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1. Controller

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3. Cookie-free audience measurement

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7. Encryption

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8. Your rights

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and to object (Arts. 15–21 GDPR), and to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3)). An email to the address above is sufficient. You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; the competent authority for us is the Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg, Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany.

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Last updated: October 2026