Privacy Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Frank Köhler
Kuchenheimer Str. 41
53881 Euskirchen
Germany
Email: datenschutz@latefire.eu

2. General notes

This website is a personal website and a static archive. It does not currently use marketing trackers, newsletters or contact forms. Personal data is processed only where it is technically necessary, used for anonymized reach measurement, where you contact the site operator yourself, or where you use the blog comment feature.

3. Hosting, CDN and server log files

This website is delivered through Cloudflare Pages and the Cloudflare Content Delivery Network. The provider is Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

When you visit this website, Cloudflare automatically processes technical access data. This may include your IP address, date and time of access, requested file, transferred data volume, browser type, operating system, referrer URL and requesting provider.

This processing is necessary to deliver the website, improve loading times, keep it stable and secure, and trace technical errors. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. A data processing agreement is in place with Cloudflare. For transfers to third countries, Cloudflare states that it uses appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

4. Cloudflare Web Analytics

Cloudflare Web Analytics may be used for simple reach measurement. As things currently stand, this does not set cookies and this website does not create personal user profiles. The analysis is used to roughly understand website usage and improve the site technically.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the technical optimization and stable development of this website.

5. Contact by email

If you contact the operator by email, the information from your email will be processed to handle the request and any follow-up questions. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the request is related to a contract or pre-contractual steps, and otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

6. Local browser settings

This website may store your chosen appearance, such as light or dark mode, locally in your browser. This information stays on your device and is not transmitted to the website operator.

7. Blog comments

Blog posts may include a comment feature powered by Remark42. The comment instance is operated by the operator of this website. Comments are stored separately from the static website. If you leave a comment, the name you provide, your comment, the time of submission, technical metadata such as IP address and browser data and, depending on the login method, additional login information may be processed.

This processing is used to publish and moderate comments and to protect the service technically. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in exchanging with readers and protecting the website from abuse and spam. Comments are included only on blog posts, not in the closed travel journal archive.

8. External links and social media

This website may link to external platforms such as Instagram or Facebook. Simply visiting this website does not send data to those providers. Data may only be processed by those providers once you click an external link and leave this website.

9. Cookies

This website does not use tracking or marketing cookies. The comment feature may use technically necessary cookies or comparable storage mechanisms, for example to enable login or a comment session.

10. Your rights

Within the limits of the law, you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection to certain processing. You can also withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future.

11. Right to lodge a complaint

If you believe that the processing of personal data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

12. Status of this privacy policy

This privacy policy applies to the current version of this website. If additional services, forms, analytics tools, embedded content or other external providers are added later, it will be updated accordingly.