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Terms of use and privacy policy
Internet users go there voluntarily. They put their data on the Internet of their own free will. This website is not for everyone, but only for our family.
Note about this private website: In order to visit and use this international family website, the express prior consent to the terms of use (here) and the privacy policy is mandatory, otherwise visiting and using this website is expressly prohibited, and any claims as follows are forfeited.
Any liability and guarantee on the part of the website operator arising from and in connection with visiting and using this website is explicitly excluded.
Access data:
In general, web hosts or site providers or website operators collect visitor (user) data on access to the website due to legal requirements, technical requirements or legitimate interests and store such data as "server log files" in an anonymized manner on the website's server: IP address and OS system, website visited, time of access, amount of data sent in bytes, if applicable, source of access to the site and web browser used, whereby log files are only stored for a maximum of 7 days until they are deleted, unless otherwise legally stipulated. The data is stored for security reasons, such as being able to track down legal abuses. By anonymizing the data, it is not possible to draw conclusions about the visitor.
Cookies etc.:
The website provider as a hosting provider may use cookies based on legitimate interests, e.g. for data volume transfer, the user's server origin, pseudonymous reach measurement, etc. and may store them on its own or the user's premises. This also applies to the website operator. Technical cookies are also required for individual pages to operate this website, and on other subpages, in particular on the password-protected pages with the comprehensive genealogy of the family and its history (data upload and download, data access and password protection with login/logout), additional cookies are required for contacts and other access and communication data and length of stay, etc. Please note that cookies can be disabled in the user's browser, which limits or makes certain functions impossible. Nobody has the right to visit and use this private family website, which is not intended for wide public access. Parts of the website and its further development may also use buttons, tools and scripts from social media, Twitter, TNG and Google, which, in addition to cookies, can lead to data tracking in their terms of use and their privacy policy. See also Google Analytics, social media and others.
Other personal data:
If the user contacts the website or the website operator in any way to transmit data, the data transmission requested or initiated by the user is saved or the message is kept in order to be able to respond to the user's request accordingly. The data transmission is final; only the user's personal access data can be revoked at their request or if there is a plausible legal reason; data voluntarily transmitted by the user to supplement / complete the family tree and family history etc. cannot be removed according to the purpose of genealogical family websites; in this respect, the user's / visitor's decision to transmit data is final.
Comments/posts etc.:
If a visitor leaves a post, comment, information or message etc. on this website, their IP address will also be stored due to legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f. GDPR and serves the security and recourse options of the website operator. This is the case, for example, in the event that a post or comment violates applicable law or is immoral or offensive etc., so that the website operator could be prosecuted for it, there is a legitimate interest in being able to determine the identity of the commenter or contributor.
Google Analytics, social media and others:
On this website, even in its development and further expansion through the use of buttons, scripts, likes and similar from social media, Twitter, TNG and Google such as their social button use, script applications, Google Fonts, Google Search, Google Maps etc., it is possible from case to case that data tracking and data analytics are operated by third parties. The operator of this website does not actively benefit from the aforementioned possible benefits when the user uses the website. Please note the terms of use and data protection information of Facebook, Twitter, TNG and Google, and possibly others.
User rights:
Upon request, users have the right to receive information (once) free of charge about which personal data has been stored about a process. In addition, there is the right to correct incorrect data or delete personal data; this does not apply to data voluntarily submitted by the user to supplement/complete the family tree and family history, etc., such data cannot be removed according to the purpose of genealogical family websites; in this respect, the user/visitor's decision to transmit their data is final. If there are no legal regulations or retention obligations that prevent a request for data deletion, there may be a right to delete directly personal data to the extent described above. Purely as a precaution: In the event that data is stored by the operator or provider of the website, data will be deleted if, in accordance with the above statements, it is no longer required for its intended purpose and there are no other objections. The user's right to complain in the event of unlawful use of data remains unaffected. As already mentioned, users can contact the operator of the website named in the imprint for corrections, blocking, deletions or information or for revocation.
Feb 2nd, 2024
Wolfgang L. M. Pehlemann
