Privacy Policy

Strange Skills (“we”, “us”) runs this website and is the controller of the personal data described here. This policy explains what we collect when you visit the site or write to us, why we collect it, and the choices you have.

• Usage data. Pages you visit, how you arrived, your device and browser, and an approximate location derived from your IP address, collected through Google Analytics.
• Technical data. Your IP address, browser type and request details, processed by our hosting and delivery providers to serve pages and keep the site secure.
• What you send us, if you write to us by email: your address, your message and anything you choose to include.

• To understand how the site is used and improve it, through analytics cookies. Under the ePrivacy rules, these cookies need your consent.
• To deliver the site and keep it secure. Our legitimate interest in running a working, protected website (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)).
• To reply to you when you write to us. Our legitimate interest in answering your message (Article 6(1)(f)).

We do not sell your personal data or use it for advertising.

The site itself needs no cookies to work. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser to tell visits apart and measure how the site is used. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time; the site keeps working without them.

We rely on a small number of providers, each processing data on our behalf only as needed for their service:

• Google Analytics (Google): usage statistics.
• Cloudflare: content delivery and security.
• DigitalOcean: hosting, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Some providers, such as Google and Cloudflare, may process data outside the European Union. Where they do, the transfer relies on safeguards recognised under the GDPR, such as the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

• Emails: for as long as needed to deal with your message and any follow-up.
• Analytics: for the retention period set in Google Analytics.
• Technical data: only as long as our providers need it to run and protect the service.

Under the GDPR you can ask to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its use, and to receive it in a portable format (Articles 15 to 22). Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time without affecting what was done before (Article 7). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Article 77).

To exercise any of these rights, write to [email protected].

The site is served over an encrypted connection (HTTPS), and we only work with providers that protect the data they process for us.

Posts and profiles link to other sites, such as Medium, LinkedIn, GitHub and X. Their own privacy policies apply when you visit them.

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed.

For any question about this policy or your data, write to [email protected].