Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2026
The protection of your personal data is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected when you visit Impressions of a Life, how it is used, and what rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Data Controller
The person responsible for processing personal data on this website is:
[YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME]
Impressions of a Life
[YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS]
Germany
Email: hello@impressionsofalife.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2. Hosting
This website is hosted by Hostinger.
When you visit this website, technical information may be processed by the hosting provider in order to provide the website securely and reliably. This may include information such as your IP address, browser and device information, operating system, time of access, requested pages and technical log data.
The processing of this data is necessary for the secure and technically reliable operation of the website and is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests).
Where Hostinger processes personal data on my behalf, such processing is carried out in accordance with the applicable data-processing arrangements.
Hostinger states that personal data is processed in accordance with the GDPR and describes its processing and data-protection practices in its privacy documentation.
3. Contact by Email
If you contact me by email, I process the information you provide, such as your name, email address and the contents of your message, in order to respond to your enquiry.
Depending on the nature of your enquiry, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where communication relates to the initiation or performance of a contract, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR where I have a legitimate interest in responding to general enquiries.
The information will be deleted when it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected, unless legal retention obligations require longer storage.
4. Newsletter
You can subscribe to the Impressions of a Life newsletter through this website.
For this purpose, I may collect:
- First name
- Last name
- Email address
- Your consent to receive the newsletter
Your information is used exclusively for administering your newsletter subscription and sending you the Impressions of a Life newsletter and related updates.
Processing is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To unsubscribe, contact hello@impressionsofalife.com or use the unsubscribe option provided in newsletter communications where available.
Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your withdrawal.
Your newsletter information will be retained for as long as you remain subscribed. After you unsubscribe, your information will be removed from the active newsletter mailing list unless limited retention is necessary to demonstrate that consent was previously obtained or to comply with legal obligations.
5. Newsletter Subscription Form / SureForms
The newsletter subscription form on this website is created using SureForms, a WordPress form plugin.
When you submit the form, the information you enter is processed in order to record your newsletter subscription and notify me of the submission.
SureForms states that form submissions are stored on the website itself rather than on SureForms’ own cloud servers.
SureForms also provides GDPR settings that can prevent storage of IP address, browser and device information and can automatically delete form entries after a specified period.
The legal basis for processing newsletter subscription information is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
6. Consent
Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Withdrawal applies to future processing and does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
You may withdraw your newsletter consent by contacting:
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
This website may use technically necessary cookies or similar technologies required for the website to function correctly.
Where cookies or comparable technologies that are not technically necessary are used — for example for analytics, advertising or certain third-party services — they will only be used where legally required after you have provided the appropriate consent.
You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on the website.
[This section must be adapted to the actual cookies and services used by the website.]
8. Storage of Personal Data
Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
Where processing is based on consent, the relevant data will generally be deleted when consent is withdrawn and the data is no longer required, subject to applicable legal obligations or legitimate documentation requirements.
9. Recipients of Personal Data
Personal data may be processed by service providers that are necessary to operate this website, such as the website hosting provider.
Where service providers process personal data on my behalf, appropriate contractual and data-protection arrangements are used where required.
Personal data will not be sold.
10. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you may have the right to:
- request information about the personal data processed about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
- request deletion of your personal data;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to certain processing;
- receive personal data you have provided in a portable format where the legal requirements for data portability are met;
- withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent; and
- lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.
Whether a particular right applies depends on the circumstances and legal basis of the processing.
To exercise your rights, you can contact:
11. Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data-protection law.
You may generally contact the supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy when the website, services or legal requirements change.
The current version of the Privacy Policy will always be available on this website.