Privacy Policy & Cookies (EU)

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 08/08/2022 and applies to citizens and lawful permanent residents of the European Economic Area.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://andreawirsum.com (hereinafter: “The Website”) uses cookies and similar technologies (for the sake of simplicity, all these are summarized under “Cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties contracted by us. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are Cookies?

A cookie is a simple small file that can be sent with the pages of a web address and stored by the web browser on a PC or other device. The information stored therein may be sent to our servers or the servers of relevant third-party providers during subsequent visits.

3. What are Scripts?

A script is a piece of program code used to provide functionality and interactivity to our website. This code is executed on our servers or on your device.

4. What is a Web Beacon?

A web beacon (also called a pixel tag) is a small invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor website traffic. To make this possible, various data about you is stored by means of web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or Functional Cookies

Some cookies ensure that parts of our website work properly and that your user preferences are remembered. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, when you visit our site, you don’t have to repeatedly enter the same information, or your items stay in your cart until you pay, for example. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Marketing/Tracking-Cookies

Marketing / tracking cookies are cookies or other form of local storage used to create user profiles to display advertisements or track the user on this website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.3 Social Media Button

On our website, we have included buttons for Facebook and Instagram to support web pages (e.g. “Like”, “Pin”) or sharing (e.g. “Tweet”) on social networks such as Facebook and Instagram. These buttons use code that comes from Facebook and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons can also store and process certain information so that personalized advertising can be displayed to you.

Please read the privacy policy of these social networks (which may change regularly) to learn how they handle your (personal) data that they process using these cookies. The retrieved data is anonymized as far as possible. Facebook and Instagram has its headquarters in the United States

6. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save settings”, you give us your consent to use all categories of cookies and plugins you have chosen as described in this Cookie Statement. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our website may not function properly if you do so.

7. Manage your Consent Settings

Functional

Marketing

8. Your Rights in Relation to Personal Information

You have the following rights with respect to your personal information:

You have the right to know why your personal information is needed, what happens to it, and how long it is kept.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data known to us.
Right to rectification: You have the right whenever you wish to amend, correct and have your personal data deleted or blocked.
If you have given us your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw this consent and have your personal data deleted.

Right to transfer your data: You have the right to request all of your personal data from one controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data. We comply unless there are legitimate grounds for the processing.

To exercise these rights please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the end of this Cookie Statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear it, but you also have the right to address it to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).

9. Activation/Deactivation and Deletion of Cookies

You can use your Internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify whether special cookies should not be placed. Another option is to set up your Internet browser so that you are notified each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, see the instructions in the help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again when you visit our website.

10. Contact Information

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us using the contact information below:

Andrea Wirsum
Meisenstrasse 20a
14195 Berlin,
Germany
Website: https://andreawirsum.com
E-Mail: aw@andreawirsum.com