data protection

Privacy Policy - Status: May 2018

We are pleased that you visit our website and thank you for your interest. The protection of your privacy when using our website is very important to us and takes place according to the legal rules.
Ahnen-Forscher.com processes your data exclusively on the basis of the legal regulations (in particular according to the European General Data Protection Regulation - DSGVO Therefore please take note of the following information:

Collection, processing and use of personal data

Personal data is information about natural persons whose identity is determined. (Name, email and IP addresses, etc.)
Basically, you can visit Ahnen-Forscher.com without having to collect personal data from you.We observe the principle of earmarked data use and collect, process and use your personal data only insofar as this is necessary for the processing of inquiries in the context of the contact, the forum area and commentary operation.
The stored data also serves for purposes of identifying and tracking inadmissible access to our web server. By order of competent authorities, we may provide information about this data in individual cases, as far as this is necessary, for example, for law enforcement or security purposes.

1. Collection of personal data when visiting our website www.ahnen-forscher.com

The access data on our website are stored in web server log files. The following data are recorded here.

Browser type and browser version
operating system
Website from which the user visits our website (referrer URL
Bottom that the user visits
Model name of the mobile phone and a generic device identifier
Date and time of access
IP address of a user's PC
Storage time;
These data are usually stored only for the duration of the website visit.
The maximum storage period is 2 months.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the processing of the access data is, according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, the legitimate interest of ancestor researchers (analysis, online service offer and data security).

2. Privacy Policy for Data Logging

In order to get write access to the forum you have to register, whereby additional data are stored.
Username, password and e-mail are required information for the registration and for your identification when using an account.
Voluntary are all other information.
For security reasons, the passwords are stored encrypted in the forum database. Registered users also have the option of hiding their own personal information in the forum from others.
Only registered users of the forum can access the profile pages of a user as well as the user overview.
As a registered forum user you should take into account when creating your own text contributions that these contributions are usually publicly available.
Please always formulate your contributions in such a way that you (and other persons) do not put the public at a disadvantage and that you do not yourself harm the protection of your own personal data.

3. Privacy Policy for Cookies

Our website uses cookies.
These are small text files that make it possible to store user-specific information on the user's device while using the website.
Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, to analyze the behavior of the page usage, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly.
Cookies are stored at the end of a browser session and can be recalled when the page is visited again.
If you do not want this, you should set your Internet browser to refuse to accept cookies.

On www.ahnen-forscher.com the following cookies are set:
Surname description
wordpress_test_cookie These cookies are only used for the administration area of ​​WordPress Storage duration: wordpress_test_cookie and wordpress_;until the end of a session, wordpress_logged_in_: 15 days, wp-settings- and wp-settings-time-: 1 year
wordpress These cookies are only used for the administration area of ​​WordPress and do not apply to other site visitors
wordpress_logged_in_ These cookies are only used for the administration area of ​​WordPress and do not apply to other site visitors
wp-settings- These cookies are only used for the administration area of ​​WordPress and do not apply to other site visitors
wp-settings-time- These cookies are only used for the administration area of ​​WordPress and do not apply to other site visitors
from is used for A / B testing of new features
akm_mobile saves if the visitor wants to see the mobile version of a website
cookie policy This cookie indicates that you agree to the use of cookies on our sites. It is set if you close the hint layer use of cookies.
s_cc This cookie indicates that cookies are enabled in your browser.
s_sq This cookie contains information about the previous link that was clicked by the user.
s_vi [ID Unique ID for visitors with time and date

Legal basis
The legal basis for setting cookies is, according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, the legitimate interest of ancestor researchers (online service offer, analysis).

4. Privacy Policy for Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To disable Google Analytiscs, Google will provide a browser plug-in at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific user-related information on the user's device. These allow an analysis of the use of our website offer by Google. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our pages (including your IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code 'gat._anonymizeIp ();' in order to ensure an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-Masking). If the anonymization is active, Google truncates IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and therefore no identification of your identity is possible. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google complies with the US Safe Harbor Privacy Policy and is registered with the US Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program and uses the information collected to evaluate, report on and contribute to our use of our Web sites and others Provide services to us. Find out more at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR is the legitimate interest of ancestor researchers (analysis of the use of our website and statistical evaluation to improve the offer).

5. Privacy Policy for Google AdSense

Our website uses Google AdSense, a promotional advertising service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website.
Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics).
These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages.
The information generated by cookies and web beacons on the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA.
This information may be shared by Google with Google affiliates.
However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly;
however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this website to the fullest extent.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the data processing is § 13 Abs. 2 TMG, from 25.05.2018 Art. 6 Abs. 1 Letter a DGSVO (Consent of the data subject).
Your consent, which you have given us by accepting the use of cookies, you can revoke at any time. Your consent, which you have given us by accepting the use of cookies, you can revoke at any time. Users can prevent the installation of Google AdSense cookies in several ways:
a) by setting the browser software accordingly;
b) by disabling interest-based ads on Google;
c) by deactivating the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulation campaign "About Ads";
d) by permanent deactivation by a browser plug-in.
The settings under b) and c) are deleted when cookies are deleted in the browser settings.

6. Privacy Policy for Google +1

Our website uses social media features provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
When you visit our pages with Google plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and Google's servers.
Data is already being transferred to Google.
If you have a Google account, this data can be linked to it.
If you do not wish to associate this information with your Google Account, please log out of Google before visiting our page.
Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking on a "+1" or "share" button will also be passed on to Google.
Learn more at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Legal basis
Legal basis for the use of the Google "+1" button is the legitimate interest of ancestor researchers (analysis of the use of our website and statistical evaluation of the improvement of the offer) according to Art. 6 para. 1 f of the GDPR.

7. Privacy Policy for Facebook

Our website uses features of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
When you visit our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers.
Data is already being transferred to Facebook.
If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it.If you do not wish to assign this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our page.
Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or the clicking on a "Like" or "Share" button are also passed on to Facebook.
Learn more athttps://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the use of the Facebook plug-in is the legitimate interest of ancestor researchers (analysis of the use of our website as well as statistical evaluation to improve the offer) in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO.

8. Privacy Policy for Twitter

Our website uses features of Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States.
When you visit our pages with Twitter plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and Twitter's servers.
Data is already being transmitted to Twitter.
If you have a Twitter account, this data can be linked to it.
If you do not wish to associate this information with your Twitter account, please log out of Twitter before visiting our page.
Interactions, especially clicking on a "re-tweet" button will also be shared with Twitter.
Find out more at https://twitter.com/privacy.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the use of the Twitter plug-in is the legitimate interest of ancestor researchers (analysis of the use of our website as well as statistical evaluation of the improvement of the offer) according to Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO.

9. Your rights and contact

You have a right to free information about your stored data and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data.
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, information, correction, blocking or deletion of data as well as in case of revocation of any given consent, please contact us directly.
You can find our contact address in our imprint.

10. Other

In the course of an ongoing development of the Internet, we will constantly expand and adapt this data protection information.

Source: Sample privacy policy of anwalt.de