Privacy policy

1. Data protection
The operators of this website and its pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information, in accordance with the relevant legislation on the protection of personal data, in particular the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz, TMG). Whenever you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. 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 herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

2. Cookies
In some instances, our website and its pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. The purpose of cookies is to make our website more user-friendly, effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after you leave our site. Other cookies will remain archived on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website. You can adjust the settings of your browser to make sure that you are notified every time cookies are placed and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific cases or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functions of this website may be limited.

3. Server log files
The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises: The type and version of browser used, the used operating system, the referrer URL, the hostname of the accessing computer, the time of the server inquiry, the IP address. This data is not merged with other data sources. It is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

4. Instagram
We have integrated components of Instagram on this website. The operating company of Instagram is Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. When you call up an individual page of our website on which a so-called Instagram plug-in (component) is located, your internet browser is prompted by the component to download a corresponding representation of the component. Thus, Instagram knows which specific subpages you have visited. Even if you are not logged in to Instagram or do not have an account, Instagram can track which of our subpages you have visited, as this information is collected by the component. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, the service can directly assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you also interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Instagram" button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. Find more privacy information from Instagram here.

5. Spotify
Our website uses plugins from Spotify, an audio streaming platform operated by Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden. When you visit a sub-page of our website on which a Spotify plug-in is embedded, a connection is established to the Spotify servers and the plug-in is displayed within our website. This transmits to Spotify which website you have visited. Your IP address may also be transmitted to Spotify. If you play an embedded audio file, album or playlist, this information is also transmitted to Spotify. If you are logged in as a Spotify user, Spotify will associate this data with your user account. If you do not want Spotify to associate your visit to our website with your Spotify user account, please log out of your Spotify user account. Further information on Spotify’s data protection can be found here.

6. SSL encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential data, this website uses SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line. If the SSL encryption is activated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations.


Legal information

1. Operator / responsible body
This website is operated by (responsible according to Sec. 5 TMG and Sec. 18, paragraph 2 MStV): 
 Rudi Maier, c/o Online-Impressum.de #5502, Europaring 90, 53757 Sankt Augustin. 
VAT-ID: DE410434633. Email: gmail (at) rudimaier.com (Second contact option).

2. Dispute resolution
We are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

3. Liabilty for contents
As service providers, we are liable for own contents of these websites according to Sec. 7, paragraph 1 TMG. However, according to Sec. 8 to 10 TMG, service providers are not obligated to permanently monitor submitted or stored information or to search for evidences that indicate illegal activities. Legal obligations to removing information or to blocking the use of information remain unchallenged. In this case, liability is only possible at the time of knowledge about a specific violation of law. Illegal contents will be removed immediately at the time we get knowledge of them.

4. Liability for links
Our offer includes links to external third party websites. We have no influence on the contents of those websites, therefore we cannot guarantee for those contents. Providers or administrators of linked websites are always responsible for their own contents. The linked websites had been checked for possible violations of law at the time of the establishment of the link. Illegal contents were not detected at the time of the linking. A permanent monitoring of the contents of linked websites cannot be imposed without reasonable indications that there has been a violation of law. Illegal links will be removed immediately at the time we get knowledge of them.

5. Copyright
The content and works on these pages created by the site operators are subject to German copyright law. Reproduction, 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 page are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. If the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, contents of third parties are marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we ask that you notify us accordingly. If we become aware of any legal violations, we will immediately remove such content.