by the cookie is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link: [Insert Google Analytics Opt-Out Link]
6. Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will store your email address and use it solely for sending the newsletter.
You can unsubscribe at any time via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
7. Plugins and Tools
Google Web Fonts
For uniform font display, this site uses Google Web Fonts. When you load a page, your browser loads the required fonts from Google servers.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
When you visit a page with a YouTube plugin, a connection is established with YouTube’s servers. YouTube is informed about which of our pages you visited.
8. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
9. EZOIC SERVICES
Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you’re visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP address
- Operating system type and version
- Device type
- Language preferences
- Web browser type
- Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy to comply with legal requirements or reflect changes in our services.