Data Protection Declaration

1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. On the following pages, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Alina Alexander, Fueled By Fiction, Pfauenweg 28, 72108 Rottenburg, Deutschland, Phone.: 07457/ 9395722, E-Mail: fueledbyfiction@gmx.de. The controller in charge of the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data Collection When You Visit Our Website

2.1 When using our website for information only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

Our visited website
Date and time at the moment of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you came to the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point 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 in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently, if there are any concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string https:// and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

Squarespace

For the hosting of our website and the display of the page content, we use the system of the following provider: Squarespace, Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland

All data collected on our website is processed on the provider's servers. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, ensuring the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibiting unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

Within the scope of the aforementioned services, data may also be transferred to Squarespace Inc. in the USA as part of further processing on behalf.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

4) Vendors

This list provides you with all the vendors this website works with:

Consentmanager:

We have integrated the consent management tool "consentmanager" (www.consentmanager.net) from consentmanager AB (Håltgelvågen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden, mail@consentmanager.net) on our website to obtain consent for data processing and use of cookies or comparable functions. With the help of "consentmanager" you have the possibility to give your consent for certain functionalities of our website, e.g. for the purpose of integrating external elements, integrating streaming content, statistical analysis, measurement and personalized advertising. With the help of “consentmanager” you can grant or reject your consent for all functions or give your consent for individual purposes or individual functions. The settings you have made can also be changed afterwards. The purpose of integrating “consentmanager” is to let the users of our website decide about the above-mentioned things and, as part of the further use of our website, to offer the option of changing settings that have already been made. By using “consentmanager”, personal data and information from the end devices used, such as the IP address, are processed by consentmanager. In addition, the processed information may also be stored on your device.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c) in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 3 sentence 1 lit. a) in conjunction with Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR and, in the alternative, lit. f). By processing the data, consentmanager helps us (according to GDPR this is the responsible party) to fulfill our legal obligations (e.g. obligation to provide evidence). Our legitimate interests in processing lie in the storage of user settings and preferences with regard to the use of cookies and other functionalities. "Consentmanager" stores your data as long as your user settings are active. After two years after making the user settings, the consent will be asked again. The user settings made are then saved again for this period.
You can object to the processing. You have the right to object to reasons arising from your particular situation. To object, please send an email to mail@consentmanager.net.

2. Google Ads

Google Ads is an online advertising platform that's developed by Google (Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; https://policies.google.com/privacy). This vendor might place cookies for, e.g., personalized advertisement. Please note that these cookies are not placed until you have consented to them. By allowing “Google Ads“ cookies, personal data and information such as: IP address, click path, measuring visibility of ads, mouse movement, timestamp, tracking, clicks on ads, tracking conversion, tracking time and date, visitor behavior, user agent, language, visited website, and timezone can be processed by Google Ads. This vendor may transfer, store or process your personal data outside of the EEA/EU. These countries may not have the same data protection niveau and enforcement of your rights might be limited or not possible.

The legal basis for processing can be found in DSGVO 6.1.a. This vendor needs your consent before it can place any cookies. You can always withdraw your consent, or change your choice by clicking on the icon on the left corner of this website.

3. Google General

Google Ireland specializes in providing computer program services (Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; https://policies.google.com/privacy). This vendor is used to store your cookie consent preference. Please note that these cookies are not placed until you have consented to them. By allowing “Google General“ cookies, personal data and information such as: IP address, click path, measuring visibility of ads, mouse movement, timestamp, tracking, clicks on ads, tracking conversion, tracking time and date, visitor behavior, user agent, language, visited website, and timezone can be processed by Google General. This vendor may transfer, store or process your personal data outside of the EEA/EU. These countries may not have the same data protection niveau and enforcement of your rights might be limited or not possible.

4. Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; https://policies.google.com/privacy) delivers simple, reliable, easily integrated tag management solutions. This website uses Google Tag Manager in order to block third-party cookies until the visitor has consented to them. Please note that these cookies are not placed until you have consented to them. By allowing “Google Tag Manager“ cookies, personal data and information such as: IP address, mouse movement, timestamp, tracking media, tracking user location, visitor behavior, user agent, language, visited website, and timezone can be processed by Google Tag Manager. This vendor may transfer, store or process your personal data outside of the EEA/EU. These countries may not have the same data protection niveau and enforcement of your rights might be limited or not possible.

