Privacy

SintGedicht processes as little data as possible. Without an account we store nothing about you. This page explains what does happen.

Who is responsible

SintGedicht, Nederland, is responsible for the processing of personal data on sintgedicht.com. Send questions or requests to [email protected].

What we process

When you write without an account

• Your draft, your theme and your print preferences are kept only in your own browser.
• If you ask the poet for help, we send the name, the things you tell us and your lines to our own server. That text is used only in working memory to make the suggestion and is not stored afterwards.
• If you look up a rhyme, the server receives only that word.

When you create an account

• The username or email address that you choose yourself. We never send email to it.
• Your password and recovery code, only as an irreversible hash (argon2id). We cannot read them.
• Your chosen picture, your preference for sharing, and the day on which your account was created and last used.
• The poems that you save yourself.
• For Sint Premium: the day until which Premium runs, and for a subscription the customer number that Stripe gives us.

When you share a poem

Sharing happens only if you tick the box. We first remove names, email addresses, phone numbers and other recognisable details from the text. What remains we store separately from your account, as an example for the poet and as a count for the rhyme help. After that it can no longer be traced back to you.

Technical data

• Your IP address is used for security and to enforce limits. We do not store it. We convert it into a code that changes every day and that cannot be converted back into an address.
• We keep only counts per day, such as the number of poems created. No profiles, no tracking cookies of our own.

Why this is allowed

• Performance of the agreement: your account, your saved poems and Sint Premium.
• Legitimate interest: security, preventing misuse and simple counts.
• Consent: sharing a poem and advertising cookies.

Who we share data with

• The poet is a language model that runs on our own server.
• Cloudflare provides the network, the security and the bot check. Cloudflare processes your IP address for this.
• Google shows advertisements if they are switched on. Google places advertising cookies only after you have given consent in the consent window.
• Stripe processes donations and payments for Sint Premium. Payment details and the email address for your receipt go directly to Stripe. We do not see them.

These parties may process data outside the European Union. This happens on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. We do not sell data.

How long we keep data

• Your account and saved poems: until you delete them. After 24 months without use we delete the account.
• Login sessions: at most 60 days after your last visit.
• Payment records: seven years, because the law requires this of us. That is only the date, the type of purchase and a reference to the payment at Stripe.
• Shared, anonymous examples: without an end date, because they no longer concern a person.

Writing about someone else

A Sinterklaas poem is about another person. Tell the poet only what you would also say out loud on Sinterklaas evening. Do not enter sensitive data, such as health, religion or money matters.

Your rights

You may view your data, have it corrected, have it deleted or take it with you, and you may object to its use. You can withdraw consent at any time. You delete your account yourself on the account page, which also removes your saved poems. For other requests, email [email protected]. We respond within a month. You can also file a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

Security

All connections are encrypted. Passwords are never stored in readable form. We deliberately keep little, because what does not exist cannot leak.

Changes

If this page changes, you will see it from the date below.

Updated on 2026-11-14