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What data we capture and what we do with it

Privacy Policy

Twjst.Photo
Privacy Policy
Who Is responsible for this Site?

The webseite twjst.photo and it’s content are provided by Theodor Stoll.

What personal Data are being captured and Why
General Information

Certain information is automatically captured when this site is visited. This information called Server-Logfiles are of general nature and do not allow to identify you.

Besides other the following information is captured: name of the website, file, date, amount of data, webbrowser and webbrowser version, operating system, domain name of your internet provider, referrer-URL (the page from which you accessed this website) and your IP address.

Without this data it would technically not be possible to deliver and present the content of this site – which means collection of this data is of legitimate interest and necessary. This anonym data is also being used for statistical purposes and help optimize the content and the technology behind it. In case of a probable cause of illegal use of this site and its services, the server log files may be analyzed.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this website, the content of the submission form and the following additional data is being collected: IP address, User-Agent-String (which identifies the browser) to support the recognition of spam.

Using your email address an anonymized string (also called hash) may be produced and forwarded to the Gravatar service in order to check whether you are using this service. The privacy policy of Gravatar can be found here. After your comment is cleared, your profile picture may be visible in context with your comment.

In order to check your comments against a constantly-growing global spam database to remove irrelevant, malicious and spam content they may be sent to Akismet. Only the personal data needed to carry out Akismet’s core function is collected. The data is not sold and not stored for long. Details can be found here.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on this website this may be a consent to store your name, email address and your website in a cookie. This is a comfort function which allows you to write another comment without the need to reenter all this information again. Those cookies are stored for a year.

If you have an account on this website and login, we will set a temporary cookie to determine wehther your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and will be deleted once you close your browser.

If you login, we will set several cookies to store your login information and display options. Login cookies are valid for two days, cookies for diplay options for one year. If you choose to keep being logged in, your logon will be kept for two weeks. With the logout of your account the login cookies are deleted.

Newsletter

If you sign up for a newsletter, the data provided by you will only be used for this purpose or to inform you regarding important changes regarding the newsletter. This data is not passed on to other parties.

In order to receive a newsletter, you need a valid email address. In addition IP address and date of sign up are being captured. This data is used to prove abuse of the service, in case your address is signed up by someone else. To make sure your address is not added by third parties, this website is using a “double opt-in” mechanism, where in addition to signing up to the newsletter, sending of a confirmation email and your confirmation of signup is being recorded.

You always have the possibility to cancel your consent to store your data, your email address and your registration to a newsletter. For this purpose, a link is provided in every newsletter. You also have the possibility to let us know of your cancellation via the contact form on this website.

Contact Form

The data you enter are being stored to allow individuall communication with you. A valid email address is required in addition to your name. This data is only used to reply to your message. Entering any other data is optional.

Integration of third party services

The content of this website may contain contents and services of third parties. Examples for this are maps which are provided by Google Maps, videos provided by YouTube and images of other websites like Instagram. In order for this data to be loaded and displayed, your IP address has to be submitted to this third party.

Even though we are trying to use embed third party content where your IP address is only used to provide this content, it is out of our control whether the IP address is stored by the third party.

Im addition these third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, embed tracking services from others and capture your interaction with the embeded content in case you have an account and are logged in to the third party website.

Google Maps

This website uses services of Google Maps. Google Maps is provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“) and allows us to show interactive maps directly on this webiste.
Moren information on what data Google collects can be found in the Google privacy policy. There you can also change your privacy settings.

YouTube Videos

YouTube videos are embedded on this Website. The operater of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA („YouTube“). When you visit a page with an embedded YouTube-Plugin, a connection to the server of YouTube is opened which reveals which website you are visiting. In case you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can connect this information with you as a person. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account prior to visiting this website.
Once you start a YouTube video from this page, YouTube is setting cookies which collect user data.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA („Google“). Google Analytics uses cookies which allow an analysis of your use of this website. These information may be sent to a Google server in the US and stored there. Because of the activation of IP-anonymization on this website, your IP adress is being shortened in states within the european union and other states which are part of the agreement about the european economic area. Only as an exception your IP address will be be sent in full to the US and then shortened there. Google will use this data to analyse your use of this website, create report about your activities and provide other services related to our activities and how you used this website to the owner of twjst.photo. The IP address collected by Google analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The purpose of using this data is the analysis how this website is used, creating reports about use and activities. This may allow the website owner to optimize the services and provide addtitional ones based on this data.

How long is the data stored?

Generally personal data is being deleted once no longer needed for the purpose it was collected. For data which is required to display content of the website this is generally the case wenn the current session is closed.

When you write a comment it will be stored indefinitely together with its metadata. This allows to recognize follow up comments and allows to publish them directly.

For registered users, all data in the user profile is stored indefinitely. Any user can see its personal data, change or erase it (except for the username). Admins of this webiste can also see this data and change it if need be.

Where are your data sent

In order to check your comments against a constantly-growing global spam database to remove irrelevant, malicious and spam content they may be sent to Akismet. Only the personal data needed to carry out Akismet’s core function is collected. The data is not sold and not stored for long. Details can be found here.

All other data are not being sold or passed on, with the exception where required by Swiss law.

How your data is protected

In order to protect your data when submitted, this website uses state of the art encryption services (e.g. SSL) over HTTPS.

Information, Correction, block, deletion and cancellation

You have the right to apply for free to know what data about you are stored or to request correction, blockade or deletion of your personal data. An exception may be where the data has to be stored to run this website or when storage is required by Swiss law.