George

Privacy Policy

Datenschutzerklärung

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1. Privacy Overview

Protecting your personal data is a priority. These websites are operated statically and non-commercially for open-source software and development experiments. No tracking mechanisms, no analytics tools, and no profiling cookies are used. The Mac app George Is Looking Busy runs locally on your computer and does not send usage data to the controller (see section 7).

2. Data Controller

The controller responsible for data processing according to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is:

Oliver März
c/o Online-Impressum 11008
Europaring 90
53757 Sankt Augustin
Germany

Email: lint.fiction1s@icloud.com
Phone: +49 156 78612563

The postal address above is a service address for provider identification (Impressum). The controller is established in Berlin, Germany. No data protection officer has been appointed; Art. 37 GDPR does not require one for this offering.

3. Hosting via GitHub Pages

This website is hosted as a static site using GitHub Pages.

Provider: GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.).

When accessing this website, GitHub automatically collects information in server log files that your browser transmits automatically:

  • IP address of the requesting device
  • Date and time of server access
  • Requested resource / URL and path
  • Data volume transmitted and HTTP response code
  • Browser type, browser version, and operating system
  • Referrer URL (previously visited website)

Purpose & legal basis: This data is processed to ensure system security, technical stability, and protection against unauthorized access or attacks. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a reliable and secure web service). Server logs are retained by GitHub in accordance with their standard retention policy (typically up to 30 days) and subsequently deleted. The controller does not operate those log servers and cannot promise a different retention period.

International data transfers: GitHub, Inc. is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Transfers of personal data to certified entities in the USA are covered by an adequacy decision of the European Commission pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR. In addition, GitHub incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

For more details, please review GitHub’s Privacy Statement: https://docs.github.com/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement

4. Cookies & External Assets

This website itself does not set cookies. GitHub Pages or its content-delivery network may set technically necessary cookies to deliver the site. No profiling, advertising, or analytics cookies are used, and no consent banner is shown because no non-essential cookies are set by the controller.

Fonts / external CDNs: No third-party web fonts (e.g., Google Fonts from external servers) are dynamically requested. All assets are served directly through the static repository infrastructure.

5. External Links

This website links to third-party services, in particular GitHub (github.com), including source code and software downloads (Releases). If you follow those links, GitHub processes your data under its own privacy statement. The controller is not responsible for the content or data processing of those external sites.

6. Contact via Email

If you contact us via email, your transmission (including email address and message contents) will be processed to respond to your inquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in handling communications) or Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contractual or pre-contractual matters). Your information will not be shared with third parties and will be deleted once the request has been resolved, subject to statutory retention obligations.

7. The Mac App (George Is Looking Busy)

The macOS app runs entirely on your Mac. It does not create an account, does not include telemetry, and does not send usage data, settings, or documents to the controller.

On your device, the app may process:

  • Settings you choose (idle timeout, click targets, phrases), stored locally in macOS user defaults
  • Whether the Mac is idle, via system input monitoring, so the app can start or stop simulated activity
  • Accessibility permission, which macOS requires in order to move the pointer, click, and type
  • The clipboard, briefly, when a configured text action pastes a phrase (the previous clipboard contents are restored afterward)

That processing stays on your computer. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (providing the software you chose to run) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (operating the functions you enabled). You can revoke Accessibility permission in System Settings and delete the app and its local settings at any time.

Downloading a release from GitHub is processed by GitHub, Inc., not by the controller (see sections 3 and 5).

8. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR) against processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR
  • Right to lodge a complaint (Art. 77 GDPR) with a supervisory authority

No automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place (Art. 13(2)(f) GDPR).

The supervisory authority at the controller’s establishment in Berlin is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, BlnBDI), Friedrichstr. 219, 10969 Berlin, https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de. You may also lodge a complaint with the authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or of the alleged infringement (Art. 77 GDPR).

To exercise your rights, you can send an informal request to the email address specified above.