Roger Ehmpke

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 30, 2025

This website values your privacy. The following outlines how data is collected, used, and protected when visiting rogerehmpke.com.

What Data Is Collected

Contact Form: If you submit a message via the contact form, your name, email address, and message content are collected solely to respond to your inquiry. No data is sold or reused for marketing.

Analytics: Google Analytics is used to assess site performance and traffic. It may collect data such as browser type, location (city-level), and pages visited. This data is anonymized whenever possible and used strictly to improve the site experience.

Site Chat Assistant:

  • Your question is submitted to a secure AWS Lambda function when using the chat interface.
  • The question is securely transmitted to OpenAI's GPT model via encrypted API.
  • Responses are generated based on predefined site context and your input.
  • No personal data is stored on our server; however, your browser may temporarily retain chat history using sessionStorage (used temporarily by your browser).
  • Please avoid including sensitive personal data in chat interactions.

How Data Is Used

  • Contact submissions are used exclusively for follow-up communication.
  • Analytics insights help refine site structure and user experience.
  • Chat input is processed in real-time and is not stored or reused.

Third-Party Services

  • Google Analytics: Collects anonymized site usage data.
  • OpenAI: Provides the GPT language model via secure API.
  • AWS (Amazon Web Services): Hosts the backend service that securely delivers chat requests.

Your Rights & Contact

You may request deletion of messages submitted via the contact form or ask questions about this policy by using the contact form.

This privacy policy will be updated as needed to reflect new tools, AI functionality, or legal compliance requirements.

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