How this site handles data

In short: this site does not track you. There are no ads and no trackers. To know how many people read the magazine, I use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts visits anonymously, without cookies and without storing IP addresses. All other fonts and scripts load from this site itself. Data reaches me only if you send a reaction or feedback yourself.

Who is responsible

Sofia P., author of the magazine “While I drink my coffee”. Contact: whiledrinkingcoffee.mag@gmail.com.

What stays in your browser only

Interface language, progress, your vocabulary, exercise answers, your diary draft, whether the reaction bar is minimised and which reactions you have given. All of this sits in your browser’s storage (localStorage) on your device and is not sent anywhere. The site needs it to remember your settings, so no separate consent is required. You can erase it by clearing this site’s data in your browser settings.

Feedback and quick reactions

If you give a reaction (like / so-so / dislike) or send feedback, the following is stored: the reaction, your message, the page address and the time. No name, email or IP address is attached, and the form has no contact field. Please don’t include personal details in your message. Why: to understand what works in the magazine and what does not. If you’d like a reply, write to me by email.

Feedback is stored in a Supabase database and only I can see it. Nobody can read it through the site. I keep it as long as it is useful for improving the magazine, and no longer than two years.

Accounts

Signing in is currently turned off. If it is turned on, an account stores your email, your password in hashed form (handled by Supabase; I never see it) and your progress, so it is the same on all your devices. You can have the account and all its data deleted by writing to the address above.

Technical data from hosting

The site is hosted on Cloudflare; the feedback database runs on Supabase. Like any host, they receive your IP address and browser details with every request in order to deliver pages and protect the site from attacks, and keep them briefly in service logs. I do not use this data to track visitors. Both companies act as data processors under GDPR-compliant agreements. Where data leaves the EU, this is covered by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

Your rights

You can ask what data about you is stored, have it corrected or deleted, and object to its processing. Write to whiledrinkingcoffee.mag@gmail.com. Reactions and feedback are anonymous, so please mention the page, the approximate time and the text, so that I can find the entry. If you believe your rights have been violated, you can complain to the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

Updated: 28 October 2026