Crafting Dreams into Reality
Status: 16 April 2025
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details in the site’s legal notice (Impressum).
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us, for example, by filling out a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website, either automatically or after your consent. This includes primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
Data Protection
The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.
Notice on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Mountain High Pictures – Tom B. Schmitz-Audek
Im Weidengrund 17
40878 Ratingen
Germany
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of data protection laws, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: [Link to list of data protection officers].
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data, which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, automatically handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done as far as it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the website operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon in your browser.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Right to Information, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For further information, you can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice.
Objection to Promotional Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of this site expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.
Statutory Data Protection Officer
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.
Cookies
Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. They help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser upon your next visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and enable automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies necessary for the electronic communication process or for providing certain functions you request (e.g., shopping cart) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to store cookies has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
To manage cookies and similar technologies (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and the associated consents, we use the “Real Cookie Banner” consent tool. Details about the functionality of “Real Cookie Banner” can be found at: https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/.
The legal basis for processing personal data in this context is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in managing cookies and similar technologies and the associated consents.
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. You are not obliged to provide personal data. However, if you do not provide this data, we cannot manage your consents.
Server Log Files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for pre-contractual measures.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.
The data you enter into the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP Anonymization
We have enabled IP anonymization on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the EU or other contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being sent to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the website operator to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin
You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. However, we point out that doing so may prevent you from using all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to Data Collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, preventing the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.
More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Contract Data Processing
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google and fully comply with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic Features in Google Analytics
This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics, allowing reports to be generated containing statements about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this feature at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described under “Objection to Data Collection.”
Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this site uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, your browser must establish a connection to Google servers. In doing so, Google becomes aware that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer is used.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit a page with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.