Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed when you visit and use the website Short Talks at https://www.short-talks.com/.

Short Talks is an editorial blog and interview project about filmmakers, artists, short films, festivals, and related cultural work. The website is published using Blogger, a service provided by Google.

Last updated: 26 June 2026

1. Controller

The controller responsible for this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Daniel Pook
Melchiorstr. 43
10179 Berlin
Germany

Email: mail@burnwho.com

For further legal information, please see our Imprint / Legal Notice.

2. General information on data processing

We process personal data only where this is necessary to provide this website, to communicate with visitors, to protect the security and integrity of the website, to comply with legal obligations, or where users have given their consent.

The legal bases for processing are, in particular:

Article 6(1)(a) GDPR where you have given consent, for example when you actively load embedded third-party videos or allow them permanently;
Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where processing is necessary to respond to requests or pre-contractual communication;
Article 6(1)(c) GDPR where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, in particular operating, securing, maintaining, and improving this editorial website.

Where cookies, local storage, or similar technologies are used on your device, the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz – TDDDG), in particular Section 25 TDDDG, may also apply.

3. Hosting and technical operation via Blogger / Google

This website is hosted and technically provided through Blogger, a service operated by Google. When you access this website, your browser necessarily transmits technical information to the servers used to deliver the website. This may include:

IP address;
date and time of access;
requested page or URL;
referrer URL, where transmitted by your browser;
browser type and version;
operating system;
device information;
language settings;
cookie information and similar identifiers, where applicable.

This technical data is processed in order to deliver the website, maintain security, prevent abuse, troubleshoot errors, and provide the Blogger service. The legal basis for processing by us is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Google may process data as an independent provider of the Blogger platform in accordance with Google’s own privacy terms.

More information is available from Google:

4. Blogger cookies and Google services

Blogger and Google may use cookies and similar technologies on this website. Cookies are small text files stored in your browser. Similar technologies may include local storage, session storage, pixel tags, and unique identifiers.

Such technologies may be used for purposes including:

providing and maintaining the Blogger service;
security, fraud prevention, and abuse prevention;
remembering settings and preferences;
measuring performance and usage statistics;
delivering and measuring Google services integrated into Blogger;
advertising purposes, where advertising features such as Google AdSense are enabled or otherwise provided by Google.

We do not intentionally operate a separate user account system, online shop, payment system, or newsletter on this blog. If additional services are added later, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. You can also use Google’s privacy controls to manage certain types of data processing by Google.

5. Embedded videos from YouTube and Vimeo

This website contains embedded videos from third-party providers, in particular YouTube and Vimeo. In order to protect visitors’ privacy, embedded videos are not necessarily loaded automatically when a page is opened. Instead, a placeholder may be shown first.

You can actively decide whether to load a video by clicking the corresponding confirmation button. Only after this confirmation is the video player loaded from the relevant third-party provider. When the video player is loaded, your browser connects to the provider’s servers. The provider may receive and process personal data, including your IP address, device and browser information, the page visited, time of access, and information about your interaction with the video.

If you are logged into an account with the relevant provider, for example a Google/YouTube account or Vimeo account, the provider may be able to associate your visit or video interaction with your account, depending on your account settings and the provider’s privacy policy.

The legal basis for loading optional embedded videos and for the related storage or access to information on your device is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where applicable, Section 25(1) TDDDG.

YouTube

YouTube is a video service provided by Google. Where technically possible, YouTube videos may be embedded using privacy-enhanced options, for example via the youtube-nocookie.com domain. However, even with privacy-enhanced embedding, data may be transmitted to Google/YouTube once the video is actively loaded or played.

More information:

Vimeo

Vimeo is a video hosting and streaming service. When a Vimeo video is loaded, your browser connects to Vimeo servers. Vimeo may process technical information and usage information in accordance with its own privacy policy. Some Vimeo embed options may reduce cookie use, for example through a Do Not Track parameter, but this does not necessarily prevent your browser from sending cookies that were already stored from previous visits to Vimeo.

More information:

6. Permanent video permission and withdrawal

When you choose to load an embedded video, you may also have the option to allow embedded videos permanently. If you choose this option, a preference may be stored in your browser, for example as a cookie or in local storage. This preference is used to remember that videos from the relevant third-party provider may be loaded without asking you again on every visit.

The stored preference does not itself play videos or transmit video data to YouTube or Vimeo. However, if the preference causes embedded videos to load automatically on future visits, your browser may then connect to the relevant third-party provider and transmit data as described above.

If you no longer want videos to be loaded automatically, you can withdraw this practical permission by deleting the corresponding cookies and/or local storage data in your browser for this website. Depending on your browser and previous use, you may also wish to delete third-party cookies and site data for YouTube, Google, Vimeo, or related domains.

