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Privacy & cookies
The short version: this site uses Google AdSense for advertising. Contact-form messages come to me directly. Server logs are short-lived. Nothing from the contact form is sold.
Bitware Labs loads Google AdSense so ads can be shown on this site. That means Google may set or read cookies and collect device and usage data as described in Google's policies. Separately, if you use the contact form, your name, email, message, IP address, and timestamp are emailed to me for replies and abuse control. Web server access logs are kept for 14 days. Contact-form contents are not sold or passed to advertisers.
Who is responsible
Bitware Labs in Skåne, Sweden, is the data controller for this website. In practice that is Henrik Robertsson, reachable at henke@bitwarelabs.com. Mail about your data gets a personal reply.
Google AdSense
This site uses Google AdSense (publisher ID
ca-pub-8214817674094103
)
to display advertisements. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads, measure performance, and (where allowed) personalise ads based on your prior visits to this site or other sites.
Google is an independent controller for much of the processing it performs for AdSense. See Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses cookies in advertising. You can manage ad personalisation at Google Ads Settings and learn about European choices at Your Online Choices.
Legal basis for showing ads and related measurement on this site is typically consent and/or legitimate interest, depending on your region and Google's configuration. Where consent is required, use the site banner and your browser or Google controls to express a preference.
Cookies on this site
Essential browsing does not require first-party cookies from Bitware Labs. The consent banner may store a local preference in your browser (localStorage) so we do not ask every visit.
Advertising cookies and similar tech may be set by Google AdSense and its partners when ads load. Those are third-party cookies under Google's control. Blocking third-party cookies or using "Essential only" in the banner limits what we store locally; it may not fully stop Google if the AdSense script has already loaded. Clear site data in your browser, use Google's ad settings, or an ad/tracker blocker for stronger control.
What is collected, and why
Advertising (Google AdSense)
Google may process identifiers, IP address, approximate location, device and browser data, and page views to deliver and measure ads. Bitware Labs does not receive your contact-form contents through AdSense.
If you use the contact form
The form collects your name, email address, and message so I can reply. It also records your IP address and the time of submission to rate-limit submissions.
The legal basis is legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)). If a message leads to work together, the basis for what follows becomes performance of a contract.
Web server logs
Like essentially every web server, this one records requests: IP address, timestamp, requested URL, HTTP status, referrer, and browser user-agent. These exist for security and diagnostics.
How long things are kept
- Consent banner preference: until you clear site data for this domain.
- Google AdSense cookies: per Google's retention and cookie lifetimes.
- Web server access logs: 14 days, then deleted automatically.
- Contact form emails: kept in my mailbox while the conversation is live. Ask and I will delete it.
- Client project correspondence: retained for the life of the engagement, and afterwards where Swedish bookkeeping law requires it.
Your rights
You have the right to access, rectify, or delete personal data Bitware Labs holds under GDPR. Write to henke@bitwarelabs.com. For data Google processes via AdSense, use Google's tools linked above or contact Google as described in their privacy policy.
You may also lodge a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) or your local supervisory authority.