phundrak-com/privacy.org

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* Introduction
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:CUSTOM_ID: Introduction
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Last updated on May 19th, 2021.

This Cookie Policy explains how I ("Lucien Cartier-Tilet", "me", and
"my") use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you
visit my websites [[https://phundrak.com][phundrak.com]], [[https://langue.phundrak.com][langue.phundrak.com]], [[https://labs.phundrak.com][labs.phundrak.com]]
and others on the domain of ~phundrak.com~ ("Websites"). It explains
what these technologies are and why I use them, as well as your rights
to control my use of them.

* First, let me opt-out
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: opt_out
:END:
Alright, here you go:
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<iframe
        style="border: 0; height: 200px; width: 600px;"
        src="https://matomo.phundrak.com/index.php?module=CoreAdminHome&action=optOut&language=en&backgroundColor=&fontColor=&fontSize=&fontFamily="
        ></iframe>
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If you want to know more about cookies I might use on this website,
you will find more information below.

* Who is in charge? Where is the server? I want to talk to the manager!
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: I_want_to_talk_to_the_manager
:END:
I am the owner, developer, and webmaster of my Websites as well as the
system administrator of all the servers running under the domain
~phundrak.com~ and its subdomains. Currently, three of my public
websites run on a server rented to OVH, ~mail.phundrak.com~,
~bitwarden.phundrak.com~, and ~labs.phundrak.com~. All my other websites
run on a server I privately own. All of my websites are protected by
Cloudflare, and all are hosted in France.

* What are cookies?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: What_are_cookies
:END:
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or
mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by
website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more
efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Lucien Cartier-Tilet)
are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than
the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party
cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on
or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and
analytics).  The parties that set these third party cookies can
recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question
and also when it visits certain other websites.

* Why do I use cookies?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: Why_do_I_use_cookies
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I use first party cookies for two reasons. First of all, my first
party cookies are required for technical reasons in order for my
Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly
necessary" cookies.  For instance, it remembers which color theme you
selected on my Websites that propose such as feature, or logins and
other users settings on websites such as [[https://labs.phundrak.com][labs.phundrak.com]].

The second reason I use cookies are analytics and tracking. But don’t
be worried, I am not using any intrusive user tracking here: I will
only track you on my Websites and my Websites only, user data will not
leave my servers, I will not sell them or share them in any way to
anyone, be it a physical or moral person, and I have no way of knowing
who you are. I just want to see your behavior on my websites in order
to improve them. If you want any additional information, please head
to [[https://matomo.org/][Matomo’s website]] to learn more about how tracking is done with
their service, knowing that I self-host a Matomo instance and I do not
use their own instance.  Your privacy is protected as well as your
data. As these websites are hosted in France, visitor log and profiles
have been deactivated, and any data older than 25 months will be
deleted (I actually set it to 740 days, or the equivalent of 24
months). All IPs are anonymised, and any data collected by Matomo
cannot be exported raw to any other service (I don’t export them at
all anyway).

If you still want to opt-out, you can head [[#opt_out][at the top of this
document]].

If you are worried about your privacy, rest assured that I do not have
access myself to the cookies set by my Websites and thus they do not
provide me any information about you.

* How can I control cookies?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: How_can_I_control_cookies
:END:
By default, all my websites set the cookies they need to work
properly.  Essential website cookies are strictly necessary to provide
you with services available through our Websites and to use some of
its features, such as access to secure areas. If you wish to delete
these cookies, you can do so from your browser’s settings. Since there
are many different types of browsers that exist, there is not a single
way to delete cookies, but you can look up how to do so with a quick
search on your favorite search engine, such as DuckDuckGo, Qwant or
Startpage (if cookies worry you, you should probably avoid Google).

All cookies set by Matomo (my tracking service) can also be blocked by
any good ad-blocker (although Matomo is unrelated to ads). I haven’t
tested a lot myself, but I do know [[https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/][uBlock Origin]] blocks anything that
could track you.  That’s also the best ad-blocker I know of, and I
highly recommend using it.

* What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: What_about_other_tracking_technologies,_like_web_beacons
:END:
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a
website, such as web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or
"clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique
identifier that enable some websites owners to recognize when someone
has visited their websites or opened an e-mail including them.

However, I do not use them in any of my Websites. The only tracking
technology I use are cookies is for analytics, [[#Why_do_I_use_cookies][as explained
above]]. Matomo is an analytics service I self-host (i.e. this is a
private instance), so the collected data are stored on my servers and
my servers only, and Matomo has been built in order to protect your
data and your anonymity.  If you still want to be protected from this,
you can block any cookie from the ~matomo.phundrak.com~ domain, and I
won’t be able to track your activity on my websites anymore.

* Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: Do_you_use_Flash_cookies_or_Local_Shared_Objects
:END:
Using Flash in ~$current_year~ is a very bad idea due to its security
flaws.  Therefore, Flash is not used on any of my Websites. And I do
not use any Local Shared Objects.

* Do you serve targeted advertising?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: Do_you_serve_targeted_advertising
:END:
Absolutely not, rest assured. I dislike advertisment as much as you do
if not more.

* How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: How_often_will_you_update_this_Cookie_Policy
:END:
I may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect,
for example, changes to the cookies I use or for other operational,
legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie
Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related
technologies.

This was last updated on {{{time(%F at %H:%M %Z)}}}.

* Where can I get further information?
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: Where_can_I_get_further_information
:END:
If you have any questions about my use of cookies or other
technologies, please email me at [[mailto:lucien@phundrak.com][lucien@phundrak.com]].