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Legal Notice

Copyright 1994-2026

Michael Houben

Am Hollerbroch 31a

51503 Rösrath

Germany

Phone: +49 2205-910197
Fax: +49 2205-910198
Email: findit(at)dateisuche.de

Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data is important to us. This website uses neither cookies nor any other personal user tracking. This privacy policy describes the few technically or organizationally necessary data that may still be collected when visiting our website or purchasing our software, and how we handle them.

1. Server Log Files

When you visit this website, the hosting provider automatically collects information in so-called server log files. This includes: pages or files accessed, date and time of access, anonymized IP address (truncated to the first 2 bytes), browser type and operating system.

This data is used exclusively for technical monitoring, security and optimization of the website. This data is not merged with other data sources.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in operational security).

2. Anonymous Usage Statistics with Matomo

This website uses Matomo, an open-source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. Matomo is operated exclusively on our own server.

No cookies are set and no personal data is stored. The IP address is anonymized (truncated) before storage. Identification of individual persons is not possible. The collected data is used exclusively for analysis and improvement of this website and is not shared with third parties.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in optimizing the website).

3. Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google Ads Conversion Tracking, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter "Google").

Conversion tracking is used exclusively on so-called "Thank You" pages that are accessed after a download or purchase. It serves solely to determine whether a user has completed a download or purchase after clicking on a Google ad.

No user profiling, remarketing or further analysis of user behavior is carried out by us. Google may process personal data. For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in measuring the success of advertising campaigns).

4. License Purchase / Billing Data

When purchasing a license, the data required for invoicing and license management is processed: email address, billing address (name, street, postal code, city, country), purchase date, license number.

For purchases via PayPal, payment processing is handled directly by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. Payment data (credit card, bank account) is neither accessible to us nor stored by us.

The data stored by us is not shared with third parties and is used exclusively for processing the purchase, license management and compliance with legal retention requirements. Access to this data is reserved exclusively for the operator of this website.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract fulfillment) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR (legal retention requirements).

5. Contact

If you contact us by email or phone, the transmitted data (email address, name, phone number, message content) will be used exclusively to process your inquiry and will not be shared with third parties.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in communication with prospects/customers).

6. Data Retention Period

Personal data is only stored for as long as necessary for the stated purposes or as required by legal retention periods (e.g., 10 years for billing data according to German tax law § 147 AO).

7. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

To exercise these rights, you can contact the responsible party named in the Legal Notice at any time.

Right to lodge a complaint: You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.

Last updated: January 2026

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