Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 3, 2026
1. Controller
The person responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
Daniel Koska
Chemnitz, Germany
For questions about data protection or to exercise your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please use the contact form.
2. Hosting and website access
This website is hosted using GitHub Pages, a service provided by GitHub.
When you access this website, technical information is transmitted to GitHub’s servers. GitHub states that visitors’ IP addresses are logged and stored for security purposes, regardless of whether they are signed in to GitHub.
Additional technical information, such as browser details, requested resources, and access times, may also be processed as part of the operation of the hosting service.
The purpose of this processing is to provide the website and maintain its technical functionality and security.
The legal basis for processing under my responsibility is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests). My legitimate interest is to provide a functional and secure personal website.
GitHub may process personal data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. GitHub describes the applicable data transfer safeguards in its privacy statement.
Further information:
3. Contact form
This website provides a contact form that allows visitors to send messages without directly using an email application.
When you submit the form, the following information is processed:
- Name, if provided (optional)
- Email address (required)
- Message content (required)
- Technical information associated with the submission
The information is used exclusively to process your inquiry, communicate with you, and respond to your message.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests). My legitimate interest is to respond to inquiries from visitors, researchers, potential collaborators, and other interested persons.
Where your inquiry concerns steps prior to entering into a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR may apply instead.
Providing your information is voluntary. However, an email address and a message are necessary to submit an inquiry through the contact form and receive a response.
Contact form processing through Form.taxi
The contact form is processed using Form.taxi, operated by wrkt*biz Reinhard S??llradl, Austria.
Form.taxi receives, processes, and delivers the information submitted through the form.
According to Form.taxi, submitted information is processed and stored exclusively within the European Union. Its hosting infrastructure is located in Dresden, Germany.
In addition to the information entered into the form, Form.taxi processes the sender’s IP address, browser identifier (user agent), and submission date and time.
These technical data are used for form delivery, spam prevention, and security.
Form.taxi acts as a data processor under Article 28 GDPR.
Further information:
Email delivery
Contact form submissions are forwarded to my email inbox through the email notification functionality provided by Form.taxi.
My email service is provided by Proton AG, Switzerland.
Switzerland is recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection under Article 45 GDPR.
Further information:
Retention of contact requests
Personal data submitted through the contact form is retained only as long as necessary to process the inquiry and any related correspondence.
Messages are deleted when they are no longer required, unless continued retention is necessary for legal obligations or the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
According to Form.taxi, submissions are automatically deleted from its submission archive after a maximum of one year. Submissions classified as spam are deleted after one month.
Copies of correspondence stored in my email account are managed separately and deleted when they are no longer needed for the purposes described above.
5. External links
This website contains links to external websites, including scientific publications, software repositories, and other online resources.
When you follow an external link, you leave this website. The external provider may process personal data according to its own privacy policy.
6. Your rights under the GDPR
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, subject to the applicable legal conditions:
- Access (Article 15): Request information about your personal data being processed.
- Rectification (Article 16): Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
- Erasure (Article 17): Request deletion of your personal data.
- Restriction (Article 18): Request restriction of processing under certain circumstances.
- Data portability (Article 20): Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format where this right applies.
- Objection (Article 21): Object to processing based on legitimate interests under the applicable conditions.
To exercise these rights, please use the contact form.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
The supervisory authority in Saxony is:
S??chsische Datenschutz- und Transparenzbeauftragte
7. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated if the technical configuration of the website changes or if changes in applicable law make an update necessary.
The current version is available on this page.