Privacy Policy
1. Who is responsible?
Marc Widuch
Faszinationpianola
Weil 25
85229 Markt Indersdorf, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 89 88 90 20 69
Email: info@faszinationpianola.de
We have not appointed a data protection officer because we are not legally required to do so.
2. The key points in brief
- We do not use any analytics or tracking tools and do not show any advertising.
- No cookies requiring consent are set when you visit our website.
- YouTube videos are only loaded when you click on them.
- We only process personal data to the extent necessary for operating the website, answering your inquiries and handling orders.
3. Hosting and server logs
Our website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. We have concluded a data processing agreement with IONOS pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.
Each time our website is accessed, the server automatically stores data in so-called server log files:
- IP address
- Date and time of access
- Page or file accessed
- Amount of data transferred
- Browser and operating system
- The previously visited page (referrer)
We need this data to deliver the website securely and reliably and to detect attacks. The legal basis is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The logs are deleted or anonymized after a short time, usually after a few days.
4. Encryption
For security reasons, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize it by “https://” and the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.
5. Contact and inquiry forms, email and phone
If you contact us via one of our forms, by email or by phone, we process your information in order to answer your inquiry. Depending on the form, this includes:
- Contact and product inquiry: name, email address, phone number (optional) and your message
- Inquiry form about your instrument: in addition, information about the instrument and its location, as well as any photos you upload
- Access to the Hupfeld photo books: name, role, institution, address, reason for use and email address
The information is sent to us by email and also stored in the website’s database. To protect against spam, we use an invisible check field. No data is transmitted to third parties in the process.
If your inquiry concerns an offer or a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In all other cases, it is our legitimate interest in answering your inquiry (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
We delete your inquiry as soon as it has been dealt with and no statutory retention obligations apply.
6. Offers, orders and purchases
Our products, services and our book are available on request. If an order is placed, we process the data required for it, e.g. name, address, contact details and billing details. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
We keep invoices and other tax-relevant documents for 6 or 10 years (Section 147 AO, Section 257 HGB). The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.
If you pay with PayPal, we transmit the data required for the payment to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.
7. YouTube videos (only after a click)
On some pages we embed videos from the YouTube platform. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The videos are not loaded at first. You only see a preview image stored on our own server. Only when you click on it is a connection to YouTube established. In particular, your IP address and information about the page you are viewing are transmitted to Google. Google may set cookies and also transfer data to the USA. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
The legal basis is your consent given by clicking (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, Section 25 (1) TDDDG). For more information, please see Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
8. Your choice “Always show content”
On the preview image you can tick a box so that videos are loaded automatically in the future. Only then do we store your choice in a cookie called “embed-privacy” on your device, for a maximum of one year. The legal basis is your consent (Section 25 (1) TDDDG, Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).
You can withdraw this choice at any time: if you have made it, a switch for this appears directly below. You can also delete the cookie in your browser at any time.
9. Links to other services
Our pages contain simple links, e.g. to our social media profiles and to the option of donating via PayPal. No data is transmitted unless you click the link. After the click, the privacy policy of the respective provider applies.
Donations via PayPal are processed by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. In the process, we receive your name, your email address and the amount.
10. Your rights
You have the right at any time to:
- Access to your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Withdrawal of consent given, with effect for the future (Art. 7 (3) GDPR)
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): Insofar as we process data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you may object to this processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
A short message to info@faszinationpianola.de is sufficient.
11. Right to lodge a complaint
You can lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA), Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach, Germany, www.lda.bayern.de
12. Miscellaneous
So that the notice about our book only appears once per visit, your browser remembers this for the duration of the session (session storage). The entry is deleted when you close the browser and is not transmitted to us or to third parties. The legal basis is Section 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG.
We do not make any automated decisions and do not create profiles. You are not obliged to provide us with data. However, without your contact details we cannot answer an inquiry.
Last updated: November 2026
This is a translation for your convenience. The German version is legally binding.