Last updated: 13.04.2026
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Notice on the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may include data that you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is automatically collected or collected with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order requests.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about data protection.
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfillment towards our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their performance obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following host(s):
Netlify, Inc.
512 2nd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Sebastian Seigfried
An der Waldlust 2
90765 Fürth
Germany
Email: info@royal-grading.com
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.
As part of our business activities, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transmission of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary as part of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in passing on the data, or if another legal basis permits data transmission. When using processors, we only pass on personal data from our customers on the basis of a valid contract for order processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract on joint processing is concluded.
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
Our website uses so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you require, or to optimize the website are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. The use of this service is based on your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
We use Google Search Console to monitor and optimize our website's presence in Google search results. The use of Google Search Console is based on our legitimate interest in analyzing and optimizing our website according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited. reCAPTCHA checks whether data entry on this website is done by a human or by an automated program. The storage and analysis of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.
We offer payment via Stripe on this website. The provider is Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland. When you make a payment via Stripe, your payment details are transmitted directly to Stripe for payment processing. We ourselves do not store this data.
We operate a community server on Discord to communicate with our users and provide support. Discord is a service of Discord Inc., 444 De Haro Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in community management and customer support).
We offer a Grader Partner Program that allows qualified individuals to participate in the grading process. When you apply to become a grader, we collect and process personal data necessary for the administration of the program (name, email, qualifications, grading history, performance metrics, payment information for rewards). The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of a contract) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).
If you have any questions about data protection or this privacy policy, please contact us:
Sebastian Seigfried
An der Waldlust 2
90765 Fürth
Germany
Email: info@royal-grading.com