Privacy Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:

Matchday Germany
Operated by Aaron Akrutat
Wohltorfer Straße 32b
21465 Reinbek
Germany

Email: contact@matchdaygermany.com

We have not appointed a data protection officer, as the statutory thresholds under Art. 37 GDPR and § 38 BDSG are not met.

2. Overview

Matchday Germany is a content website. It has no user accounts, newsletter, comment function, shop or advertising network. We process technical data required to deliver and secure the website, information you provide when contacting us, and optional analytics data if you give your consent.

We use PostHog for consent-based web and product analytics. Analytics remains disabled until you actively select “Accept analytics”. We do not use session recordings, heatmaps, advertising pixels or cross-site tracking.

3. Website Hosting and Server Log Data

This website is hosted by:

Vercel Inc.
440 N Barranca Ave #4133
Covina, CA 91723
United States

A data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is in place with the hosting provider.

When you access this website, the following data is transmitted by your browser and processed in server log files:

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• The page or resource requested
• HTTP status code and volume of data transferred
• Browser type and version, operating system and device type
• Referrer URL, where transmitted by your browser

This data is processed to deliver the website, maintain its technical stability, identify and correct faults, and defend against attacks and misuse.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure and reliable operation of this website. Providing this data is technically necessary to visit the site; it cannot be withheld while still accessing the content.

Retention: Server log data is deleted after 14 days, unless a specific security incident requires longer retention for its investigation.

4. Transfer to the United States

Our hosting provider is established in the United States, and data described in section 3 is processed there.

Vercel Inc. self-certifies under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, supplemented by Standard Contractual Clauses. On this basis, the European Commission has recognised an adequate level of protection for certified organisations in its adequacy decision of 10 July 2023. The transfer takes place under Art. 45 GDPR, supplemented by the standard contractual clauses referred to in Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR.

You should be aware that United States authorities may, under certain conditions, be able to access data held by providers subject to their jurisdiction, and that enforcing data subject rights against a body outside the EU can be more difficult in practice.

5. Domain and DNS Services

The domains used by Matchday Germany are registered through:

IONOS SE
Elgendorfer Straße 57
56410 Montabaur
Germany

The provider operates the technical domain and DNS services that make this website reachable under its domain names. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; our legitimate interest is operating the site under its own domain.

6. Fonts

This website uses the typefaces Bebas Neue and Inter. Both are downloaded at build time and delivered from our own server together with the rest of the site.

Your browser makes no connection to Google Fonts or to any other external font provider, and no data is transmitted to such a provider when you visit this site.

7. Images, Maps and Media

All images, graphics and map assets on this website are stored on our own infrastructure and delivered from it. There are no embedded maps, videos, social media widgets or other third-party elements that would establish a connection to an external service when you open a page.

The images themselves are AI-generated. That does not involve processing any personal data of visitors; how they are produced is explained on the AI Transparency page.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use local storage to remember whether you accepted or declined optional analytics. Storing this choice is necessary to respect your privacy preference and avoid asking you again on every page.

If you consent to analytics, PostHog may store a pseudonymous identifier in cookies or local storage so that page views and interactions within a visit can be associated with one another. The legal basis for this storage and access is your consent under § 25(1) TDDDG.

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time by selecting “Privacy settings” in the footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that occurred lawfully before the withdrawal.

9. Web and Product Analytics

With your consent, we use PostHog Cloud EU, an analytics service provided by PostHog, to understand how visitors find and use Matchday Germany. The service helps us improve our content, navigation and technical performance.

The analytics data may include:

• Pages viewed and the order in which they are visited
• Referring page or traffic source
• Clicks on links, buttons, cards and other page elements
• Date and time of interactions
• Browser, operating system and device information
• Approximate geographic information derived from the IP address
• Website performance information, including Web Vitals
• A pseudonymous visitor or session identifier

We do not use PostHog for session recordings, heatmaps, advertising tracking or automated decisions. We do not identify visitors by name and do not create profiles for advertising purposes.

Analytics is activated only after you give consent. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where information is stored on or accessed from your device, § 25(1) TDDDG. You may withdraw your consent at any time through “Privacy settings” in the footer.

Matchday Germany uses PostHog’s EU data region. PostHog processes the data on our behalf under a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Where processing or access from outside the European Economic Area occurs, appropriate safeguards are used in accordance with Chapter V GDPR.

Analytics event data is retained for no longer than 12 months and is then deleted or aggregated. Your consent preference remains stored until you change it or clear your browser storage.

Further information is available in the PostHog Privacy Policy.

10. Contacting Us

If you write to us at the email address given above, we process the content of your message, your email address, and any further information you choose to provide, for the purpose of handling your enquiry.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest being to respond to enquiries addressed to us. Where your message concerns a contract or steps taken prior to entering into one, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Retention: Correspondence is deleted 6 months after the enquiry has been concluded, unless statutory retention obligations under commercial or tax law require otherwise.

11. Recipients of Personal Data

Personal data is disclosed to the service providers described in sections 3, 5 and 9 where necessary. These providers process data on our behalf or provide the technical infrastructure required to operate the website.

Beyond that, personal data is disclosed only where we are legally obliged to do so. There is no automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.

12. External Links

This website contains links to websites and services operated by third parties. Following such a link takes you to a site whose operator processes data independently and under its own privacy policy. We have no influence over that processing.

13. Affiliate Links

Matchday Germany currently uses no affiliate links and receives no commission on any booking or purchase.

Should this change, affiliate links will be visibly marked as advertising at the link itself, and this policy will be updated before any affiliate tracking is activated.

14. Your Rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• Obtain access to the personal data we process about you (Art. 15)
• Have inaccurate data corrected (Art. 16)
• Have your data erased (Art. 17)
• Have processing restricted (Art. 18)
• Receive your data in a portable format (Art. 20)
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests, on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21)
• Withdraw any consent you have given, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3))

To exercise any of these rights, write to contact@matchdaygermany.com.

15. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority competent for us is:

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein (ULD)
Holstenstraße 98
24103 Kiel
Germany
www.datenschutzzentrum.de

You may also complain to the supervisory authority of your habitual residence or place of work.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We update this policy when our services, our technical infrastructure or our processing activities change, or when legal requirements make it necessary. The current version is always available at this address.