Privacy Policy

Dennis Heß

Horber Str. 35

71083 Herrenberg

Germany

Email: hello@dennishess.de

AwardWatch is a directory of design competition deadlines. This policy explains what data is processed when you visit the site, and on what legal basis, in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Telecommunications and Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG).

AwardWatch does not use cookies, does not require a login, and does not run advertising or third-party tracking scripts.

This site is hosted by Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA. When you visit the site, Vercel's infrastructure automatically processes technical data in server logs — such as IP address, browser type, referring page, and timestamp — to deliver the site and keep it secure. This processing is necessary for the operation of the site (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, legitimate interest in stable and secure delivery). Where data is transferred to the US, Vercel commits to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses as a transfer safeguard.

AwardWatch uses Vercel Web Analytics to understand aggregate traffic (e.g. page views). This service is cookie-free: visitors are identified only via a hash derived from the incoming request, no persistent or cross-site identifier is stored, and the underlying session data is discarded after 24 hours. No personal profile is built and no data is shared with third parties for advertising. Because no cookies or comparable storage are used, this does not require your consent under § 25 TTDSG; it is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding site usage (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

You can opt out of analytics on this device by visiting the site with ?va=offappended to the URL; this preference is stored only in your browser's local storage and is never transmitted to us.

Typefaces are self-hosted: font files are bundled with the site at build time and served from this domain. No request is made to Google Fonts or any other font provider at runtime, so no data about your visit is shared with a font provider.

Competition listings link to the official registration pages of third-party organizers. Once you follow such a link, that site's own privacy policy applies; we have no control over and no responsibility for their data processing.

Under the GDPR you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure of your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, and to data portability. Since this site does not collect personal data beyond anonymized, aggregated analytics and standard hosting logs, there is typically nothing tied to you individually to access or erase — but you're welcome to reach out with any question at hello@dennishess.de. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the German state where you reside, work, or where the alleged infringement occurred.