GDPR · As of 2026-10-31

Privacy notice

This website processes as little personal data as possible. No tracking, no analytics, no advertising cookies, no lead scoring. What we still process and why is documented here.

The German and the English version are equally binding.

1 · Controller

Controller within the meaning of GDPR and other national data protection laws:

Sandra Theresa Keßler
An der Warte 4
34317 Habichtswald · Germany
Phone: +49 151 25342566
Email: kontakt@zerodds.org

2 · Type and scope of processing

2.1 Server log files

When you access this website, our hosting provider processes technical access data in temporary log files. The following are collected:

Purpose: Provision of the website, defence against attacks, ensuring functionality. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest — secure operation). Storage period: 7 days.

2.2 Contact form and email inquiries

If you use the contact form on /contact.html, your local mail client opens with pre-filled fields. Transmission goes directly from your mail client to us; no form data is cached on our website.

If you contact us by email, we process the data you transmit (name, email address, content of the inquiry) to handle your inquiry.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or, as applicable, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in handling the inquiry). Storage period: until the inquiry has been conclusively handled; statutory retention periods (HGB / AO) remain unaffected.

2.3 Web fonts (Google Fonts)

This website loads the "IBM Plex" font from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com). On load, your browser sends an HTTP request to Google in the US that contains your IP address.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a uniform presentation).

Third-country transfer: Data are transferred to Google in the US on the basis of the standard contractual clauses (Art. 46 GDPR) and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Note: Anyone who wishes to avoid this can block the fonts — the site works without Google Fonts, with a fallback to system fonts (Cambria/Georgia, system-ui, ui-monospace). Planned migration to self-hosted fonts in v1.x.

2.4 Cookies

This website sets no tracking cookies, no analytics cookies, no advertising cookies.

Only technical LocalStorage entries are used:

theme
Stores the manually selected colour mode preference (light/dark/auto). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Storage period: until you delete LocalStorage in your browser. No login state, no user ID.
zerodds.lang
Stores the language selected with the EN/DE switch (en/de). Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Storage period: until you delete LocalStorage in your browser. No login state, no user ID.

Since this is technically necessary storage for user-requested functions (user preference), the exception under § 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG applies — no consent is required.

2.5 External links

This website contains links to external services such as GitHub (github.com), crates.io (crates.io), and docs.rs (docs.rs). When you click these links you leave this website. We have no influence over the data processing of these third parties; please observe their respective privacy policies.

3 · Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

Art. 15 GDPR — Access
Right to information about the data stored concerning you.
Art. 16 GDPR — Rectification
Right to rectification of inaccurate data.
Art. 17 GDPR — Erasure
Right to erasure of your data, insofar as there is no statutory reason for retention.
Art. 18 GDPR — Restriction
Right to restriction of processing.
Art. 20 GDPR — Data portability
Right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Art. 21 GDPR — Objection
Right to object to the processing of your data, insofar as it is based on legitimate interest.
Art. 7(3) GDPR — Withdrawal of consent
Right to withdraw consent once given, with effect for the future.
Art. 77 GDPR — Complaint to a supervisory authority
Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence. For Germany, competence is determined by federal state; a list: BfDI — Addresses of the data protection commissioners.

To exercise these rights: kontakt@zerodds.org.

4 · Data security

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the https:// prefix in the browser address bar. When SSL encryption is active, the data you transmit to us cannot be intercepted by third parties.

5 · Changes to this notice

We reserve the right to amend this privacy notice so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services. The new privacy notice will then apply on your next visit.

As of: 2026-10-31 · This privacy notice was prepared drawing on templates from e-recht24.de and Aktivmind; the specific processing operations were formulated individually for ZeroDDS.