Who We Are
The address of our website is: https://www.educational-animation.org.
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
Sebastian Rikowski
Düppenbäckerweg 2
D-45481 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Germany
web243@educational-animation.org
General Information on Data Processing
This website does not collect personal data unless you use the contact form. No cookies are set, no analytics tools are used, and no user accounts are offered. You can use this website without providing any personal data.
Hosting
This website is hosted by Manitu GmbH. The hosting provider collects the following data in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits:
- IP address of the requesting device
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the accessed file
- Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
- Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your device
- Name of your access provider
The aforementioned data is processed for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
- Ensuring comfortable use of our website
- Evaluating system security and stability
- Other administrative purposes
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the purposes listed above for data collection. Server log files are automatically deleted after 7 days.
The provider is Manitu GmbH, Welvertstraße 2, 66606 St. Wendel, Germany. For more information on data protection at Manitu, please visit: https://www.manitu.de/datenschutz/
Contact Form
If you send us an enquiry via the contact form, your details from the form – in particular your name and email address – will be stored for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass this data on to third parties without your consent. Your data will be deleted once your enquiry has been fully processed.
The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in responding to enquiries). The contact form is operated using the WPForms plugin; data entered is processed exclusively on the server of our hosting provider (Manitu GmbH, Germany) and is not passed on to external services.
Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console to analyse and improve the visibility of our website in Google search results. Google Search Console is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google LLC is headquartered in the USA; data may be transferred to the USA. Data transfers to the USA are carried out on the basis of the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EU Commission (Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR) and the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
Google Search Console does not collect personal data directly from visitors to our website. The data we receive through Search Console consists of aggregated and anonymised statistics about search queries and clicks leading to our website. No cookies are placed on your device and no direct user data is collected.
For more information on data protection at Google, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy
WordPress System Functions / External Resources
This website uses WordPress as its content management system. By default, WordPress loads emoji graphics from an external server (s.w.org, operated by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA) when pages are accessed. In doing so, the IP address of your device is transmitted to this server in the USA. The data transfer is carried out on the basis of the Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR).
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
To exercise your rights, please contact us at the address provided above.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
The data protection supervisory authority for this website is:
Die Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
(State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia)
Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf
Kavalleriestraße 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
You have the right to lodge a complaint with this authority if you believe that the processing of your data is unlawful.
SSL Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is currently valid as of April 2026. Due to the further development of our website or changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy.