diff --git a/app/challenge/page.tsx b/app/challenge/page.tsx
index 034a340..77c0222 100644
--- a/app/challenge/page.tsx
+++ b/app/challenge/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Metadata } from "next";
 import Link from "next/link";
+import Image from "next/image";
 import { Footer } from "../components/Footer";
 import { Reveal, RevealGroup, RevealItem } from "../components/Reveal";
 
@@ -154,6 +155,28 @@ function EmailCapture({ buttonLabel = "Challenge starten" }: { buttonLabel?: str
           {buttonLabel}
         </button>
       </div>
+      {/* Consent checkbox — this signup's legal basis is consent (email
+          marketing), same wording as the other newsletter forms; colors
+          match this page's own hardcoded palette instead of the shared
+          design tokens, consistent with the rest of the page. */}
+      <label className="flex gap-2 items-start cursor-pointer">
+        <input
+          type="checkbox"
+          className="size-4 shrink-0 mt-0.5 rounded-xs border border-[#d9d9d9] accent-[#f6a701]"
+        />
+        <span className="text-[0.8rem] text-[#444] leading-normal">
+          Ich akzeptiere die{" "}
+          <Link
+            href="/datenschutz"
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            className="underline hover:text-[#f6a701]"
+          >
+            Datenschutzerklärung
+          </Link>
+          .
+        </span>
+      </label>
       <p className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[0.8rem] text-[#888]">
         <LockIcon />
         Keine Werbung. Jederzeit abbestellbar.
@@ -241,10 +264,12 @@ export default function ChallengePage() {
               todo-cards hero images; delay={0.15} mirrors their text→image
               stagger. */}
           <Reveal className="hidden lg:block group flex-1 relative overflow-hidden" delay={0.15}>
-            <img
+            <Image
               alt="7-Tage-Challenge"
               src="/blog-featured.jpg"
-              className="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover object-center pointer-events-none transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-105"
+              fill
+              sizes="48vw"
+              className="object-cover object-center pointer-events-none transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-105"
             />
             {/* Badge */}
             <div className="absolute top-8 right-8 w-[7.5rem] h-[7.5rem] rounded-full bg-white shadow-md flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center p-3 gap-1">
@@ -293,9 +318,11 @@ export default function ChallengePage() {
                   // stacked below lg, this page's own structural
                   // breakpoint) rather than hidden below lg like before.
                   <div key={`arrow-${i}`} className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 lg:mt-5">
-                    <img
+                    <Image
                       alt=""
                       src="/icon-arrow-connector.svg"
+                      width={24}
+                      height={24}
                       className="w-6 h-6 rotate-90 lg:w-10 lg:h-3 lg:rotate-0"
                     />
                   </div>
@@ -324,14 +351,15 @@ export default function ChallengePage() {
 
               {/* Image */}
               <Reveal
-                className="group w-full lg:w-[44%] lg:shrink-0 rounded-xl overflow-hidden"
+                className="group relative w-full lg:w-[44%] lg:shrink-0 rounded-xl overflow-hidden"
                 style={{ minHeight: "18rem" }}
               >
-                <img
+                <Image
                   alt="Notizbuch"
                   src="/challenge-content.jpg"
-                  className="w-full h-full object-cover transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-105"
-                  style={{ minHeight: "18rem" }}
+                  fill
+                  sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 44vw, 100vw"
+                  className="object-cover transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-105"
                 />
               </Reveal>
 
