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Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website or use our online shop. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy, which is linked below.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section "Information on the responsible party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, firstly, because you provide it to us. This could include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form, when placing an order in the online shop, or when registering for a membership.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is collected to ensure the website functions correctly. Other data is used to process orders and memberships, and to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time regarding the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time with regard to this and other questions concerning data protection.

Cookies

This website uses only technically necessary cookies (e.g., for member registration or the shopping cart function in the shop). No tracking cookies or third-party cookies are used. Therefore, a cookie banner is not required, as no cookies requiring consent are used.

2. Hosting

Self-hosting

This website is hosted on the operator's own servers (self-hosting). The personal data collected on this website is stored on these servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated via a website.

Hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online service (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

3. General information and mandatory disclosures

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note regarding the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

SW Media - Sebastian Wieser
Johann-Karg-Str. 19
85540 Haar
Telephone: 004943749751
Email: dsgvo@cycling-basti.de

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you submit a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these grounds cease to apply.

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data pursuant to Article 9(1) GDPR are processed. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for taking steps prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The applicable legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data processing in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The specific legal basis for each processing operation can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be processed for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.

Information, deletion and correction

Under applicable law, you have the right to request information, free of charge, about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time with regard to this and any other questions concerning personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do so. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification process, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
  • If you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of interests between your interests and ours must be carried out. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser's address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising emails

The use of contact details published as part of the legal notice for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

4. Data collection on this website

Technically necessary cookies

This website uses only technically necessary cookies. These are required to ensure basic website functions, e.g.:

  • Registration as a member (session cookie)
  • Shopping cart function in the online shop

No tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party cookies are used. The storage of technically necessary cookies is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR and Section 25 Paragraph 2 Number 2 TTDSG (exception for technically necessary cookies). The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing technically necessary cookies to ensure the error-free provision of its services.

A cookie banner is not required on this website , as only technically necessary cookies are used, which do not require consent.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of server request
  • IP address

This data will not be combined with other data sources.

This data is collected on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically flawless presentation and optimization of its website.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), if such consent has been obtained; you may withdraw your consent at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions remain unaffected.

Inquiries via email, telephone or fax

When you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Comment function on this website

For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about the time of creation of the comment, your e-mail address and, if you do not post anonymously, your chosen username will be stored.

Storing IP addresses: Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not review comments on this website before publication, we need this data to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Storage period for comments: The comments and the associated data are stored and remain on this website until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons.

Legal basis: The storage of comments is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient.

5. Online shop (shop.cycling-basti.de)

Order data

When you place an order in our online shop, we collect and process the following personal data:

  • First and Last Name
  • Delivery address (street, postal code, city, country)
  • E-mail address
  • Phone number (if provided)
  • Order details (item, size, quantity, price)
  • Payment information (processed directly by Stripe, see below)

This data is processed for the purpose of fulfilling the contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). Without this data, we cannot process your order.

Order data is stored for the duration of the statutory retention periods (usually 6 years according to § 257 HGB or 10 years according to § 147 AO).

Payment service provider Stripe

For payment processing in the online shop and for memberships, we use the payment service provider Stripe (Stripe, Inc., 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA / Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland).

When you pay via Stripe, your payment details (e.g., credit card number, bank account information) are transmitted directly to Stripe and processed there. We do not store any complete payment data ourselves. We only receive confirmation of the successful payment and a reference number from Stripe.

Stripe processes data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract). Stripe is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and guarantees an adequate level of data protection.

Further information on data protection at Stripe can be found at: https://stripe.com/de/privacy

Production partner Spreadshirt (Spreadconnect)

Our products are manufactured and shipped using a print-on-demand process by our production partner Spreadshirt (sprd.net AG, Gießerstraße 27, 04229 Leipzig, Germany). To process your order, we transmit the following data to Spreadshirt:

  • First and Last Name
  • Delivery address
  • Ordered items and product details
  • Email address (for shipping notifications)

This data is transferred on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (contractual necessity). Spreadshirt processes the data exclusively for the purpose of producing and shipping your order.

Further information on data protection at Spreadshirt can be found at: https://www.spreadshirt.de/datenschutzerklaerung

Order status emails

As part of the order processing, we will send you emails regarding the status of your order (order confirmation, shipping notification, etc.) to the email address you provided. These emails are sent via our own mail server.

The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of a contract).

6. Blog memberships

Registration and account details

Registration is required to use a paid membership on cycling-basti.de. We collect the following data during registration:

  • E-mail address
  • Name (if provided)
  • Selected membership level and billing interval

The processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract). Your account details will be stored for the duration of your membership and beyond, for the duration of statutory retention periods.

Payment details for memberships

Recurring membership fee payments are processed via Stripe (see section 5, "Payment service provider Stripe"). Stripe stores your payment details for automatic debiting at the beginning of each billing period. We do not have access to your complete payment information.

Access to member content

As part of your membership, we record which membership level you have chosen in order to unlock the corresponding content for you. We do not record your individual reading habits or the articles you access.

7. Analysis Tools

Matomo (cookie-free)

This website uses the open-source web analytics service Matomo. Matomo is operated on our own servers (self-hosting), so all analytics data remains with us and is not shared with third parties.

We use Matomo without cookies . Instead, access is recorded using anonymized, non-personal characteristics. This makes it impossible to identify individual users. No tracking cookies are set and no cross-device tracking is performed.

The use of Matomo is based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Since Matomo is operated without cookies, no consent is required under Section 25 of the German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG).

Plausible analytics (cookie-free)

In addition, we use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-friendly web analytics service. Plausible works entirely without cookies and without collecting personal data. No IP addresses are stored, and no cross-site or cross-device tracking is performed.

Plausible only collects aggregated, anonymous statistics (page views, referrer, device type, country). Identifying individual users is not possible.

This usage is based on our legitimate interest in website optimization (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Since no personal data is processed and no cookies are set, no consent is required.

8th Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we require your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provided for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe. Data stored for other purposes will remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from our newsletter mailing list, your email address may be stored on a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data on the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be combined with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

As of March 2026

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