Privacy Policy
1. Data protection at a glance
The protection of personal data is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains which personal data is processed when visiting this website, for what purposes this happens, and which rights visitors have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
2. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Wessel Smeekes
Hauptstraße 8
83112, Frasdorf
Germany
Email: wesselsmeekes@gmail.com
Phone: +49 175 8423892
3. Hosting
This website is hosted by Hostinger.
Provider:
HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Švitrigailos str. 34
Vilnius 03230
Lithuania
When visiting this website, Hostinger processes technical data that is automatically transmitted by the visitor’s browser. This may include, in particular, the IP address, date and time of the request, pages accessed, browser type, operating system, referrer URL, and technical access data.
This processing takes place in order to provide the website technically, ensure stability and security, and trace possible technical issues.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the secure and reliable provision of this website.
Where required, a data processing agreement has been concluded with Hostinger.
Further information can be found in Hostinger’s Privacy Policy:
https://www.hostinger.com/legal/privacy-policy
4. Contact by email
If you contact me by email, the data you provide will be processed in order to respond to your request. This may include your email address, your name if provided, and the content of your message.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request relates to a potential or existing contractual relationship. In all other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in processing and responding to your request.
The data will be deleted once it is no longer required for processing the request, unless statutory retention obligations apply.
5. Contact form
This website uses a contact form provided by Hostinger.
If you use the contact form, the data you enter will be processed in order to respond to your request. This may include, in particular, your name, email address, the content of your message, and technical data such as the time of the request and IP address.
Required fields are used to process your request properly. Optional information is provided voluntarily.
The processing takes place in order to handle your request. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request relates to a potential or existing contractual relationship. In all other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in processing and responding to your request.
The data will be deleted once it is no longer required for processing the request, unless statutory retention obligations apply.
Transmission takes place via an encrypted connection, provided that the website is accessed via HTTPS.
6. Calendly
This website links to Calendly in order to allow online appointment booking. Calendly is not automatically embedded when the website loads. It is only accessed when you actively click the corresponding button or link.
Provider:
Calendly, LLC
115 E Main St., Ste A1B
Buford, GA 30518
USA
When you open the Calendly link and use the Calendly function, personal data is transmitted to Calendly. This may include, in particular, your name, email address, selected appointment, time zone, technical information, and any information you enter in the booking form.
The processing takes place for the purpose of scheduling appointments and communication.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if the appointment booking is connected to a potential or existing collaboration. Where consent is required for the use of Calendly, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Calendly may process personal data in the United States. According to Calendly, it provides privacy information and a Data Processing Addendum.
Further information can be found in Calendly’s Privacy Notice:
https://calendly.com/legal/privacy-notice
7. YouTube
This website embeds videos from YouTube.
Provider:
Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
YouTube videos on this website are embedded using a thumbnail-click solution. This means that the YouTube player is not loaded automatically when the page is opened. A connection to YouTube or Google is only established when visitors actively click the video preview.
Where possible, YouTube videos are embedded using privacy-enhanced mode via the youtube-nocookie.com domain. When a video is played, personal data such as IP address, device information, browser information, the page accessed, and usage data may still be transferred to Google or YouTube.
The integration is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, provided that the video is only loaded after your consent.
Further information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
8. Cookies and external content
This website may use technically necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the website.
External content such as Calendly and YouTube is not fully loaded automatically where it is integrated only via buttons, links, or thumbnail-click solutions. When actively clicking such content, you leave this website or load external content from the respective provider.
If analytics, marketing, or tracking cookies are used in addition, this will only take place on the basis of corresponding consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
9. SSL or TLS encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address line begins with “https://”.
10. Your rights
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to access your stored personal data, correction of inaccurate personal data, deletion of personal data, restriction of processing, data portability, objection to certain processing operations, withdrawal of consent, and lodging a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
11. Storage period
Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose or as required by statutory retention obligations.
12. Authoritative version
The German version of this Privacy Policy is legally authoritative. Translations are provided for convenience only.
13. Status of this Privacy Policy
Status: May 2026