@@ -389,11 +417,15 @@ export default function ChallengePage() {
                   </span>
                   <p className="text-[#222221] text-[0.95rem] leading-[1.6] flex-1 pr-8">{t.quote}</p>
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
-                    <img
-                      alt={t.name}
-                      src={t.avatar}
-                      className="w-10 h-10 rounded-full object-cover shrink-0 transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-110"
-                    />
+                    <div className="relative size-10 shrink-0 rounded-full overflow-hidden">
+                      <Image
+                        alt={t.name}
+                        src={t.avatar}
+                        fill
+                        sizes="40px"
+                        className="object-cover transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-110"
+                      />
+                    </div>
                     <div>
                       <p className="font-semibold text-[#222221] text-[0.9rem]">{t.name}</p>
                       <p className="text-[#777] text-[0.8rem]">{t.role}</p>
diff --git a/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx b/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx
index db3b401..77dc3db 100644
--- a/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx
+++ b/app/checkout/components/CheckoutContent.tsx
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ export function CheckoutContent({
                 <span className="flex-1 text-body-sm text-text-primary">{method.title}</span>
                 <span className="flex items-center gap-2 shrink-0">
                   {method.icons.map((icon, i) => (
-                    <img key={i} alt="" src={icon} className="h-5 w-auto" />
+                    <div key={i} className="relative h-5 w-8 shrink-0">
+                      <Image src={icon} alt="" fill sizes="32px" className="object-contain" />
+                    </div>
                   ))}
                 </span>
               </label>
@@ -307,8 +309,19 @@ export function CheckoutContent({
               Jetzt kaufen (zahlungspflichtig)
             </Link>
 
+            <p className="text-label text-text-muted text-center w-full">
+              Mit dem Kauf akzeptierst du unsere{" "}
+              <Link href="/agb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="underline hover:text-brand">
+                AGB
+              </Link>{" "}
+              und die{" "}
+              <Link href="/datenschutz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="underline hover:text-brand">
+                Datenschutzerklärung
+              </Link>.
+            </p>
+
             <div className="flex gap-2 items-center justify-center w-full">
-              <img alt="" src="/icon-lock.svg" className="w-3.5 h-4" />
+              <Image alt="" src="/icon-lock.svg" width={14} height={16} className="w-3.5 h-4" />
               <span className="text-body-sm text-text-muted">Sichere SSL-Verschlüsselung</span>
             </div>
           </Reveal>
@@ -398,7 +411,7 @@ export function CheckoutContent({
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 items-start w-full">
             {trustBadges.map((b) => (
               <div key={b.id} className="flex gap-3 items-start w-full">
-                <img alt="" src={b.icon} className="size-5 shrink-0 object-contain mt-0.5" />
+                <Image alt="" src={b.icon} width={20} height={20} className="size-5 shrink-0 object-contain mt-0.5" />
                 <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col gap-0.5">
                   <p className="text-body-sm font-semibold text-text-primary">{b.title}</p>
                   <p className="text-label text-text-muted">{b.description}</p>
@@ -412,7 +425,7 @@ export function CheckoutContent({
               which puts the divider under the icon — the two aren't meant
               to be identical, see project notes on this pattern). */}
           <div className="bg-bg-muted flex gap-5 items-start p-6 rounded-md w-full">
-            <img alt="" src="/icon-envelope-hint.png" className="h-8 w-10 shrink-0 object-contain" />
+            <Image alt="" src="/icon-envelope-hint.png" width={40} height={32} className="h-8 w-10 shrink-0 object-contain" />
             <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 items-start flex-1 min-w-0 text-text-primary">
               {/* Conditional on the (unchecked-by-default) consent
                   checkbox above, not stated as a given — a pre-ticked
diff --git a/app/components/Newsletter.tsx b/app/components/Newsletter.tsx
index ec9274c..670fc9e 100644
--- a/app/components/Newsletter.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Newsletter.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
+import Image from "next/image";
 import { Reveal } from "./Reveal";
 
+// Same lock icon + copy as /challenge's and /newsletter's EmailCapture —
+// unified across all newsletter-signup forms instead of each having its
+// own wording/color for this trust note.
+function LockIcon() {
+  return (
+    <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 14 14" fill="none" className="shrink-0">
+      <rect x="2" y="6" width="10" height="7" rx="1.5" stroke="#888" strokeWidth="1.3" />
+      <path d="M4.5 6V4.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 1 5 0V6" stroke="#888" strokeWidth="1.3" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 type NewsletterProps = {
   title?: ReactNode;
   description?: string;
@@ -32,9 +46,11 @@ export function Newsletter({
             {/* Decorative envelope icon, tilted -4° as per design */}
             <div className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 w-[4.23rem] h-[3.71rem]">
               <div className="-rotate-4 -scale-y-100">
-                <img
+                <Image
                   alt=""
                   src="/newsletter-icon.svg"
+                  width={64}
+                  height={55}
                   className="w-16 h-[3.438rem] block"
                 />
               </div>
@@ -73,9 +89,34 @@ export function Newsletter({
                 </button>
               </div>
 
