Legal / 2026

Privacy notice

How information is handled when you read the guide, prepare a message or contact the editorial address.

Controller and contact

The controller is Kivashuttermango Medien GmbH, Ackerstraße 18, 10115 Berlin, Germany; Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 258413 B. Contact [email protected] for privacy enquiries.

Website delivery

When your browser requests a page or local asset, the serving infrastructure processes connection information such as IP address, request time, requested resource, browser information and response status. Such information is used to deliver the website, diagnose faults and protect the service. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a secure, functional information service under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Operational records should be retained only as long as necessary for those purposes; a security incident or legal obligation may require longer retention of relevant records.

Local message composer

The contact composer processes the values you enter within the current browser page. The supplied site code does not submit them to a server, save them in cookies or browser storage, or send them to analytics services. Copying places the generated text on your device clipboard after your action. Downloading creates a text file on your device. Your browser, operating system or clipboard synchronisation settings may govern what happens to those copies.

Closing or reloading the page is not a secure deletion method for files, clipboard contents or browser-managed form restoration. You remain in control of those device features. Do not put sensitive personal information into a draft unless it is necessary.

Email correspondence

If you separately send an email, we process your address, message, any name you provide and relevant correspondence metadata to respond, assess corrections or handle the request. The usual basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, reflecting our legitimate interest in answering correspondence and maintaining editorial accuracy. Article 6(1)(b) may apply to a request concerning a contract, and Article 6(1)(c) to legal obligations.

Correspondence is kept while needed to handle the enquiry and any reasonable follow-up, then deleted unless retention is required for legal obligations or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Necessary email and hosting service providers may process information on our behalf. Information may also be disclosed where a legal obligation requires it. We do not sell personal information.

External links and transfers

External sources are ordinary links, not embedded video players or third-party tracking scripts in the supplied pages. Following a link connects you to a separate service governed by its own privacy notice. If personal information is transferred outside the EEA in connection with a service provider, the transfer must have an applicable GDPR safeguard, such as an adequacy decision or appropriate contractual safeguards.

Your rights

Subject to the conditions in applicable law, you may request access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability of your personal data. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests. Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing. We may need proportionate information to verify a request.

You may complain to a supervisory authority, including the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The GDPR text describes the applicable rights and conditions.

Tracking and changes

The supplied site code includes no analytics, advertising trackers, accounts or automated profiling. See Cookies for browser-storage details. This notice may change when the site’s actual processing changes; consult the published notice before providing information.