Your data

Privacy policy

Last updated: September 2026

1. Controller

Dipl.-Psych. Michèl Nöthen
Psychological Practice Nöthen
Nachtigallenstraße 62
51147 Cologne, Germany
Telephone: +49 157 77377740
Email: noethenpraxis@gmail.com

2. Visiting this website

When you access this website, the technical hosting provider automatically processes data transmitted by your browser. This may include your IP address, time of access, requested page, amount of data transferred, browser type, operating system and referring page. Processing is technically necessary to provide the website securely and reliably. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

This website is hosted as a ChatGPT Site by OpenAI Ireland Limited, 1st Floor, The Liffey Trust Centre, 117–126 Sheriff Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 YC43, Ireland. Cloudflare is used for content delivery and web hosting.

3. Cookies and analytics

This website does not use its own analytics, advertising or tracking services. The hosting or security service may use technically necessary cookies or comparable storage to provide the site securely.

4. Contact by email or telephone

If you contact the practice, the information you provide is processed to answer your enquiry and, where applicable, to prepare an appointment. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR; for health information voluntarily provided, Article 9(2)(h) GDPR applies together with professional confidentiality obligations.

Ordinary email is not fully protected against access by third parties. Please do not include detailed health information in your first message. Messages sent to noethenpraxis@gmail.com are received directly in the Google Gmail account used for practice enquiries.

5. Video sessions with RED connect

Agreed online sessions use RED connect, provided by RED Medical Systems GmbH, Lutzstraße 2, 80687 Munich, Germany. You receive personal access information. No app or account is required.

6. Storage period

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for its purpose and to comply with statutory or professional retention obligations. Enquiries that are no longer required are deleted unless legal reasons require continued storage.

7. Your rights

Subject to the legal requirements, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests and withdraw consent with future effect. You may also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In North Rhine-Westphalia, this is the Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen.

8. Updates

This policy will be updated if the technology, hosting or services used by the practice change.