Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Sven Bosau, operating Python & VBA at pythonandvba.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”), collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website or purchase our products.
1. Who We Are
Python & VBA is operated by Sven Bosau as an individual. For any privacy-related questions, please contact us at contact@pythonandvba.com.
2. What Data We Collect
Analytics
We use Rybbit for website analytics. Rybbit is a privacy-first, cookieless analytics platform. It collects:
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Browser type and operating system
- Screen resolution and device type
- General geographic location (country and region, derived from your IP address — the IP address itself is never stored)
- Referring website and UTM parameters
Rybbit does not use cookies, does not store IP addresses, and does not collect personally identifiable information. No cookie consent banner is required for Rybbit analytics.
Contact Form Data
When you contact us through our website, we collect your name and email address to respond to your enquiry. This data is not shared with third parties and is retained only as long as necessary to resolve your enquiry.
Purchase Data
When you purchase a product, your payment and billing information is processed by our payment processors: Pabbly Subscription Billing, Stripe, and/or PayPal. We receive your email address and details of the product(s) purchased for the purpose of delivering your order and managing your license. We do not store your full payment card details.
Please refer to the respective privacy policies of our payment processors:
License Activation Data
Our software products include a license activation system. When you activate a product, your license key is verified against our server. This process records the activation event and device details necessary to enforce the per-device license limit. No personally identifiable information beyond what is required for license validation is transmitted or stored.
Error Reporting
Some of our products automatically send anonymous error reports to our server when an unexpected issue occurs. These reports help us identify and fix bugs. They do not intentionally include personally identifiable information, but may contain technical details such as your Excel version, operating system, and the nature of the error.
3. How We Use Your Data
- To deliver products you have purchased and send download links or license keys
- To respond to your support and contact enquiries
- To activate and manage software licenses
- To improve our products using anonymous error reports
- To understand how our website is used via anonymous analytics
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:
- Contract performance: Processing your purchase and delivering your product
- Legitimate interests: License activation, anonymous error reporting, and anonymous analytics to improve our products
- Legal obligation: Retaining transaction records as required by applicable law
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with:
- Payment processors (Pabbly, Stripe, PayPal) to process your purchase
- Rybbit for anonymous, cookieless website analytics
No other third parties receive your personal data.
6. Cookies
Our website does not use tracking cookies or advertising cookies. Rybbit analytics is fully cookieless and does not require a consent banner.
WordPress, the platform powering this website, may set strictly functional cookies for session management (for example, if you are logged in as a registered user). These are necessary for the website to function and do not track you across other websites.
Payment processors (Stripe, PayPal, Pabbly) may set their own cookies on their respective checkout pages. Please refer to their privacy policies for details.
7. Data Retention
- Purchase and license records: Retained for as long as necessary to support your license and comply with legal obligations
- Contact enquiries: Deleted once your enquiry has been resolved
- Analytics data: Retained per Rybbit’s data retention policy
- Error reports: Retained for a reasonable period to diagnose and resolve issues
8. Your Rights
If you are located in the EEA or UK, you have the following rights under GDPR:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restriction: Request that we limit how we use your data
- Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format
- Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@pythonandvba.com. We will respond within 30 days.
9. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. License activation and error reporting data is transmitted over encrypted connections.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our website and products are not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of our website or products after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
12. Contact
For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, please contact:
