Privacy policy

Last updated: 4 October 2026

This is a translation for your convenience; the German version is legally binding.

We take the protection of your personal data seriously. This policy explains which data we collect when you visit tennis-post.com, how we use it and which rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Tennis Post (Golf Post AG)
Im Mediapark 5
50670 Köln, Germany
[email protected]
+49 221 9758 0231

2. Hosting and server log files

The website runs on a server operated by Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany. When you access it, our web server automatically records: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL, the page requested and the date and time of the request.

This data is required for the technical operation and security of the website. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Server log files are deleted after 30 days at the latest.

3. Cookies and local storage

Necessary (no consent required): tennis_edition stores your chosen edition/language (12 months), tp_consent stores your decision on analytics cookies (12 months), Cloudflare may set __cf_bm for bot protection (30 minutes).

Only with consent: Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _ga_*, up to 2 years). See our cookie policy for details.

4. Services we use

Cloudflare (CDN and security). We use Cloudflare, Inc. as a content delivery network and for protection against attacks; IP addresses and connection data are processed. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Cloudflare privacy policy.

Plausible Analytics (self-hosted). For anonymous audience statistics we use a Plausible instance operated by Golf Post AG itself. Plausible sets no cookies and stores no IP addresses; visits are counted using a daily rotating hash. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in audience measurement without personal reference).

Google Analytics 4 (only with consent). If you consent in the notice, we use Google Analytics by Google Ireland Limited to analyse usage. Cookies are set and usage data may be transferred to Google LLC servers in the USA (EU-US Data Privacy Framework). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. You can withdraw your consent at any time via "Cookie settings" in the footer. Google privacy policy.

Images from Wikimedia Commons. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.). We fetch them via our own server and deliver them from there; your browser does not connect to Wikimedia. Author and licence are stated with each image.

Embedded posts (X, Instagram, YouTube). Some articles and live blogs contain posts from X (X Corp.), Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.) or YouTube (Google Ireland Limited). When you open such pages, your browser connects to these providers, which may set cookies and process data. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. X, Instagram, Google/YouTube.

5. Your rights

Access (Art. 15 GDPR)
Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Objection to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR)
Withdrawal of consent with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected].

6. Retention

Server log files: 30 days at most.
Preference cookies: 12 months.
Google Analytics (only with consent): event data retained for 14 months.

7. Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. Our competent authority is:

Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW)
Kavalleriestr. 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
www.ldi.nrw.de

8. Newsletter

We currently do not collect any data for newsletter purposes. If we introduce a newsletter, we will update this policy and ask for your explicit consent.

9. AI-assisted content

Some articles are produced with editorial AI assistance; this is noted in the article. No personal data of our visitors is processed for this.

10. Changes

We update this policy when our data processing or the legal situation changes. The version published here applies.