Privacy Policy

General Information

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

This website is a private, non-commercial blog project by Swiss citizens. We share our sailing experiences and travels around the world.

Responsible Party

Sailing Nomads
Benno Baumgartner
Switzerland
Email: benno@sailingnomads.ch

Collection and Processing of Personal Data

Website Visits

When you visit our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, and similar information. This is exclusively information that does not allow conclusions to be drawn about your identity.

This data is processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring smooth connection to the website
• Ensuring comfortable use of our website
• Evaluating system security and stability

Newsletter Subscription (Mailchimp)

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the Mailchimp service (The Rocket Science Group LLC, USA). The following data is collected:

• Your email address

Your email address is used exclusively for sending the newsletter. You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter (link at the end of each newsletter).

Mailchimp is a service of Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. More information about Mailchimp’s privacy policy can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Cookies and Tracking

This website does not use cookies. We use Simple Analytics, a privacy-first analytics service that does not track individuals, does not collect personal data, and does not use cookies. Simple Analytics only collects anonymous, aggregated statistics about page views to help us understand which content is interesting to our visitors. No personal data is collected or stored. More information: https://simpleanalytics.com/privacy

External Services

Our website uses the following external services:

• Simple Analytics: Privacy-first analytics without cookies or personal data collection
• Mailchimp: Only when you actively subscribe to the newsletter
• Google Fonts: For displaying fonts (loads fonts from Google servers but does not set cookies)

Your Rights

You have the right at any time to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correct, block, or delete this data.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to occasionally update this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements.

Contact

If you have questions about data protection, you can contact us at: benno@sailingnomads.ch

Last updated: January 2026