Our approach

Deutsche Way is a reader-supported publication, not an advertising business. We collect as little data as we can while still running a modern website, and we do not sell or share reader data with third parties for marketing purposes.

This policy explains what we do collect, why, and what rights you have over it. It applies to deutscheway.com and any subdomain we operate. Last updated: 18 April 2026.

What we collect

Analytics. We use Vercel Analytics, a privacy-first service that counts page views without using cookies and without building a profile of you across sites. It records the page you visited, a rough country-level location derived from your IP, the browser family, and the referring site. Your IP address itself is not stored.

Newsletter sign-ups. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we store your email address and the date you subscribed. Nothing else. You can unsubscribe with one click at the bottom of any newsletter.

Correspondence. If you email us, we keep the email so we can answer it and remember what was said. We do not feed reader letters into any training system.

Server logs. Our hosting provider keeps short-term request logs for operational reasons (diagnosing errors, blocking abuse). These are discarded on a rolling basis.

Cookies

We do not set tracking cookies. A small number of strictly-necessary cookies may be used for site functionality (for example, remembering a preference). The site will function without cookies enabled.

Third-party services

A few services are involved in delivering the site:

• Vercel hosts the website and handles analytics.
• Cloudflare R2 stores our images and media.
• Google Fonts serves the site's typefaces. Google may log the request for the font file.
• A newsletter provider (to be announced) will handle subscriber lists once the newsletter launches. Its own privacy policy will apply to that data.

Each of these providers has its own privacy practices. We choose providers whose practices are compatible with the GDPR.

Your rights under the GDPR

If you are in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar protections, you have the right to:

• ask what personal data we hold about you,
• ask for a copy of it,
• ask us to correct it,
• ask us to delete it,
• withdraw consent for any processing based on consent,
• lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@deutscheway.com. We'll respond within 30 days.

Children

The site is not directed at children under 16 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes to this policy

If we change how we handle data, we'll update this page and change the date at the top. Material changes will be announced in the newsletter.