Legal & Privacy

Legal Notice

Bastian Bechtle
Arnoldstraße 2
22765 Hamburg
Germany

Represented by:
Bastian Bechtle

Responsible for journalistic-editorial content pursuant to § 18 (2) MStV:
Bastian Bechtle
Arnoldstraße 2
22765 Hamburg
Germany

1. Controller

Bastian Bechtle
CanPostThis
Arnoldstraße 2
22765 Hamburg
Germany
Email: contact@canpostthis.com

2. Purposes of Processing

CanPostThis processes personal data to provide, analyze, and verify social media profiles and related online trust signals, to communicate with users, to maintain service security, and to improve the website and services.

3. Categories of Data Processed

• Submitted social media profiles, usernames, links, account references, and related public profile signals
• Contact details submitted by users, such as email address and inquiry content
• IP address, device, browser, log, and technical usage data when using the website or services
• Date and time of use, consent status, cookie choices, and analytics events where consent is given
• Payment, invoice, or account administration data where a paid service is used

4. Legal Bases under GDPR

Where the GDPR applies, processing may be based on the following legal bases:

• Article 6(1)(b) GDPR - performance of a contract or steps prior to entering into a contract
• Article 6(1)(f) GDPR - legitimate interests, including service operation, fraud prevention, security, and service improvement
• Article 6(1)(a) GDPR - consent, for example for optional analytics or non-essential cookies
• Article 6(1)(c) GDPR - compliance with legal obligations, for example tax, accounting, or lawful authority requests

5. Third-Party Providers and International Transfers

Data may be processed with third-party providers, including analytics, hosting, payment, communication, and API providers used for social profile analysis and verification. Where data is transferred outside the EU/EEA, CanPostThis relies on appropriate safeguards where required, such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses, data processing agreements, and provider security controls.

Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies where consent is granted. You can object to Google Analytics tracking, for example by using the browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6. Retention

Personal data is retained only as long as necessary for the relevant purpose, for contract performance, service operation, legitimate business needs, dispute resolution, security, and legal retention obligations. Data that is no longer required is deleted or anonymized where reasonably possible.

7. Data Subject Rights

Where the GDPR applies, you may have the following rights:

• Right of access - Article 15 GDPR
• Right to rectification - Article 16 GDPR
• Right to erasure - Article 17 GDPR
• Right to restriction of processing - Article 18 GDPR
• Right to data portability - Article 20 GDPR
• Right to object - Article 21 GDPR
• Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling - Article 22 GDPR, where applicable
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority - Article 77 GDPR

To exercise these rights, contact contact@canpostthis.com. We may request information needed to verify your identity and process your request.

8. Cookies and Tracking

The website may use technically necessary cookies without consent where required for basic operation. Optional analytics or similar technologies are used only where consent is granted through the cookie banner or other consent mechanism.

9. Security

CanPostThis uses technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure, including SSL/TLS encryption where applicable. No internet-based transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Automated Analysis

CanPostThis may use automated tools to analyze public or submitted profile signals and generate risk, trust, authenticity, or similar indicators. These outputs are informational signals and should not be treated as final legal, employment, credit, or eligibility decisions.

11. Children

The service is not directed at children. Users should not submit personal data of minors unless they have a lawful basis and any required parental or guardian consent under applicable law.

12. Changes

This privacy information may be updated to reflect legal requirements, technical changes, or changes to the service. The current version published on this page applies.

For the complete legal wording, please refer to the German page: Legal notice and privacy policy in German.