This is a personal website. I don't run ads, I don't sell data, and there are no accounts or sign-up forms. This page explains what little personal information is involved when you visit, in line with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).
Who is responsible
Adin Walls, South Africa, is the responsible party for this website. For anything on this page, email me at [email protected].
What is collected
- Server and security logs. The site is hosted on Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes your IP address, browser type and the pages you request so it can deliver the site and protect it from abuse. These logs are kept by Cloudflare for a short time and are not used to identify you.
- Visitor statistics. If statistics are switched on, they come from Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts page views without cookies and without building a profile of you.
- Your cookie choice. Your answer on the cookie banner is saved in your own browser's local storage so you aren't asked on every page. It never leaves your device.
- Messages you send me. If you contact me by email or through a social network, I get whatever you choose to send, such as your name, handle and message. I use it only to reply and don't share it.
Cookies and embedded players
This site sets no tracking or advertising cookies of its own. Some pages include players from other companies:
- YouTube videos (Google), loaded in privacy-enhanced mode from youtube-nocookie.com. Thumbnails of my latest videos are loaded from YouTube's image servers.
- Spotify, for the music player on the home page.
These players can set cookies and collect information under their own policies: Google's privacy policy and Spotify's privacy policy. They don't load until you choose Allow players on the cookie banner or press the play button on a single player. You can change your choice at any time with Cookie settings at the bottom of every page.
Links to other sites
Links to YouTube, Instagram, X, Patreon, Spotify and other websites take you to services with their own privacy policies. I'm not responsible for how they handle your information.
Cross-border transfers
Cloudflare, Google and Spotify may process information on servers outside South Africa. When that happens it's done under their own data protection terms, which give protection comparable to POPIA.
Your rights under POPIA
You have the right to ask whether I hold personal information about you, to see it, to have it corrected or deleted, and to object to it being used. Email me at [email protected] and I'll respond as soon as I can.
If you're not happy with how your information has been handled, you can complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa).
Changes
If this page changes, the date at the top will be updated.