Legal notice and privacy

Legal notice

Information under § 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act)

Alastair Rankin
Rosenstr. 34
70182 Stuttgart
Germany

Photographer and videographer

Phone: +49 1523 6289993
Email: alastair@rankin-photo.com

VAT

Small business under § 19 UStG (Kleinunternehmer). My invoices therefore don't show VAT.

Responsible for content under § 18(2) MStV

Alastair Rankin, address as above

Consumer dispute resolution

I am neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Liability

I look after this site carefully, but can't guarantee that everything is always current and complete. I am liable for my own content under general law. The operators of linked third-party sites are responsible for their content. If I learn of a legal violation, I'll remove the content or link straight away.

Copyright

Photos, videos and text on this site are protected by copyright: © Alastair Rankin, and for Formula Student photos ©FSG / Alastair Rankin. Please only use them by arrangement. Just ask me.

Privacy policy

No cookies, no tracking, no ads.

That's why there's no cookie banner here: there is nothing for you to agree to. Fonts, images and my own videos sit on this website's server, and nothing is loaded from other providers for them. The only exception is the YouTube videos, and only once you click them.

Who is responsible?

Alastair Rankin
Rosenstr. 34
70182 Stuttgart
Germany
Email: alastair@rankin-photo.com

When you visit this site

Like any website, the server processes technical data when a page is requested: IP address, date and time, the page requested, the page you came from, browser and operating system. This is needed to deliver the site and run it securely. The legal basis is my legitimate interest in doing so (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). These logs are deleted after 30 days at the latest and aren't combined with other data. The site is run by a hosting provider who processes the data on my behalf (Art. 28 GDPR). The connection is encrypted with TLS.

When you write to me or call me

The form doesn't send anything itself: it opens a ready-made email in your email program, and you decide whether to send it. Until then, nothing reaches me. What you tell me by email or phone, such as your name, email address, date, place and message, I use to reply and to prepare your booking (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). For general questions, the basis is my legitimate interest in answering them (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Emails pass through my email provider, who processes them on my behalf. I delete your enquiry once it's dealt with, unless the law requires me to keep it longer, for example invoices and business letters. You don't have to give me any data, but I can't reply without contact details.

YouTube

The preview images of the YouTube videos sit on my server. Nothing goes to YouTube until you click. Only then is the video loaded through youtube-nocookie.com from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google then receives your IP address and technical data about your device, may store or read information on your device, and may analyse how the video is used. Data may also reach Google LLC in the USA; Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The legal basis is the consent you give by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TDDDG). It applies only to the video you clicked, and until you leave or reload the page, which is also how you withdraw it for the future. More: Google's privacy policy.

People in the photos

You're in a photo and would rather not be? Write to me and I'll take care of it.

Your rights

You have the right to access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20). You can withdraw consent at any time for the future (Art. 7(3)). An email to me is enough.

Right to object: Where I process data based on my legitimate interest, you can object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR).

You can also complain to a data protection authority. The one responsible for me is the Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg, Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart.

No automated decisions or profiling take place.

Last updated: November 2026