Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 1, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Humanoids Watch processes personal data when you visit this website, contact us by email, or submit information to us.
Humanoids Watch is an English-language editorial market-intelligence website about humanoid robotics. The website is currently operated as a minimal MVP without user accounts, payment functionality, contact forms, embedded third-party media, advertising pixels, or newsletter platform integration.
1. Controller
The controller responsible for this website under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Christian Metzner Albertusweg 3 50999 Köln Germany
Email: hello@humanoidswatch.com
2. Privacy Contact
For privacy-related requests, you can contact:
Email: hello@humanoidswatch.com
3. Data Protection Officer
No data protection officer has been appointed.
4. Hosting, CDN, Security and Email Routing
This website is hosted and delivered via Cloudflare, including Cloudflare Pages and related Cloudflare infrastructure.
Cloudflare may process technical data necessary to deliver, secure, operate, and measure the website. This may include IP addresses, request metadata, security events, browser and device information, requested URLs, timestamps, referrer information where available, and other technical information required for website delivery, network security, abuse prevention, analytics, and performance.
Humanoids Watch also uses Cloudflare Email Routing for the email address hello@humanoidswatch.com. Emails sent to this address are routed by Cloudflare and forwarded to the private email account used by the controller.
Cloudflare may process data in different jurisdictions, including outside the European Economic Area. Where required, appropriate safeguards such as contractual data protection arrangements and standard contractual clauses are used.
5. Website Visits and Server Logs
When you visit this website, technical access data may be processed automatically. This may include:
IP address
date and time of access
requested URL
referrer URL, where available
browser type and version
operating system and device information
HTTP status codes
transferred data volume
technical security and request metadata
This data is processed to deliver the website, maintain technical stability, prevent abuse, detect attacks, troubleshoot errors, and ensure the security of the website.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interests are secure, reliable, and efficient website operation, abuse prevention, and technical troubleshooting.
6. Cookies, Local Storage and Similar Technologies
According to the current implementation, Humanoids Watch does not use non-essential cookies, localStorage, or sessionStorage for analytics, advertising, profiling, or user tracking.
Cloudflare Web Analytics is used as a privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics service. It does not use analytics cookies and is not used for advertising profiling, cross-site marketing tracking, or remarketing.
The website currently does not implement Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Microsoft Clarity, advertising pixels, newsletter tracking, heatmap tools, session recording tools, embedded third-party media, or similar marketing tracking tools.
Strictly necessary technical mechanisms may be used by hosting, routing, and security infrastructure where required to deliver and protect the website.
Further information is provided in the Cookie and Tracking Notice: /legal/cookies/
If embedded media, newsletter tools, advertising pixels, or other non-essential technologies are added in the future, this Privacy Policy and the Cookie and Tracking Notice will be updated. Where required, such technologies will only be used after consent.
7. Cloudflare Web Analytics
Humanoids Watch uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to measure basic website usage and performance. The service helps us understand which pages are visited, how visitors reach the site, and how the site performs in real user browsers.
Metrics may include visits, page views, referrers, approximate country or region, browser and device information, page load performance, and Core Web Vitals.
Cloudflare Web Analytics is used as a privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics service. It is not used for advertising profiling, cross-site marketing tracking, or remarketing.
Cloudflare may process technical request metadata as part of providing hosting, security, and analytics services. The processing is used for our legitimate interests in measuring website reach, improving site performance, and maintaining the security and reliability of the website.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interests are measuring website reach, improving performance, and maintaining the security and reliability of the website.
8. Email Contact
If you contact Humanoids Watch by email, we process the information you provide in order to read, handle, and respond to your message.
This may include:
your email address
your name, if provided
your organization, if provided
message content
attachments, if any
timestamps and email metadata
follow-up correspondence
The legal basis may be Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your message relates to pre-contractual or contractual communication. In other cases, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is handling and responding to incoming communication.
Email communication is processed through Cloudflare Email Routing and the private email provider used by the controller.
9. Evidence Submissions
Humanoids Watch may invite users to submit public evidence, source links, corrections, updates, or contextual information by email or mailto link.
