1. General Information

We take the protection of your personal data seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected when you visit this website, how it is used, and what rights you have.

This website provides information about The Good Friday Battle: The Untold Story of a German Platoon in Afghanistan — and the American Pilots Who Saved Them.

The website is operated from Germany and is therefore subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable German data protection law. A privacy notice should state the controller, purposes, legal bases, storage periods, recipients, and data-subject rights under Art. 13 GDPR.

2. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Wolf Gregis c/o Impressumsservice Dein-Impressum
Stettiner Straße 41
35410 Hungen
Germany

Email: autor@wolf-gregis.de
Website: goodfridaybattle.com
Author website: wolf-gregis.de

3. Hosting and Server Log Files

This website is hosted by:

STRATO AG
Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7
10249 Berlin
Germany

When you visit this website, the hosting provider may automatically collect and store technical information in server log files. This may include:

• IP address
• date and time of access
• browser type and version
• operating system
• referrer URL
• pages visited
• amount of data transferred
• access status / HTTP status code

This data is processed to ensure the secure and stable operation of the website, to detect technical errors, and to protect the website against misuse or attacks.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure, reliable, and technically functional operation of this website.

STRATO states that a Data Processing Agreement may be required when personal data is processed through its services under Art. 28 GDPR.

4. Contact by Email

If you contact us by email, we process the information you provide in order to respond to your inquiry. This may include your name, email address, message content, and any additional information you choose to provide.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to respond to press, media, reader, business, and general inquiries.

If your inquiry relates to a contractual or pre-contractual matter, the legal basis may also be Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

We store email correspondence only as long as necessary to process the inquiry or as required by applicable legal retention obligations.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use technically necessary cookies or similar technologies to make the website function properly.

Technically necessary cookies are used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the proper technical operation of the website.

If optional cookies, analytics tools, embedded media, tracking technologies, or marketing tools are used, they will only be activated where legally required after your consent. The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You can adjust or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time.

6. Embedded Content and External Links

This website may contain links to external websites, including publisher pages, author websites, media resources, bookseller pages, or press materials.

When you click an external link, you leave this website. The respective external provider is responsible for data processing on its own website.

We have no control over the data processing practices of third-party websites.

7. Press and Media Downloads

If press materials, images, documents, or media kits are made available for download, technical access data may be processed by the hosting provider as part of normal server log file processing.

If you request additional press materials by email, we process your contact details and request in order to respond to your inquiry.

8. No Sale of Personal Data

We do not sell personal data.

We do not knowingly sell, rent, or trade personal information of website visitors, journalists, readers, media contacts, or other users.

9. Information for Users in the United States

This website is operated from Germany and is primarily governed by EU and German data protection law.

If you access this website from the United States, your personal data may be processed in Germany and the European Union.

If you are located in California or another U.S. state with applicable privacy laws, you may have additional privacy rights depending on whether the relevant legal requirements apply.

We do not sell personal data and do not use personal data for automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.

10. Legal Bases for Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases:

Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR — consent, for example optional cookies or tracking technologies, if used.
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR — contractual or pre-contractual communication, where applicable.
Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR — compliance with legal obligations, where applicable.
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interests, including website security, communication, press inquiries, and technical operation.

11. Storage Period

We store personal data only as long as necessary for the respective purpose.

Server log files are generally stored for a limited period for security and technical purposes.

Email inquiries are stored as long as necessary to process the request or as required by legal retention obligations.

12. Your Rights under the GDPR

If the GDPR applies to you, you have the following rights:

• right of access
• right to rectification
• right to erasure
• right to restriction of processing
• right to data portability
• right to object to processing
• right to withdraw consent at any time
• right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise your rights, please contact: autor@wolf-gregis.de

13. Right to Object

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

14. Right to Withdraw Consent

If processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

This applies in particular to optional cookies or tracking technologies, if used.

The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

15. Data Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Please note that data transmission over the internet may have security gaps. Complete protection against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements, technical developments, or the services used on this website.

The current version is always available on this page.

Last updated: May 26, 2026