Privacy

Why there is no cookie banner

This site sets no tracking cookies. It loads no Google Analytics, no Google Fonts, no YouTube player, no Instagram or Facebook embed. Visitor numbers are counted by software that runs on my own server and does not use cookies or store anything that identifies you.

The newsletter

If you subscribe, I store your email address so I can send you the newsletter. That is the only thing I ask for. The newsletter software also keeps a shortened version of the IP address you subscribed from, with the last part removed so it no longer points to you. It uses this to stop the same connection signing up again and again, and it is kept with your subscription.

I do this on the basis of your consent, which you give by subscribing. You can withdraw it at any time using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email, and your address is removed when you do. When unsubscribing you do not have to give any reason for doing so.

Enquiry forms

If you fill in a form to ask about a lesson, what you write is emailed to me and also stored in the site’s database so that I do not lose it. I use it to answer you and to arrange the lesson, and for nothing else.

Spam protection

The forms on this site have a few simple checks against automated spam, and none of them sends anything to another company. Each form has an extra field that people never see but automated programs tend to fill in, and the page notes how long it was open and whether anyone typed, tapped or clicked before the form was sent. Apart from a note on an enquiry that looks like spam, nothing from these checks is kept.

Buying the ebook

If you buy the ebook, I need your name, email address and billing details so I can send you the book, issue an invoice and pay the right tax. The order is handled by WooCommerce, which runs on this site, so that information is stored in the same database as everything else.

Your card or bank details never reach me. Payment is handled by Stripe, and they are the ones who process them.

Where your data is

The company is Czech, but the website and its database are hosted by TransIP in the Netherlands, and email is sent through TransIP’s mail servers. Apart from the payment provider when you buy something, nothing leaves that setup.

How long I keep things

Your newsletter subscription is kept until you unsubscribe. Form submissions and visitor statistics are kept for two years. Anything connected to an order I have to keep for ten years, because Czech tax law says so.

What you can ask me to do

You can ask to see what data I hold about you, to correct it, to delete it, to receive a copy of it, or to stop using it. Email me and I will process your request. If you think I have handled your data badly and I have not put it right, you can send a complaint to the Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů, the Czech data protection authority, or to the equivalent authority in the country where you live.

Changes

This policy is updated whenever required. Significant changes will be announced.