If you submit evidence or related information, we process the information you provide in order to review the submission, assess its relevance, verify public sources, maintain editorial records, respond where appropriate, and improve the accuracy of Humanoids Watch content.
This may include:
sender email address
sender name, if provided
organization or role, if provided
source links
message content
attachments, if any
public-source references
internal editorial notes about the submission
follow-up correspondence
Please do not send confidential, NDA-protected, trade-secret, illegally obtained, or unauthorized personal data. Humanoids Watch is designed to work with public evidence and public-source material.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interests are editorial review, source verification, market-intelligence quality control, correction handling, and documentation of relevant public evidence.
If a submission relates to a potential contractual or pre-contractual relationship, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR may also apply.
10. Briefing / Newsletter Interest
Humanoids Watch currently does not operate an integrated newsletter platform and does not currently run an automated briefing subscription system.
If you contact Humanoids Watch by email to express interest in a future briefing or newsletter, your email and message will be processed manually for that purpose.
No marketing newsletter will be sent without an appropriate legal basis. If a newsletter or briefing system is introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated to describe the provider, opt-in process, unsubscribe mechanism, data categories, legal basis, and retention periods.
11. External Links
This website may link to external websites, sources, documents, manufacturer pages, media reports, research pages, or public evidence.
Humanoids Watch is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. When you click an external link, the operators of the external website may process personal data under their own responsibility.
12. Recipients and Service Providers
Personal data may be processed by the following categories of recipients where necessary:
hosting, CDN, security, and infrastructure providers
email routing and email service providers
IT maintenance or technical support providers, if used
public authorities, courts, or legal advisors where legally required or necessary to protect rights
Currently, the main technical service provider for website delivery, security, analytics, and email routing is Cloudflare.
Email communications are also processed by the private email provider used by the controller.
Humanoids Watch does not sell personal data.
13. International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area.
In particular, Cloudflare is a global infrastructure provider and may process certain technical data in jurisdictions outside the European Economic Area, including the United States.
Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, Humanoids Watch relies on appropriate safeguards where required, such as contractual data protection arrangements, standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions, or other mechanisms recognized under GDPR. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, Cloudflare states that it relies on applicable transfer mechanisms such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses, where required.
14. Retention Periods
Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose, unless legal retention obligations or legitimate interests require longer storage.
The following retention criteria apply:
Technical server and security logs are retained for as long as necessary for website operation, security, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, and infrastructure integrity.
General email inquiries are usually retained for up to 12 months after the last communication, unless a longer period is necessary.
Evidence submissions and related editorial correspondence may be retained for up to 3 years, or longer where the information remains relevant for editorial verification, correction handling, public-source documentation, dispute prevention, or legal defense.
Data related to potential legal claims may be retained for the duration of applicable limitation periods.
Data subject requests are retained as necessary to document proper handling of the request.
15. Legal Bases
Depending on the context, Humanoids Watch processes personal data on the following legal bases:
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for secure website operation, hosting, server logs, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, measuring website reach, improving performance, maintaining security and reliability, editorial review, evidence verification, correction handling, and responding to general inquiries.
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where communication relates to pre-contractual or contractual matters.
Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR where processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations.
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR where consent is requested and given, for example for future non-essential cookies, analytics, or newsletter subscriptions.
16. Your Rights
Subject to the legal requirements, you may have the following rights under GDPR:
right of access
right to rectification
right to erasure
right to restriction of processing
right to data portability
right to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR
right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent
right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To exercise your rights, contact:
hello@humanoidswatch.com
17. Right to Object
Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.
If you object, Humanoids Watch will no longer process the relevant personal data unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
18. Withdrawal of Consent
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.
The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
19. Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes GDPR.
The competent supervisory authority for the controller in North Rhine-Westphalia is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen Kavalleriestraße 2–4 40213 Düsseldorf Germany
Website: https://www.ldi.nrw.de/
You may also contact another competent data protection supervisory authority.
20. No Automated Decision-Making
Humanoids Watch does not use personal data collected through this website for automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.
21. Updates to This Privacy Policy
Humanoids Watch may update this Privacy Policy when the website, technical infrastructure, legal requirements, or data processing practices change.
The current version is published on this page.