The Splicer

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Privacy notice

Last updated: 12 November 2026

This notice explains how personal data is processed when you visit thesplicer.net ("The Splicer", "the site"), in line with Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, "GDPR") and Hungarian Act CXII of 2011 (Infotv.).

1. Controller

Marton Czenek, private individual, Hungary Email: czenek@czenek.com

The controller has not appointed a data protection officer and is not required to.

2. What we do not do

The Splicer has no user accounts, newsletter, comment function or contact forms. Site search runs in your browser against a static search index, so your search terms are not sent to us or to any third party.

3. Processing activities

3.1 Hosting, server logs and the GAESA cookie (strictly necessary)

  • What: When you open a page, your browser necessarily sends technical data to the hosting infrastructure: IP address, date and time, requested URL, referrer, user-agent (browser and operating system) and HTTP status. The hosting front end (Google Frontend, used by our host Replit) also sets a cookie called GAESA on thesplicer.net. It is used for request routing and serving and lasts about 30 days.
  • Purpose: Delivering the site, load balancing, security, preventing abuse and troubleshooting.
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interest in running a secure, working website). Storing the GAESA cookie is strictly necessary to provide the service you asked for, so it does not require consent under Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive (Hungarian Eht. § 155(4)).
  • Recipients / processors: Replit, Inc. (USA) and Google (Google LLC, USA / Google Ireland Limited) as infrastructure provider.
  • Retention: Server logs are kept according to the hosting providers' standard log-retention periods, which we do not control and which are typically limited. GAESA expires after about 30 days.

3.2 Advertising: Google AdSense and the Google consent message — consent-based

  • What: The site uses Google AdSense to show ads and Google's "Privacy & messaging" consent tool (Funding Choices) to collect your choice. Google Consent Mode is set to "denied" by default. If you consent, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, your IP address and information about your browsing to serve, measure and (if you agree) personalise ads. The consent tool stores your choice in the cookie FCCDCF (and, where applicable, FCNEC) on thesplicer.net.
  • Purpose: Funding the site through advertising; recording and honouring your consent choices.
  • Legal basis: For advertising cookies and processing: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent). For storing your consent choice: Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR together with Art. 7(1) (we have to be able to show consent) and our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f).
  • Recipients: Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) and Google LLC (USA). If you consent, also Google's certified advertising partners as listed in the consent message. Google acts as an independent controller for some processing; see How Google uses information from sites that use its services and Google's advertising technologies policy.
  • Retention: The consent-choice cookie lasts up to 13 months. Advertising cookie lifetimes are set by Google and its partners (see the Cookie policy). You can manage ad personalisation at Google Ads Settings.

3.3 Live market prices (TradingView widget) — loaded only after you click

  • What: The live-price ticker and charts are supplied by TradingView, Inc. They load only after you click "Load live market prices". Once you do, your browser connects to TradingView servers, which receive your IP address, browser data and the page address. TradingView may set its own cookies or similar technologies.
  • Purpose: Showing delayed market data that you asked for.
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (your consent, given by clicking the load button).
  • Recipient: TradingView, Inc. (USA). See TradingView's privacy policy.
  • Retention: Governed by TradingView's policy. Nothing loads from TradingView until you click again on a later visit.

3.4 Theme preference (local storage)

  • What: If you choose light or dark mode, the setting is saved in your browser's local storage under the key splice-theme. It never leaves your device.
  • Legal basis: Strictly necessary to provide a function you asked for (ePrivacy Art. 5(3)). No personal data reaches us.
  • Retention: Until you clear your browser storage.

3.5 Email contact

  • What: If you email us (for example about corrections, takedown requests or privacy), we process your email address, name (if given), the content of your message and any reply.
  • Purpose: Answering and handling your request, and keeping a record of corrections or legal requests.
  • Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering enquiries and handling corrections). Where we must keep records of a legal request: Art. 6(1)(c).
  • Recipient: Our email service provider Google (Google Workspace / Gmail), which receives mail for czenek.com.
  • Retention: Up to 2 years after the matter is closed, or longer if needed to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

4. Transfers outside the EEA

Some of the providers above (Replit, Google, TradingView) are based in the USA or may process data there. Where data is transferred to a third country, the transfer relies on an adequacy decision, such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework for certified recipients, or on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, as offered by the provider. You can ask us for more information about the safeguards used.

5. Automated decision-making

We make no decisions about you based solely on automated processing, including profiling, within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. Ad personalisation by Google happens only if you consent and is described in Google's policies.

6. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

  • access your personal data (Art. 15);
  • have it rectified (Art. 16) or erased (Art. 17);
  • restrict processing (Art. 18);
  • data portability (Art. 20), where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means;
  • object at any time to processing based on legitimate interest (Art. 21);
  • withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal (Art. 7(3)). Use the "Cookie settings" link in the footer of every page to reopen the consent message and change or withdraw your choice.

To exercise your rights, email czenek@czenek.com. We will respond within one month (Art. 12(3)). Because we hold very little data that identifies you directly (for example, we cannot link an IP address in a host's logs to you), we may ask for information that helps us find your data.

7. Right to complain

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State where you live or work, or with the Hungarian authority:

Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH) Address: 1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 9-11, Hungary Postal address: 1363 Budapest, Pf. 9. Phone: +36 1 391 1400 Email: ugyfelszolgalat@naih.hu Web: www.naih.hu

You may also go to court; in Hungary you can choose the regional court (törvényszék) for where you live.

8. Changes

We will update this notice when the site's processing changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.