Privacy Policy.

1. Data Controller

IQ Media Arts
Proprietor: Bahaa Al Deen Ali Jassim
Am Forsthaus Gravenbruch 7
63263 Neu-Isenburg
Germany

Phone: +49 178 1102262
Email: info@iqmediaarts.de

2. General Information

Protecting your personal data is important to us. This notice explains which data we process when you use our website or contact us. Personal data is information that can identify you directly or indirectly.

3. Hosting and Website Access (Cloudflare Pages)

Our website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, provided by Cloudflare, Inc. When you visit the website, technically necessary data is processed, such as your IP address, date and time of access, requested pages, browser and device information, and connection data. This processing supports the operation, delivery and protection of our website against misuse.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interest in operating a secure and functional website). Data may also be processed outside the EU or EEA; applicable data-protection requirements must be observed for such transfers.

Further information: Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

4. Contact by Email or Telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, we process your contact details and the contents of your message to handle and respond to your enquiry. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where the enquiry relates to entering into or performing a contract; for general enquiries, it is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We delete the data when it is no longer required for the relevant purpose, unless statutory retention obligations apply.

5. Contact Form Using Web3Forms

We use Web3Forms by Web3Creative for our contact form. We process the information you enter, particularly your name, email address, chosen service, preferred date or project period, and project description. Providing a telephone number or company name is voluntary. The data is transmitted to Web3Forms in encrypted form, processed there to deliver your enquiry, and made available to us or forwarded to us by email.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for project- and contract-related enquiries and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for other enquiries (handling communications).

Web3Forms acts as a processor for contact-form submissions and uses other service providers, including AWS, Cloudflare and Hetzner. Processing and transfers outside the EU/EEA, particularly to the United States and India, may occur. The provider refers to appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses.

Web3Forms states that form submissions may be retained for up to three years; the retention period may be shorter depending on the settings. Our own copies and business records remain subject to applicable statutory retention periods.

Further information: Web3Forms Privacy Policy and Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

6. Embedded Videos (YouTube)

Our project pages may include YouTube videos. The service provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The video preview is initially displayed without loading the YouTube player. The player loads and a connection to YouTube is established only when you actively click the preview image or Play button.

In particular, your IP address, browser information, the page visited and usage data may be transmitted to Google. Further processing by Google, including possible transfers to countries outside the EU/EEA, cannot be ruled out. Wherever possible, we use youtube-nocookie.com; activating a video through this domain also transmits data to Google.

Embedding takes place only after your active consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where required, Section 25 TDDDG. No YouTube video player is loaded on project pages unless you activate it. You can end the connection by closing or reloading the page and not activating the player again; data already transmitted cannot be recalled this way.

Further information: Google Privacy Policy.

7. Links to Social Networks

Our website contains links to our profiles on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok and to contact us through WhatsApp. These are not embedded social-media plugins. Clicking a link opens the respective external platform, where that provider's privacy policy applies.

8. Cookies and Analytics

We currently use neither Google Analytics nor Meta Pixel on this website. We do not set our own advertising or audience-tracking cookies. Technically necessary storage or security measures used by the hosting infrastructure may nevertheless occur. Section 6 applies if you voluntarily activate external YouTube videos.

9. Retention Period

We process personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose or as required by statutory retention obligations. Details of retention by our contact-form provider appear in Section 5.

10. Your Rights

Subject to the GDPR, you have the right to access your personal data (Article 15 GDPR), rectification (Article 16), erasure (Article 17), restriction of processing (Article 18), data portability (Article 20) and objection to processing based on legitimate interests (Article 21).

You may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future (Article 7(3) GDPR). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority, in particular the Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.

To ask questions or exercise your rights, contact us at info@iqmediaarts.de.

11. Updates

We update this Privacy Policy if our website, the services we use or legal requirements change.