Privacy Policy (Datenschutzerklärung)
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can personally identify you.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section "Information about the responsible party" in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example when you fill out a contact form or register for our service.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior and to provide our services.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
2. Hosting
Hetzner Online GmbH
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Hetzner Online GmbH
Industriestr. 25
91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany
When you visit our website, the hosting provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referrer URL, hostname, and time of access. This data is processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in technically error-free presentation and optimization of our website).
Hetzner is located in Germany and processes data in accordance with GDPR. For more information, please refer to Hetzner's privacy policy at: https://www.hetzner.com/legal/privacy-policy
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
Information About the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Daniel Steblin
Weilburger Straße 5
65549 Limburg, Germany
Email: contact@verify-ship.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data.
Legal Basis for Data Processing
We process personal data only with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), for the fulfillment of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), for compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR), or if processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Right to Revoke Consent
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection
If data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you violates the GDPR.
4. Data Collection on This Website
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which permits data processing to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Registration on This Website
Authentication via Clerk
For user registration and authentication, we use the services of Clerk, Inc., a third-party authentication provider.
Clerk, Inc.
340 S Lemon Ave #7968
Walnut, CA 91789, United States
When you register or log in, Clerk processes the following data on our behalf:
- Email address
- Name (if provided)
- Authentication data (encrypted passwords, OAuth tokens)
- Profile information you provide
- Login timestamps and IP addresses
Clerk acts as our data processor and processes data in accordance with a data processing agreement compliant with Art. 28 GDPR. Clerk is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, ensuring an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to the US.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract fulfillment) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in secure authentication).
For more information, see Clerk's privacy policy: https://clerk.com/legal/privacy
You can register on this website to use additional website functions. We use the data you enter only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.
For important changes, such as the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way.
The processing of data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) and contract fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for the revocation.
The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
5. Payment Services
Stripe
We offer payment via Stripe on this website. The provider of this payment service is Stripe, Inc., 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter "Stripe"). For transactions within the EU, Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland is responsible.
When you make a payment via Stripe, Stripe collects payment data (e.g., credit card number, expiration date, CVC code) directly. We do not have access to your complete payment data - we only receive confirmation of successful or failed payment.
Stripe processes the following data on our behalf:
- Name and email address
- Billing address
- Payment information (credit card details, bank account information)
- Transaction amounts and dates
- IP address and device information for fraud prevention
The legal basis for data processing via Stripe is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract fulfillment) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in offering secure payment methods and fraud prevention).
Stripe is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework, ensuring an adequate level of data protection for data transfers to the US. We have also concluded a data processing agreement with Stripe in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
Data transmitted to Stripe is stored there for the duration required by law for payment processing and tax purposes. This is generally at least 10 years in accordance with commercial and tax retention requirements.
For more information about Stripe's privacy practices, please see: https://stripe.com/privacy
6. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Right to correction (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Right to deletion (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
Last updated: 1.12.2025