This Cookie Policy was last updated on October 9, 2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://burning-palm.org (hereinafter: “the Website”), uses cookies and similar technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of an internet address and may be stored by the web browser on your PC or another device. The information stored in it may be sent to our servers or to the servers of relevant third parties during subsequent visits.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed either on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (also called a pixel tag) is a small invisible text fragment or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on the website. To do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user preferences remain remembered. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website, and for example, items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Marketing / tracking cookies
Marketing / tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage used to create user profiles in order to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
6. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save settings”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plugins you selected as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our website may then no longer function properly.
6.1 Manage your consent settings
You have loaded the Cookie Policy without JavaScript support. Under AMP, you can use the consent button at the bottom of the page.
7. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change your browser settings so that you receive a notification each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in your browser’s help section.
Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies in your browser, they will be placed again when you revisit our website.
8. Your rights regarding personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what happens to it, and how long it will be retained.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that we know about.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted, or block your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in full to another controller.
- Right to object: You may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the end of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (data protection authority).
9. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us using the following contact details:
Pierre Lampe
Alvenslebenstr. 5, 30163 Hannover
Germany
Website: https://burning-palm.org
Email: admin@burning-palm.org