Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2026

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us, e.g., via email. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have a right to request correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

2. Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Johannes Hamel
Zähringerstr. 5
10707 Berlin
Germany

Phone: +49 171 873 52 81
Email: j.hamel (at) hamel-it.de

3. Hosting and Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Cloudflare

We use the service “Cloudflare” from Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).

Cloudflare provides a globally distributed Content Delivery Network (CDN) with DNS. This means that the information transfer between your browser and our website is technically routed through Cloudflare’s network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze the traffic between your browser and our website and to act as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious traffic from the Internet.

Data Processed:

When using Cloudflare, the following data may be processed:

  • IP address
  • Contact requests
  • Meta and communication data
  • Website accesses
  • Date and time of access
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referrer URL

Purpose of Processing:

  • Website security (protection against DDoS attacks and malicious traffic)
  • Performance optimization through caching
  • Encrypted data transmission (SSL/TLS)

Legal Basis:

The use of Cloudflare is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in providing our website as securely and efficiently as possible.

Data Transfer to Third Countries:

Cloudflare is a US company. Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Storage Duration:

The data collected by Cloudflare is stored for a maximum of 24 hours and then deleted.

More Information:

For more information, please see Cloudflare’s privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

4. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data.

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is required to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation.

Competent supervisory authority:

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Friedrichstr. 219 10969 Berlin, Germany https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. This right exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data
  • If the processing is unlawful
  • If we no longer need the data, but you need it for legal claims
  • If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

5. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website.

Inquiry by Email

If you contact us by email, your inquiry including all personal data arising from it (name, inquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request.

This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

The data you send to us via email will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies.

6. Analytics and Advertising

This website does not use any analytics tools, tracking services, or cookies for advertising purposes.

7. Plugins and Tools

Google Fonts (Local Hosting)

This site uses Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers does not take place.

For more information about Google Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

8. Validity of This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of January 2026.

Due to the further development of our website or due to changed legal requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy.

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