Privacy
What is collected, why, and what is not.
Last updated 2026-10-15
Who is responsible
deterministicdrift by Pierre Staneck is an independent publication. Its editor, and the controller of the personal data collected on this site, is Pierre Roua Harouna Staneck, acting in a personal capacity. Questions about this notice and requests about your data go to contact@deterministicdrift.com.
What is collected, and why
| Data | Purpose | Legal basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email address, name, organisation, role, sector and regions of interest (asked once, at first sign-in) | Account access — sign-in links, linking access rights to a reader; understanding the readership to shape future analyses | Performance of a contract; legitimate interest in knowing who reads the analyses | While the account is open; 24 months after last activity |
| Consent to invitations to briefings and webinars (yes or no, and its date) | Inviting you to private briefings and webinars — only if you ticked the box | Consent, which you can withdraw at any time from your account page | Until withdrawn or the account is closed |
| Session cookie (signed token carrying your email address, name and access level) | Keeping you signed in on this device | Strictly necessary — no consent required | 30 days, then a new sign-in link is needed |
| Access records (which analyses you may read, and how that access arose) | Determining whether to show a full assessment | Performance of a contract | While the account is open |
| Contact form: name, organisation, email, subject, message | Answering your enquiry | Legitimate interest in responding to enquiries | 24 months from last contact |
| Server logs: IP address, browser, pages requested, timestamp | Security, abuse prevention, diagnosing faults | Legitimate interest in operating the service securely | Per the hosting provider's standard retention period |
What is not collected
There is no analytics, no advertising and no tracking pixel on this site. Reading behaviour is not profiled, and no data is sold or shared for marketing. The only cookie set is the one that keeps you signed in. No payment is taken on the site at present, so no payment data is collected.
Who else processes your data
- Hosting, database and email delivery — the site, its database of registered accounts, and the sending of sign-in links and enquiry replies are all operated by Infomaniak Network SA, a Swiss hosting provider. Account emails are stored directly, not hashed, since they are needed to send sign-in links and to answer enquiries.
- Typefaces — the site's fonts are served by the site itself. No third-party service is contacted when a page loads.
International transfers
Hosting, the account database and email delivery are provided by a Swiss company and operated from Switzerland. No personal data is transferred elsewhere by this site.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access a copy of your data, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to its processing, and receive it in a portable format. Requests go to contact@deterministicdrift.com and are answered within one month. You can update your profile, or withdraw your consent to invitations, at any time from your account page.
If unsatisfied with the response, you may complain to your national supervisory authority — in Switzerland, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner; in the EU, the authority for your member state.
Security
Traffic is encrypted in transit. Authentication uses a signed, HTTP-only session token that scripts running in your browser cannot read. No security measure is absolute, and no guarantee of absolute security is offered.
Changes
Material changes will be announced by email to account holders before taking effect. The date at the top of this page shows the current version.