Last updated: 8 November 2026
RASInsider is a technical publication about Parallels RAS. We collect the bare minimum: no advertising, no tracking cookies, no selling of data. This page explains, service by service, what data is processed, why, and for how long.
Data controller
The data controller is Thierry Frache, publisher of RASInsider. For any question or request about your data: [email protected].
Browsing the site
The site is hosted by IONOS on a server located in Germany (European Union).
Like any web server, our server logs the IP address, date, requested page and browser for each request. These logs are used only for security and to keep the site running (legitimate interest). They are deleted automatically after 14 days.
The site is protected by the Wordfence security plugin, which inspects requests to block attacks. Technical information about attack attempts, including the IP address, may be shared with Defiant Inc. (United States), the publisher of Wordfence, to keep the protection up to date.
Cloudflare
The site is delivered through Cloudflare, Inc. (United States), which distributes the pages and protects against attacks and bots. Cloudflare processes visitors’ IP addresses and technical connection data for this purpose. Cloudflare is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. The alert sign-up form also uses Cloudflare Turnstile to check that you are not a bot.
Audience measurement
We measure traffic with Umami, a tool hosted on our own server. It sets no cookies and does not store your IP address: each visit is linked to an anonymous identifier computed from technical data and a key that changes every day, so you cannot be followed from one day to the next or from one site to another. We only use it for statistics (page views, country, device type, referring site, reaction clicks). No data is shared with third parties. This data is deleted after 25 months.
Article reactions
The reaction buttons (👍 🔥 💡 🛟) require no account. Only the total for each reaction is stored. To limit abuse, a non-reversible fingerprint of your IP address is kept for 24 hours at most. Your own reactions are remembered in your browser’s local storage, which you can clear at any time.
New build alerts (Build Alert)
If you sign up for alerts, we store your e-mail address and the dates of your sign-up, consent and confirmation. It is used only to tell you about new Parallels RAS builds. Legal basis: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time with the unsubscribe link included in every e-mail. When you unsubscribe, your address is deleted. An unconfirmed sign-up is deleted after 7 days.
Tools and search
- RASInsider Search: your searches are processed by our own search engine, hosted on our server. They only appear in the technical logs, deleted after 14 days.
- Log Decoder: the logs you paste are decoded entirely in your browser and are never sent to us.
- Packet Loss Test: the test exchanges packets between your browser and our server to measure network quality. Results are not stored.
- The tools remember your chosen language in your browser’s local storage.
RASInsider iPhone app
The app displays the site’s articles. Your favourite articles stay on your phone. If you allow notifications, a technical notification identifier is managed by OneSignal, Inc. (United States) to send you alerts; you can turn them off at any time in the iPhone settings.
Cookies
The site only uses cookies that are needed for it to work:
- pll_language: remembers your chosen language (1 year).
- cmplz_*: remember your choice in the cookie banner (1 year).
- __cf_bm, cf_clearance: set by Cloudflare for bot protection (30 minutes to a few days).
- wordpress_*, wp-settings-*: only for authors logged in to the administration.
No advertising or audience-measurement cookies are used.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict and object to the processing of your data, and to withdraw your consent at any time. Write to us at [email protected]; we reply within one month. If you believe your rights have not been respected, you can lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL (www.cnil.fr), or with the authority of your country.
Changes
This policy may change as the site evolves. The date of the last update is shown at the top of this page.