Legal
Privacy policy
Last updated: 30 October 2026
In short: Tabi Notes has no cookies, no ads and no tracking, and counts visits only anonymously. Fonts are served from this website itself. To show you the pages, only the web host (Cloudflare) and, on the map page, the map service receive your IP address. Each is listed below.
1. Who is responsible
The person responsible for processing personal data on this website (the controller under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) is:
Lukas Schoeneberg
Schinkelstraße 11
40211 Düsseldorf
Germany
Email: hello@tabi-notes.com
2. Hosting and server logs
This website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When you open a page, your browser sends technical data that Cloudflare processes to deliver the site and protect it against attacks: your IP address, date and time, the page requested, the referring page, and your browser and operating system.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. There is a legitimate interest in delivering the website securely and reliably. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Details: Cloudflare privacy policy.
3. Fonts and visitor statistics
The fonts on this site (Fraunces, Inter and Noto Serif JP) are stored on this website and load from it directly. No connection to Google or any other font service is made.
To see which pages are read, this site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics from Cloudflare, Inc. (see section 2). A small script counts page views and measures loading speed. It sets no cookies, uses no local storage and does not recognise you across visits or websites. Cloudflare receives your IP address to deliver the script but does not store it for these statistics; only anonymous totals (pages, countries, browser types, referring sites) are kept.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. There is a legitimate interest in knowing which content is useful and in keeping the site fast. Details: Cloudflare Web Analytics.
4. Interactive map
Only the Map page loads background map images from Stadia Maps, Inc., USA. Your browser then sends Stadia Maps your IP address and the address of this website. No other page contacts Stadia Maps.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. There is a legitimate interest in showing an interactive map of the routes and places. Stadia Maps is based in the United States. For details, including how it protects data sent outside the EU, see the Stadia Maps privacy policy.
5. Settings saved in your browser
When you switch prices between yen, US dollars and euros, your choice is saved in your browser's local storage (entry name tabi-cur) so the next page shows the same currency. When you post a comment, the name you typed is saved the same way (tn-name) so you don't have to type it again. These entries are not cookies, are never sent to any server by themselves and stay on your device. You can remove them at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.
6. Comments
The comment section at the end of each article is run by Tabi Notes itself on Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA), the same provider that hosts this website. No outside comment service is involved and you don't need an account or an email address. No cookies are used.
When you post a comment, the name you enter, your comment, the article and the time are stored in a Cloudflare database. Every comment is checked before it is published; after that, your name and comment are visible to everyone. When a comment is posted, a notification email with its content is sent to the site owner. To prevent spam and abuse, your IP address is processed when you post; it is stored only as a salted, non-reversible hash and deleted after 48 hours at the latest.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (your consent when you post) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (preventing abuse). Comments stay online until you ask for them to be removed. Write to hello@tabi-notes.com with the article and the name you used, and your comment will be deleted. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
7. Links to other websites
Articles link to other sites, for example Google Maps searches for restaurants and sights, photo sources on Wikimedia Commons and official transport or hotel pages. No data is sent to those sites until you click a link. After that, their own privacy policies apply.
8. Contacting me
If you email me, I use your email address and message only to reply. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your message relates to a contract. I delete the conversation once it is finished, unless the law requires me to keep it.
9. Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to:
- Access the personal data held about you (Art. 15)
- Correct wrong data (Art. 16)
- Delete your data (Art. 17)
- Restrict how it is processed (Art. 18)
- Receive your data in a common format (Art. 20)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interest (Art. 21)
- Withdraw consent at any time, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3))
To use any of these rights, email hello@tabi-notes.com. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU country where you live or work.
10. Changes
This policy is updated when the website changes, for example when comments or new services are added. The date at the top shows the current version.