Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as ‘data’) is only processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

According to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as ‘GDPR’), ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

With the following privacy policy, we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, insofar as we decide either alone or together with others on the purposes and means of processing. We also inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimisation purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data under their own responsibility.

I. Information about us as the controller

The responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:

FLINTA* Literatur

Ioana Cristina Casapu
c/o Kai Hilgemann
Wartenburgstrasse 17
D- 10963 Berlin

kontakt@flintaliteratur.de
015758709636

II. Rights of users and data subjects

With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right:

• to confirmation as to whether data concerning them is being processed, to information about the processed data, to further information about the data processing and to copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15 GDPR);
• to rectification or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR);
• to the immediate erasure of the data concerning them (see also Art. 17 GDPR) or, alternatively, if further processing is required pursuant to Art. 17 (3) GDPR, to the restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
• to receive the data concerning them and provided by them and to transfer this data to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);
• to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if they are of the opinion that the data concerning them is being processed by the provider in breach of data protection regulations (see also Art. 77 GDPR);
• to withdraw your consent at any time. In this case, all data processing that we have carried out up to your revocation remains lawful. For this purpose, you can send us a message to one of the above addresses.

In addition, the provider is obliged to inform all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any correction or deletion of data or the restriction of processing that takes place on the basis of Articles 16, 17 para. 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if this notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Notwithstanding this, the user has a right to information about these recipients.

III. Information on data processing

When you visit our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

• host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
• time stamp of the request
• name and URL of the retrieved file,
• the website from which access was made (referrer URL),
• browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
• analysing system security and stability and
• for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device when you visit our website. The use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Newsletter

If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your e-mail address and – optionally – your name and address, will be transmitted to us. At the same time, we store the IP address of the Internet connection from which you access our website as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will obtain your consent to send you the newsletter, describe the content in detail and refer you to this privacy policy. We use the data collected in this process exclusively for sending the newsletter – in particular, it is therefore not passed on to third parties. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. All you have to do is inform us of your cancellation or click on the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

YouTube integration

Our website uses plugins from the video platform YouTube, which is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When you visit a page with a YouTube video, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy.