title: Legal & Privacy | Offen Fair Web Analytics description: Information on the use of website analytics, external hosting and data processing in general. slug: legal-privacy exclude_from_sitemap: true bottom_cta: quality # Legal & Privacy ### Website Analytics We use [Offen](https://offen.offen.dev/) for collecting usage data on this website and only access your usage data with your consent. Your data always remains yours. You can review and delete it at any time. Opt out again whenever you want. #### How can I review and delete my usage data? For data to be collected you need to opt in first. [You can do this in the consent banner.](https://offen.offen.dev/#consent-banner) #### What data is collected? Only page views, sessions, referrer and visited URLs are collected. From this, other metrics such as the bounce rate are calculated. #### What data isn't collected? Device information and engagement are not collected. There are also no fingerprinting technologies in use. #### How is my data handled? Your usage data is encrypted end-to-end. It will be automatically deleted after 6 months. You can delete your usage data yourself at any time. #### Why do I need to opt in or opt out? Our banner serves two purposes: We ask you to access your usage data and would like to obtain your consent for its use. #### Do you use cookies? Yes, in particular cookies are used to store your decision about granting access to your usage data. If you opt in, we also use cookies to store a user and a session ID for you. #### How does it all work? After opening a website where an Offen installation is active, you can explicitly opt in to the data collection and thereby help to improve the services you use. Only then you will be assigned a user and a session ID using a cookie. Offen handles these IDs in an unrecognizable form. [Learn more about cookies here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie) ### External hosting This website is hosted by an external service provider. Non-personal data on requests to this website are stored on the hoster's servers and automatically deleted after 7 days. Responsible for hosting this website is: Hetzner Online GmbH Industriestr. 25 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany E-mail: [info@hetzner.com](mailto:info@hetzner.com) Internet address: [www.hetzner.com](https://www.hetzner.com/) ### Data processing / Information in accordance with Section 5 TMG Data processing on this website is handled by the website operator. If you have any questions about data protection, please feel free to contact us at any time. Responsible for data processing and general contact for this website is: Frederik Ring Torfstr. 22 13353 Berlin, Germany E-mail: [hioffen@posteo.de](mailto:hioffen@posteo.de) Internet address: [www.offen.dev](http://www.offen.dev) ### Contact by e-mail If you contact us by e-mail, your request including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not disclose your data without your consent. It remains stored with us until you request us to delete it or revoke your consent to store it. ### License The content of this website itself is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), and the underlying source code used to format and display that content is licensed under the [GNU Affero General Public License v3.0](https://github.com/offen/website/blob/development/LICENSE). ### Graphics and Image Sources NLNet Logo [https://nlnet.nl/logo/](https://nlnet.nl/logo/)