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Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.

2. Data Controller

Silvio Lindstedt und Maik Gräfendorf, GbR
Pappelweg 27
39576 Stendal
Email: silvio-linstedt@outlook.com

3. Hosting

This website is hosted on GitHub Pages, a service provided by GitHub Inc. (88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA), a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation.

When you visit this website, GitHub automatically collects the following data:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Referrer URL
  • Time of access

This is technically necessary for operating the website. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). GitHub processes this data in accordance with the GitHub Privacy Statement. Data transfers to the USA are safeguarded by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) pursuant to Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR.

4. No Cookies, No Tracking

This website uses no cookies, no tracking, and no analytics services. No external fonts (e.g., Google Fonts) or CDN services are loaded. All resources are served locally from GitHub Pages.

The only local storage mechanism is localStorage, which stores your language and theme preference on your device only. This data is never sent to any server.

5. External Links

This website contains links to external services:

  • GitHub — Source code repository and releases
  • GitHub Sponsors / Ko-fi — Voluntary support options

When clicking these links, the respective privacy policies of the third-party providers apply. WhisPaste has no influence on data processing by these services.

6. The WhisPaste Application

The WhisPaste desktop application sends audio data directly to the OpenAI Whisper API for transcription. Data is transmitted exclusively between your device and OpenAI. WhisPaste itself does not store, transmit, or process any audio data on its own servers.

For data processing by OpenAI, the OpenAI Privacy Policy applies. Your API key is stored exclusively in the local configuration file on your device.

7. Your Rights

You have the right at any time to:

  • Access your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Erasure of your data (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

Since this website does not collect any personal data beyond the technically required server logs by GitHub, there is no data held by WhisPaste itself to delete. For requests regarding GitHub server logs, please contact GitHub Support.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).

8. SSL/TLS Encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS) for security reasons. An encrypted connection is indicated by the address bar changing from "http://" to "https://".