Datenschutzerklärung

1. Responsible party / Verantwortliche Stelle

Same as in the Impressum: Kiran Vannadil is responsible for data protection on this website.

Email: contact@financialbuddy.de

2. Data we collect

When you use our website, we may collect: (a) data you provide (e.g. name, email, phone number, message) when using the contact form or booking a session; (b) technical data such as IP address, browser type, and access times. We use this only to respond to your requests, improve our site, and comply with legal obligations. The contact form is offered as a call-back / consultation-request service: a phone number is therefore required, because we use it to contact you by phone or WhatsApp to handle your request. If you prefer not to provide a phone number, you can reach us directly by email or via the messaging channels listed in our Impressum.

3. Legal basis and purpose

Processing is based on your consent (e.g. contact form), contract performance (e.g. arranging sessions), or our legitimate interest (e.g. website operation and security). We do not use your data for advertising without your consent.

4. Third-party services and data transfer

Our website uses the following third-party services. Each may process personal or technical data (e.g. IP address). Their privacy policies apply; we recommend reviewing them.

• Contact form: Submissions are sent to Google (Google Apps Script / Google Workspace). Google may process data in the USA. Google is committed to compliance with the EU GDPR; see Google’s Privacy Policy.
• Fonts and icons: Served locally from our own web server. No external font or icon CDN request is made when pages load.

Where Google acts as a processor for our website communication workflow, processing is subject to Google’s Data Processing Addendum (DPA) and related GDPR contractual commitments.

If you use links to external sites (e.g. WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), those providers’ privacy policies apply. We do not control their data processing.

5. Appointment booking (bookings.financialbuddy.de)

Every “Book a consultation” button on this website is an ordinary link. No data is transmitted to the booking system until you click it and open bookings.financialbuddy.de. Simply visiting this website does not create a booking record.

The booking system is our own application, operated by us on a subdomain of financialbuddy.de. We are the controller for the data you enter there — it is not passed to an external calendar provider. When you book an appointment we process the details you submit (e.g. name, email address, phone number, requested date and time, and any message), together with technical data such as your IP address and the time of the request.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR: the processing is necessary to carry out the pre-contractual measures you requested, namely arranging and confirming your consultation. Providing this data is not a legal requirement, but without it we cannot schedule an appointment for you. We use the data to confirm, remind you of, reschedule, and hold the appointment, and to contact you about it.

Booking data is deleted once the appointment has been dealt with and no further enquiries are expected, unless it becomes part of a client relationship — in which case statutory retention obligations under German commercial and tax law (§ 257 HGB, § 147 AO) apply. The booking application has its own imprint and privacy notice, which apply to your use of that subdomain.

6. Your rights

You have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to data portability. You may withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (e.g. Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection).

7. Storage period

We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purposes stated above or as required by law.

8. Updates

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The current version is always available on this page.