Privacy Notice

1. Data Controller

Name: Razvan Andrei Surdu
Address: Osterbrook 11b, 20537 Hamburg, Germany
Email: tidytext@surdu.de

2. Personal Data We Collect

  • Email Address: We collect your email address if you subscribe for notifications about the TidyText app's availability or updates.
  • Usage Data: We use PostHog analytics to collect anonymous usage data, including:
    • Pages visited and navigation patterns
    • Time spent on pages
    • Technical information like browser type and device type
    • Approximate geographic location (country/region level)

3. Purpose of Processing

  • To send you information about TidyText, including updates and important announcements.
  • To analyze website usage patterns and improve user experience through PostHog analytics.
  • To identify and fix technical issues and optimize website performance.

4. Legal Basis

We process your personal data in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data is your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).

5. How We Store Your Data

  • We use Supabase as our database to store your email address.
  • We use PostHog (EU data center) for analytics, which collects anonymized usage data to help us improve our website's performance and user experience. PostHog data is stored in compliance with EU data protection regulations.

6. Data Security

We implement generally accepted security measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

7. Data Sharing

  • We do not sell or rent your data.
  • We share your email address only as needed with our service providers (e.g., Supabase for storing emails).
  • Anonymous usage data is processed by PostHog, our analytics provider, in accordance with their privacy policy and EU data protection standards.
  • We may disclose information if required to do so by law.

8. International Data Transfers

If our service providers are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data.

9. Your Rights Under GDPR

  • Right of Access: You can request a copy of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You can request the deletion of your personal data when no longer necessary.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used format.
  • Right to Object: You can object to processing based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support-tidytext@surdu.de

10. Cookie Policy

We use essential cookies and similar technologies to enable basic website functionality. Additionally, PostHog analytics uses cookies to help us understand how visitors use our website. These analytics cookies collect aggregated, anonymous data and do not personally identify you.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, some features of the website may not function properly if you disable certain cookies.

11. Retention Period

We retain your data only as long as required to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as legally required.

12. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes take effect when posted on https://www.tidytext.de

13. Contact

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Notice or wish to exercise any of your statutory rights, please email us at support-tidytext@surdu.de