Who I am
I am a private person interested in sharing my content on this website. However, it is necessary to process some information from visiting users (you) to do so.
When you access and use this website, information is created. It is important that your privacy is not impaired when this information is processed. This privacy policy explains which information is collected, how it is used, and what you can do to further protect your privacy. Furthermore, some of this information is stored in different places by different organizations that you should know about.
What information is processed?
This website collects information and facilitates information collection by 3rd parties who may combine it with other information that they have collected about you. To understand the privacy policy of 3rd parties it is essential to understand their corresponding privacy statements.
Automatically provided: When you visit this website, information is transferred including your IP address, the user agent of your web browser, and the referring URL. Additionally, content from cookies stored on your computer is transferred. Google Analytics is integrated in this website and similarly has access to your information (but this information is aggregated which means you remain anonymous and your privacy is not affected).
User provided: Users can post comments on this website. For commenting, users can log in via social media (WordPress, Google, Twitter, Facebook). The comments are stored by this website including contact information provided. User input to social media via this site is processed by a 3rd party technology provider and ultimately a social media platform. Users can also send emails to [email protected] for further communication.
About Consent
No private information of the user should be processed until a user freely provides consent to this privacy policy. However, this can not be guaranteed in the three following cases: The first being that some information has to be processed to provide a user with the option to indicate consent and the website overall. The second is that this website integrates 3rd party technology, which creates a conflict of interest. In order for a user to freely give consent to this privacy policy, there must be an option to use this website no matter what the choice of the user is. As this website cannot control the behavior of 3rd party technologies, they would have to be disabled to guarantee that no information of the user is being processed, which ultimately would lead to two different services thereby negating the option to freely provide consent. The third is that the traffic of this website is analyzed in Google Analytics. This should not be a problem of privacy, as no information about individual users is available in Google Analytics.
What is collected information used for?
Automatically provided information is required from a technical perspective to display a website to a user. Thereby, cookies can improve user experience but the technology can be used for other means as well (click here for more info). In detail, cookies are used for:
- Privacy Policy Consent: To keep track of your consent to this privacy policy.
- Google Analytics: Aggregated information is collected by Google to understand general information and trends related to this website.
- Social Media: 3rd party technology is used to integrate social media functionality on this website. Information is collected by 3rd party technology providers.
- Comments: A login option is provided to users in the comment sections. This login can be performed via social media. For usability reasons, 3rd party logins (WordPress, Google, Twitter, Facebook) are supported to allow for a more convenient user login.
The information provided by users is integrated in this website. This can mean that it is shown to other users and that it is stored similarly to the rest of this website.
- Comments: Comments by users and corresponding metadata are integrated in the website and stored for as long as this website exists.
- Fraud Prevention: IP addresses of spam origins and origins of other harmful content are stored for as long as this website exists.
- Direct inquiries by email: emails are stored for as long as the email account [email protected] exists
Further steps that you can take to ensure your privacy
- It is possible to out-out from Google Analytics: Disable Google Analytics.
- You can send an email to [email protected] if you wish to receive additional information, delete a comment, or unsubscribe from privacy policy update notifications.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time based on changes to applicable laws and regulations or other requirements, changes in technology, or other changes.
Any changes made to the privacy policy will be posted on this website. Should you require a notification of future changes to this privacy policy, you have to subscribe to it by sending an email to [email protected] stating your request.