Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 15, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how the Sprechstimme website ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and handles information when you visit sprechstim.me (the "Website").

Information We Collect

We collect basic analytics data to understand how visitors interact with our Website. When you visit our Website, the following information is collected:

• IP Address: Your IP address is retrieved via a third-party service (ipify) and sent to our analytics endpoint hosted on Cloudflare. We do not store your IP address; it is only used for aggregated analytics in the Cloudflare dashboard.
• Page Views: Information about which pages you visit on our Website.
• Timestamp: The date and time of your visit.

How We Use This Information

We use the analytics data to:

• Understand how visitors use our Website
• Improve our Website's content and user experience
• Monitor the performance and availability of our Website

Data Storage

We do not store any personally identifiable information, including IP addresses, on our own servers. Analytics data is processed by Cloudflare and only aggregated, anonymized statistics are available to us through the Cloudflare dashboard.

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland, we process this data under the legal basis of legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). Our legitimate interests include:

• Understanding website usage to improve our services
• Ensuring the security and proper functioning of our Website
• Analyzing trends to better serve our users

We have assessed that these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms, particularly as we do not store personally identifiable information and only access aggregated analytics data.

Cookies

Our Website does not use cookies for analytics or tracking purposes.

Third-Party Services

Our Website uses the following third-party services:

• Cloudflare: For hosting our analytics endpoint and content delivery. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
• ipify: For retrieving visitor IP addresses for analytics purposes. ipify Website
• Google Fonts: For typography. Google Privacy Policy
• GitHub: Our source code and documentation are hosted on GitHub. GitHub Privacy Statement
• jsDelivr CDN: For delivering the Pyodide Python runtime in our playground. jsDelivr Privacy Policy

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

• The right to access information we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate data
• The right to request deletion of your data
• The right to object to processing
• The right to data portability

As we do not store personally identifiable information, we are unable to identify or retrieve data specific to individual users.

Children's Privacy

Our Website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please open an issue on our GitHub repository.

Open Source

Sprechstimme is an open source project licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. The source code for this website is available on GitHub.