Your data in Germany

Where your data lives.

As soon as I build something for you (chatbot, enquiry automation, website), data is created. Here's where it lives, and here's how it's protected. No marketing talk.

Encrypted data.

Sensitive fields are masked with AES-GCM encrypted. Transport routes are protected via TLS; keys and access rights are managed separately from the application login.

Certified infrastructure.

Hetzner's German data centers are certified to ISO/IEC 27001; for the cloud services, a BSI C5 Type 2 attestation is in place. Hetzner has these attestations checked regularly in the respective audit procedures.

Multiple layers of protection.

Encryption is only one building block. Roles, two-factor sign-in, device binding, logging and separate backups limit risks even when a single protection fails.

Sounds big — and it is. But: security is not a marketing term, but an obligation. In what follows, I show you specific, where your data is stored, who has access to it, and what happens if something does go wrong.

Hetzner Online GmbH · Industriestr. 25 · 91710 Gunzenhausen

Server location Nürnberg · Data processing exclusively within the EU · Data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR concluded

I host the core systems on my own instances at Hetzner Online. The German data centres are ISO/IEC 27001 certified; the cloud services hold a BSI C5 Type 2 attestation. Which specialised services are additionally integrated is documented in the privacy policy.

Six points that matter

What you actually get.

Servers in Nuremberg, EU-only

The core systems — website, cockpit and database — run on German Hetzner data centres. Features such as AI, voice, consent management or reach measurement may involve specialised processors and, depending on the service, trigger third-country transfers. Provider, purpose and legal basis are listed in the Privacy policy.

EU-only GDPR

Certified & tested

Hetzner's German data centres are certified to ISO/IEC 27001, and a BSI C5 Type 2 attestation is available for the cloud services. The evidence is regularly checked in the respective audit process.

Hetzner: ISO 27001 Hetzner: BSI C5 Annual audit

Physical data center security

High-security fencing with anti-climb and anti-dig protection, comprehensive video surveillance, documented access media, separate lockable racks. 24/7 on-site staff.

24/7 on site Video-monitored

Built for high availability + backup

Redundant power supply with UPS and emergency generators, redundant network connection, fire early detection connected to a monitoring centre, permanently active DDoS detection. Daily backups run automatically.

Hetzner SLA 99.9% DDoS protection Daily backup

DPO & data breach reporting

Hetzner has a designated data protection officer (email and phone on file). In the event of a data protection breach, I'm informed immediately — and then you. Cleanly documented, verifiably provable.

DPO appointed Reporting chain

Clean deletion at the end

When our collaboration ends: data is deleted in line with data protection rules, or the storage media are physically destroyed. No "who-knows-where-that-still-lies-around". On request, you get a confirmation.

Art. 28 GDPR
Honestly

Where Hetzner stops — and I begin.

What Hetzner delivers, and what I have to add on top

Hetzner provides the data centre, the hardware, the power, the fence. But what runs on the servers running — in other words, the software that processes your data — that's my area. So you know what depends on what:

  • Firewall & access control — configured on every server. Only the ports your system needs are open. SSH access by key only, no password.
  • Encryption at rest — data on the hard drive encrypted (LUKS). Even if someone physically takes a drive: unreadable.
  • Daily backups — automatically via the Hetzner Cloud backup function. Plus 7 days of versioning — if something goes wrong today, we roll back to yesterday.
  • Software updates — security updates are rolled out monthly. For critical CVEs, sooner.
  • SSL/TLS — certificates via Let's Encrypt, automatic renewal. An encrypted connection is mandatory, not "http at your own risk".
  • Monitoring — I see when a server coughs before you do.

Data processing agreement (DPA)

As soon as I process personal data on your behalf (customer enquiries, addresses, phone numbers or data that your chatbot or workflow handles), you are the "controller" under GDPR — and I am the "processor". So before this processing begins, we conclude a Data processing agreement (DPA) under Art. 28 GDPR — free of charge, in text form and with the sub-processors actually used in each case.

In these cases, the data processing agreement (AVV) is a binding part of project preparation and will be provided before processing is activated.

Questions about security? Ask me.

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