Privacy

Scope

This privacy policy describes the processing of personal data on Länderblick Spain. Sign-in, registration, password management and personal country settings are provided exclusively through the main domain laenderblick.news.

Controller

Technical data when you visit the site

When you visit the website, the web server processes technically necessary data, in particular your IP address, the time, the requested address, the amount of data transferred, the referrer, browser and operating system information, and the HTTP status. This is necessary to deliver the website securely, identify faults and prevent attacks. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing a secure and reliable service under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Server logs are stored only for as long as necessary for operation, security and fault analysis; in the event of a security incident, relevant entries may be retained for longer.

Personal region

If you select a region in the “My Spain” section, your selection is stored in your browser’s local storage. It remains on your device until you change or delete it, or clear your browser storage. The selection is used solely to show relevant regional news.

Länderblick account and access control

Sign-in, registration, password management, country selection and email settings are centrally managed on laenderblick.news. After successful sign-in, laenderblick.news sends Länderblick Spain an access credential that is cryptographically signed and valid for no more than three minutes. It may contain a user ID, email address, display name, access status, benefits status and expiry time. The necessary cookie, transmitted only over a secure connection, lbh_member_session stores the resulting portal session and cannot be read by scripts in the browser.

The necessary cookie lbh_member_session_checked prevents unnecessary repeated status checks. No passwords or payment details are sent to Länderblick Spain. The processing is necessary to provide the requested account or subscription (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and also serves to ensure access security (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Registration and subscriptions

When you register, laenderblick.news processes in particular your name, email address, encrypted password, login status, and selected countries, regions and email editions. For paid Länderblick services, payment data is processed only by the payment service provider identified for that service.

Subscription access and our own notices

Länderblick Spain does not currently offer ad-funded access to articles or Google advertising. Full editorial content is available only with a valid subscription to the relevant country portal. Earlier selection cookies such as lbh_ad_consent or nfr_ad_consent are not used to grant access.

Our own notices about Länderblick subscriptions or books from Editions Photra may appear on overview pages. They do not load advertising code from an external ad network and take you to the relevant offer only when clicked.

Reach measurement with Fathom

Länderblick uses Fathom Analytics via cdn.usefathom.com, to analyse page views and technical reach while minimising data use. The shared Länderblick identifier is GDZVGOBV. The measurement is used to develop the service editorially and technically.

External content and services

Interactive wildfire map

When you open the interactive wildfire map, your browser loads the Leaflet map library, OpenStreetMap map tiles and hotspot data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS/Copernicus). Your IP address is technically transmitted to the respective providers. The map is embedded only on the map page you have expressly opened and is necessary for that page to function.

Interactive traffic map

The traffic page combines the official reports listed in the country profile on the server side. When you open the embedded map there, your browser loads the Leaflet map library and OpenStreetMap map tiles. Your IP address is technically transmitted to OpenStreetMap. The type of incident, road, location and coordinates come from the official feeds named in each case; search terms are processed exclusively in your browser and on the Länderblick server.

Linked offers

The member account opens on laenderblick.news. Partner and additional offers are accessed only when clicked; the privacy notices published by the relevant providers also apply there.

Expedia partner search

An Expedia partner search may load on pages expressly opened for hotel and accommodation searches. A connection to Expedia Group is established only when you click the “Load Expedia search” button. In particular, your IP address, browser and device information, and subsequent search entries may be transmitted to Expedia. If you book through the partner search, Editions Photra may receive remuneration; this does not increase the price displayed by Expedia. Expedia’s privacy notices apply to further processing.

Editorial sources

Article listings and content come exclusively from this country portal’s editorial system. Topic notifications and sources are processed server-side; the visitor’s browser generally does not establish a direct connection to these source systems unless content is expressly identified as an external embed.

Email notifications and briefings

If you subscribe to newsletters, morning, midday or evening briefings, or other notifications, Länderblick processes your email address, language, topic selection and delivery events. Opens are not measured by tracking pixel by default. Links may include campaign or click parameters to measure performance. You can change your preferences at any time in the central member account or unsubscribe using the link in an email.

Retention period and recipients

Data is stored only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose, contractual services, and statutory retention and evidential obligations. Old selection cookies from a previous ad-funded test phase may remain in the browser until they technically expire, but are no longer evaluated. Temporary verification and handover cookies generally expire after a few minutes or hours; the signed sign-in credential expires no later than the end of the period specified in it.

Data is shared only where necessary for hosting, technical provision, delivery, payment, an external service you have requested, or due to a legal obligation. Agreements required by law are concluded with processors engaged by us.

Your rights

Subject to the GDPR, you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection. You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time, with effect for the future. To exercise your rights, simply send a message to kontakt@nachrichten.fr.

You can also lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. For the controller based in France, the relevant authority is the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) which can be contacted.

Changes to this notice

We update this privacy notice when changes to features, service providers or legal requirements make this necessary. The latest version and its date are published on this page.