Privacy
Your privacy matters to me — this is a short story site, not an ad network.
This page explains what little data I process and why I process it.
What I Measure
I use Matomo to understand how people read The Treadmill — which pages are opened, how far readers scroll, and what gets downloaded. This helps me improve the site and nothing else.
Hosting
This site is hosted on a server located in Germany. All data is processed within the EU and not shared with third parties.
Legal Basis
The processing is based on legitimate interest (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO) to operate and improve the website. When you give cookie consent, the legal basis becomes consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO).
Cookieless Mode
By default, Matomo runs in a cookieless mode:
- No persistent identifiers
- IP address is truncated before storage
- I respect your browser’s Do Not Track setting
- No cross-site tracking or advertising cookies
This gives me anonymous, aggregate numbers like “120 people read to the end this week”.
Optional Cookies
If you click “Yes, I’m cool” in the consent bubble, I enable Matomo’s first-party cookies on treadmill.phisch.de. This lets me:
- Estimate returning readers
- Better understand how reading patterns change over time
Rejecting keeps Matomo in cookieless mode — nothing on the site stops working.
You can change your choice at any time:
Data Recipients & Transfers
Analytics data is processed only by me and stored in Germany. No data is shared with third parties or transferred outside the EU.
Data Retention
I keep detailed visit logs for a maximum of 6 months and aggregated statistics for 18 months. Older data is deleted automatically.
Data Controller
Philippe Schrettenbrunner
Berrschestr. 13
81245 München
Deutschland