Privacy.

Who is responsible?

Markus Schmeiduch, Haushoferstr 5/8, 4062 Kirchberg-Thening, Austria. For privacy enquiries, email markus@smeidu.com.

Hosting & website visits

The website is hosted by ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf, Germany, on servers in Germany. To deliver and protect the site, the server processes technical request data such as your IP address, the requested page, time, browser information, and any referring page.

The legal basis is my legitimate interest in operating a reliable, secure website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Technical data is kept only as needed for delivery, troubleshooting, and security, subject to the host’s configured retention periods. See ALL-INKL.COM’s privacy information.

When you contact me

If you email or call me, I use the details you provide to respond and handle the conversation. This is based on my legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). I retain correspondence for as long as needed for the enquiry and any related follow-up, or longer where a legal obligation requires it. Website hosting and email providers may process data to deliver these services.

Website analytics

I use Plausible Analytics, provided by Plausible Insights OÜ in Estonia, to understand which pages people visit and improve this portfolio. It records page views, referral sources, browser and device information, and approximate location, and presents these as aggregate statistics.

Plausible does not use cookies or store persistent identifiers in your browser. According to its data policy, it briefly processes IP addresses and browser information to derive approximate location and a daily visitor identifier, but does not store the raw IP addresses or raw browser information. Visitor data is processed and stored in the EU. The purpose is to understand overall website use; where personal data is involved, the legal basis is my legitimate interest in improving this website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). See Plausible’s data policy for details.

Fonts & cookies

Fonts and images used by the site are delivered locally. The site itself does not set cookies or use advertising trackers. Embedded video providers may process data as described below.

Embedded videos

Some project pages contain videos from Vimeo or YouTube. Their players load directly as they come into view. This connects your browser to the provider, which receives your IP address and technical information even before you press Play.

I use Vimeo’s “Do Not Track” option and YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode to reduce tracking and personalization. These settings do not prevent all data processing. Providers may use security cookies or receive cookies already stored in your browser, and may process data outside the EU, including in the United States.

The purpose is to present and explain my design work. The legal basis for necessary player delivery is my legitimate interest in presenting this portfolio (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). The providers’ further processing follows their own policies.

Vimeo is provided by Vimeo.com, Inc., United States; YouTube by Google Ireland Limited, Ireland. Their policies describe retention, rights, and international-transfer safeguards: Vimeo privacy and Google privacy.

External links

Ordinary links to social profiles, maps, and other websites only take you to those services when you follow them. Their own privacy policies apply there.

Your rights

Subject to the conditions in the GDPR, you can request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or portability of your personal data. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests and withdraw consent at any time, without affecting earlier lawful processing.

Contact markus@smeidu.com to exercise these rights. You can also complain to the Austrian Data Protection Authority or another competent supervisory authority.

Last updated: 14 October 2026