Privacy Policy & Data Protection

BetweenHim (adsmarter.studio) is committed to protecting your personal data. This document outlines how we process information in accordance with the GDPR and the German Digital Services Act (DDG).

1. Controller & Contact

Responsible for data processing:
Markus Berwing - adsmarter.studio
Schlossweg 1A, 79294 Sölden, Germany
Email: admin@betweenhim.com | Phone: +49 (0) 761 68001454

2. Data Collection & Hosting

Infrastructure

Our website is hosted on dedicated servers by STRATO AG (Berlin). We manage the server ourselves; STRATO provides the technical hardware and network but has no access to your personal data. A data processing agreement (AVV) is in place.

Cookies & Local Storage

We use Cookies and HTML5 Storage to improve your experience. Transient Cookies (Session-IDs) are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent Cookies are stored for a specific duration to remember your login or preferences.

3. Community Features (EasySocial & EasyBlog)

When you register or comment, we process your username, email, and IP address. This is necessary to prevent the publication of illegal content and to defend against liability claims (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Gamification System

We process activity data (posts, badges, levels) to provide our community features. This data is essential for the functionality of our platform and is stored as long as your account remains active.

Special Note (Art. 9 GDPR)

As BetweenHim focuses on Gay AI Cinema, your profile information might indirectly indicate your sexual orientation. By providing this information, you give us your explicit consent to process this sensitive data within the community framework.

4. External Services & Media

Newsletter (AcyMailing)

We use a Double-Opt-In process. We track open rates and click behavior (Web-Beacons) to improve our content. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in each email.

YouTube & Social Media

Videos are embedded in "Enhanced Privacy Mode". Social plugins (Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter) use a two-click solution: no data is sent unless you actively click the button.

Canva & Freepik

We use Canva for graphics and Freepik for media. When you visit pages with these assets, your IP might be transmitted to their servers for technical rendering.

5. Security & Backups

To protect our site, we use Cloudflare. For data integrity, encrypted backups are stored on Google Drive and Amazon S3 (Frankfurt). Data may be processed in the US under Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

6. Your Rights (Detailed)

According to the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Art. 15: Right to access your stored data.
Art. 16/17: Right to rectification or erasure.
Art. 18: Right to restriction of processing.
Art. 20: Right to data portability.
Art. 21: Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Art. 7(3): Right to withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact admin@betweenhim.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.

7. Payment Processors

We use PayPal and Stripe. Both providers may conduct credit checks and process data in the USA according to their own privacy policies.

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