Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 16, 2025
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how roehler.nrw ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, unfollowTool.com (the "Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
By using our Website and consenting through our cookie consent banner, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. If you do not agree to the use of certain cookies, please disable them as instructed in this Cookie Policy, through your browser settings, or by not providing consent for non-essential cookies via our cookie consent banner.
2. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Ensuring the basic functionality of the Website (Essential Cookies).
- Analyzing how our Website is used to improve its performance and user experience, subject to your consent (Analytics and Performance Cookies).
- Delivering and personalizing advertisements, subject to your consent (Advertising Cookies).
- Remembering your preferences, where applicable (e.g., dark mode selection if implemented via cookies) (Preference Cookies).
- Managing your consent choices regarding cookie usage (Consent Management Cookies).
4. Types of Cookies We Use
4.1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as managing your session or security-related functions. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Website, they are loaded by default and do not require your consent, though you can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, as described under the "Your Choices Regarding Cookies" section (this may impact how our Website functions).
4.2. Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our Website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
We use the following analytics and performance cookies, subject to your explicit consent provided via our cookie consent banner:
4.2.1. Smartlook
Subject to your consent, we use Smartlook, a service provided by Smartlook.com, s.r.o., Lidicka 20, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, to analyze user behavior on our Website. This helps us understand how users interact with our site, identify areas for improvement, and enhance the overall user experience.
Smartlook uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users' behavior and their devices. This includes:
- Interaction Data: Smartlook may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity, page navigation, and (anonymized by default) text keyed into website forms.
- Device and Browser Information: This can include a device's IP address (captured and stored in an anonymized form during your session), screen resolution, device type (unique device identifiers), operating system, browser type, geographic location (country only), and preferred language used to display our website.
- Session Information: Smartlook helps us understand individual user sessions to identify usability issues or errors.
Smartlook stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Smartlook is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.
The cookies set by Smartlook may serve purposes such as (e.g., SL_C_xxxx_KEY, SL_C_xxxx_SID, SL_C_xxxx_VID):
- Distinguishing between unique visitors.
- Tracking a user's session and interactions within that session.
- Remembering if a user has previously opted out of tracking.
Important: Smartlook is configured by us not to record sensitive personal data such as payment details, passwords, or other highly confidential information. Any form fields that might contain such data are typically excluded from recording by default or by our specific configuration.
The legal basis for using Smartlook and its associated cookies is your explicit consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), which you provide through our cookie consent banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time by revisiting your cookie preferences (e.g., through a link in our Privacy Policy or by clearing cookies and making a new choice in the banner).
For more information about Smartlook's data practices and how they use cookies, please visit Smartlook's Privacy Policy: https://www.smartlook.com/help/privacy-statement/.
You can also opt-out of Smartlook tracking across all websites that use Smartlook by visiting their opt-out page: https://www.smartlook.com/opt-out/.
4.2.2. Google Analytics
Subject to your consent, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (for users in EEA/Switzerland) or Google LLC (for users outside EEA/Switzerland). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the Website.
The information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of the Website (including your IP address, which is anonymized prior to its storage) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the Website, compile reports on website activity for us, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Key cookies used by Google Analytics may include (e.g., _ga, _gid, _gat_UA-XXXXX-Y):
_ga: Used to distinguish users, expires after 2 years._gid: Used to distinguish users, expires after 24 hours._gat_<property-id>: Used to throttle request rate, expires after 1 minute.
IP Anonymization: We have activated IP anonymization for Google Analytics on this Website. Your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
Data Transfer: For data transfers to the USA, Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and also relies on Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an adequate level of data protection.
The legal basis for using Google Analytics and its associated cookies is your explicit consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), which you provide through our cookie consent banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time by revisiting your cookie preferences.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics documentation and Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and Google Analytics Terms of Service.
You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the Website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
4.3. Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission.
4.3.1. Google AdSense
Subject to your consent, we use Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Ireland Limited (for users in EEA/Switzerland) or Google LLC (for users outside EEA/Switzerland) ("Google"). Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies (like web beacons) to display advertisements that are tailored to your interests.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Website and/or other sites on the Internet. These cookies may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct. This information is used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
Cookies used by Google AdSense (such as the DoubleClick cookie, e.g., IDE, ANID) help Google to:
- Serve and render ads effectively.
- Personalize ads (if you have consented to personalized advertising).
- Limit the number of times an ad is shown to a user.
- Mute ads you have chosen to stop seeing.
- Measure the effectiveness of ads.
Personalized Advertising: If you have consented to personalized advertising through our cookie consent banner, Google will use your information to show you personalized ads. If you do not consent to personalized advertising, you may still see ads, but they will not be personalized.
