1.) Images

All images shown on “realmicrolife.com” are my property unless otherwise stated and labelled. All images can be downloaded or copied for private use as well as for educational and scientific purposes. However, any copying or download of these images by any means for commercial use without my written permission is illegal.

2.) Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via my contact form, the information provided in the contact form as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by me in order to handle your inquiry and to give my response. I will not share this information without your consent. If you submit inquiries to us via my contact form, the information provided in the contact form as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by me in order to handle your inquiry and to give my response. I will not share this information without your consent. The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with me until you ask me to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the information is being archived no longer exists (e.g. after I have concluded my response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods.

3.) Google-Maps

This website uses Google Maps to display locations. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google).

If you access the Google Maps components integrated into my website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display our location and create a route description. Google is using servers in the USA.

By connecting to Google in this way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are transmitted.
If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

4.) Server data

For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the webpages on our site visited, the date and time of your visit, as well as the IP address from which you visited our site.
The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data.
The basis for this storage is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.
The data will be deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for evidentiary purposes. In which case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.

5.) Hosting

My website “realmicrolife.com” is hosted on the servers of IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany.

Here you can find the privacy policy statement of our hosting service provider:
https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/datenschutzerklaerung/?

6.) Cookies

a) Session cookies

I use cookies on my website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored on your computer by your browser. These cookies process certain specific information about you, such as your browser, location data, or IP address.
This processing makes my website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure, allowing me, for example, to display my website in different languages.
The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as these cookies are used to collect data to initiate or process contractual relationships.
If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, my legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.

b) Third-party cookies

If necessary, my website may also use cookies from companies with whom I cooperate for the purpose of improving the features of my website.
Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies.

c) Disabling cookies

You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support.
If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on my site may be fully usable.