Information pursuant to Section 5 of the German Digital Services Act (DDG)

Bettina Ballin
Lotichiusstr. 43
36381 Schlüchtern
Germany

Email: betty.ballin@yahoo.de

Responsible for content pursuant to Section 18 (2) of the German State Media Treaty (MStV)

Bettina Ballin, address as above.

External links

This website links to third-party services (e.g. LinkedIn, GitHub). Their operators alone are responsible for their content; no infringements were apparent at the time the links were set.

1. Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Bettina Ballin, Lotichiusstr. 43, 36381 Schlüchtern, Germany, email: betty.ballin@yahoo.de.

2. Principle: data minimisation

This website works without cookies, without analytics or tracking services and without embedded third-party content. Fonts, scripts and images are loaded exclusively from my own server. Simply opening the pages transmits no data to anyone other than my hosting provider (section 3).

3. Hosting and server logs

The website is hosted by STRATO AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany. When you open a page, STRATO automatically processes the information your browser transmits on my behalf and stores it in server log files: IP address, date and time of access, file requested, amount of data transferred, referrer URL, browser type and operating system.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; my legitimate interest is the secure and stable operation of the website and the prevention of attacks. The log files are deleted automatically by the host after a short period and are not combined with other data. A data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is in place with STRATO. Further information: strato.de/datenschutz.

4. Contact form and email

If you use the contact form, your name, email address and message are transmitted to a script on my web server, which immediately forwards them to me by email. Nothing is stored on the server. My mailbox is provided by Yahoo (Yahoo EMEA Limited, Dublin, Ireland). The same applies if you email me directly.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your request is aimed at a contract, and otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering enquiries). I keep your details for processing and possible follow-up questions for up to six months after the correspondence ends and then delete them, unless statutory retention obligations apply or a contract is concluded.

To protect against spam, the form checks an additional field that is invisible to people and the time taken to submit. No data is transmitted to third parties and no profiles are created.

5. Local storage (dark mode)

If you switch dark mode on or off, that setting is stored in your browser’s local storage (key “theme”). This is necessary to provide the display you explicitly requested and is permitted without consent under Section 25(2) no. 2 of the German TDDDG. The setting never leaves your device and can be deleted at any time via your browser settings.

6. External links

The website links to LinkedIn and GitHub as well as to a client website I built. No content from these services is embedded; data is only transmitted when you follow a link, at which point the respective provider’s privacy policy applies.

7. Your rights

You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20). Where processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR). You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. An informal email to betty.ballin@yahoo.de is sufficient for all of this.

8. Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The authority responsible for me is the Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit), Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany, datenschutz.hessen.de.

9. Changes

I will update this privacy policy when the website or the legal situation changes. The version published here applies.