privacy notice

data collection

Website access

Scope of data collection

When you're accessing this website, the following visitor data is collected by the webserver's automatic logging process:

• IP-Address
• Anonymized IP-Address, whereby anonymization clears the last 16 bits from an IPv4 and the last 80 bits from an IPv6
• The date and time of access
• The name of the webpages accessed
• The type of browser used, the so-called “User Agent”
• Operating System
• The referer, meaning the URL of the page from which the request to this site was was initiated

Storage period

Non-anonymized IP addresses are kept for seven days, after which they are deleted, except when this data is required due to a legal dispute. All non-personal data described in the scope of the data collection is kept indefinitely.

Purpose

Logging of the non-anonymized IP addresses from the last seven days is used to ensure security and proper operation of this website. Non-personal data, which is stored indefinitely, is used for traffic analysis using Matomo, to evaluate/improve system performance and to improve your user experience. The data is only evaluated in the context of this website alone.

Lawful basis

Lawful basis for the purposes mentioned above is article 6(1)f of the GDPR.

Sharing of data

Data collected on this website, be it personal or non-personal data, is never shared with any third party.

E-Mail contact

Scope of data collection

In case you're contacting me by e-mail, your mail along with the personal data contained in it will be stored in order to be able to resolve the issue described in it.

Storage period

Your mail will be stored as long as necessary to achieve the purpose for which the mail was sent, and will be kept for six months in order to be able to deal with follow-ups.

Purpose

The mail is stored in order to be able to refer back to it's contents and to be able to contact the sender.

Lawful basis

Lawful basis for the purposes mentioned abobe is article 6(1)f of the GDPR.

Sharing of data

Personal data from the mail or the mail itself is never shared with any third party.

cookies

No cookies are ever used on this site.

security

Web

Data in transit is always encrypted using state-of-the-art TLS-based encryption, making eavesdropping on and tampering with the transferred data very hard.

E-Mail

Transport-level encryption

Data in transit is encrypted using state-of-the-art opportunistic TLS, which means that the connection will be encrypted when the mail transfer agent delivering mail to this site also supports and utilizes TLS.

End-to-end encryption

For increased security, E-Mail can also be encrypted by PGP using this key.

user's rights

This section lists the rights every user is entitled to.

The right of access

You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification

You have the right to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

The right to erasure

Under certain circumstances, individuals can ask organisations to erase any personal data stored on them. This right is not applicable on this site, as the only personal information ever stored is the user's IP address, which is required for regular operation and which is automatically deleted after the minimum retention period.

The right to restrict processing

In some circumstances, individuals can request that an organisation limits its use of personal data. This right is not applicable to this site, as the only kind of personal data stored – the IP address – is required for normal operation and also automatically deleted after the minimum rentention period.

The right to data portability

In some circumstances, individuals can request that an organisation transfer any data that it holds on them to another company.

The right to object

The user has the right to object to processing of his/her personal data, under certain conditions. This right is not applicable to this site, as the only personal information, the IP address, is required for regular operation and automatically deleted as soon as possible.

Rights related to automated decision making and profiling

Individuals have the right to object to having decisions made about them by automated processes or profiling. As no automated processing or profiling takes place, this right is not applicable to this site.

supervising authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that the site owner has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.