Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy


General Information and Mandatory Disclosures


Designation of the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Karin Busch Photography
Karin Busch
Wilhelm-Hey-Straße,
4a81243 Munich

The responsible party alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.).

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. A simple email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
If you believe that your rights under data protection law have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent authority for data protection matters is the Data Protection Officer of the federal state where our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.

Right to Information, Rectification, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing. If applicable, you also have the right to rectification, blocking, or deletion of this data. For further inquiries regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the legal notice.

SSL/TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This ensures that the data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" in the address bar of your browser and the padlock symbol in the browser line.

Contact Form
Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, are stored to process your inquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. These data will not be shared without your consent.
The processing of data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time with a simple email notification. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent, or the need for data storage no longer exists. Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

Newsletter Data
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we require an email address and information verifying that you own the provided email address and consent to receiving the newsletter. No additional data is collected or only on a voluntary basis. This data is used solely for sending the requested information and will not be shared with third parties.
The processing of data entered into the newsletter subscription form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time, for example, via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing carried out before revocation remains unaffected.
After unsubscribing from the newsletter, your email address may be stored in a blacklist to prevent future mailings, provided this is necessary to comply with legal obligations (legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The blacklist storage is indefinite unless overridden by your interests.

Newsletter for Existing Customers
If you order goods or services from us and provide your email address, we may use it for sending newsletters about similar products or services, provided we have informed you in advance. You may opt out of receiving such newsletters at any time using the link provided in each newsletter.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with § 7(3) UWG (German Act Against Unfair Competition).

Use of Videos (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo)
Our website includes at least one YouTube plugin, operated by Google Inc., based in San Bruno, California, USA.
We use YouTube’s No-Cookies feature, meaning that videos are accessed via youtube-nocookie.com. YouTube ensures that initially no cookies are stored on your device. However, when accessing the relevant pages, your IP address and other data (as outlined in section 4) may be transmitted, indicating which pages you visited. This data is not linked to you unless you are logged into a Google service at the time.
Once you start playing an embedded video, YouTube may store cookies on your device unless you are logged into a Google service. These cookies can be blocked using appropriate browser settings.
Google/YouTube: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland – Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy,
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/
authenticated.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure.
Some cookies are “session cookies,” which are automatically deleted after your session ends. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies help recognize you upon returning to our website.
Modern browsers allow you to monitor, restrict, or disable cookie settings. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
The storage of cookies required for electronic communications or certain requested functions (e.g., shopping cart) is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically flawless and smooth provision of our services. Other cookies (e.g., for analytics) are covered separately in this privacy policy.

Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses "cookies" to analyze website usage. The data generated is typically transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the USA.
Google Analytics is used based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize our web services and advertising.

IP Anonymization
We use Google Analytics with the IP anonymization feature. This ensures that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. In exceptional cases, Google may transfer the full IP address to a server in the USA and truncate it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information 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 Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin
You can prevent cookies from being stored by your web browser. However, this may limit some functionalities of our website. Additionally, you can prevent Google from collecting data related to your website usage, including your IP address, and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to Data Collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. This will set an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to our website: Disable Google Analytics.
For details on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Data Processing Agreement
To fully comply with legal data protection requirements, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

Demographic Data in Google Analytics
Our website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that include statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. These data originate from Google’s interest-based advertising and visitor data from third-party providers. These data cannot be attributed to a specific person. You can disable this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the "Objection to Data Collection" section.

Pinterest Plugin
Our website uses functions of the social network Pinterest. The provider is Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA.
When you access a page containing Pinterest features, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. Log data is transmitted to Pinterest’s servers, which are located in the USA. These log data may include your IP address, visited websites, browser type and settings, date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.
For details, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy:
https://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we use conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Google AdWords cookies expire after 30 days and do not serve personal identification. Through the cookie, Google and we can determine that you have clicked on an ad and have been redirected to our website.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected through conversion cookies is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who use conversion tracking. Customers learn how many users have clicked on their ad and been redirected to a conversion tracking page. However, AdWords customers do not receive any information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt out by deactivating the conversion cookie in your browser settings. This will prevent inclusion in the conversion tracking statistics.
The storage of “conversion 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 advertising.
For more details on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, refer to Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
You can monitor, restrict, or prevent the setting of cookies using a modern web browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

Facebook Pixel
This website uses the Facebook visitor action pixel for conversion measurement. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the collected data is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.
This allows the behavior of website visitors to be tracked after they have clicked on a Facebook advertisement and been redirected to the provider’s website. This enables the effectiveness of Facebook ads to be analyzed for statistical and market research purposes, and future advertising efforts to be optimized.
The data collected is anonymous to us as the website operator, meaning we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of users. However, Facebook stores and processes the data, allowing a connection to the respective user profile and enabling Facebook to use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook's Data Usage Policy. This allows Facebook to display ads both on and outside of the Facebook platform. As website operators, we have no control over this data usage.
The use of the Facebook Pixel is based on Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in effective advertising, including via social media. If consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here:
[https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_
transfer_addendum](https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_
transfer_addendum)
and
[https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381](https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381).
For more information on how Facebook handles user data, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy:
[https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/](https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
You can also disable the “Custom Audiences” remarketing feature in the ad settings section of your Facebook account:
[https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen](https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen).
To do this, you must be logged into Facebook.
If you do not have a Facebook account, you can disable interest-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance:
[http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/
praferenzmanagement/](http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/
praferenzmanagement/).