Privacy Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Carsten Haverkamp
c/o Impressumservice Dein-Impressum
Stettiner Str. 41
35410 Hungen
Germany

2. Hosting

This website is hosted by checkdomain GmbH.

When you access this website, the hosting provider processes technically necessary data. This may include in particular:

IP address
date and time of access
page or file accessed
amount of data transferred
referrer URL
browser used
operating system used
technical status and error messages

This processing is carried out to ensure the secure and reliable operation of the website, to identify technical errors and to prevent attacks.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the secure and technically reliable operation of this website.

According to checkdomain, server log files are deleted after no more than 14 days. Where technically possible and appropriate, IP addresses are anonymised after 24 hours.

Hosting provider:

checkdomain GmbH
Große Burgstraße 27/29
23552 Lübeck
Germany

3. Contact by email

If you contact me by email, the data you provide will be processed. This includes in particular your email address, your name, if provided, and the content of your message.

The data is processed exclusively for the purpose of handling your enquiry and the related communication.

If your enquiry concerns the initiation or performance of a contract, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

In all other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in responding to and handling your enquiry.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of the communication and provided that no statutory retention obligations prevent its deletion.

4. Contact form

A contact form is available on this website.

When you use the form, the data you enter will be processed. This includes:

name
email address
message

The data is used to process your enquiry and to enable me to respond to you.

The WordPress plugin Contact Form 7 is used for the contact form.

The data entered is transmitted to me by email. According to the provider, in its standard configuration Contact Form 7 does not permanently store personal form data in its own database and does not set its own tracking cookies for this purpose, provided that no additional external services are enabled.

The legal basis depends on the content of your enquiry. For pre-contractual or contractual enquiries, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In all other cases, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

5. Multilingual website

The WordPress plugin Polylang is used to provide this website in multiple languages.

Polylang is used solely to display pages and content according to the selected language.

Where Polylang stores technically necessary information about the selected language, this is done exclusively to provide you with the language version of the website you have chosen.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and, where storage on your device is technically necessary, Section 25(2) TDDDG. The legitimate interest lies in providing a user-friendly multilingual website.

6. SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption.

You can recognise an encrypted connection in particular by the fact that the website address begins with “https://”.

This helps prevent data you transmit to this website from being read by third parties.

7. External links

This website contains links to external websites, including LinkedIn.

Simply visiting this website does not result in data being transmitted to the respective provider through a standard external link.

Only when you click on an external link do you leave this website. The respective provider is responsible for any subsequent data processing on the external website.

8. Cookies and similar technologies

This website does not use cookies or similar technologies for advertising, analytics or tracking purposes.

Where technically necessary information is stored, this is done solely to the extent required to provide the website or its functions.

Under Section 25(2) TDDDG, consent is not required for storage that is strictly technically necessary.

9. Your rights

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have in particular the following rights:

right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR
right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR.

10. Objection to the processing of personal data

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

To exercise your rights, simply send a message to:

kontakt@howtomensch.com

11. Current version of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the current technical configuration of this website.

If new functions or external services are added, this Privacy Policy may need to be amended.

Last updated: September 2026