Privacy policy

1. Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

STM Corporate Group 8000 Centre Park Drive Suite 130 Austin, TX 78754 USA Contact: via the contact form “Send a message” on this website Phone: +1 512 838-3897

2. Collection and storage of technical data

When you visit this website, the hosting provider processes technically necessary information. This may include in particular the IP address, date and time of access, the page requested, the amount of data transferred, browser type, operating system and referrer URL.

This data is used to provide the website securely, stably and efficiently. The website is delivered through Vercel. Processing by the hosting provider is governed by its current privacy terms.

3. Audience measurement with Plausible

We use Plausible Analytics for data-minimising audience measurement. According to its own description, Plausible uses no cookies and creates no personal or cross-device user profiles. The analysis helps us understand which content is used and how we can improve what we offer.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a data-minimising analysis and improvement of our information service.

4. Contact form

When you use the contact form, we process in particular your first name, last name, email address, optionally your phone number, your message and the page you came from (referrer), in order to answer your enquiry and assign it to the right person.

Processing takes place in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract, or on the basis of our legitimate interest in handling incoming enquiries in an orderly way. To block automated submissions we check a hidden field and the time between opening the form and sending it; this information is not stored.

We also add your details as a contact in our contact system at Mailchimp (see section 5, including the transfer of data to the USA), so that your enquiry can be assigned to the right person and any further correspondence can be traced. A contact request is not a newsletter sign-up; the assignment is made through context-based tags. You can object to this processing at any time; every one of our emails contains an unsubscribe link for this purpose.

5. Newsletter and Mailchimp

For the newsletter we process your first name, last name and email address as well as the page you came from. Sign-up is complete once you submit the form; we do not use a confirmation procedure (double opt-in). The legal basis is your express consent, which you give in the form and the time of which we record.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. Every issue contains an unsubscribe link for this purpose.

We use Mailchimp to manage and send the mailing list. When external service providers are used, processing may take place outside the European Union; the contractual and statutory safeguards of the respective provider apply.

6. Administrative notifications with Resend

For contact requests, an administrative notification is sent through the email service Resend so that the enquiry can be handled. The notification contains the details you submitted and the page you came from. Newsletter sign-ups do not trigger such a notification.

Here too, processing may take place outside the European Union. The data is stored only for as long as is necessary for handling, documentation and the fulfilment of legal obligations.

7. External links

This website contains links to external websites and social networks. When you click an external link, you leave our site. The respective operator is responsible for the processing of personal data on the linked pages.

8. Other ways of contacting us

If you contact us by email, phone, Telegram or through a linked booking page, the data you provide is processed in order to answer your enquiry. Scope, purpose and storage period depend on the content and course of the enquiry and on the statutory retention obligations that apply.

9. Cookies

This website itself sets no cookies and no marketing cookies. External services can only use their own technologies after a deliberate interaction, for example when you open an external service.

10. Your rights

Subject to the statutory requirements, you have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection to processing. You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future.

To exercise your rights, an informal message via the contact form “Send a message” on this website is enough. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.