Privacy Policy / Datenschutzerklärung
Last updated: 2026-10-17. This policy explains how LocalLLMGear handles personal data under the GDPR/DSGVO.
1. Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Viacheslav Spitsyn
Otto-Michael-Str. 16, 04357 Leipzig, Germany
Email: [email protected] (see also our Impressum).
2. Hosting (Cloudflare Pages)
This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages (Cloudflare, Inc., USA). When you visit, your browser automatically transmits data (IP address, date/time, requested page, user agent, referrer) which is processed in server log files for the purpose of delivering the site securely and reliably. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a secure, functional website). Cloudflare also acts as a content delivery network and provides security/DDoS protection. Data transfers to the USA are covered by Cloudflare's data processing terms and standard contractual clauses. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
3. Analytics (Umami)
We use Umami, a privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics tool, to understand aggregate usage (e.g. page views, referrers). Umami does not use cookies, does not store personal data that identifies you, and does not track you across other websites. Data is collected in aggregated, anonymised form. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in understanding and improving the site).
4. Enquiry form
If you send us an enquiry through the form on our ask page, we process the details you enter — name, email address, optional company name and your message — for the purpose of answering you. We also record attribution context: the referring article identifier when present (otherwise “ask-page”) and the current ask-page URL, which can include query parameters. We use this context to understand which content led to the enquiry and to respond in context. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (steps taken prior to entering into a contract) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interests in responding to enquiries and understanding which content generates them).
Submissions are transmitted through our own form service and sent to our email inbox. We also send the name, optional company name, email address, message and attribution context described above to Telegram Messenger Inc. as a notification. Telegram is based outside the EEA and stores the notification as a cloud message on its servers. Telegram states that data may be shared with group companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai under EU Standard Contractual Clauses; see Telegram's privacy policy. No CRM record is created. We do not pass enquiries to advertising networks, and we do not add you to any marketing mailing list. Copies in our email inbox and Telegram chat are kept only for as long as needed to deal with your request and to meet statutory retention duties, after which we delete them. Telegram also processes the cloud message under its own privacy policy. Your rights over this data are set out in section 8 below.
5. Email inquiries
If you email us about a local AI setup, for example with the button on the Local AI for your inbox and invoices page, your message goes to [email protected]. This address belongs to the same controller named in section 1, Viacheslav Spitsyn. We process the details you send — typically your name, email address, company and what you tell us about your mail system, accounting software and invoice volume — to answer your request and, where relevant, to prepare an offer. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract) or, where no contract is in view, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interest in answering inquiries addressed to us).
We do not add you to any marketing mailing list. We keep the correspondence only for as long as needed to deal with your inquiry and to meet statutory retention duties, after which we delete it. Your rights over this data are set out in section 8 below.
6. AI path test and plan emails
Test answers. When you take the test on this site (for example on /test/), your answers are sent to our own form service after each question, also if you stop before the end, together with a random number for this test run, the date and the path of the page you took the test on (without query parameters). When you finish, the result calculated from your six answers is stored as well. These records contain no name, no email address and no IP address, so they cannot be linked to you. We use it to understand what our readers need and to decide which materials to create. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interest in improving our content and offers).
Plan emails (only if you enter your email). If you request your personal plan, we process your email address together with your test answers to send you the plan and, at most twice a month, materials matched to your answers. Legal basis: your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. We use double opt-in: nothing is sent except a confirmation email until you confirm via the link and button in it. For this purpose we store a copy of your answers together with your email address. As proof of your consent we store the time of the request and of the confirmation, the version of the consent text and a shortened IP address (the last part removed). Unconfirmed requests are deleted after 48 hours.
You can withdraw your consent at any time with the unsubscribe link in every email or by writing to [email protected]; this does not affect the lawfulness of emails sent before. After you unsubscribe we delete the answers stored with your email address. We keep the address, the date of withdrawal and the proof of your earlier consent described above, so that we can prove both and make sure you are not emailed again. The anonymous test record described above is stored separately and is never linked to your email address. If you reply to one of our emails, your reply is handled like an enquiry (section 4).
The form service and the mail server that sends these emails are operated by us on rented servers of Contabo GmbH in Germany (data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR). The data is not passed to advertising networks or newsletter providers and is not transferred outside the EEA.
7. Search Console & RSS
We use Google Search Console to monitor how the site performs in search; it processes aggregated search data, not individual user data on our behalf. We also offer an RSS feed, which involves no personal data collection.
8. Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to: access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20), and to object (Art. 21) to processing based on legitimate interests. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. To exercise any right, contact us at [email protected].
9. Changes
We may update this policy as the site evolves (e.g. when new services are added). The "last updated" date above reflects the current version.
Note: this policy is provided in good faith for a static, cookieless content site that collects data only through the enquiry form, email inquiries and the AI path test; before relying on it commercially, the operator should have it reviewed (e.g. via e-recht24 or a lawyer).