Privacy policy

Solopreneurship.eu is built privacy-first. This page explains, in plain English, what data is collected, why, and your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Who is responsible

The data controller is Konstantin Filatov, operating Solopreneurship.eu. For any privacy request, contact hello@solopreneurship.eu.

What is collected

• Anonymous analytics. Page views are counted using a short-lived, irreversibly hashed identifier derived from your IP address and browser, combined with a daily-rotating secret. It cannot be reversed to identify you, is not linked across sites, and sets no advertising cookies. The purpose is aggregate statistics (which articles are read) only. Cookieless, aggregate page-view counts are also sent to the owner's own analytics dashboard (CyberTeam) for cross-project statistics — no cookies, no personal data, and no cross-site identifier.
• Newsletter. If you subscribe, your email address is stored and processed solely to send the newsletter. Email delivery is handled by our processor, Brevo (Sendinblue SAS, EU). You can unsubscribe from any email at any time.
• Affiliate link clicks. When you click an outbound partner link (a /go/… link), you are redirected to the partner, who may set their own cookies to attribute the referral. That processing is governed by the partner's own privacy policy.
• Server logs. Our host (Hostinger, EU data centres) keeps standard technical logs for security and reliability.

Cookies

This site sets no advertising or tracking cookies of its own. Our analytics are cookieless and anonymous (see above), so no consent banner is legally required to use them — we show a one-time notice purely for transparency. The only browser storage we use is functional: a small localStorage entry to remember your light/dark theme preference, and one to remember that you have dismissed the privacy notice. Neither identifies you or is shared.

The exception is outbound partner links: when you click a /go/… affiliate link, the partner you land on may set their own cookies to attribute the referral. That is governed by that partner's privacy policy, not ours. You can clear cookies and site storage at any time in your browser settings.

Legal basis

Anonymous, aggregate analytics rely on our legitimate interest in understanding what is read (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), and process no personal data that identifies you. The newsletter relies on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), withdrawable at any time.

Sharing & selling

We do not sell your data. The only third parties involved are the processors named above (email delivery, hosting) and the affiliate partners you choose to click through to.

Retention

Aggregate analytics are kept only in non-identifying form. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe or request deletion.

Your rights

Under GDPR you may request access, correction, deletion, or object to processing, and you may withdraw newsletter consent at any time. Email hello@solopreneurship.eu. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

Changes

This policy may be updated; the date above reflects the latest revision.