Privacy

Controller

Gabriel F. Göpffarth

c/o Pavicore GmbH

Colonnaden 5

20354 Hamburg

Germany

Email: gabriel.goepffarth@gmail.com

Hosting and Technical Delivery

This website is hosted by Vercel and uses Cloudflare for DNS and delivery/security functions. When you access the site, technical data may be processed, including IP address, request time, URL, referrer, user agent, and similar connection metadata.

Recipients/processors: Vercel, Inc. and Cloudflare, Inc. Data may be processed in the EU/EEA and in third countries, including the United States. Where required, transfers are based on appropriate safeguards such as EU standard contractual clauses and/or other valid transfer mechanisms provided by the processors.

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Legitimate interests: secure and reliable delivery of the website, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, and technical stability.

Storage period: server and security logs are stored only as long as necessary for the above purposes and then deleted or anonymized, unless longer retention is required for legal reasons or concrete security incidents.

Local Storage for Theme Preference

This website stores a small local storage entry in your browser (`theme-preference`) if you manually switch between light and dark mode. This stores only your display preference.

Legal basis: Section 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG (technically necessary storage after your interaction) and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a consistent and user-friendly display).

Storage period: until you change the setting again or clear local browser data.

Contact by Email or External Platforms

If you contact me by email or through linked external services such as LinkedIn or Instagram, the data you provide will be processed for handling your inquiry and related follow-up. Depending on your message, this may include your contact details, message content, and any files you send.

Depending on the context, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, where the communication relates to pre-contractual steps or a concrete request, or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on the legitimate interest in responding to inquiries.

Storage period: inquiry data is retained only as long as needed to process and document communication, and longer only where legal retention duties apply.

Providing this data is voluntary, but without it I may be unable to process your request.

Cookies, Tracking, and Analytics

At the time of this notice, this website does not use non-essential cookies, third-party analytics, or advertising trackers that require consent. Technically necessary cookies or similar storage/access technologies may be used where required for secure and reliable operation.

External Links

This website contains links to third-party services, including LinkedIn and Instagram. Once you leave this website, the privacy practices of those providers apply.

Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you may have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Competent supervisory authority for this website in Hamburg: Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI), datenschutz-hamburg.de.

Contact for Privacy Questions

If you have questions about this privacy notice or about the processing of personal data in connection with this website, you can contact me at gabriel.goepffarth@gmail.com.