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Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum.
You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.
After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.
Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.
Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.
This policy informs you about the nature, extent and purposes of collecting and usage of data by means of this website.
Please consult the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and your local laws for details.
In Short:
We do not spy on you.
We use cookies exclusively to improve the website's behaviour for your convenience.
We don't use any tracking software.
Read the rest of this page for full details.
In Detail:
Personal Information?
That's any piece of information about a specific person or several pieces of information which, when merged, allow to draw a conclusion about a specific person's identity.
Responsible
The responsible persons according to Article 4(7) GDPR and other local laws and regulations can be found in this website's imprint.
Information on data processing
Extent
We process personal data only as far as it is required to run this website and to provide our online services, in accordance with either your consent or permission by law.
Lawful bases
Lawful bases for reading, storing, processing and deleting personal data can be found in Article 6(1) GDPR.
Relaying personal data
We don't relay personal data without your explicit consent, except if we're legally obligated to do it or to have a third party processor matching the requirements in Article 28 GDPR.
Location of processing
Our servers are located in germany.
We usually choose our partners for their server locations in germany or at least the EU.
In specific cases we allow processing outside the EU, and only if the partner in question matches the requirements mentioned in Article 44 ff GDPR.
Storage period and deletion
Personal data will be erased as soon as they outlive their purpose and legal retention periods are expired.
Your rights
Right to revoke your consent
You can at any time revoke your consent to process your personal data.
Revoking your consent does not compromise the lawfulness of data processing prior to the revoke, and the revoke will not come into effect unless all open contracts are fulfilled.
Right of access
You have the right to obtain information
- if we process your personal data at all
- specifically which data we process
- where we obtained them from
- the purpose
- in case of relaying, the receiver(s)
- planned time of deletion
Your request will be processed within a month, free of charge, via letter or e-mail.
In case you send another request less than one year after the last one, we will reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee.
Right to correction
In case you find that your personal data are false or incomplete, you have the right to ask us for correction. Simply send us a request via letter or e-mail, and include proof to your claims.
Right to be forgotten
You can ask us to delete all your personal data from our systems, including your consent to process them.
We will erase your records immediately as soon as legal and commercial obligations allow.
Right to complain
If you feel we don't treat your data properly in accordance with the GDPR, you can file a complaint with the European Commission's Data Protection Officer or one of his subsidiaries.
Using our online service
You can use this website without disclosing your identity.
Let us explain, when we process potentially personal data, which, and under which conditions, and what happens with them.
Using the website
If your use this website informal only (as oppesed to being a registered user), we collect part of the data your browser volunteers, which are technically required to display our website, ensure security and allow accounting with our server provider:
- your IP-address
- time of access
- URI to load
- number of bytes transferred
- HTTP result code
- browser version
- session ID
These data will be erased not later than 30 minutes after collection.
Collecting and processing these is mandatory for website operations, you cannot opt out here.
Lawful basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Connection security
Where possible, we use HTTPS protocol and SSL encoding for client server communications. The connection is secure if you can see a green padlock symbol in your browser's address field.
If you don't, refrain from entering personal information and contact us.
Cookies
This website, like roughly all other websites, uses "cookies". A cookie is a small text file that's stored on your device when you use the website.
Some cookies will be deleted as soon as you close your browser ("session cookies"). Others will remain for a predefined period ("persistent cookies"). Most current browsers can be set to notify you about incoming cookies, disable specific cookies or disable them completely.
If you disable cookies, you might not be able to use this website properly.
Lawful basis for cookie usage is article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Registration / user account
This website might offer a way to register a user account. In order to achieve that, you need to enter personal information in a specific input form, especially your e-mail address.
The information will be used to control access to the nonpublic area of the website.
Lawful basis for that are Article 6(1)(a) and 6(1)(b) GDPR.
You can always terminate your user account. It will be deleted as soon as legal and commercial obligations allow.
During the registration process and while you are logged in with your user account, we might log your IP address, timestamp and the pages you visited, in order to combat abuse and unauthorized access. These logs will not be used for any other purpose and they will be deleted after 7 days.
External links
Our online service might contain links to other websites. We cannot guarantee that those websites work in accordance with the GDPR or any other data protection laws.
Amendments
We reserve the right to amend this policy whenever legal obligations require it. Also, we will amend it if we plan to change the policy in regards of collecting, storing and processing more information, use information for other purposes or transmit information to other parties than originally stated.
Only the policy version published in this place is valid, any prior versions are null and void. If an amendment requires your consent, we will ask you to accept the amended policy.
