Privacy Policy

The short version#

This site does not track you. No advertising cookies, no third-party analytics profiles, no data brokers, nothing sold. Analytics are cookieless and aggregate-only. You can read every page without consenting to anything — because there is nothing to consent to.

The longer version below exists because the GDPR asks for it, not because the data practices are complicated.

Who is responsible#

This site (heyvaldemar.com) is operated by Vladimir Mikhalev. For any privacy question or request, email [email protected].

What data is processed#

Hosting & analytics. The site is served through Cloudflare, which processes your IP address and request metadata to deliver pages and to produce Cloudflare Web Analytics — an aggregate, cookieless measurement of page views and referrers. It sets no cookies, does not fingerprint your device, and cannot identify you individually. Legal basis: legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)) in understanding aggregate traffic.

Comments. Comments are powered by Giscus, which stores them as discussions in a public GitHub repository. The comment widget loads only when you scroll to the comment section. To post a comment you sign in with GitHub — at that point GitHub processes your account data under its own privacy policy. If you never comment, no GitHub interaction occurs beyond loading the widget.

Fonts. All fonts are self-hosted and served from this domain. No font CDN (such as Google Fonts) ever receives your IP address.

That is the complete list. No contact forms, no newsletter, no e-commerce, no account system, no profiling.

Cookies#

The site sets no tracking or advertising cookies. Cloudflare may set a strictly-necessary security cookie (for example, to mitigate attacks); this is exempt from consent requirements under the ePrivacy Directive because it is essential to delivering the service you requested. Because no non-essential cookies are set, there is no cookie-consent banner — one would be theatre.

Third parties#

No data is shared with anyone else. Nothing is sold or used for advertising.

Your rights#

Under the GDPR you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data processed about you, object to processing, and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Because this site keeps no personal database, most requests resolve quickly. Email [email protected] to exercise any right.

For comments, you control your own content directly through GitHub — you can edit or delete any comment from the underlying discussion at any time.

Data retention#

Aggregate analytics are retained by Cloudflare under its own schedule and contain no personal identifiers. Comments persist in the public GitHub discussion until you delete them.

Changes#

If these practices change, this page is updated and the “last updated” date above changes with it. Any material change to tracking (there is none today) would be announced on the site.