Privacy Policy
1. Data Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
Literally Language Services
Owner: Melanie Gertheinrich
Baumstraße 15
33330 Gütersloh
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)5241 505 6993
Email: melanie(at)literally.de
2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website
When you visit this website for informational purposes only, without submitting any information to us, your browser automatically transmits certain information to our server. This information is temporarily stored in server log files.
The following information may be collected:
- IP address
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the requested file
- Referrer URL (the website visited before accessing our website)
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Name of the internet service provider
This data is processed to ensure the secure and stable operation of the website and to improve its technical functionality.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure and reliable provision of our website.
3. Hosting
This website is hosted using the services of Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG, Königsberger Straße 4–6, 32339 Espelkamp, Germany.
As part of the hosting services, personal data required for the operation and delivery of the website may be processed. Such processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Appropriate data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR have been concluded where required.
4. Contacting Us
If you contact us by email or via the contact form, the information you provide (such as your name, email address, telephone number, and the content of your message) will be processed solely for the purpose of handling your enquiry and any subsequent correspondence.
Where your enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a contract, the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in responding efficiently to enquiries pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted once it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected, unless statutory retention obligations apply.
5. Cookies
This website uses only technically necessary cookies.
These cookies are required to ensure the proper functioning and security of the website. No analysis of user behaviour and no processing for advertising or marketing purposes takes place.
The storage of technically necessary cookies is based on Section 25 (2) No. 2 of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG). Any subsequent processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
6. Links to External Websites and Social Media Platforms
This website contains links to external websites and social media profiles.
No personal data is automatically transmitted to the operators of these platforms when visiting our website. Data is only transferred when you actively click on a corresponding link and leave our website.
The respective operators are solely responsible for the processing of personal data on their websites.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable legal retention obligations.
Once the relevant purpose no longer applies, or any statutory retention periods have expired, the data will be deleted in accordance with legal requirements.
8. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to:
- request information about your personal data processed by us (Art. 15 GDPR);
- request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data (Art. 16 GDPR);
- request the deletion of your personal data (Art. 17 GDPR);
- request the restriction of processing of your personal data (Art. 18 GDPR);
- receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format (Art. 20 GDPR);
- object to the processing of your personal data (Art. 21 GDPR);
- withdraw any consent previously given at any time with future effect.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided above.
9. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates applicable data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
The competent supervisory authority in North Rhine-Westphalia is:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 211 38424-0
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is current as of May 2026.
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time to ensure compliance with current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services.