Refracted Light: Privacy Policy

Refracted Light is a private website. This privacy policy will explain how https://refractedlight.eu uses the personal data I collect from you when you use the website.

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What data do I collect?

The following data will be collected:

My website is hosted on https://www.hetzner.com. Therefore I am bound to data they collect when visiting the domain. This may include personal identification information like email address, ip address, used browser and version and used operating system. For further information please refer to their privacy policy here. Additionally I will collect personal identification information from you when contacting me via the provided form at https://refractedlight.eu/#contact. There you will provide me your email address and a message. It only serves the purpose to create contact to me and you are free to use the contact form and therefore you are free to provide your personal data.

How do I collect your data?

You directly provide me with your email address and information in the message. I collect data and process data when you:

Contact me with the contact form https://refractedlight.eu/#contact. You send your mail address and message in a post request via http with ssl encryption. Afterwards an auto-mail is generated and is send to my gmail account via smtp containing your provided data.

How will I use your data?

The site collects your data so that I can:

Process your contact request and answer it directly to your supplied mail address. I will not give any of your provided information to a third party and I will use it only for the purpose to answer your request.

How do I store your data?

Your data is stored on the servers of https://www.hetzner.com.

I will keep your mail address and ip address only in logs when your request is send to the backend server. The logs will be stored there for 30 days. Once this time period has expired, your request information in logs will be automatically deleted. Furthermore your mail address with you message is provided to my contact.refractedlight@gmail.com account and will be answered there. The auto-generated mail will be stored on that gmail account for 180 days. Once this time period has expired the auto generated mail will be deleted.

What are Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit my websites, I may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do I use cookies?

I use no additional cookies to the one which might be stored from the webhosting domain itself. Confer to the cookie usage of hetzner.com.

Privacy Policies of other websites

However the website contains links to other websites. My privacy policy applies only to my website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to my privacy policy

I keep the privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 20th of May 2024.

How to contact me

If you have any questions about my privacy policy, the data I hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Email me at: contact.refractedlight@gmail.com