Privacy

Datenschutzerklärung / Privacy policy

Last updated: 13 July 2026 · Written in English — the language of this service. Eine deutsche Fassung folgt.

Draft for legal review before public launch. Content below reflects the actual current processing, but has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer.

1. Who is responsible

Expadu — Anar Haqverdiyev, Köln, Germany (contact: hello@expadu.com) is the controller for the processing described here.

2. Visiting this website

Our servers are operated by Hetzner Online GmbH in Germany. When you visit, standard server logs are processed (IP address, time, requested page, user agent) to deliver the site securely and diagnose faults — legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Logs are short-lived and not used to profile you. On our production domain, traffic is routed through Cloudflare as a security/CDN layer.

3. Cookies

We set only technically necessary cookies: a session cookie, a CSRF protection token, and — if you use the toggle — your theme preference in your browser's local storage. No tracking or advertising cookies, which is why there is no cookie banner.

4. City waitlist

If you leave your e-mail and city, we store both together with a timestamp, and send you a single confirmation e-mail (double opt-in). Only after you confirm do we keep you on the list, and we use it solely to tell you when Expadu launches in your city — legal basis: consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). E-mail delivery runs through our e-mail provider (Resend). You can withdraw at any time via the link in any e-mail or by writing to us; withdrawal deletes your entry.

5. The Expadu app

If you create an account at app.expadu.com, we process the data you provide (e-mail, name, password — stored hashed) and, to power the product, the situation profile you set up (e.g. residency situation, arrival date, neighbourhood, interests) — legal basis: contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). If you grant browser location access, your position is used to compute departures, routes and nearby suggestions; recent positions are retained briefly for these features and then expire automatically. Application errors are monitored with Sentry to keep the service reliable (legitimate interest). We do not sell data and do not use it for advertising.

6. Your rights

You have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection under Art. 15–21 GDPR, and the right to complain to a supervisory authority — in NRW: LDI Nordrhein-Westfalen. Writing to hello@expadu.com is the fastest route for any of these.

7. Changes

This policy will be updated as the product evolves; the date above always reflects the current version.