Lars-Sören Steck

Privacy Policy

Preamble

With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as "data") that we process, for what purposes and to what extent. This privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of providing our services and in particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as "online offering").

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Last updated: February 1, 2026

Table of Contents

Controller

Lars-Sören Steck
c/o IP-Management #3757
Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18
20459 Hamburg

Please do not send parcels to this address.

Email address:
info@larssteck.de

Legal notice:
https://larssteck.de/en/legal-notice/

Overview of Processing Activities

The following overview summarises the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the data subjects.

Types of Data Processed

  • Inventory data.
  • Contact data.
  • Content data.
  • Usage data.
  • Meta, communication and procedural data.
  • Log data.

Categories of Data Subjects

  • Users.

Purposes of Processing

  • Communication.
  • Security measures.
  • Feedback.
  • Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
  • Information technology infrastructure.
  • Public relations and informational purposes.
  • Public relations.

Applicable legal bases under the GDPR: The following provides an overview of the legal bases of the GDPR on which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. Should more specific legal bases be applicable in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the privacy policy.

  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) - processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection apply in Germany. This includes in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG). The BDSG contains in particular special provisions on the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated individual decision-making including profiling. Furthermore, data protection laws of the individual federal states (Länder) may apply.

Security Measures

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include in particular ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, ensuring availability and separation thereof. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and responses to data threats. We also take the protection of personal data into account from the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default.

Securing online connections through TLS/SSL encryption technology (HTTPS): To protect the data of users transmitted via our online services from unauthorised access, we rely on TLS/SSL encryption technology. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are the cornerstones of secure data transmission on the internet. These technologies encrypt the information transmitted between the website or app and the user's browser (or between two servers), thereby protecting the data from unauthorised access. TLS, as the more advanced and secure version of SSL, ensures that all data transmissions meet the highest security standards. When a website is secured by an SSL/TLS certificate, this is indicated by the display of HTTPS in the URL. This serves as an indicator for users that their data is being transmitted securely and in encrypted form.

Transfer of Personal Data

In the course of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons. Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers entrusted with IT tasks or providers of services and content integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with the legal requirements and in particular conclude appropriate contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.

General Information on Data Retention and Deletion

We delete personal data that we process in accordance with legal provisions as soon as the underlying consents are revoked or no further legal bases for the processing exist. This applies to cases in which the original processing purpose ceases to apply or the data is no longer needed. Exceptions to this rule exist if statutory obligations or special interests require longer retention or archiving of the data.

In particular, data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose storage is necessary for legal prosecution or for the protection of the rights of other natural or legal persons must be archived accordingly.

Our data protection notices contain additional information on the retention and deletion of data that applies specifically to certain processing operations.

Where multiple retention periods or deletion deadlines apply to a given piece of data, the longest period shall always prevail. Data that is no longer stored for its originally intended purpose but due to legal requirements or other reasons shall only be processed for the reasons justifying its retention.

Data retention and deletion: The following general deadlines apply for the retention and archiving under German law:

  • 10 years - Retention period for books and records, annual financial statements, inventories, management reports, opening balance sheets and the work instructions and other organisational documents necessary for their understanding (§ 147(1) No. 1 in conjunction with (3) AO, § 14b(1) UStG, § 257(1) No. 1 in conjunction with (4) HGB).
  • 8 years - Accounting vouchers, such as invoices and expense receipts (§ 147(1) No. 4 and 4a in conjunction with (3) sentence 1 AO and § 257(1) No. 4 in conjunction with (4) HGB).
  • 6 years - Other business documents: received commercial or business letters, copies of sent commercial or business letters, other documents insofar as they are relevant for taxation purposes, e.g. hourly wage slips, operating cost accounting sheets, calculation documents, price labels, but also payroll accounting documents insofar as they are not already accounting vouchers and cash register receipts (§ 147(1) No. 2, 3, 5 in conjunction with (3) AO, § 257(1) No. 2 and 3 in conjunction with (4) HGB).
  • 3 years - Data required to consider potential warranty and compensation claims or similar contractual claims and rights as well as to process related enquiries, based on previous business experience and standard industry practices, shall be stored for the duration of the regular statutory limitation period of three years (§§ 195, 199 BGB).

Commencement of the period at the end of the year: Where a period does not expressly commence on a specific date and is at least one year, it shall automatically commence at the end of the calendar year in which the event triggering the period occurred. In the case of ongoing contractual relationships in the context of which data is stored, the event triggering the period shall be the date on which the termination or other cessation of the legal relationship takes effect.

