Privacy policy (Datenschutzerklärung)

This is the privacy policy (in German: Datenschutzerklärung) under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The old address /datenschutz/ forwards here.

1. Controller

[NAME]
[ANSCHRIFT]
Email: [E-MAIL]
[ZWEITER KONTAKTWEG]

We have not appointed a data protection officer because there is no legal obligation to do so.

2. The short version

• This website sets no cookies and uses no cookie-based tracking.
• Fonts are delivered from our own web server, not from third-party services such as Google Fonts.
• If you use the readiness check or tick off steps, your answers and ticks are saved only in your own browser (section 4). They are never sent to us.
• There are no comments, no newsletter and no contact form.
• Videos from YouTube or Twitch load only after you click (section 6).

3. Hosting on Vercel

This website is hosted and delivered as a static site by Vercel. The provider is Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Avenue #4133, Covina, CA 91723, USA (“Vercel”). Vercel delivers the site through a worldwide network of servers.

What data: When you open a page, Vercel processes technically necessary connection data, in particular your IP address, date and time of the request, the address requested, the referrer, the browser type (user agent) and the amount of data transferred. This data is needed to deliver the site and protect it from misuse.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is a secure, fast and reliable delivery of the website.

Data processing agreement: A data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is in place with Vercel (Vercel’s Data Processing Addendum). [PRÜFEN: im Vercel-Konto bzw. in den Vercel-Bedingungen akzeptiert am DATUM]

Third country: Vercel may process data in the USA. According to its own statement, Vercel complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; the transfer is based on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR), supplemented by standard contractual clauses. [PRÜFEN: Eintrag auf dataprivacyframework.gov aktuell]

Storage period: We do not analyse server log files ourselves. For Vercel’s retention periods, see Vercel’s privacy policy: vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Cookies: We set no cookies when you open this static site.

Domain name resolution (DNS): The domain’s DNS records are managed by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The records are set so that page requests are not routed through Cloudflare (“DNS only”). [PRÜFEN: Proxy-Status der Einträge im Cloudflare-Dashboard steht auf „DNS only“]

4. Readiness check and step progress saved in your browser

When you answer the three questions of the readiness check on the home page, or tick off steps there or in a guide, your browser stores your answers (console, free space, whether a child plays) and the ticked steps in its local storage (localStorage) under the key pc-ready:v1. This information stays on your device. It is not sent to us or to anyone else, and we cannot read it.

Legal basis: The storage is strictly necessary to provide the function you asked for by clicking (§ 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Deleting it: Use “Start over” in the readiness check, or clear the site data in your browser settings.

5. Audience measurement with Plausible Analytics (no cookies)

[STATUS EINTRAGEN: „This website has used Plausible Analytics since [DATUM].“ or „Plausible Analytics is currently not active.“]

We use or plan to use Plausible Analytics, a service of Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403 Tartu, Estonia. Plausible counts how often pages are viewed without setting cookies and without building user profiles.

What data: page viewed, referrer, browser, operating system, device type and country (derived from the IP address). The IP address is not stored; Plausible combines it with the user agent and a daily changing random value into a hash to count the visits of one day. Visitors are not recognised across days.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to understand which guides are needed. Because no information is stored on or read from your device, no consent under § 25 TDDDG is required.

Data processing agreement and location: A data processing agreement is in place with Plausible. [PRÜFEN: abgeschlossen am DATUM] According to the provider, the data is processed in the EU.

6. Embedded videos (click to load)

Some pages may contain videos from YouTube or Twitch. They are not loaded automatically. At first you only see a placeholder. Only when you click “Load video” does your browser connect to the provider.

• YouTube: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We embed YouTube via the domain youtube-nocookie.com. After the click, Google may process data such as your IP address, the page viewed and device information, and may use cookies or similar technologies. A transfer to Google LLC in the USA is possible; Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Privacy notice: policies.google.com/privacy.
• Twitch: Twitch Interactive, Inc., USA. After the click, Twitch may process data such as your IP address and device information and may set cookies. Privacy notice: twitch.tv/p/legal/privacy-notice. [PRÜFEN: Anschrift und Übermittlungsgrundlage für Twitch]

Legal basis: your consent by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TDDDG). The consent applies only to that one video and only to this page view; we do not store your choice. You can withdraw it at any time by reloading the page. The provider is responsible for any data it processes afterwards.

7. Contact by email

If you email us, we process your address and your message in order to reply (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or (b) where a contract is concerned). We delete the data once the request is settled and no legal retention obligations apply. Email provider: [E-MAIL-ANBIETER]

8. Links to other websites

Our guides link to the support pages of Sony, Microsoft, Rockstar Games and other sources. You only leave our site when you click such a link; the provider’s own privacy notice applies there.

9. Your rights

You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Art. 21). You can withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3)). Please contact [E-MAIL].

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, for example the one responsible for our place of business: [ZUSTÄNDIGE AUFSICHTSBEHÖRDE MIT ANSCHRIFT].

10. Changes

We update this policy when the website or the services we use change. The version published here applies. As of: November 2026.