5. Google reCAPTCHA

Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Ireland Ltd (Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; https://policies.google.com/privacy). This website uses Google reCAPTCHA to read and filter requests from bots. For further information on this vendor and on its purpose on our website, please refer to paragraph 10 of this data protection declaration.

The legal basis is the legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility when using the Internet and in preventing abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

6. Squarespace

Squarespace is a platform provided by Squarespace, Inc. (Squarespace Ireland Ltd., Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland; https://www.squarespace.com/privacy)
that allows the Owner to build, run and host this website/app. Squarespace is highly customizable and can host websites from simple blogs to complex e-commerce platforms. Please note that these cookies are not placed until you have consented to them. For further information, please refer to paragraph 9 of this data protection declaration.

5) Cookies

In order to make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your end device. In some cases, these cookies are automatically deleted again after the browser is closed (so-called "session cookies"), in other cases, these cookies remain on your end device for longer and allow page settings to be saved (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the duration of the storage in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.

The following list provides you with the cookies this website may use:

Functional Cookies:

__cmpcccu*: This cookie is used by consent manager to store the consent information. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.consentmanager.net/privacy/

__cmpconsent*: This cookie is IAB CMP Framework (TCF) v2 consent string specific to an individual account on our platform. This cookie is used by consent manager. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.consentmanager.net/privacy/

crumb: This cookie is used by Squarespace to prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF is an attack vector that causes a browser to perform unwanted actions in an application when someone is logged in. This cookie is stored for the duration of a session on this website. You can find Squarespace’s privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

rc::h: This cookie is used to by Google Recaptcha to read and filter requests from bots. This cookie is persistent. You can find their privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

test: This cookie is used by Squarespace to check whether the browser supports cookies, and to prevent errors. This cookie is stored for the duration of a session on this website. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Measurement Cookies for Analytics:

None of these cookies will be placed if you do not consent to it. You can always withdraw and change your consent by clicking on the icon in the left corner of the website.

ss_cvr: This cookie is used by Squarespace to identify unique visitors and to track a visitor's sessions on a website. This cookie expires after two years. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

ss_cvt: This cookie is used by Squarespace to identify unique visitors and to track a visitor's sessions on a website. This cookie expires after 30 minutes. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

SS_MATTR: This cookie is used by Squarespace to identify unique visitors and tracks their sessions on the site. This cookie is stored for 364 days.You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

SS_MID: This cookie is used by Squarespace to identify a unique visitor. No visitor information is stored except a unique ID dropped on visitors to the site. This cookie expires after 364 days. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

SS_lastvisit: This cookie is used by Squarespace to identify unique visitors and to track a visitor's sessions on a website. This cookie expires after 364 days. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

ss_cid: This cookie is associated with Squarespace. It collects data such as time spent on the website and website interaction. It expires after 364 days. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

ss_cpvisit: This cookie is associated with Squarespace. It is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertising more efficient. This cookie expires after two years. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

ss_cvisit: This cookie is associated with Squarespace. It collects data such as time spent on the website and website interaction. This cookie expires after 30 minutes. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Marketing Cookies:

None of these cookies will be placed if you do not consent to it. You can always withdraw and change your consent by clicking on the icon in the left corner of the website.

test_cookie*: This cookie is used by Google Ads and expires after 15 minutes. You can find their privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Preference Cookies:

None of these cookies will be placed if you do not consent to it. You can always withdraw and change your consent by clicking on the icon in the left corner of the website.

google_auto_fc_cmp_setting: This cookie is used by Google to store cookie consent preferences. This cookie is persistent. You can find their privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies set by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and you can decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.

Please note that the functionality of our website may be limited if cookies are not accepted.

6) Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and for the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the facts in question have been finally clarified, provided there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary.

7) Registration at the portal or forum

You can register on our website by entering your personal data. The personal data processed for registration is determined by the input mask used for registration. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, i.e. your registration is not complete until you have previously confirmed your registration via a confirmation e-mail sent to you for this purpose by clicking on the link contained therein. If you do not receive confirmation within 24 hours, your registration will automatically be deleted from our database. You are obliged to provide the aforementioned data; all further information can be provided voluntarily by using our portal.

