Privacy.
Processing made clear.

01Controller

Nico Wiegand · NW Consulting

info@nw-consulting.org

You can also use this address for privacy enquiries and to exercise your rights.

02Hosting & access data

nw-consulting.org is intended to run on IONOS Webhosting Premium, supplied by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany.

IONOS lists referrers, requested pages/files, browser, operating system, device type and access time. The provider states that visitor data is anonymised on collection; the anonymised IP address is used for location information.

This processing serves to deliver the website, identify faults and prevent abusive access. The intended legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; the legitimate interest is a reliable and secure website.

IONOS specifies eight weeks of retention for this visitor data.

IONOS: data processing by webhosting products

03IONOS WebAnalytics

The webhosting documentation confirms additional processing through IONOS WebAnalytics. The supplied website code itself embeds no analytics pixel or advertising trackers.

According to the provider, WebAnalytics can produce access statistics from server logs or a pixel. IONOS lists requested pages, timestamps, referrers, and browser and device information among the data used. IONOS states that the product uses no cookies and anonymises the IP address immediately after transmission.

IONOS describes the purpose as statistics and technical optimisation. How data is actually collected on the IONOS webspace will be checked at launch. The absence of cookies alone does not replace this check or the assessment of any consent requirement.

IONOS: data processing by WebAnalytics

04Email communication

Business email is handled through IONOS Mail Basic and IONOS Mail Business. The public contact address is info@nw-consulting.org. The website uses email links and does not include a contact form.

When you email me, I process your sender and contact details, message content, any attachments and technical transmission data to respond to your enquiry and handle subsequent correspondence. IONOS provides the technical delivery and mailbox storage.

Enquiries concerning a contract with you are processed under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. For general or company-related enquiries, the intended basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, with the legitimate interest of handling business correspondence appropriately. Statutory retention duties are based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Contacting me is voluntary. Without a usable contact address and the information needed to handle the matter, I may be unable to answer your enquiry.

05Language & browser storage

On the first visit, the display follows the browser language: German for a German language setting, otherwise English. An explicit language selection in the link or a previously saved preference takes priority.

The website itself sets no analytics or advertising cookies. Only after you enable “Remember language” is the value “de” or “en” stored in local storage under “nw-consulting-language”. Without permission, language switching still works through the “lang” parameter in page addresses. That parameter may also appear in server logs. Local storage is not automatically sent with each request like a cookie.

Your choice is stored under “nw-consulting-privacy” for 180 days. The record contains the setting, its version, and the selection and expiry times, but no visitor identifier. After expiry, the next page visit asks again and discards any stored language. “Necessary only” immediately removes a previously stored language. You can change your choice at any time through “Cookie settings” in the footer. If browser storage is unavailable, the choice applies only to the current open page.

Remembering your language is optional and based on your consent. Storing your privacy choice allows us to respect it and avoid repeated prompts. Article 5(2) of Portuguese Law No. 41/2004 provides an exception to consent for storage necessary to provide an expressly requested service. These entries are not used for advertising or analytics. The settings do not switch off the hosting processing described separately.

06Retention

Enquiries are to be deleted once the matter is closed and further retention is no longer necessary for the business relationship, a legal obligation or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. The period depends in particular on the closure of the matter, the nature of the records and the applicable statutory retention and limitation periods.

Implementation of these deletion rules in the mailboxes, together with any archiving and backup periods, must be checked against the actual settings before this privacy notice is finalised. The language-preference retention period is explained in the preceding section.

07Recipients & service providers

IONOS receives the data needed to provide hosting and email. Processing on behalf of a controller requires an agreement under Article 28 GDPR. Its inclusion in the existing contracts still needs to be evidenced.

For the webhosting visitor data described above, IONOS rules out third-party disclosure and third-country transfers. This statement is not extended to email.

Additional email applications, forwarding and archiving services must also be considered where they introduce further recipients or storage locations. Data may also be disclosed to competent bodies where this is required by law.

08Your rights

Subject to the legal conditions, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability. Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it for the future without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.

To exercise your rights, contact info@nw-consulting.org. You may also complain to a data protection supervisory authority, in particular where you habitually live, work or where the alleged infringement occurred. In Portugal, this is the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD).

Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados · cnpd.pt

The website code does not make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects and does not create personal visitor profiles.