--- title: Legal Notice author: Holger Kreis published_time: January 3, 2024 lang: en --- ## Responsible Entity in the Context of GDPR, Information According to § 5 TMG **Civic Patches GmbH** Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Köln, HRB 125887 VAT ID No.: DE459156273 ## Represented by Geschäftsführer: Holger Kreis ## Responsible for Content According to § 18 Abs. 2 MStV: Holger Kreis ## General Information The contents of our pages were created with the utmost care. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages according to general laws as per § 7 Abs.1 TMG. However, according to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, we as a service provider are not obligated to monitor transmitted or stored external information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information according to general laws remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific infringement. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove this content immediately. ## Liability for Links Our offer contains links to external websites of third parties, over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal infringements at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. Permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. Upon notification of violations, we will remove such links immediately. ## Copyright The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, editing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are permitted for private, non-commercial use only. As far as the contents on this page were not created by the operator, the rights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is marked as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. Upon notification of such violations, we will remove such content immediately. ## Privacy Policy The use of our website is possible without providing personal data. The use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails. When accessing, information is sent to the server used by your device's browser. This information is stored in log files. The following information is recorded and stored until automated deletion: - IP address of the requesting computer, - Date and time of access, - Name and URL of the retrieved resource, - Website from which access is made (referrer URL), - Browser and the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your Internet provider. ## Web Analytics with Umami To evaluate the use of this website statistically, we use **Umami**, an open-source, privacy-friendly analytics tool. We host Umami ourselves on our own infrastructure in Germany (umami.cloud.mark-a-spot.com). No data is passed on to third parties, and no processing takes place outside the European Union. Umami works **without cookies** and neither stores nor reads any information on your device. No access within the meaning of Section 25 TDDDG takes place, and consent is therefore not required. For this reason we also do without a cookie banner. The following is recorded: the page visited, the referring source, browser type, operating system, screen size, device type, and the country derived from your IP address. Your IP address itself is not stored. It is only used to generate an irreversible hash value, combined with a daily rotating random value, which serves solely to count repeated page views within a single day as one visit. Once the day has passed, attribution is technically no longer possible. Query parameters in the address bar are removed before storage. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the needs-based design and statistical evaluation of our website.