Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

Responsible for data processing on this website:

2. General Information

The protection of your personal data is important to us. This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data on this website.

Principle: This website is designed to be privacy-friendly. No cookies are set for tracking purposes, no personal data is collected beyond what is technically necessary, and no tracking is performed that could personally identify you.

3. Hosting and Content Delivery

Cloudflare Pages

This website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc. Cloudflare operates data centers worldwide, including in Europe. When accessing this website, the following data may be stored in server log files:

• Page visited
• Date and time of access
• Amount of data transferred
• Referrer (previously visited page)
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• IP address (anonymized)

Legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in providing and securing the website).

Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Cloudflare GDPR

4. Web Analytics

PostHog Analytics (Cookieless Mode)

This website uses PostHog, a privacy-friendly analytics service hosted in the EU (Frankfurt, Germany). PostHog runs in cookieless mode, which means:

• No cookies or local storage are used
• No personal profiles are created
• No cross-site or cross-session tracking is performed
• Unique visitor counting uses a server-side, non-reversible hash (not personal data)
• Data is stored exclusively on EU servers (Frankfurt)

No consent banner is required because no data is stored on your device. The following anonymous events are collected to understand how visitors use this site: page views, outbound link clicks, scroll depth on articles, and visibility of recommendation boxes. Legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in improving the website).

Fathom Analytics

Additionally, this website uses Fathom Analytics, a privacy-first analytics tool. Fathom is designed to be GDPR-compliant by default:

• No cookies are used
• No personal data is collected
• Fully GDPR, ePrivacy, PECR and CCPA compliant
• Data is processed in the EU

Fathom collects only anonymous page view data. No consent is required as no personal data is processed. Legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

5. External Content and Links

This website contains links to external websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please refer to the privacy policies of those websites.

Fonts are self-hosted on our servers. No external font services are used, so no data is transmitted to third parties for font loading.

6. Affiliate Links

This website contains affiliate links to third-party providers. If you click on such a link and make a purchase, we may receive a commission. The respective providers may set cookies and process data according to their own privacy policies.

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

Since this website minimizes data collection, there is typically no personal data stored about which information could be provided.

8. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Competent supervisory authority:

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy to adapt it to changed legal requirements or changes to the service. The current version can always be found on this page.