Privacy Policy
Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract.
You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide the data will have no consequences. This applies only insofar as no other information is provided in the following processing operations.
“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Server log files:
You can visit my websites without providing any personal information. 
Each time you access my website, usage data may be transmitted to me or my web host/IT service provider by your Internet browser and stored in log files (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to my overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the smooth operation of our website and improving our offering.
Your data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Union for which an adequacy decision has been made by the EU Commission. Insofar as no adequacy decision has been made by the EU Commission, such as for transfers to the USA, data transfers are based, among other things, on standard contractual clauses as suitable guarantees for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/dataprotection/international-dimension-data-protection/standardcontractual-clauses-scc_de (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/dataprotection/international-dimension-data-protection/standardcontractual-clauses-scc_de).

Contact:
Data controller/data protection officer
Please contact me if you wish. The data controller is:
Bodo Ebens, Schulweg 19e, 25479 Ellerau, Germany, 
info@be-baltic.com.

Proactive contact by interested parties via email:
If you contact me proactively via email, I will only collect your personal data (name, email address,
message text) to the extent that you provide it. The data processing serves to process and respond to your contact request.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to my overriding legitimate interest in processing and
responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation.
I will only use your email address to process your request. Your
data will then be deleted in accordance with statutory retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Collection and processing when using the contact form
When you use the contact form, I collect your
personal data (name, email address, message text) only to the extent that you provide it. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact. If contact is made for other reasons, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to my overriding legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request. In this case, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation. I only use your email address to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in accordance with statutory
retention periods, unless you have consented to further processing and use.

Shipping service provider:
If a service contract is concluded between you and me, whereby one or more of my photographic works are to be shipped, I will commission a shipping service provider.
I will pass on your email address to the transport company for the purpose of contract processing, provided that you have expressly agreed to this during the ordering process. The purpose of this disclosure is to inform you of the shipping status by email. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying me or the transport company, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until revocation.

Technically necessary cookies:
Unless otherwise stated in the privacy policy below, we only use these technically necessary cookies for the purpose of making our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognize your browser even after you have changed pages and to offer you services.
Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these functions, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized even after a page change. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after changing pages.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies is based on Section 25 (2) TTDSG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offering.
You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Analysis:     
Use of IONOS WebAnalytics
My website uses the web analysis service IONOS WebAnalytics from IONOS.
Data processing is used for the purpose of analyzing this website and its visitors, as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. To this end,
IONOS will use the information collected on this website to evaluate your use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The following information may be collected, among other things: IP address, date and time of the page view, click path, information about the browser and device you are using, pages visited, referrer URL (website from which you accessed our website), location data. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of IONOS WebAnalytics is not merged with other data from IONOS. IONOS WebAnalytics uses technologies such as cookies, web storage in the browser, and tracking pixels, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated in this way about your use of this website is usually transferred to a server of
IONOS in Europe and stored there. If data collected in this context is transferred to a server in the USA, there is no adequacy decision by the EU Commission for this. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in the needs-based and targeted design of the website. You have the right to object to this processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:
Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the
supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.

Right to object:
If the personal data processing listed here is based on my legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing at any time with effect for the future for reasons arising from your particular situation. After you have objected, the processing of the entrusted data will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims. If personal data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us. Once you have objected, Iwill stop processing the data concerned for the purposes of direct marketing.

Last update: January 1, 2026