Privacy Policy

1. Controller (Verantwortlicher)

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of Art. 4(7) GDPR is Mussie Haile. Full contact details are available in the Impressum.

2. Hosting and Server Log Files

This website is hosted by Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, USA (“Vercel”).

When you access this website, Vercel's infrastructure automatically records the following data in server log files:

• IP address of the requesting device
• Date and time of the request
• URL of the page accessed
• Referring URL (previously visited page, if any)
• Browser type, version, and operating system
• HTTP status code and volume of data transferred

Purpose: Ensuring the secure and error-free provision of this website.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest in the stable and secure operation of the website.
Retention: Vercel retains log data for a maximum of 30 days.

International data transfer: Vercel is headquartered in the United States. Personal data may be transferred to and processed in the USA. This transfer is based on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) pursuant to Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR. A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is in place with Vercel. Further information: Vercel Privacy Policy.

3. Consent Management — Usercentrics

This website uses Usercentrics, a Consent Management Platform (CMP) provided by Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich, Germany (“Usercentrics”).

Usercentrics enables this website to obtain, document, and manage your consent for any non-essential cookies and tracking technologies in compliance with the TDDDG and GDPR. To fulfil this function, Usercentrics processes the following data:

• Your consent decisions (accepted / rejected services)
• Date and time of consent
• A pseudonymous consent ID stored in your browser
• Browser type and user agent (for legal documentation purposes)

Purpose: Documenting and managing cookie consent as required by law.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR (compliance with a legal obligation to record consent) and Art. 6(1)(f) (legitimate interest in demonstrable consent management).
Retention: Consent records are kept for three years from the date of consent or until revocation, whichever is earlier.

Revoking or changing your consent: You can withdraw or adjust your consent at any time by clicking the privacy settings icon displayed at the bottom of the screen, or by clicking here to open privacy settings. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

Further information: Usercentrics Privacy Policy.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. This website uses only the strictly necessary cookies placed by Usercentrics to store and retrieve your consent preferences:

These cookies are strictly necessary for this website to comply with its legal obligation to document consent. They do not track you for advertising or profiling purposes. No prior consent is required for their placement under Art. 5(3) TDDDG (strictly necessary).

If you grant additional consent via the banner, further cookies may be set by the permitted services. You can adjust or revoke your consent at any time via the privacy settings widget.

5. Contact via Email

You can contact us at admin@guidingventures.com. When you do so, the personal data you provide — at minimum your email address and the content of your message — will be stored solely for the purpose of processing your inquiry and any follow-up correspondence.

Purpose: Responding to your inquiry.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering contact requests), or Art. 6(1)(b) where the inquiry relates to pre-contractual measures.
Retention: Your email correspondence is retained until the purpose has been fulfilled. A statutory retention period of up to six years may apply to business correspondence (§ 257 HGB).

We will never share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes.

6. Web Fonts

This website uses the Geist typeface. The font files are self-hosted on this server via Next.js's built-in font optimisation (next/font). No requests are made to Google Fonts or any other external font provider when you visit this site, and no IP address or browser data is transmitted to third parties as a result of font loading.

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a data subject you have the following rights, which you may exercise at any time using the contact details in the Impressum:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR): You may request confirmation of whether personal data concerning you is being processed, and if so, access to that data.
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You may request correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you.
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You may request deletion of your personal data where one of the grounds in Art. 17(1) GDPR applies.
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You may request that processing be restricted in the circumstances set out in Art. 18(1) GDPR.
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means, you may receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): Where processing is based on legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)), you may object on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will cease processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds.
• Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR): Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

8. Right to Lodge a Complaint

Without prejudice to any other remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement (Art. 77 GDPR). The supervisory authority responsible for this website is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit.