Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. The controller responsible for data processing is Marcello Muscara (see section 2 for contact details).
2. Data Controller
The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:
Marcello Muscara Freelance Software Developer Erkelenzer Straße 75 50181 Bedburg Email: contact@codeministry.de
3. Data Collection on This Website
Hosting (Hetzner Cloud)
This website is hosted on servers of Hetzner Online GmbH (Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen). Hetzner processes personal data on our behalf as a processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. IP addresses, access times and data volumes transmitted may be processed. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in operating the website). Retention period: log data is deleted after 7 days.
SSL/TLS Encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar changing from 'http://' to 'https://'.
Server Log Files
The hosting provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits. These are: browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request, and IP address. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Retention period: 7 days.
Contact Form
If you contact us via the contact form, your details including the contact information provided will be stored for the purpose of processing your request. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent. Transmission is handled via the SMTP service of Strato AG (Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin), through which our domain is registered. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (processing your request as legitimate interest). Retention period: until final processing of your request, but at least for the legally prescribed retention periods (up to 6 years pursuant to § 257 HGB).
4. Cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files stored on your device. Technically necessary cookies are set without your consent and serve to operate the website. Optional analytics cookies (Google Analytics) are only set with your express consent.
You can adjust or revoke your cookie settings at any time:
5. Google Analytics (GA4)
This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd. (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).
Purpose: Analysis of user behavior to optimize our website.
Data processed: anonymized IP address, page URLs visited, device information, session duration and interactions.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (your consent via the cookie consent banner). Google Analytics is only initialized on this website after your active consent.
Data transfer: Google LLC also processes data in the USA. The basis is the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR.
Opt-out: You can revoke your consent at any time via the cookie settings on this website. Alternatively, a browser add-on for disabling Google Analytics is available at: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Further information on Google's privacy practices: policies.google.com/privacy.
6. Your Rights
You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:
- Right of 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)
- Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR) — consent given, e.g. for analytics cookies, can be withdrawn at any time via the cookie settings.
To exercise your rights, contact us at: contact@codeministry.de
7. Right to Lodge a Complaint
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW) Postfach 20 04 44 40102 Düsseldorf ldi.nrw.de
8. Last Updated
This privacy policy was last updated in: June 2026.