Privacy notice

Updated: 1 October 2026. The website operator identified above is responsible for your personal data.

Hosting

STRATO GmbH hosts this website in Germany. It processes your IP address, requested pages, access times, browser information and referring address to deliver and secure the website. IP addresses used for security are retained for up to seven days. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Website statistics

We use cookie-free GoatCounter, operated by Martin Tournoij in Ireland, to understand readership and improve this website. It counts page visits and clicks on purchase links, with summaries of referring websites, browser, operating system, screen width, language and country.

GoatCounter processes IP addresses and browser information to determine countries and recognise repeat visits. Information linking repeat visits is held in memory for up to eight hours. We retain only aggregate statistics long-term, on servers in Germany and Finland. GoatCounter’s privacy information.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in understanding website use (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). To prevent collection, enable Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control in your browser.

Contact

When you contact us, we use your email address, message and any name you provide to answer your inquiry. The form requires an email address and message. STRATO delivers submissions to our Google/Gmail inbox.

We retain correspondence while needed to resolve your inquiry and any follow-up, or to meet legal retention duties. The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR for contractual inquiries and our legitimate interest in answering other messages under Article 6(1)(f).

Google may process messages outside the European Economic Area, including the US. Its safeguards include the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses. Google’s transfer safeguards.

To prevent spam, we store an IP-derived identifier and submission count based on our legitimate interest in protecting the website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Records expire after one hour; expired records are removed by daily cleanup and when new submissions are processed.

Appearance

Your Light or Dark preference is saved in your browser until you select System or clear the website’s storage. This storage provides the setting you requested (§25(2)(2) TDDDG).

Spotify

If you open a podcast player, you consent to connecting to Spotify AB in Sweden. Spotify receives your IP address and device information and may use cookies or link activity to your Spotify account. The legal basis for loading the player is consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and §25(1) TDDDG). Close it to stop further loading.

Spotify’s privacy policy explains retention and transfers outside the European Economic Area, including safeguards through adequacy decisions and standard contractual clauses.

If you select “Don’t show this again”, this browser remembers your consent until you choose “Forget this choice” or clear the website’s storage. Spotify still loads only when you choose to listen.

You can withdraw your saved consent here. This stops open players on this website and asks you again next time you listen.

Your rights

Where applicable, you can request access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability of your data, and withdraw consent for future processing. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests. To exercise your rights, contact the operator above.