Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 22, 2026

MB International Contracting Service LLC ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website mb-ics.com. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our website.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our contact form:

• Name
• Email address
• Company name (optional)
• Training interest / message content

This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry about our SAP training services.

2. Automatic Data Collection

Our website uses the browser's localStorage feature and — subject to your consent — first/third-party cookies set by analytics and advertising services. We store the following non-consented items locally:

• Your language preference (German, English, or Spanish)
• Your consent choice (whether you accepted analytics and marketing cookies)
• Click-attribution identifiers from advertising platforms (gclid, gbraid, wbraid) and campaign parameters (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign), stored for up to 90 days to associate later inquiries with the campaign that brought you here. No personal identifier is stored alongside these IDs.

localStorage is not a cookie — it is a browser-based storage mechanism that does not expire automatically and is not transmitted with HTTP requests.

3. Consent Mechanism (Google Consent Mode v2)

When you first visit our website, a consent banner is shown. Until you make a choice, our analytics service is loaded in a "consent-denied" mode (no personalized cookies, no identifiers transmitted). You can choose between:

• "Accept all" – Allows analytics (Google Analytics 4) to use cookies and identifiers. Also allows embedded YouTube video playback.
• "Necessary only" – Keeps analytics in consent-denied mode. Google may still receive anonymous cookie-less pings for aggregate modelling; no personal identifiers are sent. YouTube videos remain blocked.

You can change your consent at any time by clicking the "Cookie settings" link in the page footer or by clearing your browser's localStorage for this site (Settings → Site Data), which will cause the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.

4. Third-Party Services

Our website uses the following third-party services:

• Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC) – With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our site (pages viewed, traffic sources, approximate location at city level). IP addresses are anonymized (anonymize_ip: true). Without consent, the tag runs in Consent Mode v2 with analytics_storage set to "denied". Data may be transferred to and processed by Google in the United States on the basis of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• Fonts – We use the fonts DM Sans and Playfair Display, which are hosted locally on our own server. No connection to external font services (such as Google Fonts) is established when you visit our website. No data is transmitted to third parties for font loading.
• YouTube (Privacy-Enhanced Mode) – Our video section contains embedded YouTube videos. Videos are embedded using YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), which reduces tracking. Videos are loaded only when you click to play them and only after you have given consent. YouTube/Google may set cookies when you interact with the video player. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• GitHub Pages – Our website is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may collect technical log information (IP addresses, browser type) as part of their hosting service. See GitHub's Privacy Statement.
• Formspree (Formspree Inc., USA) – Form submissions on this website are processed through Formspree. This includes both the contact form on the homepage (name, email, company, message) and the waitlist form on the SAP MM Crash Course landing page at /sap-mm-crashcourse/ (first name, email, country, situation). For the contact form, legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures). For the Crash Course waitlist, legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (explicit consent via the opt-in checkbox). Data is transmitted to Formspree's servers in the United States on the basis of standard contractual clauses. See Formspree's Privacy Policy.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For visitors from the European Union and European Economic Area, we process personal data on the following legal bases:

• Contact form submissions – Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR: Processing is necessary for pre-contractual measures at your request.
• Crash Course notification-signup form – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR: Based on your explicit consent via the opt-in checkbox.
• Google Analytics 4 – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR: Based on your explicit consent via the cookie banner. Click-attribution identifiers (gclid, gbraid, wbraid) and UTM parameters from incoming ad clicks may be stored in localStorage for up to 90 days on the basis of your consent.
• YouTube video playback – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR: Based on your explicit consent via our consent banner or the per-video consent prompt.
• Language preference (localStorage) – Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR: Legitimate interest in providing a usable, multilingual website. No personal data is collected or transmitted.

6. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected through our contact form exclusively to:

• Respond to your training inquiries
• Provide information about our SAP S/4HANA courses
• Schedule training sessions

We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

7. Data Retention

We retain contact form submissions only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, typically for the duration of our business communication with you.

8. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are located in the EU/EEA, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation:

• Right of access (Art. 15) – Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification (Art. 16) – Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure (Art. 17) – Request deletion of your personal data.
• Right to restrict processing (Art. 18) – Request limitation of data processing.
• Right to data portability (Art. 20) – Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3)) – Withdraw consent at any time (e.g., by clearing localStorage or contacting us). This does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
• Right to lodge a complaint (Art. 77) – You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your EU member state.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at mario@mb-ics.com.

9. International Users

Our website is accessible worldwide and our training services are offered internationally. If you are accessing our website from the European Union, European Economic Area, or any other region with specific data protection laws, please be aware that your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where our company is based.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are intended for business professionals and are not directed at individuals under the age of 18.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact

MB International Contracting Service LLC
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Email: mario@mb-ics.com