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15749 Mittenwalde
Germany

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Email: support@christmastotal.com

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Marco Bosse
Ahornring 69
15749 Mittenwalde
Germany

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Privacy Policy — Christmas Countdown Widget

Last updated: 1 July 2026

1. Controller

The controller responsible under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Marco Bosse — HIVVEN
Ahornring 69
15749 Mittenwalde
Germany

Email: support@christmastotal.com
Web: https://christmastotal.com/

2. Overview and Principle of Data Minimisation

Christmas Countdown Widget is a mobile application that displays a countdown to an event chosen by the user, accompanied by background images, animated figures, a snowfall effect, and a small music library.

The app is designed with data minimisation in mind:

This Privacy Policy describes which data are processed under which circumstances, and what rights users have as data subjects.

3. Data Stored Locally on the Device

The app stores the following data exclusively on the user's device, using the system mechanisms SharedPreferences and the application-private file directory:

These data do not leave the device. They are deleted in full when the app is uninstalled.

4. Server-Side Data Processing When Retrieving Content

The app retrieves certain content from our server christmastotal.com:

When this content is retrieved, the following technically unavoidable data are processed by the web server at the moment of the HTTP request:

Storage by the controller: The generation of own log files is disabled in our web server configuration. The request data listed above are processed only transiently to answer the individual request and are not persisted in any permanent log files. No own access statistics are kept.

Processing by the hosting provider: For reasons of system security and abuse prevention, the hosting provider may keep short-term technical records at the provider level which are outside of our configuration. Such processing is the responsibility of the hosting provider and is governed by its own privacy policy: https://all-inkl.com/datenschutzinformationen/.

Purpose: Delivering the requested content, ensuring uninterrupted operation, detecting and preventing abusive access.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the technical functionality of content delivery).

Hosting provider (processor): ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich, owner René Münnich, Hauptstrasse 68, 02742 Friedersdorf, Germany. The server infrastructure is operated exclusively in data centres located in Dresden, Germany; no processing takes place outside the Federal Republic of Germany. A data processing agreement (DPA) under Art. 28 GDPR is in place with the hosting provider.

5. Submission of User Feedback

If users actively open the in-app feedback dialog and submit data, the following information is transmitted to our server christmastotal.com and forwarded exclusively by email to our internal processing address. The data are not stored in a database.

5.1 Negative Review Feedback

Offered after the user selects "Not really" in the in-app rating dialog. The following are transmitted:

5.2 General Bug or Feature Feedback

Triggered via the feedback section of the app. The following are transmitted:

Purpose: Handling the request, fixing bugs, improving the app.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in handling user requests and improving our own product). Where a user voluntarily provides an email address for response, additionally Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent to contact).

Storage period: Content received by email is retained in the controller's mailbox until the request has been processed in full, but no longer than six months after receipt. After this period, data are deleted unless statutory retention obligations apply.

6. In-App Rating

The app uses the official "In-App Review" API by Google Play (on Android) and the equivalent Apple StoreKit API (where available on iOS). After the user actively confirms in a preliminary in-app dialog, the platform's own rating dialog is presented.

We receive no personal data through this process. Any rating submitted is processed by the respective app store; the privacy policies of Google and Apple apply exclusively to that processing.

7. Share Function

When the share function is activated, the app locally generates a screenshot of the countdown view (with embedded date stamp and HIVVEN watermark) and hands it over to the system's own sharing menu. The choice of recipient app is made by the user. The temporary image file is automatically deleted from the device after 60 seconds.

We receive no information about the recipients or the apps through which content is shared.

8. No Analytics or Tracking Services

The app uses none of the following services:

There is no transfer of personal data to entities located in third countries (outside the EU/EEA). The servers used for retrieving content are also located exclusively in Germany.

9. App Permissions

On Android, the app requests the following permissions, which are used exclusively for the purposes stated:

In particular, no permissions for location, contacts, photos, microphone, or camera are requested.

10. Rights of Data Subjects

To the extent that personal data are processed, you have the following rights:

To exercise these rights, an informal message to the contact address given in Section 1 is sufficient.

11. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data infringes the GDPR.

The competent supervisory authority for us is:

Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und für das Recht auf Akteneinsicht Brandenburg, Stahnsdorfer Damm 77, 14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany.

12. Children's Privacy

Christmas Countdown Widget is designed as a family-friendly application and may be used by children together with their parents or guardians. Protecting the privacy of children is especially important to us.

The app is built on the principle of data minimisation described in Section 2 and does not knowingly collect personal data from children. In particular:

The only feature through which a user can actively transmit information is the feedback function (see Section 5). The message field is free text, and providing an email address is optional. We ask users not to enter any personal data — in particular real names, addresses, or contact details — into the feedback fields, and to ask a parent or guardian before sending feedback. Where an email address is voluntarily provided, it is used solely to reply to the request and is not stored beyond the period described in Section 5.

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from children under the age of 16 (the age threshold under the GDPR, including in Germany) or under the age of 13 (the threshold under the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA). If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided us with personal data through the feedback function, please contact us at the address given in Section 1. We will delete the relevant data without undue delay.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy will be updated as necessary to reflect changes in legal or functional circumstances. The current version is always available at:

https://christmastotal.com/app/en/privacy/

The version applicable at the time of use of the app is the binding one.

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to the Christmas Countdown Widget mobile application, developed by Marco Bosse (HIVVEN).