The Slow Wheel is a personal journal. It has no accounts, no newsletter and no advertising, and it sets no cookies of its own.
What is collected
The server that delivers these pages keeps standard access logs: the page requested, the time, the referring page, the browser and operating system string, and the IP address. Those logs exist so that faults and abuse can be diagnosed, and they are kept for thirty days. The lawful basis for the logs is the legitimate interest of keeping the site working; for email it is your enquiry.
If you write to hello@theslowwheel.eu, the message and your address stay in the mailbox until the conversation ends, and longer where there is a practical trail such as a workshop booking. Email is handled by an external mail provider, which stores it on our behalf.
Analytics
Traffic is counted from the server logs described above. There is no third-party analytics script, no advertising pixel and no social media embed on these pages.
What is not collected
There are no accounts, no comment forms and no newsletter list. No profile is built from your reading, and nothing is sold or passed to a marketing platform.
How long it is kept
Access logs go after thirty days. Email is kept while the conversation is live, then for up to two years where a booking or commission needs a record, and deleted after that unless you ask sooner.
Your rights
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation you can ask for a copy of the personal data held about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted where there is no other lawful reason to keep it. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Who to ask
Mara Lindqvist is the data controller for this site and can be reached at hello@theslowwheel.eu. This policy was last updated in November 2026.