Legal

Privacy

Short version: Palmiana sets no cookies, runs no analytics, loads nothing from third party servers and does not know who you are unless you write to us.

Controller

NexTao GmbH, Königsallee 27, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany. Email: info@palmiana.com.

Server logs

Our hosting provider stores the usual technical data for each request (IP address, time, page, browser) for security purposes and deletes it after a short period. We do not evaluate these logs for profiling.

Fonts, images, maps and scripts

Everything on this site is served from our own domain, except the contact form and the sign-up for Postcards from Palmiana, which come from formdialog.com, our own form service. No Google Fonts, no other external scripts, no embedded maps or videos from third parties. The world map is drawn by our own code from public domain outlines; it never contacts a map service.

Interactive tools

The sun map, the finder, the calculators, the quiz and the sun list run in your browser. They use your device’s clock and time zone setting to show local times, and they save your entries in your own browser (local storage) so that they are still there when you come back. Nothing is sent to us. You can clear that data at any time in your browser settings or with the reset buttons in the tools. The site does not ask for your location.

Newsletter and contact form

The contact form and the sign-up for Postcards from Palmiana come from formdialog.com, the form service of NexTao GmbH. It runs on its own server at Hostinger in Frankfurt am Main, sets no cookies and loads nothing from third parties. With the form it learns on which Palmiana page it is shown.

When you write to us through the contact form, we process what you enter (name, email address, topic, message) to answer you (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR). The message reaches our editorial team by email, is stored in the form service and deleted once it is no longer needed. To fend off abuse we keep the IP address of every submission for 14 days (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

The newsletter uses double opt-in: after signing up you get an email with a confirmation link, and only the click on it subscribes you. Unconfirmed sign-ups are deleted after 30 days. As proof of your consent we store the time and IP address of the sign-up and of the confirmation. Your address stays on our list until you unsubscribe, which you can do from every issue (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). We do not share your data with third parties.

Your rights

You can ask what data we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, and object to its use. Write to the address above. You may also complain to a data protection authority.

Last updated: September 2026.