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Who is responsible
The controller for the processing described in this policy is:
Die Marketing Nerds, owner Thomas SchullerSandweg 41
8144 Haselsdorf-Tobelbad, Austria
hello@wetourtheworld.com
Further legal details are available in our imprint.
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Hosting and server logs
When you open this website, the web server processes technical connection data needed to deliver and protect the site. This may include your IP address, date and time of the request, requested URL, referrer, browser, operating system and response status.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure, stable and abuse-resistant website under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Log data is not combined with advertising profiles by us and is deleted or anonymised when it is no longer required for security and error analysis, subject to statutory retention duties.
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Contacting us
If you write to us by email or through the contact form, we process the details you provide, such as your name, email address and message, in order to answer you. The form is provided through Fluent Forms and the submissions are stored in our WordPress installation and sent to our contact address.
Processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where your request concerns a possible agreement or cooperation, and otherwise on our legitimate interest in answering genuine enquiries under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We delete WordPress submissions and emailed copies after 60 days unless continued storage is required for a contract or by law.
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Consent and local storage
The website uses technically necessary storage where it is required for security, language selection, WordPress administration or remembering a privacy choice. Advertising storage and comparable non-essential access to your device are used only after the required consent.
For visitors in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google’s certified consent management platform presents the available choices. You can consent, decline or manage individual purposes. Your choice is transmitted to the participating advertising providers through the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time with effect for the future using the privacy-options control displayed on the website. You can also manage Google advertising choices directly in Google’s My Ad Center.
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Matomo analytics
We use a self-hosted Matomo installation at matomo.diemarketingnerds.com to understand in aggregate which pages are useful and how visitors find the journal. Matomo is configured without analytics cookies and masks three bytes of each IP address. We do not use User IDs, advertising profiles, heatmaps or session recordings. Browsers that send a recognised Do Not Track signal are respected, and sensitive query parameters such as names, email addresses, account details and authentication tokens are removed from tracked URLs before the page view is sent.
The processed information can include the requested page without excluded query parameters, referrer, the masked IP address, device and browser type, screen size, language, time of the visit and aggregated interactions with links, navigation, media, forms and reading depth. Form contents, email addresses and telephone numbers are not sent to Matomo. Detailed raw visit logs are deleted after 180 days. Matomo runs on infrastructure controlled for Die Marketing Nerds and the data is not shared with Matomo Cloud. The purpose is statistical reach measurement and improvement of the website. The legal basis is our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR in privacy-preserving audience measurement. You may object at any time by contacting us or by enabling Do Not Track in your browser.
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Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to finance part of this journal through advertising. The provider for users in the European Economic Area and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Depending on your consent and settings, Google and participating advertising partners may process information such as IP address, browser and device data, the page viewed, approximate location, consent signals and interactions with advertisements. This can be used to deliver and measure personalised ads, create audience insights and prevent fraud. If you decline consent, Google may serve limited or contextual advertising where permitted.
Personalised advertising and non-essential device storage are based on your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 165(3) of the Austrian Telecommunications Act 2021. Consent is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time. Google and its partners may process data outside the EEA. Google states that it uses recognised transfer mechanisms such as adequacy decisions and standard contractual clauses where required.
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YouTube videos and external links
Some older travel stories contain embedded YouTube videos. When a video player is loaded or used, Google may receive technical connection data and information about the page you visited. If you are signed in to a Google account, Google may associate the interaction with that account. The Google privacy information linked above also applies to YouTube.
Links to Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, booking platforms and other external websites are ordinary links. No data is sent to those services merely because the link is displayed by us. Their own privacy policies apply after you choose to follow a link.
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Retention and recipients
We keep personal data only for as long as it is needed for the purpose described above or for legal claims and statutory retention duties. Technical providers that host, secure, maintain or deliver the website may process data on our behalf under appropriate contractual safeguards. We do not sell contact-form data or provide it to advertising partners.
Where data is transferred to a country outside the EEA, the transfer is based on an adequacy decision, an approved certification framework or standard contractual clauses, as applicable to the provider.
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Your rights
Subject to the legal requirements, you have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting processing that was lawful before withdrawal.
To exercise these rights, write to the contact address above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Austria, the competent authority is the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Barichgasse 40–42, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Austrian Data Protection Authority
We update this policy whenever the services or legal requirements relevant to this website change.