If you use our portal, we store your data necessary for the fulfillment of the contract as well as, if necessary, information on the method of payment, until you finally delete your access. Furthermore, we store the data provided voluntarily by you for the duration of your use of the portal, unless you delete it beforehand. You can manage and change all information in the protected customer area. The legal basis can be found in Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR.

In addition, we store all content published by you (such as public contributions, bulletin board entries, guestbook entries, etc.) to operate the website. We have a legitimate interest in providing the website and the complete user-generated content. The legal basis can be found in Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR. If you delete your account, your public statements, especially in the forum, will remain visible to all readers. However, your account is no longer accessible. All other data will be deleted in this case.

8) Commentary Function

Within the scope of the commentary function on this website, in addition to your comment, information on the time of writing the comment and the name of the commentator you have chosen is stored and published on the website. Furthermore, your IP address is logged and stored. This IP address is stored for security reasons in case the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by submitting a comment. We need your e-mail address to contact you if a third party should object to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for the storage of your data is Art. 6 (1) point b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.

9) Use of Client Data for Direct Advertising

9.1 Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter

If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory data for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter once you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in future by clicking on an appropriate link.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GPPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration for the purpose of tracing any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter is used exclusively for the promotional purposes by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person named at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data, or we reserve the right to a more extensive use your data which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.

9.2 Campaign.Plus

Our e-mail newsletters are sent via this provider: Campaign.Plus GmbH, Schulgasse 5, 84359 Simbach am Inn, Germany

On the basis of our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR so that they can send the newsletter on our behalf.

Subject to your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical analysis of the success of newsletter campaigns by means of web beacons or tracking pixels in the emails sent, which can measure opening rates and specific interactions with the newsletter content. In the process, end device information (e.g. time of page view, IP address, browser type and operating system) is also collected and analysed, but not combined with other data records.

You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which safeguards the data of our website visitors and prohibits a transfer to third parties.

For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are meant to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

10) Web Analysis Services

Squarespace Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service provided by the following provider: Squarespace, Le Pole House, Ship Street Great, Dublin 8, Ireland

Using cookies and/or comparable technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, algorithms for reading end device and browser information), the service collects and stores pseudonymised visitor data, including information on the end device used such as the IP address and browser information, in order to evaluate it for statistical analyses of user behaviour on our website and to create pseudonymised user profiles. Among other things, this enables the analysis of movement patterns (so-called heat maps), which show the duration of page visits and interactions with page content (e.g. text entries, scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs). Pseudonymisation generally excludes the possibility of direct personal reference. Your personal data will not be combined with data collected in any other way.

All processing described above, in particular the reading or saving of information on the end device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by clicking on the icon on the left corner of the website.

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

11) Site functionalities

Google reCAPTCHA

On this website, we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC, USA. For the visual design of the CAPTCHA window, the provider uses "Google Fonts", i.e., fonts loaded from the Internet by Google. No further information is processed except that mentioned above, which is already transmitted to Google via the functionality of ReCaptcha.

The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing with the aim of blocking spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious attacks. To ensure whether an action is performed by a human being and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the end device used, the recognition data of the browser, the operating system type and the date and duration of the visit and transmits these data to the provider's servers to be evaluated.

This process is based on our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility when using the Internet and in preventing abuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, ensuring the protection of our site visitors' data and prohibiting unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

12) Tools and Miscellaneous

This website uses a so-called "cookie consent tool" by the provider consent manager (https://www.consentmanager.de) to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The "cookie consent tool" is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface when they access the page, on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking the appropriate box. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user provides the corresponding consent by ticking the corresponding box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective end device of the user if consent has been granted.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.

Further legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) point c GDPR. As the responsible party, we are subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.

Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

13) Rights of the Data Subject

12.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following comprehensive rights of data subjects (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the data controller with regard to the processing of your personal data:

Right of access by the data subject pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to be informed pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw a given consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

12.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS, WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON THE GROUNDS THAT ARISE FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING REASONS WORTHY OF PROTECTION FOR PROCESSING WHICH OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHICH ARE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

14) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if relevant – on the respective legal retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).

If personal data is processed on the basis of an express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) point a GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject revokes his consent.

If there are legal storage periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the storage periods if it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or if we no longer have a justified interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can provide compelling grounds for processing worthy of protection which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) point f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the information contained in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.