1. Responsible Entity
Dipl.-Ing. M.Sc. Bianca Pischke
Freelance Consultant | Decision Architecture, Communication and Governance
as well as sole trader: Bianca Pischke – Understanding Works
Hasselwerder Str. 6, 21129 Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: info (at) beconpe.de
2. General Information on Data Processing
I take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Personal data is processed on this website only to the extent necessary. Processing is carried out in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and, where applicable, the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).
3. Hosting
This website is hosted by STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany. According to STRATO, data processing in connection with website hosting takes place in data centres located in Germany. A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR is in place with STRATO. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure and stable provision of the website).
4. Access Data (Server Log Files)
When this website is accessed, the provider automatically collects information transmitted by your browser. This includes: IP address, date and time of access, browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL and the requesting provider. This data is processed to provide the website and to detect and prevent attacks. STRATO stores IP addresses for security purposes for a maximum of seven days. The access logs made available to the website operator contain anonymised IP addresses. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website).
5. Email Contact
If you send me inquiries by email, your details from the email including the contact data you provided will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and in case of follow-up questions. Data is disclosed only where necessary to process your inquiry or where required by law. Hosting and email service providers may act as data processors.
The data is deleted once it is no longer required to process the inquiry, unless statutory retention obligations or other lawful grounds require further storage. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for contractual or pre-contractual inquiries, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for other inquiries (legitimate interest in responding to communications).
6. Contact Form (SureForms)
This website uses the WordPress plugin “SureForms” for its contact form. Data entered by you (name, email, message) is used to process your inquiry. Form submissions are stored in the WordPress database and may additionally be forwarded to me by email.
Storage of IP addresses, browser names and device names within form entries is disabled. Form entries stored in WordPress are automatically deleted after 90 days. The retention of any subsequent email correspondence is governed by Section 5.
Providing the data is voluntary; however, a means of contacting you is required in order to respond to your inquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for contractual or pre-contractual inquiries, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for other inquiries (legitimate interest in responding to communications).
7. Cookies, Audience Measurement and Fonts
This website does not use cookies for analytics or marketing purposes, nor any external web analytics or advertising tracking services.
For privacy-friendly audience measurement, this website uses the WordPress plugin Koko Analytics. It runs entirely on this website’s own web server, and no data is passed on to third parties. It records the number of page views and visits and, where applicable, the page from which you reached this website (referrer). Koko Analytics works without cookies. To recognise repeated page views within a single day, a one-way hash is created from your IP address, your browser identifier (user agent) and a secret value that changes daily. The IP address and user agent themselves are not stored, and visits on different days cannot be linked to the same person. The statistical data is deleted after 24 months at the latest. The legal basis is the legitimate interest in a privacy-friendly analysis of how this website is used (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
For some documents and links on the “Insights” page, only the number of times they are accessed is counted. No personal data is stored in the process.
The fonts used on this website are hosted locally on the website’s own server. No connection to Google Fonts is established when these fonts are loaded.
8. Social Media Links
This website contains simple links to the profiles of the operator on Instagram (instagram.com/understandingworks) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/bianca-pischke-55997277). When the website is accessed, no data is transmitted to these providers. Only when you click on the links does the respective external site open, over which this privacy policy has no influence. The respective privacy policies of Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.) and LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company) apply.
9. Rights of Data Subjects
Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).
You also have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR). Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR).
No automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place.
To exercise your rights, you may contact me using the contact details provided in Section 1. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). The competent supervisory authority in Hamburg is the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (https://datenschutz-hamburg.de).
10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
I reserve the right to update this privacy policy in the event of changes in the legal situation or changes to this website, in order to always comply with current legal requirements.