Privacy
Controller
Harald Mühlhoff, address as listed in the imprint.
What we collect — and why
1. Clicks on affiliate links
When someone clicks a link marked as an affiliate link, we record one row on our server containing the following data:
- Partner (e.g. "amazon")
- Product key (e.g. the Amazon ASIN)
- Slug of the article the link appeared on
- Language version of the page
- Timestamp
We store no IP address, no user-agent, no referrer. The sole purpose is to see which articles generate which click volumes — legal basis Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in commercial analysis).
2. Article page views
For each article view we record one row with slug, language, timestamp
and a dedup hash. The dedup hash is derived from a short random token
in the 3ds-sess cookie (purely technical, 30-day lifetime,
not an identifier) plus slug plus date. This prevents reload spam and
same-day repeat visits from being double-counted — the visitor's identity
cannot be reconstructed from it.
Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR / § 25 (2) sentence 2 TTDSG (technically necessary cookie, no consent required).
3. Google Analytics 4 (only with consent)
If you accept the cookie banner, we load Google Analytics 4 with
IP anonymisation. Until then no Google script is loaded. You can
revoke at any time: delete the bw-consent-v1 cookie
or reject in the cookie banner.
4. Contact form / email
A message sent via the contact form or directly to harald@carecom.de reaches our mailbox only. We do not pass it on to anyone or store it in any third-party system.
5. Interactive maps (OpenStreetMap)
Articles about hiking tours automatically load an interactive map showing
the route as soon as the page opens. To do so, your browser fetches map
tiles directly from the third-party provider
OpenStreetMap
(OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom). In the process your IP address is
transmitted to tile.openstreetmap.org; we ourselves do not
receive or store that data.
Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest). The map shows the actual course of the hike — without it a tour article cannot present the route in any meaningful way, so the map is part of the article itself, not optional decoration.
The OpenStreetMap Foundation's privacy policy is available at wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.
Cookies — full list
bw-consent-v1— your cookie choice (accepted/rejected). 12 months, technically necessary.3ds-sess— opaque random token used to dedup our pageview counter. 30 days, technically necessary.- Google Analytics sets its own cookies (
_ga,_ga_*) — only after your consent.
Your rights
Right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection under Art. 15–21 GDPR. Requests by email to the address listed in the imprint.