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Privacy Policy
1. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
STAIDIUM TECHNOLOGIES GmbH
Industriestraße 32F
53359 Rheinbach
Germany
Represented by the Managing Director Peter Lauterbach
Email: info@staidium.org
2. General Information
We take the protection of your personal data seriously and process it in accordance with the GDPR and applicable data protection laws. Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
3. Hosting and Server Log Files
This website runs on a cloud server operated by us at Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany, located in the Nuremberg data centre (Germany). We have concluded a data processing agreement with Hetzner pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.
When you visit this website, our server automatically stores the following information in server log files:
- IP address, in shortened form only (for IPv4 addresses the last byte is removed, for IPv6 addresses only the first 48 bits are stored)
- Date and time of the request
- Requested page or file and HTTP status code
- Amount of data transferred
- Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
- Browser type, version and operating system
This data is processed to ensure the secure and stable operation of the website. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the technically error-free and secure provision of the website). The log files are deleted automatically after 7 days.
If a technical error occurs during a request, the server’s error log may contain the full IP address. It is used exclusively for troubleshooting and is also deleted automatically after 7 days.
4. Contact Form and Email
If you contact us via the contact form, the information you provide (first name, last name, email address and message) is transmitted in encrypted form to our server and from there sent as an email via Microsoft 365 to our mailbox info@staidium.org. The same mailbox receives your message if you email us directly.
For sending and storing emails we use Microsoft 365, provided by Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Microsoft pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Processing in the United States cannot be ruled out; it is based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, under which Microsoft Corporation is certified, and on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
We process this data in order to handle your request. We do not share it with third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your request relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, otherwise Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to inquiries).
The data will be deleted once your request has been fully processed, unless statutory retention obligations apply.
5. Cookies, Analytics and Third-Party Content
This website does not use cookies or similar technologies, does not use any analytics or tracking services and does not load content from third parties. Fonts, images and videos are delivered from our own server.
6. Links to Other Websites
This website contains links to other websites, for example staidium.org and benarena.staidium.org. Data is only transmitted to the respective website when you click such a link; the privacy policy of that website then applies.
7. Data Retention
Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary to fulfil the respective purposes or to comply with legal obligations.
8. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to withdraw any consent given at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7 (3) GDPR); the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected
To exercise your rights, please contact info@staidium.org.
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): Where we process data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW), Kavalleriestraße 2–4, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Last updated: October 2026