Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Hano Animations GbR ("we," "our," or "us"), operated by Johannes Naaber and Hannah Heß, Lortzingstraße 32, 66125 Saarbrücken, Germany, is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website (www.hanoanimations.com) or use our services, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you use our contact form or reach out to us, we may collect: your name, email address, Telegram handle, company/project name, project details, and budget information.

3.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, our hosting provider (GitHub Pages) may automatically collect: IP address (anonymized where possible), browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited and time spent, and date and time of access. This data is collected based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the security and optimization of our website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your data for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries and project requests (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – pre-contractual measures).
• To provide our animation and content creation services (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – contract performance).
• To improve our website and user experience (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – legitimate interest).
• To comply with legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).

5. Cookies and Tracking

5.1 Essential Cookies

Our website uses technically necessary cookies that are required for the website to function properly. These cookies do not require your consent (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

5.2 Analytics and Marketing Cookies

We may use the following third-party services, but only with your explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR):

• Meta Pixel (Facebook) – for advertising measurement

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings banner on our website. You may also disable cookies in your browser settings. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information. We may share your data with: hosting and website providers (GitHub Pages) for website operation; Google (Google Sheets) for contact form data processing; email service providers for communication; and authorities when required by law. All service providers are contractually bound to process your data only on our behalf and in compliance with GDPR (Art. 28 GDPR).

7. Data Retention

We retain your data only as long as necessary: contact form submissions are kept for 2 years unless a business relationship is established; client data is kept for the duration of the business relationship plus 10 years (German tax retention requirements, § 147 AO); and website log data is kept for a maximum of 30 days.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR) – Request a copy of your stored data
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) – Correct inaccurate data
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) – Request deletion of your data
• Right to restriction (Art. 18 GDPR) – Limit how we process your data
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) – Receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR) – Object to processing based on legitimate interest
• Right to object to direct marketing (Art. 21(2) GDPR) – You have the right to object at any time to processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, including profiling related to such direct marketing.
• Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR) – Withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: hannah@hanoanimations.com

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent authority for us is: Unabhängiges Datenschutzzentrum Saarland, Fritz-Dobisch-Straße 12, 66111 Saarbrücken, Germany (https://www.datenschutz.saarland.de).

9. Data Security

We use industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption for secure data transmission.

10. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., social media platforms). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites and encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page with the updated date.

12. Contact

For questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please contact us at: