Privacy Policy Statement

Introduction

This text sets out the rights and obligations of Users with accounts on tidings.takacs-policy.eu. Users of the tidings.takacs-policy.eu facilities enjoy rights as stated in the User Data Manifesto 2.0. Apart from refraining from illegal behaviour Users are under no obligations at all. Users are trusted to act conform their own moral frames.

Accounts

Users obtain their accounts by invitation only. An email sent to admin@takacs-policy.eu from an account with the request to delete that account will receive an "are you sure you want to delete your account?" reply. A positive response to that will lead to the deletion of the account.

Cloud: Accounts for the stripped-down Nextcloud installation on tidings.takacs-policy.eu

User data is of great value and can easily be abused. The makers of Nextcloud and the administrators of takacs-policy.eu believe that Users have the right to decide what happens to their data. The stripped-down Nextcloud installation on this site protects User's rights as defined in the User Data Manifesto 2.0.

Control over user data access

Data explicitly and willingly uploaded by a user should be under the ultimate control of that user. Users should be able to decide whom to grant direct access to their data and under which permissions and licenses such access should be granted. The stripped-down version of Nextcloud installed on tidings.takacs-policy.eu provides users with full control over access to their data.

Knowledge of how the data is stored

When data is uploaded to a specific service provider, users should be informed about where that specific service provider stores that data, how long, in which jurisdiction the specific service provider operates, and which laws apply. The server tidings.takacs-policy.eu is hosted in Switzerland. Arrangements are in place to store data and maintain regular incremental backups for at least a year. Swiss privacy laws apply.

Freedom to choose a platform

Users should always be able to extract their data from the service at any time without experiencing any vendor lock-in. Open standards for formats and protocols are necessary to guarantee this. All interactions with tidings.takacs-policy.eu can be conducted using standard browsers with javascript support over secure https connections.

Email

Privacy

Adminstrators have the potential means to study raw email data of Users. Administrators will not do so unless specifically mandated by the User concerned.

Spam

Some anti-spam measures are in place. Users are trusted not to send spam from the domain takacs-policy.eu.