Effective Date: October 2026
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with the KunstTapete app and
the associated services is the provider of KunstTapete named in the
legal notice (Impressum).
Email: support@KunstTapete.com
The protection of your personal data is important to us. This privacy policy informs you, in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, which data the KunstTapete app and the associated server services process, for which purposes, on which legal basis, and for how long.
KunstTapete is an app for Windows, macOS, iPhone and iPad that displays daily changing artworks – as your wallpaper on a computer, and in the app and its widget on iPhone and iPad. Some features – in particular the cross-device sign-in (single sign-on) as well as favorites and ratings – require a sign-in and server-side processing. Without signing in, no personal account data is processed on our servers; the app then only transmits pseudonymous technical operational and error reports without any account reference (see section 4.4).
If KunstTapete is provided to you by your employer or organization, that organization is the controller under data protection law for the personal data processed within the service. In that case, we process this data as a processor in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, on the basis of a data processing agreement with your organization.
For information about the data processing and to exercise your data subject rights in this case, please contact your organization first. Requests from data subjects that reach us directly are forwarded to the responsible organization. The following sections therefore apply only supplementarily, in particular to the use of KunstTapete with a private account.
This data remains on your device and can be removed at any time by uninstalling the app. The local log files are not transmitted in full; section 4.4 describes which reports are sent to our servers.
For signing in, we use external identity providers. You can sign in with a Microsoft account (Microsoft Entra ID or Microsoft account) or via "Sign in with Apple" (Apple ID). In doing so, we process the identity data provided by the respective provider:
Purpose: authentication, cross-device association of your account, and enabling the respective feature set (e.g. Free/Premium).
Upon your first sign-in, a user account is created on our servers. The following are stored:
To secure operations, for error diagnostics, and to improve the service, server-side log entries are created. An entry may contain:
Reports without sign-in: Even if you use the app without signing in, it transmits installation and update events, a configuration report (channel, feature profile), error reports as well as sign-in attempts and failures to our servers. These entries contain no account data and can only be associated through the random device identifier. Before transmission, email addresses, access tokens, local file paths and IP addresses are removed from the error details. Further diagnostic reports are only transmitted if diagnostic logging is enabled.
IP addresses are not stored in the log entries. They may at most be processed transiently to technically deliver a request, but are not persisted in our logs.
Where data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – in particular usage and interaction analytics (favorites, ratings, "magnify") and the country code at log and account level – you have the right to object to such processing at any time. Following an objection, the data concerned will no longer be processed for those purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. You may lodge an objection at any time by sending an informal message to support@KunstTapete.com.
To provide the services, we use carefully selected service providers that act on our behalf and under our instructions (processors, Art. 28 GDPR):
In addition, for signing in we use external identity providers: Microsoft (Microsoft Entra ID / Microsoft account) and Apple ("Sign in with Apple"). These process your sign-in data for authentication under their own terms as independent controllers; the privacy notices of Microsoft and Apple apply in this respect. When signing in with an account managed by your organization (e.g. Microsoft Entra ID), the processing by the identity provider is additionally carried out on behalf of your organization.
No further disclosure of your data to third parties for their own purposes takes place. There is no sale of data and no advertising profiling.
Our servers and databases are operated exclusively in the European Union.
In connection with signing in via Microsoft or Apple, processing in third countries (e.g. the USA) may occur. In such cases, the transfer is based on appropriate safeguards, in particular the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 44 et seq. GDPR).
The data processed on the server side (user account and logs) is stored in data centers in the European Union. Data stored locally on your device (cache, settings, and local log files) remains under your control on your device and can be removed at any time by uninstalling the app.
Subject to the statutory requirements, you have the following rights:
To exercise your rights, an informal message to support@KunstTapete.com is sufficient. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).
For all processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – in particular operational and security logs, usage and interaction analytics, and the country code – you may lodge an objection at any time. Please send your objection informally by email to support@KunstTapete.com. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the objection remains unaffected.
We use technical and organizational measures (including transport encryption and access control) to protect your data against loss, manipulation, and unauthorized access.
We update this privacy policy when the legal situation or our processing activities change. The current version is always available on this page. The German version of this privacy policy is authoritative.
If you have any questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time:
Email: support@KunstTapete.com
Despite careful review of content, the operator of this website and app assumes no liability for the content of external links. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. Should you nevertheless become aware of outgoing links pointing to a website with unlawful activity/information, we ask for a corresponding notice so that we can remove them promptly pursuant to Section 17(2) of the Austrian E-Commerce Act (ECG).
The copyrights of third parties are observed, researched, and cited by the operator of this website with the utmost care. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, we ask for a corresponding notice. Upon becoming aware of such infringements, we will remove the affected content promptly. The contents of this website and app are subject, as far as legally possible, to various protective rights (e.g. copyright). Any reproduction, distribution, editing, or any other type of use of the provided material beyond the limits permitted by law is not permitted without the prior written consent of the rights holders.
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