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This Website's Privacy policy

 

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Purpose of the processing

This website is using Matomo, an Open Source, self-hosted software for collecting anonymous usage statistics for this website.

The data is used to analyse the behaviour of the website visitors to identify potential pitfalls like not found pages, search engine indexing issues and to find out which contents are the most appreciated. Once the data (number of visitors reaching a not found pages, viewing only one page…) is processed, Matomo is generating reports for website owners to take action, for example changing the layout of the pages, publishing some fresh content… etc.

 

Additionally, this website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses various technologies, including cookies and web beacons, to collect data about your interactions with these advertisements and the website.


Matomo

Matomo is processing the following data:

• Cookies
• Anonymized IP-address by removing the last 2 bytes (so 198.51.0.0 instead of 198.51.100.54)
• Pseudo-anonymized Location of the user (generated from the anonymized IP-address)
• Date and time
• Title of the page being viewed
• URL of the page being viewed
• URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page (if the page allows it)
• Screen resolution
• Time in local timezone
• Files that were clicked and downloaded
• Link clicks to an outside domain
• Pages generation time
• Country, region, city (low resolution based on IP-address)
• Main Language of the browser
• User Agent of the browser
• Interactions with forms (but not the content)
 

Google AdSense

 

Google AdSense is processing the following data:

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  • Cookies

  • Web beacons

  • IP Address

  • Location Information

  • Device Information

  • Browser Information

  • Usage Data (such as interactions with advertisements and website)

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Indirect data collection

If you are using this site, the visit is logged by the host of this website (Vercel). This log contains your IP-Address which allows you to be identified indirectly via your internet servrive provider. The collection of this data is a legal obligation and required for security. You cannot oppose it and the data is at no time used for other purposes.

The legitimate interests

The processing of personal data is based on legitimate interests.

Processing your personal data such as cookies is helping us identify what is working and what is not on our website. For example, it helps us identify if the way we are communicating is engaging or not and how we can organize the structure of the website better. Our team is benefiting from the processing of your personal data, and they are directly acting on the website. By processing your personal data, you can profit from a website which is getting better and better.

Without the data, we would not be able to provide you the service we are currently offering to you. Your data will be used only to improve the user experience on our website and help you find the information you are looking for.

Recipient of the data

The personal data received through Matomo are sent to:

• Daino Inc. (the owners of get-notes.com)
• Matomo Analytics Cloud by InnoCraft (InnoCraft, 7 Waterloo Quay PO625, 6140 Wellington, New Zealand)

• Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA)

Details of transfers to third country and safeguards

Matomo data is hosted in Germany.

 

Google AdSense data may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside of your country of residence, including the United States.

Retention period or criteria used to determine the retention period

We are keeping the personal data captured within Matomo for a period of two years (744 days).

 

Google AdSense retains data as described in their privacy policy, which can be found here.

The existence of each of the data subject’s rights

For Google AdSense, you can review and manage your ad settings and opt-out options through Google's Ad Settings page here.


As Matomo is processing personal data on legitimate interests, you can exercise the following rights:

• Right of access: you can ask us at any time to access your personal data.
• Right to erasure: you can ask us at any time to delete all the personal data we are processing about you.
• Right to object: you can object to the tracking of your personal data by using the following opt-out feature:

The right to withdraw consent at any time

You can withdraw at any time your consent by clicking the button above.

The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

If you think that the way we process your personal data with Matomo analytics or Google AdSense is infringing the law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.


Whether the provision of personal data is part of a statutory or contractual requirement; or obligation and possible consequences of failing to provide the personal data

If you wish us to not process any personal data with Matomo, you can opt-out from it at any time. There will be no consequences at all regarding the use of our website.

 

If you wish to opt-out of data collection by Google AdSense, you can manage your settings through Google's Ad Settings.

The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and information about how decisions are made, the significance and the consequences

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  • Matomo is not doing any profiling.

  • Google AdSense may use automated decision-making and profiling to show you personalized ads based on your browsing behavior.

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