Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for this website under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Julian Schempp
Rotenkruger Weg 88
12305 Berlin
Germany
Email: contact.lingomap@gmail.com

2. What Data We Collect and Why

2.1 Enquiry Form

When you submit an enquiry via our contact form we collect your name and email address. This data is forwarded directly to the school or course you are enquiring about, and a copy is retained by LingoMap for record-keeping purposes.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR — your explicit consent given via the checkbox before submission.

Retention: Email records are kept for up to 12 months then deleted.

2.2 Google Analytics

With your consent we use Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) to analyse how visitors use this website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymised usage data including pages visited, time on site and approximate location (country/city level).

Your IP address is anonymised before transmission. Data may be transferred to Google servers in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 GDPR).

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR — consent via cookie banner.

Retention: 14 months (Google Analytics default).

You can opt out at any time by clicking "Decline" in the cookie banner, or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

2.3 Google Maps

School detail pages embed Google Maps (Google Ireland Limited). When a map loads, your IP address and browser information are transmitted to Google. This occurs only when the map is displayed.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest in providing location context for schools.

2.4 Google Reviews (Places API)

We display publicly available Google reviews for language schools via the Google Places API. No personal data about site visitors is collected through this feature.

2.5 Server Logs

Our hosting provider (Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany) automatically logs standard server access data (IP address, browser type, pages accessed, timestamps). These logs are used solely for security and technical maintenance purposes.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest in operating a secure website.

Retention: 7 days.

3. Cookies

We use the following cookies:

Cookie	Purpose	Duration	Type
csrftoken	Security — prevents cross-site request forgery	1 year	Essential
lm_cookie_consent	Remembers your cookie preference	1 year	Essential
_ga, _ga_*	Google Analytics — distinguishes users	2 years	Analytics (consent)

4. Data Sharing

We share your data only in the following cases:

• Language schools — your name and email when you submit an enquiry, with your explicit consent
• Google — analytics data (with consent) and server-side Maps/Reviews API calls
• Hetzner — our hosting provider processes server logs as a data processor under a Data Processing Agreement

We do not sell personal data to third parties.

5. Your Rights

Under GDPR you have the following rights:

• Access (Art. 15) — request a copy of your personal data
• Rectification (Art. 16) — correct inaccurate data
• Erasure (Art. 17) — request deletion of your data
• Restriction (Art. 18) — limit how we process your data
• Portability (Art. 20) — receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection (Art. 21) — object to processing based on legitimate interest
• Withdraw consent (Art. 7(3)) — at any time for consent-based processing

To exercise any right, contact us at contact.lingomap@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

6. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority for Berlin is:

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin
www.datenschutz-berlin.de

7. Changes to this Policy

We may update this policy as the website grows. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. Material changes will be communicated via a notice on the website.