privacy policy – Roumazeilles.net

Evolution to favor user privacy

Yves Roumazeilles — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:06:26 +0000

After the recent information updates from CNIL and other European privacy-supporting public agencies (in Austria, in Italy, etc.), it was becoming clear that the use of Google Analytics to track visitor statistics on our web site was non-compliant with parts of the requirements of GDPR (specifically but not only, because Google data is stored in the US and not in Europe as legally required).

So, we decided to change the web site (this is actually an underground and near-invisible activity, I have to admit) to remove Google Analytics and start using a solution fuly integrated into the web site itself (with possibly private data being stored exclusively in France). Now, we use the Matomo open-source solution.

In the coming weeks, the web pages mentionning the use of Google Analytics will also be manually updated to reflect this change.

There should be no impact on your daily navigation here. But, feel free to inform us if you observe some incident possibly related to this change.

Hacked web site

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 10:17:11 +0000

So, it had to happen one day. Roumazeilles.net has been hacked. Nothing very terrible, but a few bad hours for an administrator.

The site to be rebuilt in a matter of hours.
Passwords to be changed.
Several hours lost for nothing.

There wasn’t much to steal (the users are not very many). But it is impossible to know with certainty if hackers did not leave with a copy of the emails and associated user names. If you want to know what kind of data may have been revealed, you may check it on personal data summary page.

Apparently, the hacker(s) was (were) more interested in switching the user traffic toward a malware-loaded web site in a foreign country (probably hacked too) under the name of a little blue pony. If you remember being directed there, take time to check your computer with a good anti-virus software.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Protection of your privacy and of your data

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:21:18 +0000

You may not have noticed it but European Regulations recently required some significant changes on web sites, in order to make sure that they are respectful of their visitors and -even more importantly- of the privacy of their data. Our web site has been adapting since a few weeks with a few nice changes, including:

A Privacy Policy.
When you submit a comment on the site, it is now explicit (through a checkbox) that you understand that this will imply our storing of some of your personal data, and that you consent to it.(« explicit » and « positive » consent).
Creation of a Data Protection Officer (that’s me!) in charge of answering questions and requests of modificaiton and removal of your personal data if you ultimately want to revoke your consent.

the objective is to make more explicit and fully compliant, the choices that we already made to respect our visitors, and their privacy. Like we do since the beginning.

Addition to the “Privacy policy”

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:53:40 +0000

I do not often modify the privacy policy of the Roumazeilles.net web site. However, as Google AdSense (my main ads agency) is asking for it, I remind you that the Google ads are using a cookie and a web beacon or tracker.

I do not feel that this should be a source of worry or trouble for my visitors, but I had to be sure to avoid any risk of ambiguity.