Privacy Policy

The Museum of Economic Models (MoEM) is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains what minimal data is processed when you visit our virtual museum, how we handle it, and your rights under data protection law.

MoEM is a cultural education project designed to make the philosophy of economics accessible. We believe in transparency and data minimization — we collect only what is necessary to improve your museum experience.

Data Controller Justin Leduc

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MoEM is designed to respect your privacy from the ground up. Here's what we deliberately avoid:

• No user accounts or registration required
• No advertising or third-party tracking cookies
• No personal data collection beyond what's technically necessary
• No cross-site tracking or profiling
• No data sharing with third parties for marketing purposes

MoEM uses Umami, a privacy-first, cookie-free analytics tool that helps us understand how visitors interact with our museum. Unlike traditional analytics services, Umami is designed with privacy as a core principle.

What Umami Collects

• Only anonymized, aggregated visitor counts
• Pages visited and approximate session duration
• General geographic region (country level, not precise locations)
• Browser type and screen resolution (anonymous)

What Umami Does NOT Collect

• No personal data or identifiable information
• No IP addresses in identifiable form (they are hashed and anonymized)
• No cookies stored on your device
• No cross-site tracking or user fingerprinting

Our Umami instance is hosted on umami.is cloud, which complies with GDPR and does not process personal data. You can learn more about their privacy practices at umami.is/docs/privacy.

MoEM offers an optional newsletter for visitors who wish to follow the museum's development and receive updates about new exhibitions and educational resources.

Subscription Process

• You provide your email address voluntarily through our subscription form
• Legal basis: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
• Double opt-in: we send a confirmation email to verify your subscription
• Your subscription is only activated after you click the confirmation link

How We Use Your Email

• Solely to send the MoEM newsletter and museum updates
• Never shared with third parties for marketing purposes
• Newsletter delivery is handled by Infomaniak Network SA (Geneva, Switzerland)

Infomaniak is based in Switzerland, which is recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection (Art. 45 GDPR). No additional cross-border transfer mechanisms are required. Infomaniak's privacy policy is available at infomaniak.com/en/legal/confidentiality-policy.

Unsubscribing

You may unsubscribe at any time:

• Click the unsubscribe link in every newsletter email
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Upon unsubscription, your email address is deleted from our mailing list without undue delay.

Our web hosting provider Netlify may process standard server logs as part of normal hosting operations. These logs are technical in nature and help ensure the security and performance of our website.

Server logs typically include:

• IP address (anonymized where possible)
• Browser type and version
• Timestamp of the request
• Pages requested

These logs are processed by Netlify under their own privacy policy and are typically retained for a short period. Netlify's privacy policy is available at netlify.com/privacy.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of Access: Request confirmation of whether we process your data and access to that data
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (right to be forgotten)
• Right to Restriction: Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
• Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service provider

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You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority: