Privacy Policy

1) Introduction and Contact Information of the Controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data means any data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Stefan Vogt, c/o IP-Management #12275, Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 18, 20459 Hamburg, Germany, Tel.: 015227436031, Email: info@darkest-blood.com. The controller 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 Visiting Our Website

2.1 When using our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser sends 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:

• Our visited website
• Date and time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/reference from which you accessed the page
• Used browser
• Operating system used
• IP address used (if applicable, in anonymized form)

This processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. A transfer or other use of the data does not take place. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

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

3) Cookies

In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.

If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent granted or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

4) Contact

In the context of contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data that is collected when using 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 contacting and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified, and provided that there are no legal obligations to retain data.

5) Website Features

5.1 Vimeo

This website uses plugins for the display and playback of videos from the following provider: Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA

If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Vimeo’s servers to load the plugin. In doing so, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos via the plugin is started, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to our website, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want this association with your profile on Vimeo, you must log out before activating the video playback button.

All of the above processing, particularly the setting of cookies to retrieve information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service using the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider relies on standard contract clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards.

5.2 YouTube

This website uses plugins for the display and playback of videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data may also be transmitted to: Google LLC., USA

If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider’s servers to load the plugin. In doing so, certain information, including your IP address, is transmitted to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos via the plugin is started, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.

If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to our website, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want this association with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the video playback button.

All of the above processing, particularly the setting of cookies to retrieve information on the device used, only takes place if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service using the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider relies on the EU-US Privacy Shield, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards.

5.3 Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses 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,” which are fonts loaded from the Internet by Google. This does not result in any further processing of information than that already transmitted to Google through the functionality of ReCaptcha.

The service checks whether input is made by a natural person or is done abusively through automated machine processing and blocks spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated malicious access. To ensure that an action is taken by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, recognition data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit, and transmits this data to the provider for evaluation.

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

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

For data transfers to the USA, the provider relies on the EU-US Privacy Shield, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards.

6) Rights of the Data Subject

6.1 The applicable data protection law grants you certain rights with respect to the processing of your personal data by the controller. To exercise these rights, please refer to the information provided below or contact the controller:

• Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
• Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
• Right to erasure 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 consent pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
• Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

6.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS PURSUANT TO ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US TO CONDUCT DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME. YOU MAY EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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

7) Duration of Personal Data Storage

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal retention period, the purpose of the data processing, and – if relevant – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are legal retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or similar obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of the contract, and if there is no legitimate interest on our part in the continued storage.

When processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct advertising based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this statement about specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.