Third-Party Vendors: Please note that Google AdSense may allow third-party vendors and ad networks to serve ads on our Website. These third parties may also use cookies to serve ads and to measure ad effectiveness. Our cookie consent banner provides you with information and choices regarding these third-party vendors where applicable.
Data Transfer: Information collected by Google AdSense cookies may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. For data transfers to the USA, Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and also relies on Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure an adequate level of data protection.
The legal basis for using Google AdSense for personalized advertising and its associated cookies is your explicit consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), which you provide through our cookie consent banner. For non-personalized ads and the cookies necessary for their delivery (e.g., for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and to combat fraud and abuse), the legal basis may also be our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR), provided this does not override your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, and only where such cookies do not require consent under ePrivacy rules (e.g., TTDSG in Germany). However, we generally rely on your consent for all advertising cookies managed through our banner.
You can manage your ad personalization settings and learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services by visiting Google's Ad Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated and Google's Privacy & Terms page: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ or www.youronlinechoices.com/.
4.4. Preference Cookies (If Applicable)
These cookies may be used to remember choices you make when you use our Website, such as your preferred language or display settings (e.g., dark mode preference if it uses a cookie). The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit our Website. The use of these cookies is typically based on your consent or our legitimate interest in providing a user-friendly experience.
4.5. Consent Management Cookies (Cookie Banner)
To manage your cookie preferences and remember the choices you make regarding the use of cookies on our Website, our cookie consent banner (or consent management platform) itself may set a cookie on your device.
The primary purpose of this cookie (e.g., often named something like userConsentAnalytics, userConsentSmartlook, userConsentAdvertising, cookie_consent_status, or similar, depending on our implementation) is to store your consent status (e.g., whether you have "accepted" or "declined" certain categories of cookies, or all non-essential cookies).
This cookie is essential for:
- Remembering your preferences so that we do not have to ask you for your consent on every subsequent visit within the cookie's lifespan.
- Ensuring that scripts and cookies for which consent has not been given are not loaded (if the banner is correctly implemented).
This consent cookie typically has a defined lifespan (e.g., 6 months or 1 year), after which you may be asked to provide your consent again. The specific name and duration of the cookie used by our consent banner can usually be found by inspecting the cookies set by our website in your browser's developer tools after interacting with the banner.
The legal basis for this cookie can be considered our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) in providing a user-friendly experience by not repeatedly asking for consent, and to comply with our legal obligations to manage and record user consent under the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive (or national transpositions like TTDSG in Germany). In some interpretations, it can also be seen as essential for the provision of a service explicitly requested by the user (managing their privacy choices).
5. Hosting Provider and Server Logs
Our website is hosted by STRATO AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin, Germany. The provision of hosting services is essential for the operation of our Website. When you visit our Website, STRATO automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits. These typically are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
- Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address, which may be anonymized by Strato)
- Time of the server request
- Files accessed and amount of data transferred
This data is generally not merged with other data sources. STRATO uses this data for the following purposes:
- To ensure a stable and secure connection to the Website.
- To ensure the comfortable use of our Website.
- To evaluate system security and stability.
- For administrative purposes and to detect and defend against attacks or misuse.
STRATO may also use technically necessary cookies to ensure the functionality and security of its hosting services. These cookies are essential for the operation of the platform on which our website runs.
The legal basis for the processing of this data by our hosting provider is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR) in the technically flawless presentation, security, and optimization of our Website. We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with STRATO AG in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, ensuring that your data is processed only on our instructions and in compliance with data protection regulations.
For more detailed information on how STRATO AG handles data, please refer to their privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/ (Please note this link is to their German privacy policy; an English version may be available on their website).
6. Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
- Using our Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can use this banner to accept or decline non-essential cookies (like Analytics, Performance, and Advertising Cookies). Your preferences will be stored for future visits based on the lifespan of the consent management cookie. You can typically change your preferences at any time by clearing your cookies for this site and reloading the page, or by clicking a "Cookie Settings" link if provided in the footer or Privacy Policy.
- Modifying your browser settings: Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. You can find information on how to manage cookies on popular browsers here:
- Opting out of specific analytics and advertising cookies:
- As mentioned in section 4.2.1, you can opt-out of Smartlook tracking via their dedicated opt-out page: https://www.smartlook.com/opt-out/.
- As mentioned in section 4.2.2, you can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking using their browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
- For Google Advertising cookies, you can manage your preferences via Google's Ad Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
- You can opt out of many third-party vendor's uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative's opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 or the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page at https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN.
Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, especially essential cookies, some parts of the Website may not function properly or your user experience may be affected.
7. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with this website is:
Robin Oehler
Voßstraße 8
53424 Remagen
Germany
Email: mail@roehler.nrw
Phone: 0170 369 52 57
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Email: mail@roehler.nrw
For more general information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.