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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes which personal data is collected when visiting rapold.io and how it is processed. It complies with the revised Swiss Data Protection Act (revFADP) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Data controller

Marcel Rapold
8703 Erlenbach ZH, Switzerland
marcel@rapold.io

2. Collected data

When you visit this website, technically necessary data is collected by the hosting provider in server log files:

  • IP address (processed anonymized)
  • Date and time of access
  • Requested URL and HTTP status code
  • Browser type, operating system, referrer

This data is used exclusively to ensure operation and for technical error analysis and is deleted after a short time.

3. Cookies and local storage

This website does not use tracking cookies. The following technically necessary mechanisms are used:

  • NEXT_LOCALE Cookie to store the selected language (DE/EN). Functionally necessary.
  • theme-preference localStorage entry to store the theme mode (light/dark/auto). Stored in the browser only, not sent to the server.

4. Hosting

This website is hosted by Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Avenue #4133, Covina, CA 91723, USA. Data transfer to the USA is based on EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Region: Frankfurt (fra1).

5. Analytics

Two privacy-friendly tools from Vercel are used, which work without cookies and without personal data:

  • Vercel Web Analytics Anonymous pageviews. No cookies, no IP storage, no user profiles.
  • Vercel Speed Insights Anonymous Web Vitals metrics (loading time, layout stability). No personal data.

6. Fonts

The fonts used (Fraunces, Inter Tight, JetBrains Mono) are served locally via next/font from the own server. No connection to Google Fonts or other external services takes place.

7. External links

This website contains links to external websites (e.g. GitHub, tool providers). The respective privacy policies of the operators apply to their data processing.

8. Contact

When contacting by email, the data transmitted (email address, message content) is used exclusively to process the inquiry and is not passed on to third parties. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose.

9. Your rights

You have the right at any time to:

  • Information about your stored data
  • Correction of incorrect data
  • Deletion of your data
  • Restriction of data processing
  • Data portability
  • Objection to processing

Please send inquiries by email to marcel@rapold.io.

10. Supervisory authorities

Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) — edoeb.admin.ch

EU: Responsible data protection authority of the respective EU member state.

Last updated: 11/05/2026