Last updated: 11 January 2026
Website: https://blackspineshelf.com
Overview
Black Spine Shelf is a personal, non commercial book blog operated from Switzerland.
This website processes personal data only where technically necessary or where you have given explicit consent, in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Swiss data protection law.
Data Collected
Comments
When visitors leave comments, the data entered in the comment form, the IP address, and the browser user agent string are collected.
This data is used solely for spam detection, moderation, and site security.
An anonymised hash of the email address may be transmitted to the Gravatar service to check whether a profile image exists.
Gravatar privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/
Approved comments and associated metadata are stored indefinitely.
Contact Form
If you contact the site owner via the contact form, the submitted data is used exclusively to respond to your message.
No data is shared or reused for marketing purposes.
Technical Data
The hosting provider automatically creates technical logs such as IP address, access time, and browser information.
These logs are used only for security, stability, and performance monitoring.
Cookies
This website uses essential cookies required for basic functionality and security.
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies.
These cookies are stored for one year for convenience.
No user accounts are available on this website.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics to analyse website usage.
Analytics is activated only with your consent via the cookie banner.
IP anonymisation is enabled.
Collected data is processed in aggregated form and is not used to identify individual users.
Google Analytics privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Fonts
This website uses Google Fonts to ensure consistent typography.
Fonts may be loaded from Google servers, which can result in your IP address being transmitted to Google.
Google Fonts privacy information: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content such as videos or images.
Embedded content behaves as if you visited the external website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction according to their own privacy policies.
Data Sharing
Personal data is not sold or shared for advertising purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Your Rights
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data.
You may also withdraw consent for analytics at any time.
Requests can be made via the contact form.
Data required for legal or security reasons may be retained.
Updates
This privacy policy may be updated to reflect legal or technical changes.
The current version will always be available on this page.
