Privacy

This is an English translation for convenience. The German version (Datenschutzerklärung) is legally binding.

Last updated: Oktober 2026

1. Controller

Alexander Schnell, Silbersteinstraße 117a, 12051 Berlin, Germany. Email: admin@trip-squad.com

2. Hosting & server log files

When you visit the website, our hosting provider processes technically necessary data (IP address, date/time, page requested, browser, referrer) to deliver the site and ensure security. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The data is deleted after a short time. A data processing agreement is in place with the host.

3. Consent & local storage

Visitors from the EU, the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland see a consent notice on their first visit. Until you decide, no non-essential services are loaded (deny by default). We store your decision together with the time and the version of the notice text displayed as proof of consent in your browser's local storage (Section 25(2) TDDDG, technically necessary). The packing list is stored only locally in your browser and is not transmitted to us. Visitors outside these regions do not see a banner; there, advertising services may be loaded without separate consent where local law permits.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via "Cookie settings" in the footer. Withdrawal stops future processing immediately; advertising scripts already loaded are unloaded.

4. Google AdSense

Google AdSense is not currently active. As long as real ad unit IDs and Google's approval are missing, neither AdSense scripts nor ads are loaded. The consent notice is already prepared: without your consent to "Marketing", no AdSense script is loaded.

Once activated, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, receives the advertising data. Google may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver, personalise and measure ads and may process IP address, device and usage data; transfers to the USA are possible. Legal bases are Section 25(1) TDDDG and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent is voluntary; refusing has no disadvantages and the website content remains fully usable.

Information from Google: Advertising and privacy and consent requirements. You can withdraw at any time via "Cookie settings" in the footer, with effect for the future.

5. Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, a management tool that lets us embed and control website tags (e.g. analytics or advertising codes) through an interface without changing the site's code. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is only loaded on this website after you have chosen "Accept all" (category "Marketing") in the consent banner (deny by default). Without this consent there is no connection to Google servers and no tags are executed. If you withdraw consent via "Cookie settings" in the footer, the page reloads; Tag Manager and all services loaded through it are unloaded and execute no further tags.

According to Google, Tag Manager itself does not collect personal data for its own purposes, but it triggers the tags embedded through it, which may process data (see "Google AdSense"). Loading the Tag Manager script transmits your IP address to Google; transfers to the USA are possible. Legal bases are Section 25(1) TDDDG and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. More information: Google Privacy Policy.

6. Google Analytics (Google tag)

We measure visits to this website with Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages are visited and how the website is used. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics is only loaded on this website after you have chosen "Accept all" (category "Marketing") in the consent banner (deny by default). Without this consent there is no connection to Google servers and no usage data is transmitted. If you withdraw consent via "Cookie settings" in the footer, the page reloads; Google Analytics is fully unloaded and collects no further data.

Data collected includes in particular the page viewed, title, referrer, time, approximate location (derived from the IP address) and device and browser information. Your IP address is transmitted to Google; transfers to the USA are possible. Legal bases are Section 25(1) TDDDG and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent is voluntary; refusing has no disadvantages and the website content remains fully usable. You can withdraw at any time with effect for the future. More information: Google Privacy Policy and Google Analytics data protection.

6a. Opinly (blog & web analytics)

Our blog posts are provided through the Opinly service; images are loaded from the Opinly CDN via our server. We also use Opinly's analytics script to measure the reach of individual posts. This script is only loaded after your consent (category "Marketing"); without consent, your browser makes no connection to Opinly. Legal bases are Section 25(1) TDDDG and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; you can withdraw at any time via "Cookie settings". More information: opinly.ai.

7. Amazon Associates Program

This website participates in the Amazon EU Associates Programme. No Amazon scripts are loaded on our site. Only when you click an affiliate link are you redirected to Amazon; Amazon (Amazon Europe Core S.à r.l., Luxembourg, or the Amazon company operating your local store) then sets its own cookies to track the origin of the order. Amazon is responsible for this: Amazon Privacy Notice.

8. Contact by email

If you contact us by email, we process your details to handle the request (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR) and delete them once they are no longer needed.

9. Fonts

The fonts used on this website (Bebas Neue, Barlow) are stored locally on our server and loaded directly from there. There is no connection to servers of Google or other font providers, and no personal data is transmitted to third parties.

10. Your rights

• Access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18), 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)
• Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

11. Published AI content

The AI-assisted guide texts and AI-generated example images are loaded as finished content from this website. Simply reading this content does not transmit any visitor input to an AI provider. Images are stored locally and are not embedded Amazon product images. Details on labelling and responsibility can be found under "AI transparency" in the footer.