Last updated: 13 November 2026
1. Controller
Michel Charly Ompendoguelet Fanguinoveny
Prinzenstr. 37, 12105 Berlin, Germany
Email: partnerships@eustartup.news
Phone: +49 176 69433855
We are not required to appoint a data protection officer.
2. Overview
This policy explains how EU Startup News (eustartup.news) processes personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).
3. Hosting and server logs
Our website runs on WordPress and is hosted by an external hosting provider acting as our processor under a data processing agreement. When you visit, the server automatically records your IP address, date and time, requested URL, referrer, browser and operating system. This is necessary to deliver and secure the website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Logs are deleted after a short period unless needed to investigate security incidents.
4. Cookies and consent
Technically necessary cookies are used on the basis of § 25(2) TDDDG. All other cookies and similar technologies are used only with your consent (§ 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Where a tool requires your consent, it is only used after you agree in our cookie banner. You can withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future, for example by deleting cookies in your browser or via the cookie settings on the website.
5. Third-party services we use
Google Analytics 4 and Google Site Kit (Google Ireland Ltd., Dublin; Google LLC, USA) – audience measurement: pages viewed, referrer, approximate location, device/browser data and a pseudonymous identifier stored in cookies (_ga, _ga_*), retained up to 14 months. Legal basis: consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG.
Google AdSense (Google Ireland Ltd.; Google LLC, USA) – display of advertising; may use cookies and device identifiers for ad delivery, frequency capping, fraud prevention and, with your consent, personalised ads. Legal basis: consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. More: policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Google Fonts (Google Ireland Ltd.) – fonts loaded from Google servers; your IP address is transmitted to Google when the page loads. Legal basis: legitimate interest in consistent presentation, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Mailchimp (Intuit Inc., USA) via the MC4WP plugin – newsletter sign-up and delivery: email address, sign-up time, IP address and open/click statistics. Legal basis: consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (double opt-in). You can unsubscribe at any time.
Substack (Substack Inc., USA) – links and embeds for our finance newsletter; if you subscribe there, Substack’s own privacy policy applies.
Contact Form 7 – data you enter in contact forms (name, email, message) is used solely to answer your enquiry and deleted when no longer needed. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR.
Jetpack (Automattic Inc., USA) – site statistics, security and performance features; may set cookies and process IP address, browser data and pages viewed via stats.wp.com.
6. International transfers
Some providers (notably Google, Intuit/Mailchimp, Automattic and Substack) are based in the USA. Transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified, and otherwise on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 GDPR).
7. Press-release and sponsored-content submissions
If you submit a press release or commercial enquiry, we process the contact details and content you provide to review, publish and invoice it (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Published content, including names and quotes contained in it, remains public as part of our archive. Invoicing data is retained as required by German commercial and tax law (up to 10 years).
8. Journalism
Personal data processed for journalistic purposes is subject to the media privilege of the Medienstaatsvertrag (§ 23 MStV) and applicable state press laws; certain GDPR rights are restricted in that context. You may still request correction of inaccurate factual statements (see our Impressum).
9. Your rights
You have the right to access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR). You may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7(3)). To exercise your rights, email us at the address above.
10. Right to lodge a complaint
You may complain to a supervisory authority, for example the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit), Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, www.datenschutz-berlin.de.
11. Security
This website uses TLS encryption (https). We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data.
12. Changes
We update this policy when our services or the law change. The current version is always published on this page.