Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 August 2026

1. Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

SMOLKA DIGITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Marvin Smolka (Managing Member)
30 N Gould St, Ste N
Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
Phone, SMS & WhatsApp: +20 109 1399306 · +49 152 31714659
Email: marvinsmolka87@gmail.com

2. Our approach

This website is deliberately built to minimise data. It contains no contact form, no analytics or tracking tools, no advertising pixels and no external resources. All fonts, graphics and scripts are served from our own server. No Google Fonts, third-party content delivery networks, map or video services are embedded.

3. Hosting and server log files

This website is hosted on Firebase Hosting, a service provided by Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you access the website, the hosting provider automatically stores information transmitted by your browser in server log files, in particular:

IP address of the accessing device
Date and time of access
Name and URL of the file requested
Volume of data transferred and access status message
Browser type and version, operating system
Referrer URL, where transmitted

Purpose and legal basis: This processing serves to ensure a trouble-free connection, system security and stability, and to defend against attacks. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a secure and functional web presence).

Processing agreement and international transfers: A data processing agreement with Google is in place on the basis of the Google Cloud Data Processing Addendum. Transfers of personal data to the United States cannot be excluded. Such transfers are based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission.

4. Contact via WhatsApp

This website contains links to the WhatsApp messaging service. These are plain links only; no WhatsApp content is embedded in this website and no data is transmitted to WhatsApp when you simply visit this page.

Only when you actively click one of these links does WhatsApp open and data get transmitted to the provider, WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. We have no influence over that processing. For details, see the WhatsApp privacy policy: whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy

If you contact us via WhatsApp, we process the data you transmit (in particular your mobile number, profile name and the content of your message) in order to handle your enquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (steps prior to entering into a contract) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to enquiries). The data is deleted once it is no longer required for that purpose and no statutory retention obligations apply.

5. Contact by email, phone or SMS

If you contact us by email, telephone or SMS, we process your email address or number and the details you provide for the purpose of handling your enquiry and any follow-up questions. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (steps prior to entering into a contract) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent. The data is deleted once it is no longer required for that purpose.

6. Cookies and local storage

This website uses no cookies.

When you switch language version, your selection is stored in your browser's local storage (localStorage) under the key lang, so that the site greets you in your preferred language on your next visit. This is strictly necessary storage required for a function you have expressly requested and is therefore exempt from consent. The entry contains only the value de or en — no personal data — and is not transmitted to us or to third parties. You can delete it at any time via your browser settings.

7. Encryption

For security reasons, this website uses TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the https:// prefix in your browser's address bar.

8. Retention period

We process personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purposes. Data is deleted thereafter unless statutory retention obligations apply.

9. Your rights

Subject to the statutory conditions, you have the following rights:

Access to the personal data we process about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
Rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR)
Erasure of the data we hold about you (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Objection to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR)
Withdrawal of consent with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

An informal message to the contact details above is sufficient to exercise your rights.

10. Right to lodge a complaint

Without prejudice to any other remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement (Art. 77 GDPR).

11. No automated decision-making

No automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place.

12. Changes to this privacy policy

We update this privacy policy whenever changes to our services or the legal situation make it necessary. The version available on this page applies.

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