Privacy Policy

The controller responsible for this website is:

Johannes Wegemann
6 Brandon Park
Lifford, Saint Johnston
Ireland

Email: [email protected]

If you use the comment feature on an article page, the data you enter may be processed and stored in order to display and manage comments.

This may include:

• your chosen name
• your comment text
• the article slug associated with your comment
• the date and time of submission
• technical data required to protect the comment system against abuse

Comments are processed for the purpose of publishing user contributions, operating the discussion feature, and protecting the website against spam and misuse.

This website uses Cloudflare Turnstile to help distinguish legitimate users from automated abuse when comments are submitted.

In connection with this protection, technical and behavioral signals may be processed by Cloudflare in accordance with Cloudflare’s services and privacy documentation.

The use of such protection serves the legitimate interest of protecting this website and its comment function against spam, bots, and malicious activity.

This website is hosted and technically delivered using third-party infrastructure and service providers.

These may include, in particular:

• the web hosting provider used for the website
• Cloudflare for DNS, security, proxying, SSL/TLS delivery, comment infrastructure, and spam protection
• external content delivery services for front-end assets where applicable
• Stripe for the processing of voluntary donations and payments

These providers may process technical request data where necessary to provide their services.

This website uses Google Analytics to analyze user behavior. This tracking is deactivated by default and only becomes active if you explicitly give your consent via our cookie consent banner.

Where strictly necessary technical mechanisms are used for security, delivery, or abuse prevention (e.g., Cloudflare), they are used only to the extent required for the operation and protection of the website.

Google Analytics processes data such as your anonymized IP address and usage patterns. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clearing your browser's cookies or using the mechanisms provided on this site.

Personal data may be processed on the basis of legitimate interests where necessary for the secure operation of the website, the publication and moderation of comments, the prevention of abuse, and the provision of requested content.

If you contact the website operator directly, processing may also take place where necessary to respond to your request.

Where consent is legally required for specific processing activities (such as Google Analytics tracking), such processing will only take place on the basis of such consent.

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including website operation, comment display, moderation, abuse prevention, and compliance with legal obligations.

Published comments may remain visible until they are removed by the website operator.

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to personal data, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, and, where applicable, data portability.

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

For privacy-related requests, please contact: [email protected]