Privacy policy
Version 1.0 (01-01-2024)
The Church of Cyberology (also “Cyberology” hereafter) operates on the internet and therefore processes personal information. In this privacy policy we will elaborate on what personal data we collect, how we collect personal data, for what purposes we use personal data, how we retain personal data and to whom personal data is disclosed by us.
Further this privacy statement includes information regarding your rights with respect to the processing of your personal data. If you have any questions about the processing of (your) personal data, please contact us.
Privacy by design
All our processes (online and offline), are built in accordance with current privacy design strategies and best practices in mind. In short this means:
- We limit, separate, abstract and hide (the processing of) personal data as much as possible.
- We’re transparent about the processing of personal data to our data subjects.
- We will never sell personal data to third-parties.
- We don’t share personal data with third-parties unless it’s one of our data processors or unless we are compelled to do so by a competent authority.
1 Website
The Church of Cyberology has the following websites:
When you visit our website(s), your IP address and browser user agent are processed by the webserver in order to serve the website’s content to your browser. In addition we retain these personal data for 30 days for the purpose of finding and preventing abuse and keeping the website(s) available. We may create (truly) anonymous aggregated statistics as well.
For our webhosting needs we make use of the Netherlands based IT service provider Nozel.
| Personal data | Controller | Processor | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP address | Cyberology | Nozel | Detect and prevent abuse/availability | Legitimate interest |
| Browser user agent | Cyberology | Nozel | Detect and prevent abuse/availability | Legitimate interest |
2 Email
You can send us an email. In order to receive, read, reply to and (permanently) archive these emails we process your mailserver’s IP address, contents of the email and email address(es)/account name(s) of email recipients and senders.
We use two email service providers to handle email: the Germany based secure email service Tutanota by Tutao GmbH (Tutao) and the Netherlands based secure email service Soverin by Soverin B.V. (Soverin).
| Personal data | Controller | Processors | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailserver’s IP | Cyberology | Tutao Soverin |
Handling email | Legitimate interest |
| Email address | Cyberology | Tutao Soverin |
Handling email | Legitimate interest |
| Name(s) | Cyberology | Tutao Soverin |
Handling email | Legitimate interest |
| Email content | Cyberology | Tutao Soverin |
Handling email | Legitimate interest |
Do note that upon request we can provide a secure email link for sharing sensitive information or data.
3 Tor
We operate Tor relays from Nothing to hide, which is our division that provides public privacy infrastructure. When you use one of our Tor relays, your traffic will be routed through our infrastructure. Although we mostly operate Tor exit relays, but we also have a few Tor guard/middle relays. Do note that under normal circumstances (i.e. using the Tor Browser) our guard/middle and exit relays won’t be used together.
We don’t log anything regarding the Tor relays or Tor traffic so although we process such data on a realtime basis, we are not able to educe or reproduce these data. For our Tor needs we make use of servers of the Netherlands based IT service provider Nozel.
3.1 Guard relays
When you use one of our guard relays, your current outgoing IP address and your traffic heavily encrypted content are processed. We retain the IP address for the duration of your connection to our guard relay while the encrypted content is processed on a real-time basis to and from the middle relay (generally less than a second per packet).
| Personal data | Controller | Processor | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source IP address | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for Tor | Legitimate interest |
| Encrypted content | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for Tor | Legitimate interest |
3.2 Middle relays
When you use one of our middle relays, your traffic heavily encrypted content are processed. We retain these personal data until the packets have been delivered to the target exit relay (your requests) or your device (their response), generally less than a second.
| Personal data | Controller | Processor | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encrypted content | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for Tor | Legitimate interest |
3.3 Exit relays
When you use one of our exit relays, the destination IP address of your request and your traffic content are processed. We retain these personal data until the packets have been delivered to the target server (your request) or your device (their response), generally less than a second. Do note that the traffic content in this stage of Tor isn’t encrypted by Tor, so make sure to use another encryption mechanism such as TLS.
| Personal data | Controller | Processor | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination IP address | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for Tor | Legitimate interest |
| Encrypted content | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for Tor | Legitimate interest |
3.4 Processing outside of the EEA
Because of the global scope and purpose of the Tor network, it is possible or even likely that your personal data transferred through one of our Tor relays will be transferred to (other data controllers and their data processors in) countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA comprises all EU countries, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
In general, transfers of personal data to countries outside of the EEA are subject to additional rules under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Due to the nature of the Tor network we can’t give any guarantees about appropriate safeguards. Please be mindful about what Tor relays are part of your circuit and your traffic destination.
4 DNS servers
We operate DNS servers from Nothing to hide, which is our division that provides public privacy infrastructure. When you use our DNS servers, your current outgoing IP address and the content of the DNS query itself are processed by our DNS servers. Your DNS queries will be encrypted before they are send to us for further processing. This makes sure parties with a network presence in between your client (requesting a specific DNS record) and the DNS server (answering) can’t eavesdrop on the DNS query/answer content.
You will also automatically use our DNS servers if you use one of our Tor exit relays, because those DNS queries are resolved by our own DNS servers. In this case your current outgoing IP address isn’t processed by us. For our DNS needs we make use of servers of the Netherlands based IT service provider Nozel.
| Personal data | Controller | Processor | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source IP address | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for DNS | Legitimate interest |
| DNS query content | Cyberology | Nozel | Required for DNS | Legitimate interest |
5 Your rights
Although the GDPR only applies to data subjects who are in the European Economic Area, we will take every request and complaint seriously no matter the data subject’s physical location on planet earth.
- You may ask us for information about your personal data.
- You may ask us for access to your personal data.
- You may object to the processing of your personal data by us.
- You may ask us to rectify your personal data.
- You may ask us to delete your personal data.
- You may ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data.
- You may ask us to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format.
And finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.
6 Policy review
This EPrivacy Policy will be reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains current, effective, and aligned with the church’s goals and mission. Amendments or revisions to the policy may be made as necessary with approval from the governing board.