Privacy

What you type in the writing field stays in your browser. This notice explains what data is processed when you visit WiseMonkListens, let go of your writing, or contact us.

Data controller

Your words stay in your browser

The writing field is separate from email contact. This website does not send, publish, or save your words as a draft. Completing the release clears the field. The site operator and AI services do not receive your text.

Opening the site and its videos

When you open a page, load a video, or send a release signal, the hosting infrastructure processes technical request data. This can include your IP address, the address requested, the time, browser information, and the response status. These data help us serve the site, fix problems, and protect it from abuse.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing a secure, reliable website and its features (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We use Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, to host and deliver the site. The site and its counter use Cloudflare Workers; the total is stored in Cloudflare D1. Cloudflare R2 serves the videos from media.wisemonklistens.com. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for more information.

The website application does not keep records of individual visits or release signals. When the hosting provider retains operational or security data, the retention period depends on the service and how long the data is needed for operation, troubleshooting, security, or legal obligations.

Processing outside the EEA

Cloudflare may process technical request data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Transfers covered by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework rely on the European Commission’s adequacy decision under Article 45 GDPR. Where no adequacy decision applies, Cloudflare’s Data Processing Addendum sets out EU Standard Contractual Clauses and additional safeguards under Article 46 GDPR. The addendum explains those clauses and safeguards.

The release counter

Your browser sends a signal only when you complete the release. It contains no message text. The database keeps only the running total for this feature while the site operates. The counter does not store IP addresses, names, visitor identifiers, timestamps, or a list of individual releases. Opening a page does not increase the counter.

Browser language, cache, and cookies

When you enter the site, your browser chooses a supported language based on its language settings. The chosen language appears in the page address. The website application sets no cookies and includes no advertising or analytics scripts. Your ordinary browser cache can reuse the video files for up to a year without downloading them again. You can clear the cache in your browser settings.

If a security check is triggered, Cloudflare may use cookies necessary for that check. See Cloudflare’s cookie information for their purposes and lifetimes.

Contact by email

If you email us, we use your email address, your message, and any details you provide, such as your name, to answer your request. Our legitimate interest in handling your inquiry is the legal basis (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Our mailbox is provided by mailbox.org (Heinlein Hosting GmbH, Berlin).

We delete correspondence once it is no longer needed for your inquiry, unless we must keep it longer to meet legal obligations or to establish or defend legal claims.

Technical connection data is needed to open the website. Contacting us is optional. Without your email address we cannot reply by email. The website makes no solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.

Your data protection rights

Subject to the conditions of the GDPR, you can request access, correction, erasure, restriction of processing, and data portability (Articles 15–20 GDPR). You can use the email address above to exercise these rights.

You can lodge a complaint with a data protection authority (Article 77 GDPR). Our local authority is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia. You may also contact the authority where you usually live or work or where the alleged infringement occurred.

Right to object

Where we process data based on legitimate interests, you can object on grounds relating to your particular situation (Article 21(1) GDPR).

Last updated: 13 November 2026.