-              {/* Privacy note */}
-              <p className="text-label text-text-primary font-normal leading-normal">
-                Ich achte auf deine Daten. Kein Spam, jederzeit abbestellbar.
+              {/* Consent checkbox — required since this signup's legal
+                  basis is consent (email marketing), not the "Ich achte
+                  auf deine Daten" trust note alone. Same wording/pattern
+                  as NewsletterModal's checkbox. */}
+              <label className="flex gap-2 items-start cursor-pointer">
+                <input
+                  type="checkbox"
+                  className="size-4 shrink-0 mt-0.5 rounded-xs border border-border accent-brand"
+                />
+                <span className="text-label text-text-primary font-normal leading-normal">
+                  Ich akzeptiere die{" "}
+                  <Link
+                    href="/datenschutz"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    className="underline hover:text-brand"
+                  >
+                    Datenschutzerklärung
+                  </Link>
+                  .
+                </span>
+              </label>
+
+              {/* Privacy note — same icon/copy/color as the other
+                  newsletter forms (see /challenge's EmailCapture). */}
+              <p className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-label text-[#888] font-normal leading-normal">
+                <LockIcon />
+                Keine Werbung. Jederzeit abbestellbar.
               </p>
 
             </div>
diff --git a/app/components/NewsletterModal.tsx b/app/components/NewsletterModal.tsx
index 0bda90e..107c0e0 100644
--- a/app/components/NewsletterModal.tsx
+++ b/app/components/NewsletterModal.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import Image from "next/image";
+import Link from "next/link";
 import { AnimatePresence, motion } from "motion/react";
 
 const features = [
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ export function NewsletterModal({ open, onClose }: { open: boolean; onClose: ()
           aria-label="Schließen"
           className="absolute top-6 right-6 z-10 size-6 flex items-center justify-center active:scale-90 transition-transform"
         >
-          <img alt="" src="/icon-close.png" className="size-full object-contain" />
+          <Image alt="" src="/icon-close.png" width={24} height={24} className="size-full object-contain" />
         </button>
 
         {/* modal-top: photo + copy/form, stacked below md */}
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ export function NewsletterModal({ open, onClose }: { open: boolean; onClose: ()
                 uses this exact same asset); without it the icon renders
                 flipped. */}
             <div className="w-16 h-14 -rotate-4 -scale-y-100">
-              <img alt="" src="/newsletter-icon.svg" className="w-full h-full" />
+              <Image alt="" src="/newsletter-icon.svg" width={64} height={56} className="w-full h-full" />
             </div>
 
             <p
@@ -205,7 +206,16 @@ export function NewsletterModal({ open, onClose }: { open: boolean; onClose: ()
                   className="size-4 shrink-0 rounded-xs border border-border accent-brand"
                 />
                 <span className="text-label text-text-primary">
-                  Ich akzeptiere die Datenschutzerklärung.
+                  Ich akzeptiere die{" "}
+                  <Link
+                    href="/datenschutz"
+                    target="_blank"
+                    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                    className="underline hover:text-brand"
+                  >
+                    Datenschutzerklärung
+                  </Link>
+                  .
                 </span>
               </label>
             </form>
@@ -224,8 +234,8 @@ export function NewsletterModal({ open, onClose }: { open: boolean; onClose: ()
         <div className="flex flex-col md:flex-row items-start px-8 md:px-20 py-6 md:py-9 gap-8 md:gap-6">
           {features.map((f) => (
             <div key={f.title} className="flex-1 flex gap-6 items-start w-full">
-              <div className="h-10 w-10 shrink-0 flex items-center justify-center">
-                <img alt="" src={f.icon} className="max-h-10 max-w-10 object-contain" />
+              <div className="relative h-10 w-10 shrink-0 flex items-center justify-center">
+                <Image alt="" src={f.icon} fill sizes="40px" className="object-contain" />
               </div>
               <div className="flex flex-col gap-3 items-start flex-1 min-w-0">
                 <p
diff --git a/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx b/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx
index d565df4..d435bef 100644
--- a/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx
+++ b/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ import Link from "next/link";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import { Reveal } from "../../components/Reveal";
 
