Privacy

The operator of this site takes the protection of your personal data seriously. The following notice explains what data is processed when you visit this website, and for what purposes.

This privacy policy is suitable for the regular operation of this website, but if additional services such as contact forms, newsletters, analytics tools, or external tracking are added, the corresponding consents and processing purposes must be added separately.

Data processed

When you visit this website, technically necessary data such as access times, page views, browser information, device type, and technical error messages are processed. This data serves to secure, troubleshoot, technically operate, and generally monitor the security of the website.

Hosting and service providers

An external service provider, such as Vercel, may be used for hosting and technical delivery of this website. In this context, technical and usage data may be processed to the extent necessary for provision, security, and troubleshooting.

Substack newsletter

Field Notes is published on Substack, and this website embeds Substack's subscription widget in several places (including the footer of every page) so you can follow or subscribe. When you interact with that embed — for example, entering your email address to subscribe — your data is submitted directly to and processed by Substack Inc., not by us. Substack may also set cookies or process technical data through the embedded widget. For details on how Substack handles your data, please see Substack's own privacy policy.

Contact by email

If you contact us by email, we process the data you provide solely to respond to your inquiry and to fulfill any related legal obligations. Data is shared with third parties only if necessary to process the request or required by law.

Your rights

You have the right to request information about your stored personal data, as well as its correction, deletion, and restriction of processing, and to object to certain types of processing. Please use the contact details listed in the Imprint for such requests.

Right to complain

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.