Privacy Policy - The Breakup Queen

Privacy Policy

Notice Regarding Legal Framework

This privacy policy is based on the legal requirements of German data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is referred to as Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) in Germany. The GDPR/DSGVO applies across the European Union, including Germany, and governs data protection and privacy laws within the EU. Where abbreviations such as “GDPR” or “DSGVO” are used in this document, they refer to the same regulation, namely Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

Data Protection at a Glance

General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data includes all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section “Notice on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in two ways. Firstly, some data is provided by you, for example, data you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or upon your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Additionally, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For this and any other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

2. Hosting
We host the contents of our website with the following provider:

Strato AG
The provider is Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files, including your IP address.
Details can be found in Strato’s privacy policy:
https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent was requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., for device fingerprinting) as defined by TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the aforementioned service provider. This is a legally required contract to ensure that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data refers to data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information About the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Nadine Zander
Burgsteige 1
89073 Ulm

E-Mail: mail@breakupqueen.org
Phone: +49 (0) 176 11061167 (no telephone support)

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of data as per Article 9(1) GDPR are being processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Article 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on Section 25(1) TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If your data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is required to fulfill a legal obligation based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest according to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The specific legal bases applicable in individual cases are detailed in the following sections of this privacy policy.

Notice on Data Transfer to Third Countries with Inadequate Data Protection Standards and to US Companies That Are Not DPF-Certified

We use tools from companies based in third countries with inadequate data protection standards and US tools whose providers are not certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these countries.

We would like to point out that in third countries with inadequate data protection standards, a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU cannot be guaranteed.

We note that the USA is generally considered a secure third country with a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. Data transfer to the USA is permissible if the recipient is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) or has appropriate additional safeguards. Information on transfers to third countries, including the recipients of the data, can be found in this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we collaborate with various external parties. This sometimes necessitates the transfer of personal data to these external parties.

We only transfer personal data to external parties if it is required for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR in transferring the data, or if another legal basis permits the data transfer. When using data processors, we only share personal data of our customers based on a valid data processing agreement. In cases of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is established.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Specific Cases and to Direct Advertising (Article 21 GDPR)

WHEN DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ARTICLE 6 (1) LIT. E OR F OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR), WHICH IS A GERMAN LAW IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN REGULATION, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE SPECIFIC LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS THE AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In case of violations of the GDPR, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement. The right to complain exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to request that data, which we process automatically based on your consent or in the fulfillment of a contract, be provided to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another data controller, this will only occur if technically feasible.

Right to Information, Rectification, and Deletion

In accordance with the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to request free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. For this, as well as for any further questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time regarding this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases: if you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. If the processing of your personal data was unlawful, you can request the restriction of processing instead of deletion. If we no longer need your personal data but you require it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion. If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be carried out. While it is still uncertain whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed – apart from storage – with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may only be processed – apart from storage – with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie
Our website uses the consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent for the storage of certain cookies in your browser or the use of specific technologies and to document this consent in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter referred to as “Borlabs”).

When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the withdrawal of these consents are saved. This data is not shared with the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The collected data is stored until you request us to delete it, or you delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. Details about data processing by Borlabs Cookie can be found at:
https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The use of Borlabs Cookie consent technology is carried out to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

5. Social Media
Social Media Elements with Shariff
This website uses elements from social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, X, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr).

You can typically recognize the social media elements by their respective social media logos. To ensure data protection on this website, we only use these elements in conjunction with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the social media elements embedded on this website from transmitting your personal data to the respective provider as soon as you enter the site.

Only when you activate the respective social media element by clicking on the associated button is a direct connection established to the provider’s server (consent). Once you activate the social media element, the respective provider receives the information that you visited this website with your IP address. If you are simultaneously logged into your respective social media account (e.g., Facebook), the provider can associate your visit to this website with your user account.

Activating the plugin constitutes consent within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG. You can revoke this consent at any time with future effect.

The use of this service is carried out to obtain the legally required consents for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Instagram

This website includes features of the Instagram service. These features are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.

When the social media element is active, a direct connection is established between your device and the Instagram server. Instagram thereby receives information about your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the contents of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of this site, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Instagram uses it.

The use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Section 25(1) of the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). Consent can be revoked at any time.

If personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Article 26 GDPR). Joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its forwarding to Facebook or Instagram. Any subsequent processing by Facebook or Instagram after the transfer is not part of the joint responsibility.

Our shared responsibilities are outlined in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the agreement can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement:

We are responsible for providing the privacy information when using Facebook or Instagram tools and for implementing these tools securely on our website.
Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products.

Rights of affected individuals (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert your rights with us, we are obligated to forward such requests to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here:

Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these data protection standards. More information is available from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participantdetail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active.

Pinterest

On this website, we use elements of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

When you visit a page that contains such an element, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. This social media element transmits log data to Pinterest’s server in the USA. These log data may include your IP address, the address of the visited websites that also contain Pinterest features, browser type and settings, the date and time of the request, how you use Pinterest, and cookies.

For more information about the purpose, scope, further processing, and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights in this regard and options to protect your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy:
https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

6. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

With the help of Google AdSense, we can display targeted advertisements from third-party companies on our site. The content of the advertisements is based on your interests, which Google determines based on your previous user behavior. In addition, contextual information such as your location, the content of the visited website, or the Google search terms you have entered are considered when selecting the appropriate advertisement.

Google AdSense uses cookies, web beacons (invisible graphics), and similar recognition technologies. These enable an evaluation of visitor traffic on these pages.

