Privacy policy

Last updated: April 28, 2026.

Who we are

Acuris Holding GmbH (“we”, “us”) operates the address validation and geocoding APIs at api.acuris-geo.com and the related websites. Registered office: Hammanstraße 1, 67549 Worms, Germany. Contact: support@acuris-geo.com.

Data we process

Account data: registration details you submit (e.g. email, name) and credentials.
API traffic: address strings and parameters you send to the API for validation or geocoding.
Technical data: IP address, timestamps, and logs needed for security, rate limits, and troubleshooting.

Purposes & legal bases (EEA-style summary)

We process data to deliver the service, authenticate users, enforce rate limits and abuse prevention, improve reliability, and comply with law. The legal bases under the GDPR are: contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) for service delivery to account holders, legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) for security, abuse prevention, and operational reliability, and legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) for tax and accounting records.

Retention

We retain account data for five (5) years after subscription cancellation, except where law requires a longer retention period (for example, German tax and commercial-code obligations may require up to 10 years for invoicing records). Operational request logs and rate-limit counters are retained for up to 90 days unless a security incident or audit requires longer. Backup snapshots are rotated on a 30-day cycle.

Processors & transfers

Hosting and infrastructure are provided by Hetzner Online GmbH (Germany) on EU-located servers. Payment processing is handled by Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. (Ireland) with sub-processing in the United States under standard contractual clauses. Transactional email is delivered via Hetzner Mail. Enterprise customers may request a Data Processing Agreement and an up-to-date sub-processor list.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you may have rights to access, rectify, delete, restrict, or object to processing, to data portability, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in Germany, the data-protection authority of Rhineland-Palatinate). Contact support@acuris-geo.com to exercise these rights.