Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section "Information about the responsible party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could be data you enter in a contact form or when subscribing to our pool monitoring service.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

Namecheap

The provider is Namecheap, Inc., 4600 East Washington Street, Suite 305, Phoenix, AZ 85034, USA (hereinafter "Namecheap"). When you visit our website, Namecheap collects various log files including your IP addresses.

Namecheap, Inc. is an ICANN-accredited registrar and hosting provider.

Further information can be found in Namecheap's privacy policy: https://www.namecheap.com/legal/general/privacy-policy/

The use of Namecheap is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Information about the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

4. Local Storage, Cookies, and Data Collection

Local Storage (Browser)

This website uses local storage (localStorage) to store settings in your browser. Unlike cookies, this data is never sent to any server and remains exclusively on your device. This is technically necessary for the website to function and does not require consent under TTDSG § 25 Abs. 2.

• sidebarView: Stores your preferred sidebar view setting (local only)
• svelte-i18n-locale: Stores your language preference (local only)

Technically Necessary Cookies

This website uses a small number of cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function. These cookies are exempt from consent requirements under TTDSG § 25 Abs. 2, as they are indispensable for providing the service you have explicitly requested.

• preferred-language: Stores your language preference when explicitly set via a language switch. Duration: 1 year. Purpose: Deliver the website in your chosen language on subsequent visits.
• Session cookie: Used for authenticated admin sessions. Duration: session-based. Purpose: Maintain login state for authorized administrators.

No tracking cookies, analytics cookies, or third-party cookies are used. No cookie banner is required as only technically necessary cookies are set, as permitted by TTDSG § 25 Abs. 2.

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website.

Log retention: Server log files are retained for a maximum of 14 days and then deleted automatically.

Anonymous Page View Statistics

We collect anonymous, aggregated page view statistics (total views and approximate unique visitors per day) for the purpose of operating our sponsoring pricing model. This deduplication is performed entirely on the server side using a one-way hash of the visitor's IP address combined with the current date. No cookies are set for this purpose, no IP addresses are stored, and the hash values are discarded at the end of each day. Only the aggregated counts (total views, unique visitor count) are persisted. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in operating the service).

Pool Monitoring Subscription

When you subscribe to our pool monitoring service, we collect the following data:

• Email address
• Cardano pool ticker symbols (up to 10)
• Subscription timestamp
• Email verification status

This data is used exclusively to provide you with automated pool performance reports. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract performance).

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any report email. Upon unsubscription, your data will be permanently deleted.

5. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR): You can request information about your stored data
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Correction of incorrect data
• Right to deletion (Art. 17 GDPR): Deletion of your data under certain conditions
• Right to restriction (Art. 18 GDPR): Restriction of data processing
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Receive your data in a structured format
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): Object to data processing
• Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 Abs. 3 GDPR): Withdraw consent at any time

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority is:

6. Data Security

We use SSL/TLS encryption for this website for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.

Our hosting provider, Namecheap, Inc., ensures high security standards for data processing and storage.

7. Third-Party Services

Cardano Blockchain Data: We retrieve publicly available blockchain data from the Cardano network to provide pool statistics and performance metrics. This data is public and does not contain personally identifiable information.