Privacy policy

Enjoy the trains.
Keep your privacy.

No advertising trackers, no embedded video players and no client-side analytics. Here is what happens when you visit or get in touch.

1. Controller

Mario V.W.B.R. Obst
Permanent place of residence: State Capital Erfurt, Free State of Thuringia, Germany

Address for service

Mario V.W.B.R. Obst
c/o JL Consulting Group GmbH
Zürcherstrasse 84 #1623
8852 Altendorf
Switzerland

The Swiss address is used as a rented public address for service. It does not establish a Swiss place of residence or registered business address for the controller.

Email: message@modeltrains.fun
Telephone: +49 175 7116303

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Network (CDN)

This website is technically provided through Cloudflare Workers with static files and through Cloudflare proxy, security, and content-delivery functions. The provider is Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Cloudflare processes technical access data to ensure the secure and efficient provision of this website. This may include browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request, IP address, pages accessed, and technical connection data.

Processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is the secure, stable, and efficient provision of this online offering. Technical log data is processed only for as long as necessary for provision, security, and error analysis; the specific period depends on the Cloudflare functions used, account settings, and contractual requirements.

Cloudflare may also process data in the United States. For transfers from the European Economic Area and Switzerland to the United States, Cloudflare relies on its certifications under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks and, where these do not apply, on Standard Contractual Clauses including supplementary measures. Further information is available in Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy and Data Processing Addendum.

3. Collection and storage of personal data

a) Visiting the website

When you access my website, your browser automatically sends information to the website server. This data is technically necessary to display the website correctly and is stored temporarily.

b) Contacting me

If you contact me by email or telephone, I process the data you provide, such as your name, contact details, and message content, to respond to your enquiry. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where this concerns pre-contractual measures; otherwise, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR applies, based on the legitimate interest in processing your enquiry. The data is deleted once the enquiry has been conclusively dealt with and unless statutory retention obligations or legitimate interests in further storage apply, in particular for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims.

c) Postal contact

Mail sent to the published address for service is received by JL Consulting Group GmbH and, on my instructions, digitised or forwarded physically. Sender, recipient, and shipment data are processed, as well as the contents of a shipment only where a scan has been commissioned. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required and unless statutory retention obligations or legitimate interests in further storage apply. Further information is available in the privacy policy of adresse-mieten.ch.

4. Cookies and local storage

This website does not itself use analytics or marketing cookies and does not store information in your browser’s local storage for tracking purposes.

Cloudflare may, in individual cases, use technically necessary cookies or comparable information where required for security functions, such as preventing abusive access. Where information is stored on or read from your device, this is carried out pursuant to Section 25(2)(2) TDDDG; the subsequent processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

5. Reach measurement and technical analysis

This website does not include any client-side analytics or marketing tool and does not create user profiles.

As part of its technical operation, Cloudflare provides statistical and predominantly aggregated information, such as page views, traffic, errors, and security events. This analysis serves the secure and stable operation of the website.

Processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, namely the legitimate interest in securely, stably, and efficiently providing and optimising this online offering.

6. Local fonts

This website uses system fonts already available on your device. When the website is accessed, no connection to Google Fonts or another font service is therefore established.

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have in particular the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection, and—where the statutory requirements are met—data portability. Consent that has been granted may be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Where the Swiss Data Protection Act applies, you may in particular request access to, rectification of, or erasure of your personal data in accordance with that Act.

8. External links and YouTube

Video cards link to YouTube in a new browser tab. This website loads no YouTube players, scripts or remote thumbnails. Preview images are served with the website. When you follow a link, the destination provider processes data under its own privacy policy. See Google’s Privacy Policy.

Dismissing the privacy notice saves only a dismissal flag in sessionStorage for this browser tab. It is not used to identify you or follow you across websites and normally expires when the tab is closed. The site remains usable if browser storage is disabled.

9. Competent data protection supervisory authority

Thuringian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (TLfDI)
Häßlerstraße 8
99096 Erfurt
Germany

Telephone: +49 361 57-3112900
Email: poststelle@datenschutz.thueringen.de

10. Current status

This Privacy Policy is currently valid and dated 13 September 2026.

I reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy if my website or the applicable legal requirements change.