Privacy Policy
Effective date: 5 August 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Let's Go Germany ("we", "our", "the site") — operated by Sankalp Singh from Berlin, Germany — collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit letsgogermany.com ("the Website").
We are committed to protecting your privacy in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG).
Who we are
- Website: letsgogermany.com
- Operator: Sankalp Singh, Berlin, Germany
- Contact email: hello@letsgogermany.com
If you have any questions about this policy or your data, email hello@letsgogermany.com. We usually respond within a few days.
Information we collect
1. Information you provide directly
- Contact messages: If you email us or use the contact form, we receive whatever you choose to include — your name, email address, and message. We use this only to respond to you.
- Newsletter sign-ups: If we offer a newsletter or downloadable checklist, we collect the email address you provide, only with your explicit consent.
2. Information collected automatically
When you browse the site, the following data may be processed automatically:
- Usage analytics via Google Analytics 4 (GA4), including pages visited, time on page, approximate location (country/city level), device and browser type, and referring site.
- Cookies and similar technologies — see our Cookie Policy for details.
- Advertising data — once Google AdSense is active on the site, Google may use cookies to serve and measure ads. This happens only with your consent (see "Advertising" below).
How we use your data
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6) |
|---|---|
| Responding to your messages and enquiries | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Understanding how readers use the site (analytics) | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — via our cookie banner |
| Serving personalised ads (when active) | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — via our cookie banner |
| Serving non-personalised ads and measuring ad performance | Legitimate interest / consent as required |
| Improving content and fixing errors | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
We do not sell your personal data to anyone.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
This site may display advertising served by Google AdSense. When ads are active:
- Google and its partners may use cookies (such as the
NIDandIDEcookies) to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. - Personalised ads are only served if you grant consent via our cookie banner.
- If you do not consent, you will see non-personalised ads (contextual, not behaviour-based).
- Google's use of advertising cookies is described in Google's Privacy & Terms and How Google uses information from sites.
- You can also control personalised advertising directly at Google Ads Settings.
Affiliate links & disclosure
Some pages contain affiliate links to partners such as comparison services, banks, insurance providers, and language schools. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase or sign-up, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate partners are third parties with their own privacy policies, and the affiliate provider may set cookies or collect data when you click their links. We clearly disclose affiliate relationships on pages where they appear and in our Terms of Service.
Third-party services
We use the following third-party services, which process data under their own privacy policies:
- Google Analytics 4 — anonymised usage statistics. Google Privacy Policy
- Google AdSense — advertising (when active). Google Privacy Policy
- Affiliate networks (e.g. tarifcheck, C24, and others) — only when you click an affiliate link.
- Cloudflare — CDN and hosting; processes technical connection data (IP address, request logs) to deliver and secure the site. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for essential site functionality, analytics, and (when active) advertising. For a full breakdown of the cookies we use and how to control them, please read our Cookie Policy.
Data retention
- Contact emails: kept only as long as needed to handle your enquiry.
- Analytics data: retained by Google Analytics for the retention period configured in our GA4 property (currently 14 months, aggregated).
- Cookie consent choices: stored in your browser (localStorage) until you clear them.
International data transfers
Some third-party providers (including Google) may process data on servers outside the EU/EEA. Where transfers occur, they are based on the European Commission's adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework — see Google's compliance information.
Your rights (GDPR)
You have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure — request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
- Restriction — limit how we process your data in certain circumstances.
- Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
- Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests, including analytics.
- Withdraw consent — at any time, for anything processed on the basis of consent (e.g. cookies, personalised ads).
- Complain — lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Germany: the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (datenschutz-berlin.de).
To exercise any of these rights, email hello@letsgogermany.com. We respond to all verified requests within 30 days.
Children's privacy
The Website is intended for adults (18+). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Effective date" at the top shows when it was last revised. Material changes will be highlighted on the site.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Email hello@letsgogermany.com or use our contact page.