Privacy Policy

TickerGuard is operated by TM Internetmarketing GmbH, a German company, from Germany. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that makes us the "controller" responsible for personal data processed through this site — GDPR is the framework we follow for everyone who visits, wherever they live.

TM Internetmarketing GmbH
Seestraße 16
71638 Ludwigsburg
Germany
Email: contact@tickerguard.com

You can ask us at any time for access to the personal data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR), have it corrected (Art. 16) or deleted (Art. 17), ask us to restrict how we use it (Art. 18), receive a copy in a portable format (Art. 20), and object to certain processing (Art. 21). You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time, with effect for the future.

California residents (CCPA). If you live in California, you additionally have the right to know what personal information we have collected about you and for what purpose, to request that we delete it, and to know whether we have sold or shared it. We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for money or other value, and we do not use it for cross-context behavioral advertising. To exercise any of these rights, email contact@tickerguard.com; we will not discriminate against you for making a request.

When you visit this website, the hosting provider automatically collects information in so-called server log files that your browser transmits: browser type and version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing device, time of the server request, and the anonymized IP address. This data is technically required to deliver the website and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest).

This website uses strictly necessary cookies — for example, a session cookie that keeps forms working correctly. These do not require your consent because the site cannot function properly without them.

Non-essential cookies or similar technologies (for instance, for marketing) are only set after you have expressly consented through our cookie banner (legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can change or withdraw your choices at any time via the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer. Our web analytics, by contrast, sets no cookies and therefore falls outside this consent requirement — see the "Web Analytics with Matomo (No Cookies)" section below for details.

For web analytics we use Matomo — a self-hosted, open-source analytics platform that runs exclusively on our operator's own server at analytics.boersenlotse.de. No data is shared with third parties, and it never leaves the EU.

Our Matomo installation is configured to set no cookies. Before storage, your IP address is shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized), so it cannot be traced back to your connection or to you personally. We collect only the pages you visited, your approximate geographic origin (based on the shortened IP address), device type and browser, and the referring page.

The purpose of this processing is traffic measurement and improving our offering. Because Matomo sets no cookies and stores or reads no information on your device, no consent through the cookie banner is required for it; the legal basis is our legitimate interest in anonymized traffic measurement (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

You can object to the collection of your visit data at any time. Use the opt-out below:

All fonts used on this website (Inter and Newsreader) are hosted on our own server and delivered directly from tickerguard.com. No fonts are loaded from third-party providers such as Google Fonts, and no personal data (such as your IP address) is transmitted to any external font provider. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a consistent, privacy-friendly presentation (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

If you contact us by email, we process your information solely to handle your inquiry. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in responding (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the inquiry aims at a contract.

At the bottom of our pages you can anonymously rate whether the content was helpful and optionally leave a short comment. We store no personal data in the process: instead of your IP address, only a pseudonymous check value (hash) is stored, which prevents the same person voting multiple times on the same page. The check value does not allow direct identification and is used by us solely for this purpose, not to identify you. Please do not include any personal data in the comment field. The sole purpose is improving our content (legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interest).

For our weekly newsletter, we store your email address and the timestamps of signup and confirmation. Signup uses the double-opt-in procedure: you only receive the newsletter once you have expressly confirmed your signup via the confirmation link (legal basis: your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Delivery is handled by the service provider Brevo (Brevo GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany) as a processor with servers in the EU. You can withdraw your consent at any time — every newsletter contains an unsubscribe link for this. After unsubscribing, you will receive no further issues; we record the withdrawal and delete your address from the active mailing list. No open or click tracking takes place.

If you watch stocks or scanners, we store your email address, optionally your first name, and your chosen watch items. Delivery uses the double-opt-in procedure: you only receive alerts once you have expressly confirmed your address via the confirmation link; we store the confirmation timestamp as proof of consent (legal basis: your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Delivery is likewise handled by the service provider Brevo (Brevo GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany) as a processor with servers in the EU. Every email contains an unsubscribe link and a management link. After unsubscribing, your address remains stored as a suppression record so that you are not accidentally contacted again.

If you create an account, we store your name, your email address, your password (exclusively as a cryptographic hash), and your watchlist. We confirm the email address using the double-opt-in procedure (legal basis: performance of a contract, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

You can delete your account yourself at any time under "My Account" — you decide whether linked email alerts continue or are canceled along with it. After deletion, your profile and watchlist are irrevocably removed.

We process personal data only for as long as required for the respective purposes or as prescribed by statutory retention periods. After that, the data is deleted.

If you are in the European Union or European Economic Area, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data (Art. 77 GDPR). California residents can reach us directly using the contact details above to raise a concern under the CCPA.

We update this privacy policy whenever the legal situation or the services used on the website change. The current version published here applies in each case.