Privacy policy

In short: Beckmann (beckmann.ai) is a statically served website with no ad tracking. For audience measurement we run a self-hosted, cookieless solution that stores no personal data (section 7a). We only use Google Analytics if you explicitly consent via the cookie banner (section 7b).

1. Controller

2. Hosting & server logs

The website runs on our own server (VPS) at STRATO AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin, Germany. The web server processes IP address, timestamp, URL, HTTP status, referrer and user agent. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Logs are deleted after 14 days at the latest.

3. Local storage in your browser

Settings (theme, language, cookie decision, sign-in state) stay in your browser and are not sent to us. We only set tracking cookies with consent (section 7b).

4. Blog search & knowledge base

Search queries go to api.beckmann.ai. For semantic search the query text — without name or contact data — is sent to OpenAI, L.L.C. (USA, EU-US Data Privacy Framework) to compute an embedding. The graph page loads a precomputed overview without personal data.

5. Account & sign-in (Clerk)

Clerk, Inc. (USA) handles sign-in for the MCP hub and processes email, name, profile picture if any, and IP address. Without signing in, no Clerk scripts load. We store the Clerk user ID and the tool selection. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

6. Personal MCP server

Connecting an AI client creates an access token (30 days). The server processes individual tool calls, not the rest of the conversation.

7. Newsletter

Delivery via a self-hosted Listmonk instance, double opt-in. We store email, timestamps and status. Every email has an unsubscribe link. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

7a. Audience measurement (Umami)

Self-hosted Umami: no cookies, no profiles, no stored IP addresses. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

7b. Google Analytics 4

Only after consent in the cookie banner (Consent Mode v2, default denied). Provider: Google Ireland Limited. Cookies _ga and _ga_*, lifetime up to 2 years. Withdraw via “Cookie settings” in the footer.

8. Email contact

Details are processed to handle the request and deleted once no longer required.

9. Recipients

STRATO AG (hosting, Germany), Clerk, Inc. (sign-in, USA), OpenAI, L.L.C. (embeddings, USA) and — only with consent — Google Ireland Limited. No sharing for advertising.

10. Your rights

Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection (Art. 15–21 GDPR). You may complain to a supervisory authority, for example in Lower Saxony. The German version is authoritative.

11. Version

August 2026.