After deleting the relevant browser data, the video placeholder should be shown again and videos should only load after a new confirmation.

7. Overview of cookies and similar technologies

Category	Purpose	Provider	Legal basis
Technical and security cookies	Website delivery, security, fraud prevention, abuse prevention, service maintenance	Blogger / Google	Article 6(1)(f) GDPR; Section 25(2) TDDDG where strictly necessary
Preference cookies / local storage	Remembering settings, such as permanent permission to load embedded videos	Short Talks / browser-side storage	Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; Section 25(1) TDDDG
Embedded media cookies and identifiers	Loading and playing embedded videos, measuring usage, security, account association, personalization depending on provider settings	YouTube / Google; Vimeo	Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; Section 25(1) TDDDG
Analytics or advertising cookies, where applicable	Audience measurement, service statistics, ad delivery, ad measurement, or personalization depending on Google/Blogger features and user settings	Google and/or advertising partners, where applicable	Consent where required; otherwise Article 6(1)(f) GDPR where legally permitted

8. Contact by email

If you contact us by email, we process the personal data you provide, such as your name, email address, message content, and any additional information you include. This data is used to respond to your inquiry and to keep necessary records of the communication.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where the communication relates to a request or possible contractual matter, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for our legitimate interest in responding to messages and documenting correspondence. Where legal retention obligations apply, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Email communication may not be fully encrypted unless you use your own encryption method. Please do not send sensitive personal data by email unless necessary.

9. Comments, if enabled

If comment functions are enabled on this blog, visitors may be able to leave comments on posts. Depending on the Blogger settings and the option chosen by the visitor, comments may be posted using a Google account, another supported identity, a name/URL combination, or anonymously.

If you submit a comment, the data you provide and technical information required by Blogger/Google may be processed. Comments may be visible publicly together with the name or profile information you choose to display. Please do not include personal data in comments that you do not want to be publicly visible.

We may review, moderate, remove, or retain comments in order to operate the blog, prevent abuse, and protect the rights of others. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

10. External links

This website contains links to external websites, including film websites, festival websites, production companies, video platforms, social media profiles, and other third-party resources. If you click an external link, you leave this website. The privacy policy of the respective external provider then applies.

We have no control over how external websites process personal data.

11. Social media and third-party platforms

Articles on this website may link to third-party platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, film festival websites, streaming platforms, or other external services. These links are generally ordinary external links. Data is usually transmitted to the external provider only when you click such a link or when an embedded third-party element is actively loaded.

Please consult the privacy policy of the respective platform for information about their data processing.

12. Recipients of personal data

Depending on your use of this website, personal data may be processed by or transmitted to the following categories of recipients:

Google, as provider of Blogger and related Google services;
YouTube / Google, if you actively load embedded YouTube videos;
Vimeo, if you actively load embedded Vimeo videos;
email providers and technical service providers used for communication;
public authorities, courts, or legal advisers, where legally required or necessary to protect rights.

We do not sell personal data.

13. International data transfers

Some providers used in connection with this website, including Google/YouTube and Vimeo, may process data in countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States. Such processing is carried out under the responsibility of the respective provider and according to the safeguards described in that provider’s privacy policy, such as adequacy decisions, certification mechanisms, standard contractual clauses, or other legally recognized transfer safeguards where applicable.

Please refer to the privacy information of the respective providers for details:

14. Storage periods

We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Technical server and access data are generally processed by Blogger/Google according to Google’s own retention practices.
Email inquiries are stored for as long as necessary to respond and document the communication, and may be retained longer where legal limitation periods or statutory retention obligations apply.
Local video-consent preferences remain stored in your browser until they expire automatically, are overwritten, or are deleted by you.
Public comments, if enabled and submitted, may remain published until they are removed by us or deleted through available Blogger functions.

15. Your rights

Subject to the legal requirements, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

right of access to your personal data;
right to rectification of inaccurate personal data;
right to erasure of personal data;
right to restriction of processing;
right to data portability;
right to object to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR;
right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise your rights against us, please contact: mail@burnwho.com.

If your request concerns data processed independently by Google, YouTube, Vimeo, or another third-party provider, you may also need to contact that provider directly.

16. 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 personal data violates applicable data protection law.

The supervisory authority responsible for Berlin is:

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Alt-Moabit 59-61
10555 Berlin
Germany
Website: https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/

17. No automated decision-making

We do not use personal data collected through this website for automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR.

18. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example if the website changes, if new third-party services are integrated, or if legal requirements change. The version published on this page is the current version.

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