Privacy Policy ––––––––––––––––––––––

1) Introduction and contact details of the person responsible

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to personally identify you.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Markus Rottke, Zirkus des Horrors Fanclub, Sansibarstraße 13, 13351 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: 4915907619321, Email: markusrottke@o2mail.de. The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website 2.1 When you simply use our website for information purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you: - The website you visited - Date and time of access - Amount of data sent in bytes - Source/reference from which you accessed the site - Browser used - Operating system used - IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form) Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used for any other purpose. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files should concrete evidence of illegal use arise. 2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser bar. 3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network IONOS We use a content delivery network from the following provider: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany This service enables us to deliver large media files such as graphics, page content, or scripts more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. The processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties. 4) Cookies In order to make visiting our website attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"); others remain on your device for longer and enable the saving of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find out the storage period from the overview of your web browser's cookie settings. If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR either to execute the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited. 5) Contacting us When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when you use a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data will be stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention periods to the contrary. 6) Page functionalities YouTube This website uses plug-ins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA If you access a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers at the latest when the video is played in order to load the content. Certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider. If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plug-in, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, compile playback statistics and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to the site, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be assigned to your account, you must log out before clicking the play button. All of the aforementioned processing, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, will only take place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service using the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website. For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission. 7) Rights of the data subject 7.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data. Reference is made to the legal basis given for the respective conditions for exercising these rights: - Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR; - Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR; - Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR; - Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR; - Right to information in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR; - Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR; - Right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR;- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.7.2 Right of ObjectionIf, within the framework of a balancing of interests, we process your personal data on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing at any time, with effect for the future, for reasons arising from your particular situation.If you exercise your right of objection, we will stop processing the data concerned. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS. IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN ORDER TO CONDUCT DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT OF OBJECTION, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. 8) Duration of storage of personal data The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing and – if applicable – also by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law). When personal data is processed on the basis of express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent. If statutory retention periods exist for data that is processed within the framework of legal transactions or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, unless it is no longer required to fulfill the contract or are necessary for the initiation of a contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, these data will be stored until you exercise your right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.Copyright notice: This data protection declaration was drawn up by the specialist lawyers of IT-Recht Kanzlei created and is protected by copyright (https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de) Last updated: 27.05.2025, 21:19:42