Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notices provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified.

Responsible Party

Philip Mikas
Waldstr. 7
85457 Wörth, Germany
Email: [email protected]

2. Hosting and Content Delivery

Hetzner

This website is hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH. For details, see Hetzner's privacy policy.

Cloudflare

We use Cloudflare as a CDN and DDoS protection service. Cloudflare processes technically necessary connection data (IP address, browser type, requested page). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a secure and performant website). Details: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.

3. Your Rights

You have the right at any time to:

• Access your stored personal data (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Rectification of incorrect data (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Erasure of your data (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

4. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The hosting provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser transmits automatically (browser type, operating system, referrer URL, hostname, time of request, IP address). This data is not merged with other data sources. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Cookies

This website uses technically necessary cookies only:

• cc_access_token, cc_refresh_token — Authentication for logged-in users (HTTP-only, Secure)
• cc_user_name — Display name of the logged-in user

These cookies are only set when you actively register and log in. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance).

5. Web Analytics

Matomo (self-hosted)

We use Matomo for web analytics. Matomo runs on our own servers — no data is transmitted to third parties. Your IP address is anonymised before storage. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

6. User Accounts and Comments

Registration

You can register on this website to leave comments. The following data is stored: email address, display name, and password (encrypted with Argon2). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent) and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance).

Comments

When you post a comment, the comment text, your display name, and the date are stored and publicly displayed. Your email address is not published.

Account Deletion

You can delete your account at any time via account settings. Your personal data will be erased. Published comments will be anonymised ("Deleted User").

7. AI Chatbot

This website offers an AI-powered chatbot (based on Claude by Anthropic). Your chat messages are transmitted to the Anthropic API for response generation. No personal data is permanently stored. Chat histories are held in memory only and deleted on server restart. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent through active use).

8. Cloudflare Turnstile

We use Cloudflare Turnstile for bot protection. Technical data is transmitted to Cloudflare. Details: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.

9. SSL Encryption

This site uses SSL encryption (HTTPS) for security. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the lock icon in your browser's address bar.

Last updated: May 2026