+// Same lock icon + copy as /challenge's and the shared Newsletter
+// component's trust note — unified across all newsletter-signup forms.
+function LockIcon() {
+  return (
+    <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 14 14" fill="none" className="shrink-0">
+      <rect x="2" y="6" width="10" height="7" rx="1.5" stroke="#888" strokeWidth="1.3" />
+      <path d="M4.5 6V4.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 1 5 0V6" stroke="#888" strokeWidth="1.3" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 const checklist = [
   "Jeden Mittwoch neue Impulse & Tipps",
   "Kurz & knackig – in 5 Minuten gelesen",
@@ -47,7 +58,7 @@ export function WeeklyImpulsesHero() {
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-6 items-start w-full flex-1 lg:justify-center">
             {/* Pill badge */}
             <div className="flex gap-2 items-center border border-border rounded-full pl-3.5 pr-4 py-2">
-              <img alt="" src="/icon-envelope-small.svg" className="w-4 h-3 shrink-0" />
+              <Image alt="" src="/icon-envelope-small.svg" width={16} height={12} className="w-4 h-3 shrink-0" />
               <span className="text-body-sm font-semibold text-text-primary whitespace-nowrap">
                 Jeden Mittwoch in deinem Postfach
               </span>
@@ -73,7 +84,7 @@ export function WeeklyImpulsesHero() {
             <ul className="flex flex-col gap-3 items-start w-full">
               {checklist.map((item) => (
                 <li key={item} className="flex gap-[0.625rem] items-center w-full">
-                  <img alt="" src="/icon-check.svg" className="size-5 shrink-0" />
+                  <Image alt="" src="/icon-check.svg" width={20} height={20} className="size-5 shrink-0" />
                   <span className="flex-1 text-body text-text-primary">{item}</span>
                 </li>
               ))}
@@ -96,9 +107,31 @@ export function WeeklyImpulsesHero() {
               </button>
             </div>
 
+            {/* Consent checkbox — this signup's legal basis is consent
+                (email marketing), same wording/pattern as the shared
+                Newsletter component's and NewsletterModal's checkbox. */}
+            <label className="flex gap-2 items-start cursor-pointer">
+              <input
+                type="checkbox"
+                className="size-4 shrink-0 mt-0.5 rounded-xs border border-border accent-brand"
+              />
+              <span className="text-label text-text-primary font-normal leading-normal">
+                Ich akzeptiere die{" "}
+                <Link
+                  href="/datenschutz"
+                  target="_blank"
+                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                  className="underline hover:text-brand"
+                >
+                  Datenschutzerklärung
+                </Link>
+                .
+              </span>
+            </label>
+
             <div className="flex gap-[0.375rem] items-center">
-              <img alt="" src="/icon-lock.svg" className="size-3.5" />
-              <span className="text-label text-text-muted">Keine Werbung. Jederzeit abbestellbar.</span>
+              <LockIcon />
+              <span className="text-label text-[#888]">Keine Werbung. Jederzeit abbestellbar.</span>
             </div>
           </div>
         </Reveal>
diff --git a/app/versand/components/VersandSections.tsx b/app/versand/components/VersandSections.tsx
index f54df24..a9137a5 100644
--- a/app/versand/components/VersandSections.tsx
+++ b/app/versand/components/VersandSections.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function VersandSections({ withAnchors = false }: { withAnchors?: boolean
         <p>
           Informationen zu Rückgabe, Rücksendekosten und deinem gesetzlichen Widerrufsrecht findest
           du in unserer{" "}
-          <Link href="/widerruf" className="text-brand hover:underline">
+          <Link href="/widerruf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" className="text-brand hover:underline">
             Widerrufsbelehrung
           </Link>
           .