Privacy Policy

Only In Germany found at https://www.onlyingermany.com (“Website”, “OnlyInGermany.com”,  “we”, “us”, “our”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect, how it may be used, and what choices you have with respect to such information. This statement only applies to this Website.

Data collected

Automatically collected information: When you visit the Website, our servers automatically record information in server log files. These log files may include information such as your IP address, date and time stamp information, the page(s) you viewed, referring URLs, your browser and operating system type, and other such information. The data gathered in log files is used to analyze how visitors, in general, use the Website, to know if everything is working properly, for security purposes, and to make improvements where needed.

Google Analytics (with IP anonymization): We use Google Analytics with IP anonymization in order to collect usage information from users that visit our Website, including but not limited to information about the pages where you enter and exit the Website, what pages you view on the Website, how long you spend on the Website, referring websites, your browser type, and your operating system type. This helps us to improve our existing content, continue to produce engaging content and ultimately, serve you better by creating a better user experience. The use of IP anonymization means that we are not able to link the information gathered while you are on this Website to you as a person. You can opt-out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site. For more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page.

Third-party providers: We use third-party providers to help us operate and improve the Website. In doing so, we may provide access to or share information about your use of the Website with these third parties. Examples of third-party service providers include companies that provide website hosting, data analytics (Google Analytics), provision of features (Google Maps), marketing (Amazon, Ezoic, Google AdSense, GetYourGuide), backups storage, security, and other services. Each third-party service provider’s use of your information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. Please see their respective privacy policies linked above for more details. These third-party providers may also use cookies. We do not control information collected by third parties and are not responsible for their use of that information. The use of advertising cookies enables Google AdSense and Ezoic to you based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of ad personalization by visiting adsettings or by visiting optout.aboutads.info. 

Embedded content from other websites: The Website may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos, Google maps, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Affiliate program participation: The Website engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, our partners will place a cookie on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. Our partners include but are not limited to GetYourGuide, Booking.com, Impact, ShareASale, etc.

Amazon partner program: OnlyInGermany.com is a participant in the Amazon partner program. Every time a user visits one of the individual pages of this website where an Amazon link or script has been inserted, Amazon sets a cookie in the browser of the data subject. These cookies collect personal information that is used to trace the origin of orders from Amazon, and as a result, to allow the accounting of a commission.

Links to other sites: This website contains links to third-party websites (“Linked Sites”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any Linked Sites. Linked Sites may collect personally identifiable information from you that is not subject to our control. Once you’ve exited our Website through one of these links, the data collection practices of Linked Sites will be governed by that site’s privacy policy.

Cookies

We use cookies to store your personal preferences when you visit this Website and provide anonymized tracking data to third-party applications such as Google Analytics. Please note that we do not have any control or access to cookies used by third parties. To learn more about the privacy policy and cookie use of third parties, please consult their websites and privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide a better user experience, understand how the website performs, and analyze what works and where it needs improvement. Some cookies remain on your computer until you delete them. Others, like session ID cookies, expire when you close your browser.

How do we use cookies?

As most online services, Only In Germany uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use?

Necessary: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow us to store your cookie preferences.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and more efficient experience on future visits to the website.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns. The information stored in these cookies may also be used by third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

How can I control the cookie preferences?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click here. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org or allaboutcookies.org.

How your information may be used

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate, maintain and improve the Website
  • To prevent or address technical or security issues on the Website
  • To provide functionality and features of the Website
  • To engage in analysis, research, and reports regarding the use of the Website
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website
  • To respond to inquiries (when you send us an email)

How long we retain your data

We may retain the personal information we store from you until we decide the cost of keeping it outweighs the benefits or you ask for its deletion.

How we protect your personal data

We have built our website using industry-standard security measures and authentication tools (we use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encrypt data) to protect the security of your personal data. We and the third parties who provide services for us, also maintain technical and physical safeguards to protect your personal data. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed.

What rights you have over your data

You have a series of rights you can exercise at any time. Please note that this does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

  • Right to be informed: You can ask about your personal data, how it is used, and why it is being used at any time.
  • Right of access: You can request a copy of your personal information at any time.
  • Right of rectification: You can update (or request updates to) your personal information at any time.
  • Right of erasure: You may request that we or the data processor erase your personal data, cease further dissemination of the data, and potentially have third parties halt processing of the data.
  • Right to object: You may unsubscribe from any of our emails at any time.

Privacy Policy changes

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any given moment, without prior notice, with the new terms taking effect on the date of posting. Changes will immediately be visible on this page. You should periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure you are familiar with the most current version. Your use of the Website after the Effective Date posted below constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at hello {@} onlyingermany {dot} com

Last updated on December 8, 2022