The information collected by Google AdSense about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be shared by Google with Google’s contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by Google.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses (SCCs). Details can be found here:
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States that aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is committed to complying with these data protection standards. For more information, please refer to the provider’s details via the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participantdetail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

VG Wort Tracking Pixel

Our website includes texts containing a so-called tracking pixel (METIS tracking pixel). The provider is Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT – VG WORT (a legally capable association by virtue of granting), Untere Weidenstraße 5, 81543 Munich (hereinafter referred to as VG Wort).

The pixel counts text views and transmits this data in an anonymized manner to VG Wort to calculate remuneration for the authors. The use of the VG Wort pixel is based on our legitimate interest in receiving compensation for the texts published on our website, either for our authors or for ourselves (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)).

There are no opposing interests of the website visitors, as the data is transmitted to VG Wort in an anonymized form.

Newsletter – Performance Tracking

The newsletters include a so-called “web beacon,” a one-pixel file that is retrieved from our server—or, if we use a mailing service provider, from their server—when the newsletter is opened. During this retrieval, technical information such as your browser and system details, IP address, and the time of access is collected.

This information is used to improve the service technically by evaluating the technical data or to better understand the target groups and their reading habits based on retrieval locations (determinable via the IP address) or access times. Statistical analyses also include determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened, and which links are clicked.

For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our intent nor that of the mailing service provider, if used, to monitor individual users. Instead, these evaluations help us understand the reading habits of our users, adapt our content to their preferences, or send different content based on the interests of our users.

7. Newsletter

Newsletter Data
If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you consent to receive the newsletter. No additional data is collected unless provided voluntarily. We use newsletter service providers for the administration of our newsletters, which are described below.

With the following information, we inform you about the content of our newsletter, the registration, sending, and statistical evaluation processes, as well as your rights to object. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and consent to the described processes.

Content of the Newsletter:
We send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications containing promotional information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipients or where permitted by law. If the content of the newsletter is specifically described during registration, it is decisive for the user’s consent. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and our company.

Double-Opt-In and Logging:
Subscription to our newsletter is conducted using the so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means that after registration, you receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. This confirmation is necessary to ensure that no one can register using someone else’s email address. The newsletter registrations are logged to comply with legal requirements. This includes recording the time of registration and confirmation, as well as the IP address. Any changes to your data stored by the mailing service provider are also logged.

Registration Data:
To register for the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address. Optionally, we request your first name to address you personally in the newsletter.

Germany:
The sending of the newsletter and the associated performance measurement is based on the recipients’ consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a), Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with § 7(2)(3) UWG (German Act Against Unfair Competition) or based on the statutory permission pursuant to § 7(3) UWG.
The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our interest lies in using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests, meets user expectations, and allows us to provide proof of consent.

Cancellation/Withdrawal:
You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time, i.e., withdraw your consent. A link to unsubscribe from the newsletter is included at the end of each newsletter. We may retain unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests to demonstrate prior consent. The processing of this data is limited to defending potential claims. An individual deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed.

Service Providers Used:

Thrive Themes LLC, website: https://thrivethemes.com
Privacy Policy: https://thrivethemes.com/privacy-policy/

Brevo

This website uses Brevo for the delivery of newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Brevo is a service that organizes and analyzes newsletter campaigns. The data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on the servers of Sendinblue GmbH in Germany.

Data Analysis by Brevo

With Brevo, we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can track whether a newsletter message was opened and which links were clicked. This allows us to identify, among other things, which links are clicked the most.

In addition, we can determine whether certain predefined actions (conversion rate) were performed after opening or clicking on the newsletter. For example, we can see whether you made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.

Brevo also allows us to segment newsletter recipients into different categories (“clustering”). For instance, recipients can be grouped by age, gender, or location. This enables us to tailor newsletters more effectively to target audiences.

If you do not wish for your data to be analyzed by Brevo, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. A corresponding link for unsubscribing is included in every newsletter message.

Detailed information about Brevo’s features can be found at the following link:
https://www.brevo.com/de/newsletter-software/

Legal Basis
The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing that has already occurred remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Storage Duration
The data you provided for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider. After unsubscribing, the data will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list. Data stored for other purposes will remain unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data in the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Further details can be found in Brevo’s privacy policy at:
https://www.brevo.com/de/datenschutz-uebersicht/ and
https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/.

Order Processing
We have entered into an Order Processing Agreement (OPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the service provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

8. Online Marketing and Affiliate Programs

Affiliate Programs on this Website

We participate in affiliate partner programs. In affiliate partner programs, advertisements from a company (advertiser) are placed on websites of other companies in the affiliate partner network (publishers). When you click on one of these affiliate advertisements, you will be redirected to the advertised offer. If you subsequently make a specific transaction (conversion), the publisher will receive a commission for this. To calculate this commission, it is necessary for the affiliate network operator to track through which advertisement you arrived at the respective offer and made the predefined transaction. For this purpose, cookies or comparable recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting) are used.

The storage and analysis of the data is carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the correct calculation of their affiliate commission. If consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

We participate in the following affiliate programs:

Amazon Affiliate Program
The provider is Amazon Europe Core S.à.r.l. Details can be found in Amazon’s privacy policy at:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201909010.
The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Any company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these data protection standards. For more information, you can get from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participantdetail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000TOWQAA4&status=Active

Other Affiliate Partner Programs

Digistore24
Digistore24 MSLW Limited
The Black Church
St. Mary’s Place
D07 P4AX Dublin 7
Ireland
https://www.digistore24.com/

Elopage
We also offer digital products and download products for purchase through our websites. For this, we use the service elopage of elopage GmbH, Kurfürstendamm 182, 10707 Berlin.
Once you click on one of our product buttons, you leave our website and are redirected to our individual elopage sales page.
All functions on the sales page as well as the entire subsequent sales process are handled by elopage.
The privacy policy of elopage can be viewed here: https://elopage.com/privacy