Privacy policy

1. Controller

Florian Ritter
Birkhofstraße 13
41472 Neuss, Germany
Email: mail@florianritter.com

2. This website

This is a static design portfolio. The website does not include analytics, advertising networks, behavioural tracking, contact forms or embedded third-party players. Images, scripts and styles are served with the website. The typeface files are hosted with this website; no external font service is contacted.

3. Hosting and server logs

The website is hosted by Host Europe GmbH, c/o Spaces, Gertrudenstraße 30–36, 50667 Cologne, Germany. When you request a page or image, technical information is transmitted to the hosting infrastructure. Server logs may include your IP address, request time, requested URL, referrer, browser and device information, and HTTP status code.

This processing serves the delivery, security and stability of the website and the investigation of faults. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Log data is retained only as long as necessary for these purposes or any applicable legal obligation.

A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with the hosting provider. More information is available in Host Europe’s privacy information.

4. Email enquiries

If you contact us by email, we process your contact details and the contents of your message to respond to your enquiry. Depending on the context, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for steps relating to a contract, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for our legitimate interest in answering other enquiries. Messages are kept for as long as necessary to handle the enquiry and fulfil applicable retention obligations.

5. Cookies, storage and external links

The current website code does not set cookies or store visitor preferences in your browser. Gallery controls, image enlargement and project filters work without persistent storage. A consent record saved by an earlier version of this website may remain in your browser; the current website does not read or use it. You can remove it through your browser’s site-data settings.

External websites are not embedded. If you choose to follow an external link, the destination website processes data under its own privacy policy.

6. Your rights

Subject to the applicable conditions, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection under Arts. 15–21 GDPR. In particular, you may object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation. Please use the contact details above.

You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In North Rhine-Westphalia, this is the Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen.

7. Changes

This information is updated when the website or its processing activities change.