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Who I am

This site belongs to Thijs Rosmalen from Wormer, the Netherlands. I decide what happens to the data and I'm responsible for it. Questions? Email [email protected].

What I always record, even without cookies

For every visit I anonymously count what happens on the site. I don't set a cookie for this and I don't keep your IP address. I see:

• which pages you look at, for how long and how far you scroll;
• whether you use the mouse, screen or keyboard (not what you do with them), and whether you're online through a server company, as most bots are;
• which site you came from, for example LinkedIn or Google;
• roughly which country and town you visit from (worked out from your IP address, which I then throw away);
• what kind of device, browser and language you use;
• whether you download my CV, click my email address or follow a link to another site, such as one of my projects, and whether you come back to this site afterwards.

How that stays anonymous

To tell two visits on the same day apart, I turn your IP address and browser into a code, using a secret key that is thrown away every night. After that nobody can work the code back or link it to you, not even me. So you aren't recognised the next day.

I do this because I want to see how my site is used (legitimate interest). Because it doesn't make you recognisable, I don't ask for permission for it.

What I record if you say yes

If you say yes to cookies, your browser gets a cookie with a random code. On top of the above, I then also see:

• your IP address;
• which company or internet provider that address belongs to, and the name that goes with it on the internet;
• your screen size and time zone;
• whether you've been to the site before, and what you looked at then.

Changing your mind

You can withdraw your permission at any time, with the button at the top of this page or through 'Cookie settings' at the bottom of every page. I then delete your cookie and remove your IP address, network and code from every visit linked to you. What's left is an anonymous count.

Cookies

This site only uses its own cookies. There are no cookies from anyone else: no Google Analytics, no ads and no social media buttons. Even the fonts are on my own server.

How long I keep it

• Data I collect with your permission (IP address, network and code): 12 months. After that I remove it and only an anonymous count is left.
• Anonymous counts: as long as the site exists. They can't be traced back to you.
• Your cookie choice: 13 months, so I can show that you gave permission.
• The web server's technical log, for faults and abuse: about 5 weeks.
• Emails you send me: as long as needed to help you.

Who else sees it

Nobody else looks at this data. I don't sell or share anything.

When someone is on the site, I send myself an email with the town, the device, where they came from and which pages they look at, and, if they said yes, the company or internet provider. Your IP address isn't in it. That email arrives in my Gmail, so it's also stored by Google.

The site and the statistics run on a server in Europe from Contabo, a German hosting company. Your visit passes through Cloudflare, which protects the site and makes it faster. Cloudflare sees your IP address to do that. It's an American company that follows the EU–US agreement on personal data (the Data Privacy Framework).

I look up the town and network for an IP address in a DB-IP database that sits on my own server. So your IP address isn't sent to DB-IP or any other statistics service.

If you say yes, I also look up the name that belongs to your IP address. That question goes through the internet's address book (DNS) to whoever manages the address, usually your internet provider, like any connection on the internet does.

Your rights

You can ask which data I have about you. You can have it corrected or deleted, object to what I do with it, or get it in a file. Email me at [email protected] and tell me roughly when you visited the site, so I can find your visit. I'll reply within a month.

Don't agree with how I handle your data? You can file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl).