Privacy Policy

1. Controller

Sven Hanold Falkenweg 27 89129 Langenau Germany Email: info@hanold.info

2. General information on data processing

This website is predominantly a static information page. No cookies are set and no data is transmitted to advertising networks. All content, including fonts, is served from my own server; no content is loaded from third-party servers. To anonymously count page views, a self-operated, non-personal counting mechanism is used — see section 4 for details. No analysis of user behaviour, no cross-page tracking and no profiling takes place.

3. Hosting and server log files

This website is hosted on a self-operated server in Germany. When you visit the site, the web server automatically processes technical information (IP address, date and time of access, requested page, browser type) to the extent technically necessary for delivering the page. This log data is not merged with other data sources and is overwritten after 7 days at the latest. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in secure and stable operation).

4. Anonymous page-view counter

To see how often individual pages are viewed, this website counts page views. Only the site name, the requested page path, the language version and the date are processed — aggregated into a daily counter per page.

No IP addresses, cookies, device or browser identifiers, or any other personal data are stored. Individual visits cannot be traced back to a person or device afterwards. The counting runs on infrastructure we operate ourselves; no third parties are involved. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in measuring the reach of our own offering).

5. Support form

You can contact us directly through the form on our support page. The data you enter (name, email address, topic, message) is sent from your browser directly to an automation we operate ourselves (n8n). This creates a support ticket in our internal ticketing system and triggers a notification to us.

For short-term abuse detection (rate limiting), your IP address is stored for a maximum of 5 minutes and then automatically overwritten. No further storage or analysis of the IP address takes place.

The submitted form data is used exclusively to process your request and is not passed on to third parties outside the internal systems named above. After the request has been dealt with, the data is deleted unless statutory retention obligations apply. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (processing your request) or Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in preventing abuse).

6. The Mobile MA app

Mobile MA is a client for self-hosted Music Assistant servers. The app connects exclusively to the servers you configure yourself. No data is transmitted to the developer: no analytics, tracking, or advertising services, and no crash reports to third parties. Credentials are stored exclusively locally on your device in the iOS Keychain.

The app is distributed via the Apple App Store. Any purchases or unlocks within the app are processed exclusively through the App Store; the developer does not receive any payment data, only anonymized, aggregated statistics from Apple. Apple’s privacy policy applies in addition.

Mobile MA for Apple TV. Mobile MA is also available as a standalone app for Apple TV (tvOS). The same principles apply as for the iPhone and iPad app: it connects exclusively to the Music Assistant server you configure yourself, no data is transmitted to the developer, and credentials are stored exclusively locally on the Apple TV device.

To make setup easier, you can hand your server connection details over from your iPhone to the Apple TV app — either by selecting the device from a list, or by entering a temporary six-digit code. This handoff happens directly between your own devices on your local network; no server operated by the developer or any other third party is involved. The code is valid only for the duration of the pairing and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your identity.

7. Your rights

You have the right to access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), and objection (Art. 21 GDPR). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority; the competent authority is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

8. Last updated

August 2026. This policy will be updated as necessary.