PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: August 2026

1. CONTROLLER

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:

Niklas Lange
Holsteinische Straße 52, 10717 Berlin
Germany

Email: rima.photography@outlook.de

For further information about the operator of this website, please see our Imprint.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION

We take the protection of your personal data seriously.

This Privacy Policy explains how we process personal data when you visit and use this website.

We process personal data only where this is necessary to operate and maintain the website, respond to enquiries, understand how visitors use our website where consent has been given, or comply with legal obligations.

3. HOSTING AND WEBSITE OPERATION

This website is hosted and operated using Squarespace.

When you visit our website, Squarespace may process technical information that is necessary to provide, secure and maintain the website. This may include information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, network information and information relating to your use of the website.

Squarespace acts as our website hosting and service provider and processes personal data in accordance with its applicable privacy and data processing terms.

For more information about data privacy and GDPR compliance at Squarespace, please refer to Squarespace's privacy documentation.

4. CONTACT FORM

If you contact us through the contact form on this website, we process the information you provide, including:

  • first name

  • last name

  • email address

  • the content of your message

We use this information to process and respond to your enquiry and to communicate with you regarding your request.

The information may also relate to enquiries concerning photography, prints, licensing or collaborations.

We do not use information submitted through the contact form for unsolicited marketing.

The contact form is provided through Squarespace. Information submitted through the form may be stored and processed using Squarespace's form functionality.

5. EMAIL CONTACT

If you contact us directly by email, we process the personal data contained in your email and any attachments you provide.

We use this information solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry and handling the communication with you.

We retain correspondence only for as long as necessary to deal with the enquiry or where longer retention is required by law.

6. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

This website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Some cookies are technically necessary for the operation, security and functionality of the website. These cookies may be used without consent where permitted by applicable law.

Analytics and performance cookies are non-essential. They are only activated where you have given the required consent through our cookie banner.

You can accept, decline or manage your cookie preferences when visiting our website. You can also change or withdraw your preferences at any time using the Cookie Settings function.

Squarespace provides further information about the cookies used by its platform in its cookie documentation.

7. SQUARESPACE ANALYTICS

We use Squarespace Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website and to improve its content and functionality.

Depending on your cookie preferences, information collected for analytics purposes may include:

  • information about your browser, network and device

  • your IP address

  • the website or page from which you reached our website

  • pages visited

  • clicks and interactions

  • internal links

  • scrolling

  • searches

  • timestamps

Analytics and performance cookies are only used where the required consent has been given through our cookie banner.

We use this information to understand website traffic and visitor activity and to improve our website.

Squarespace describes these categories of information in its own privacy guidance.

8. PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO

This website contains photographs and video content created by us.

The video content displayed on this website is hosted directly through Squarespace. We do not currently use external video platforms such as YouTube or Vimeo to host the videos displayed on this website.

9. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

This website contains links to our social media profiles, including Instagram.

These are ordinary external links and not embedded social media feeds.

When you click on a social media link, you leave our website and access the respective third-party platform. The privacy policy and data processing practices of that platform then apply.

We do not receive personal data from Instagram merely because you visit our website or see a link to our Instagram profile.

10. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Where applicable, we process personal data on the following legal bases under Article 6 GDPR:

  • Article 6(1)(a) GDPR – your consent;

  • Article 6(1)(b) GDPR – processing necessary to take steps at your request or to perform a contract;

  • Article 6(1)(c) GDPR – processing necessary to comply with a legal obligation;

  • Article 6(1)(f) GDPR – processing necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that these interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

11. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose or as required by applicable statutory retention obligations.

Information submitted through our contact form or sent to us by email is retained only for as long as necessary to process the enquiry and any resulting communication, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

12. DATA RECIPIENTS AND INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Personal data processed through this website may be processed by Squarespace as our website hosting and service provider.

As Squarespace is an international company, personal data may be processed or transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred internationally, the applicable legal safeguards required under data protection law are used.

Further information about Squarespace's data processing and international data transfers can be found in Squarespace's privacy documentation.

13. YOUR RIGHTS

Under the GDPR, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • the right to obtain information about the processing of your personal data;

  • the right to access your personal data;

  • the right to have inaccurate personal data corrected;

  • the right to request deletion of your personal data where applicable;

  • the right to request restriction of processing;

  • the right to object to certain processing activities;

  • the right to data portability where applicable;

  • the right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

14. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.

The current version of this Privacy Policy will always be available on this page.

Last updated: August 2026