Privacy Policy
1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is homer GmbH, ℅ Altes Finanzamt Altona Große Bergstraße 264-266, 22767 Hamburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 40 22863623, Email: hello@homer.community. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you came to the page
Used browser
Used operating system
Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use a provider who provides its services either directly or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
4) Cookies
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow saving of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of given consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
5) Contacting Us
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.
6) Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising
6.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters in the future by clicking on a corresponding link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for the purpose of advertising via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller mentioned at the beginning.
6.2 Sending Email Newsletters to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range by email. According to § 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this.
The data processing in this case is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, you will not receive any emails from us.
You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purposes at any time with future effect by notifying the controller named above. You will only incur transmission costs according to the base rates. After receiving your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.
6.3 Rapidmail
Our email newsletters are sent via the following provider:
rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provide during newsletter registration to this provider pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR so they can handle the newsletter delivery on our behalf.
Provided you have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical performance analysis of newsletter campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the sent emails. These can measure open rates and specific interactions with the content of the newsletter. Device information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and analyzed but is not merged with other data sets.
You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with future effect.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
7) Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consents for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent.
When users visit the site, this tool is displayed as an interactive user interface, allowing them to grant consent for specific cookies and/or applications by checking boxes.
Only those cookies/services that require consent are loaded if the user has given consent via checkbox selection. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user’s device if consent is granted.
The tool itself uses technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. In general, no personal user data is processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for storage, assignment, or logging of cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in lawful, user-specific, and user-friendly cookie management and in the legally compliant presentation of our website.
The further legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are legally obligated to base the use of non-essential cookies on user consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors’ data and to prevent unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
More information about the operator and customization options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the tool’s user interface on our website.
8) Data Subject Rights
8.1 Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data, provided the requirements set out in the respective legal provisions are met:
Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR
8.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST FOLLOWING A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH FUTURE EFFECT.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA FOR SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP PROCESSING YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
9) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—if applicable—legal retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
Where data is processed based on explicit consent under Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, the data is stored until the consent is revoked.
If statutory retention periods apply to data processed based on Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR (e.g., for contractual obligations), such data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, unless they are still required for contract fulfillment or initiation, or unless there is a legitimate interest in further storage.
For data processed under Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
For data processed for direct marketing under Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other provisions of this policy, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Privacy Policy
1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data includes all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is homer GmbH, ℅ Altes Finanzamt Altona Große Bergstraße 264-266, 22767 Hamburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 40 22863623, Email: hello@homer.community. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
Our visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you came to the page
Used browser
Used operating system
Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
For hosting our website and displaying the page content, we use a provider who provides its services either directly or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors' data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
4) Cookies
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e., small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser (so-called "session cookies"), while others remain on your device for a longer period and allow saving of page settings (so-called "persistent cookies"). In the latter case, you can find the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies we use, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of given consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
5) Contacting Us
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary.
6) Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising
6.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm that you wish to receive newsletters in the future by clicking on a corresponding link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When registering for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for the purpose of advertising via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller mentioned at the beginning.
6.2 Sending Email Newsletters to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range by email. According to § 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this.
The data processing in this case is based solely on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, you will not receive any emails from us.
You have the right to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purposes at any time with future effect by notifying the controller named above. You will only incur transmission costs according to the base rates. After receiving your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.
6.3 Rapidmail
Our email newsletters are sent via the following provider:
rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provide during newsletter registration to this provider pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR so they can handle the newsletter delivery on our behalf.
Provided you have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, the provider also carries out a statistical performance analysis of newsletter campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the sent emails. These can measure open rates and specific interactions with the content of the newsletter. Device information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and analyzed but is not merged with other data sets.
You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with future effect.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
7) Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a "cookie consent tool" to obtain effective user consents for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent.
When users visit the site, this tool is displayed as an interactive user interface, allowing them to grant consent for specific cookies and/or applications by checking boxes.
Only those cookies/services that require consent are loaded if the user has given consent via checkbox selection. This ensures that such cookies are only placed on the user’s device if consent is granted.
The tool itself uses technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. In general, no personal user data is processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for storage, assignment, or logging of cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in lawful, user-specific, and user-friendly cookie management and in the legally compliant presentation of our website.
The further legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are legally obligated to base the use of non-essential cookies on user consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our site visitors’ data and to prevent unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
More information about the operator and customization options for the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the tool’s user interface on our website.
8) Data Subject Rights
8.1 Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data, provided the requirements set out in the respective legal provisions are met:
Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR
Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR
8.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST FOLLOWING A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH FUTURE EFFECT.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA FOR SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THIS RIGHT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP PROCESSING YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
9) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and—if applicable—legal retention periods (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
Where data is processed based on explicit consent under Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, the data is stored until the consent is revoked.
If statutory retention periods apply to data processed based on Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR (e.g., for contractual obligations), such data will be routinely deleted after the expiry of the retention periods, unless they are still required for contract fulfillment or initiation, or unless there is a legitimate interest in further storage.
For data processed under Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
For data processed for direct marketing under Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other provisions of this policy, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
To provide you with the best experience, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. If you consent to these technologies, we can process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this website. If you do not give or withdraw your consent, certain features and functions may be affected.