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by Max

Last updated: August 9, 2025
Applies to: Citizens and residents domiciled in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.


1. Introduction

Our website, https://scantofly.de (hereinafter referred to as “the Website”), uses cookies and similar technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies” for simplicity). Cookies are also placed by third parties on our behalf. In this document, we inform you about how we use cookies on our Website.

2. What are Cookies?

A cookie is a small, simple file transmitted with pages of an internet address and stored by your web browser on your computer or another device. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers or those of relevant third parties during subsequent visits.

3. What are Scripts?

A script is a piece of program code used to enable functionality and interactivity on our Website. This code is executed on our servers or on your device.

4. What is a Web Beacon?

A web beacon (also known as a pixel tag) is a small, invisible text fragment or image on a website used to monitor site traffic. Various data about you are stored using these web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or Functional Cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and remember your user settings. Functional cookies make your visit easier—e.g., keeping items in your shopping cart until you pay. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Advertising Cookies

We use advertising cookies to gain insights into campaign performance. These are based on a profile we create based on your behavior on https://scantofly.de, linking you via a unique ID. However, these cookies do not create a profile of your behavior and interests for personalized ads.

5.3 Marketing / Tracking Cookies

These are cookies or other types of local storage used to build user profiles for showing advertising or tracking users on this site or across multiple sites for similar marketing purposes. As these are tracking cookies, we require your consent before placing them.

5.4 Social Media

We embed content from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest to promote (“like”, “pin”) or share (“tweet”) pages on social media. This content includes code from these platforms that sets cookies. These cookies may store and process certain information for personalized advertising. Please refer to the privacy policies of these social networks (which may change over time) to learn how they handle your (personal) data. Data collected is anonymized as much as possible. These platforms are headquartered in the United States.

6. Cookies Placed

WordPress (Functional)

  • We use WordPress for website development. The cookies are not shared with third parties.
    • WP_PREFERENCES_USER_* (persistent): Stores user preferences
    • wpEmojiSettingsSupports (session): Stores browser details
    • wp-settings-time-* (1 year): Stores user preferences
    • wp-settings-* (persistent): Stores user preferences
    • wordpress_logged_in_* (persistent): Keeps the user logged in

Elementor (Statistical, anonymous)

  • We use Elementor for content creation. Cookies are not shared with third parties.
    • elementor (persistent): Stores user actions on the site

TikTok (Marketing, Functional)

  • We use TikTok for video display. See TikTok’s privacy policy for more details.
    • __tt_embed__mounting (session): Stores content performance data
    • __tt_embed__storage_test (session): Tests whether cookies can be set
    • Various other named cookies related to tracking and session IDs

Polylang (Functional)

  • We use Polylang for locale management. Cookies are not shared with third parties.
    • pll_language (persistent): Stores language settings

Google Fonts (Tracking)

  • We use Google Fonts to display web fonts. See Google’s privacy policy for details.
    • Google Fonts API

YouTube (Tracking)

  • We use YouTube for video display. See YouTube’s privacy policy for details.
    • GPS, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, PREF

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp (Tracking)

  • We embed social posts/share buttons through these services. See each platform’s privacy policy for details.
    • Various cookies such as _js_datr, _fbc, fbm*, xs, wd, fr, act, _fbp, datr, c_user, csm, sb, actppresence (Facebook); similar various cookies for Twitter and LinkedIn; wa_lang_pref, wa_ul (WhatsApp)

Others

  • Miscellaneous cookies not yet fully investigated: _mod_soledad, image-optimizer-not-connected-modal, e_event-tracker, e_kit-elements-defaults, wagmi.store, penci_law_footer_new, cmplz_functional, cmplz_preferences, cmplz_marketing, cmplz_consented_services (all with 365-day expiration)

7. Consent

On your first visit, we display a pop-up explaining cookies. When you click “Save settings,” you consent to the usage of all chosen cookie categories and plugins as described in this policy. You can disable cookies via your browser, but this may impact website functionality.

7.1 Managing Consent Settings

If you’ve loaded the cookie policy without JavaScript support (e.g., on AMP), you can use the consent button at the bottom of the page to agree.

8. Enabling, Disabling, and Deleting Cookies

You can use your browser to delete cookies automatically or manually and block specific cookies or receive notifications when a cookie is placed. For more information, refer to your browser’s help section. Please note that if all cookies are disabled, the website may not function properly. Deleted cookies may be re-placed on your next visit.

9. Your Rights Regarding Personal Data

You have the following rights concerning your personal data:

  • Right to be informed: Understand why your data is needed, what happens to it, and how long it’s kept.
  • Right of access: You can review personal data we store.
  • Right to correction: Request changes, corrections, deletion, or blocking of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent and deletion: If you’ve given consent, you can withdraw it and request deletion.
  • Right to data portability: Request your personal data in a format to transmit to another controller.
  • Right to object: You may object to data processing unless there are legitimate grounds for doing so.

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details below. If you have a complaint, you also have the right to contact a supervisory authority.

10. Contact Details

For any questions or comments regarding this cookie policy, please contact:

Maximilian Ruschepaul
Alpenerstr 14
50825 Cologne
Germany
Website: https://scantofly.de
Email: support@scantofly.de