Erklärungen gemäß § 5 DSCVRY Media GmbH, Grabenstraße 2, 55262 Ingelheim am Rhein
Handelsregister: HRB 246788 B, Amtsgericht Mainz
E-Mail: malik@dsvrymedia.com
Verantwortlich für die folgenden Inhalte gemäß § 55 Abs. 2 RStV
Vertreten durch: Jakob Heim, Malik Jungbeck
Last updated: August 6, 2025
This privacy statement by DSCVRY Media GmbH (referred to as "we", "us", or "our") outlines how and for what purposes we collect, use, store, and share ("process") your personal data when you interact with our services ("Services"), including:
Questions or feedback? This privacy policy helps clarify your data rights and our handling practices. If you do not agree with the contents, we kindly ask you not to use our Services. For further questions, you may contact us at malik@dscvrymedia.com.
Here is a brief overview of key points from our privacy policy. For detailed information, please consult the full sections below.
For a comprehensive explanation, please continue reading below.
Summary: We collect personal information you actively share with us.
This includes data you provide when signing up for our Services, requesting information, communicating with our team, or participating in activities via our Services.
What we may collect:
Please ensure all personal data you provide is accurate and kept up to date. Notify us promptly of any relevant changes.
Summary: We automatically gather certain data when you access our Services. This includes technical details that do not personally identify you but help us understand and improve how our Services are used.
Automatically collected data includes:
This data is used solely for technical diagnostics, security, and performance analysis of our Services.
Summary: We use your information to operate, enhance, and manage our Services, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, and communicate with you. Additionally, data may be processed with your consent for specific purposes.
We process your data for the following reasons:
Summary: We only process your personal data when a lawful basis applies under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or similar legal frameworks.
If you are based in the EU or UK, we rely on the following legal bases:
If you are located in Canada, processing may be based on express or implied consent, or legal exceptions such as:
Summary: We may share your data in specific contexts, such as business transitions or with select service providers.
Examples include:
Summary: If you use a social login (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn), we may receive profile data from those platforms.
If you register or log in via a social network, we may access publicly available information such as:
We use this data only for login and profile creation purposes. We do not control how social platforms manage your data and recommend reviewing their privacy policies separately.
Summary: We store your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this notice, unless a longer retention is legally required.
Data is retained for as long as your account remains active or as needed to provide Services. After that, data will be securely deleted or anonymized unless required by law (e.g., tax or compliance purposes). If deletion is not immediately possible (e.g., due to backups), data will be securely archived until removal becomes feasible.
Summary: We implement technical and organizational safeguards to protect your data.
Our systems and infrastructure are designed to prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no online transmission or storage system can be 100% secure. We advise you to use secure devices and connections when accessing our Services.
Summary: Our Services are not intended for children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly collect data from users under 18. If we discover such data has been collected, we will promptly delete it. By using our Services, you confirm that you are 18 or older, or that you are the parent or guardian and consent to your child's use.
Summary: Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, modify, or delete your personal data.
Users from the EU, UK, Switzerland, or Canada may have the following rights:
You can exercise your rights by contacting malik@dscvrymedia.com. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in our emails or by contacting us. Note that service-related communications (e.g., order confirmations) may still be sent.
To delete your account, contact us at the above email. Some data may be retained for legal reasons (e.g., fraud prevention or compliance).
Currently, we do not respond to Do-Not-Track signals from browsers, as no standard implementation exists. If such a standard is adopted, we will update this notice accordingly.
Summary: Yes, we may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect legal or operational changes.
The updated version will be identified by a "Last updated" date at the top of this notice. In the event of significant changes, we may notify you through our Services or via email. We encourage you to review this notice periodically to stay informed about how we protect your data.
Summary: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. More information is provided below.
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for:
Category A – As long as the user has an account with us
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in "WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"
Learn about how we use your personal information in the section "HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?"
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn more about how we disclose personal information in the section "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. For more information about these rights and how to exercise them, please contact us at malik@dscvrymedia.com.
Summary: You may have additional rights based on the country you reside in.
We collect and process your personal information under the obligations and conditions set by Australia's Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act).
This privacy notice satisfies the notice requirements defined in the Privacy Act, in particular: what personal information we collect from you, from which sources, for which purposes, and other recipients of your personal information.
If you do not wish to provide the personal information necessary to fulfill the applicable purpose, it may affect our ability to provide our services, in particular:
At any time, you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?"
If you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to submit a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
If you have questions or comments about this privacy notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at malik@dscvrymedia.com, or by post at:
DSCVRY Media GmbH
Data Protection Officer
Grabenstraße 2
55262 Ingelheim am Rhein
Germany
Depending on your place of residence and the applicable laws, you may request access to your personal data, ask for corrections, deletions, or withdraw your consent for data processing.
To exercise these rights, please send your request via email to: malik@dscvrymedia.com
Bei Fragen zu dieser Datenschutzerklärung kontaktieren Sie uns unter: malik@dscvrymedia.com