Rights of Data Subjects

Rights of data subjects under the GDPR: As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

  • Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Where personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
  • Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw any consent given at any time.
  • Right of access: You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed and to access such data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal provisions.
  • Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the legal provisions, to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you.
  • Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the legal provisions, to request that data concerning you be erased without undue delay or, alternatively, in accordance with the legal provisions, to request restriction of the processing of the data.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal provisions, or to request its transmission to another controller.
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the provisions of the GDPR.

Provision of the Online Offering and Web Hosting

We process the data of users in order to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the IP address of the user, which is necessary to deliver the content and functions of our online services to the user's browser or device.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. page views and dwell time, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, persons involved); log data (e.g. log files concerning logins or data retrieval or access times). Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as information relating to them, such as authorship details or time of creation).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness; information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.)). Security measures.
  • Retention and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General Information on Data Retention and Deletion".
  • Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

  • Provision of the online offering on own/dedicated server hardware: For the provision of our online offering, we use server hardware operated by us as well as the associated storage space, computing capacity and software; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • Collection of access data and log files: Access to our online offering is logged in the form of so-called "server log files". Server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, the date and time of access, the volume of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, the browser type and version, the user's operating system, the referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files may be used for security purposes, e.g. to prevent server overload (in particular in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks), and to ensure the utilisation and stability of the servers; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Deletion of data: Log file information is stored for a maximum period of 30 days and then deleted or anonymised. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident.
  • Email sending and hosting: The web hosting services used by us also include the sending, receiving and storage of emails. For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders as well as further information relating to the sending of emails (e.g. the providers involved) and the contents of the respective emails are processed. The aforementioned data may also be processed for the purposes of spam detection. We ask you to note that emails on the internet are generally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, emails are encrypted in transit but (unless a so-called end-to-end encryption method is used) not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We can therefore accept no responsibility for the transmission path of the emails between the sender and reception on our server; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • netcup: Services in the field of provision of information technology infrastructure and related services (e.g. storage space and/or computing capacity); Service provider: netcup GmbH, Emmy-Noether-Straße 10, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://www.netcup.de/; Privacy policy: https://www.netcup.de/kontakt/datenschutzerklaerung.php. Data processing agreement: https://helpcenter.netcup.com/de/wiki/general/avv/.

Blogs and Publication Media

We use blogs or comparable means of online communication and publication (hereinafter "publication medium"). The data of readers is processed for the purposes of the publication medium only insofar as it is necessary for its presentation and communication between authors and readers or for security reasons. For the rest, we refer to the information on the processing of visitors to our publication medium within the scope of these data protection notices.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, residential address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as information relating to them, such as authorship details or time of creation); usage data (e.g. page views and dwell time, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
  • Retention and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General Information on Data Retention and Deletion".
  • Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Presences in Social Networks (Social Media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with users active there or to offer information about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may entail risks for users because, for example, the enforcement of user rights could be made more difficult.

Furthermore, user data within social networks is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created based on usage behaviour and the resulting interests of users. These may in turn be used to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are generally stored on the users' computers in which the usage behaviour and interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data independent of the devices used by the users may also be stored in the usage profiles (in particular if they are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).

For a detailed description of the respective processing forms and the options to object (opt-out), we refer to the privacy policies and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we would like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only they have access to the user data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. Should you nevertheless need assistance, you can contact us.

  • Types of data processed: Contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as information relating to them, such as authorship details or time of creation); usage data (e.g. page views and dwell time, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Communication; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); public relations. Public relations and informational purposes.
  • Retention and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General Information on Data Retention and Deletion".
  • Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Further notes on processing operations, procedures and services:

  • Bluesky: Decentralised social media network - enables the creation, sharing and commenting on content as well as following user profiles; Service provider: Bluesky, PBLLC., Seattle, USA, support@bsky.app; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://bsky.social/. Privacy policy: https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy.
  • Instagram: Social network, enables sharing of photos and videos, commenting on and favouriting posts, messaging, subscribing to profiles and pages; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com; Privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/. Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Facebook Pages: Profiles within the social network Facebook - The controller is jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection and transmission of data of visitors to our Facebook page ("fan page"). This includes in particular information about user behaviour (e.g. content viewed or interacted with, actions taken) as well as device information (e.g. IP address, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data). Further details can be found in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/. Facebook also uses this data to provide us with statistical evaluations via the "Page Insights" service, which provide insights into how people interact with our page and its content. This is based on an agreement with Facebook ("Information about Page Insights": https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum), which governs, among other things, security measures and the exercise of data subject rights. Further information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data. Users can therefore submit access or deletion requests directly to Facebook. The rights of users (in particular the right to access, erasure, objection and complaint to a supervisory authority) remain unaffected. The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of data by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (EU). The further processing, including any transfer to Meta Platforms Inc. in the USA, is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/. Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum).
  • LinkedIn: Social network - We are jointly responsible with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company for the collection (but not the further processing) of data of visitors used to create the "Page Insights" (statistics) of our LinkedIn profiles. This data includes information about the types of content that users view or interact with and the actions they take. Details about the devices used are also collected, such as IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings and cookie data, as well as information from user profiles such as job function, country, industry, seniority level, company size and employment status. Data protection information on the processing of user data by LinkedIn can be found in LinkedIn's privacy notices: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. We have concluded a special agreement with LinkedIn Ireland ("Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum", https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum), which governs in particular the security measures that LinkedIn must observe and in which LinkedIn has agreed to fulfil the rights of data subjects (i.e. users can, for example, submit access or deletion requests directly to LinkedIn). The rights of users (in particular the right to access, erasure, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with LinkedIn. The joint responsibility is limited to the collection and transmission of data to LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, in particular with regard to the transmission of data to the parent company LinkedIn Corporation in the USA; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://www.linkedin.com; Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard Contractual Clauses (https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa). Opt-out option: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
  • X: Social network; Service provider: X Internet Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://x.com. Privacy policy: https://x.com/de/privacy.
  • YouTube: Social network and video platform; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Opt-out option: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff.
  • Xing: Social network; Service provider: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR); Website: https://www.xing.com/. Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

Impressum Privacy Protection (IP-Management)

We use the services of IMPRESSUM-PRIVATSCHUTZ GmbH, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18, 20459 Hamburg, for the management of mail sent to us. This service provider offers a secure and reliable postal address for our project (e.g. legal notice, privacy policy, cancellation policy and other areas where applicable). This also constitutes our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Impressum-Privatschutz and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using this service. Further information about data protection at Impressum-Privatschutz GmbH can be found here: https://impressum-privatschutz.de/datenschutzerklaerung/

Changes and Updates

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We adapt the privacy policy as soon as the changes to the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

Where we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organisations in this privacy policy, we ask you to note that the addresses may change over time and to check the information before contacting them.

Definitions

In this section, you will find an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Where the terms are legally defined, their legal definitions shall apply. The following explanations are intended primarily to aid understanding.

  • Inventory data: Inventory data comprises essential information necessary for the identification and management of contractual partners, user accounts, profiles and similar allocations. This data may include, among other things, personal and demographic details such as names, contact information (addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses), dates of birth and specific identifiers (user IDs). Inventory data forms the basis for any formal interaction between persons and services, institutions or systems by enabling clear allocation and communication.
  • Content data: Content data comprises information generated in the course of the creation, editing and publication of content of all kinds. This category of data may include texts, images, videos, audio files and other multimedia content published on various platforms and media. Content data is not limited to the actual content but also includes metadata that provides information about the content itself, such as tags, descriptions, author information and publication dates.
  • Contact data: Contact data is essential information that enables communication with persons or organisations. It includes, among other things, telephone numbers, postal addresses and email addresses, as well as means of communication such as social media handles and instant messaging identifiers.
  • Meta, communication and procedural data: Meta, communication and procedural data are categories that contain information about the manner in which data is processed, transmitted and managed. Metadata, also known as data about data, includes information that describes the context, origin and structure of other data. It may include information about file size, creation date, author of a document and change histories. Communication data records the exchange of information between users via various channels, such as email traffic, call logs, messages in social networks and chat histories, including the persons involved, timestamps and transmission paths. Procedural data describes the processes and procedures within systems or organisations, including workflow documentation, logs of transactions and activities, as well as audit logs used to track and verify operations.
  • Usage data: Usage data relates to information that records how users interact with digital products, services or platforms. This data encompasses a wide range of information that shows how users use applications, which functions they prefer, how long they spend on certain pages and the paths they navigate through an application. Usage data may also include frequency of use, timestamps of activities, IP addresses, device information and location data. It is particularly valuable for analysing user behaviour, optimising user experiences, personalising content and improving products or services. In addition, usage data plays a crucial role in identifying trends, preferences and potential problem areas within digital offerings.
  • Personal data: "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
  • Log data: Log data is information about events or activities that have been recorded in a system or network. This data typically contains information such as timestamps, IP addresses, user actions, error messages and other details about the use or operation of a system. Log data is often used for the analysis of system problems, security monitoring or the generation of performance reports.
  • Controller: The "controller" is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
  • Processing: "Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and encompasses virtually any handling of data, be it collection, analysis, storage, transmission or erasure.

Translated and adapted by the website owner
Created with the free privacy policy generator by Dr. Thomas Schwenke