Privacy
Policy
Controller
Christoph Jahn
Freistadt, Upper Austria, Austria
Email: admin@meshcore.at
meshcore.at is a non-commercial community portal. We process as little personal data as possible — there are no user accounts, no newsletters, and no advertising or third-party analytics services.
Hosting & Server Logs
This website runs on our own server in Austria, behind a reverse proxy hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH (Germany). When you visit the site, the following data is processed in server log files for technical reasons:
- IP address of the requesting device
- date and time of access
- requested page or file
- browser identifier (user agent) and referrer
This processing is necessary to operate the website and to ensure security (e.g. abuse and overload protection), based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Log files are rotated automatically and deleted after 14 days. They are not merged with other data or shared with third parties.
Visitor Statistics
For our own access statistics, the website stores the following data for every page view on our own server (no external services) in a database:
- IP address of the requesting device
- approximate origin derived from it via a local database (country, region, city)
- date and time, requested page, referrer
- browser identifier (user agent) and a session identifier derived from it and the IP address
The evaluation serves to measure reach and to improve the website, based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). The data is not shared with third parties and not merged with other data. These statistics are currently not deleted automatically; on request we delete the entries relating to your IP address (see “Your Rights”).
Cookies
This website uses a single, purely functional cookie (lang) that stores your language preference (German/English). It contains no personal data, is not used for tracking, and expires after 12 months. No tracking, analytics or advertising cookies are used, so no cookie banner is required.
OpenStreetMap
The home page embeds an interactive map. Map tiles are loaded from servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF, St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom). Your IP address is transmitted to the OSMF in the process. The map is embedded based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in displaying mesh network coverage). The UK is covered by an EU adequacy decision. Details: OSMF Privacy Policy.
YouTube Videos
Some articles embed videos from YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). When the page loads, only a preview image is served from our own server – no connection to YouTube is made. The YouTube player is only loaded once you click the video; your IP address and device information, among other data, are then transmitted to Google, and Google may use cookies or similar technologies. A transfer to the USA is possible (Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework). The legal basis is your consent given by clicking (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Details: Google Privacy Policy.
Contact by Email
If you contact us by email, your details (email address, message content) are processed solely to handle your request (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR) and deleted once no longer required for that purpose.
Your Rights
You have the right to access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and objection (Art. 21 GDPR). Simply contact admin@meshcore.at.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Barichgasse 40–42, 1030 Vienna, www.dsb.gv.at).
Last updated: September 2026