This site collects no email addresses, has no accounts, no comments, no advertising and no third-party tracking. This policy is short because there is very little to describe.

Who is responsible

Antoine Benedini — Vienna, Austria — abenedini@thestrategicsouth.com — is the controller for any personal data processed through this website.

What is processed

When you open a page, the server records technical data: your IP address, the page requested, the date and time, the referring page, and your browser and operating system. This is standard server logging, and it is what makes it possible to serve the site and to detect abuse.

This data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: operating a website securely and reliably. It is not used to profile you, it is not combined with data from other sources, and it is never sold or shared for marketing purposes.

No newsletter, no accounts

There is no subscription form on this site and no member accounts. If you wish to follow the publication, you do so on LinkedIn, under LinkedIn’s own terms and privacy policy. Nothing about that subscription is visible to, or stored by, this site.

Cookies

This site sets only the strictly necessary technical cookies required by its publishing platform. It uses no analytics cookies, no advertising cookies and no cross-site trackers. For that reason, no consent banner is shown.

Who else is involved

The site runs on Ghost(Pro), operated by Ghost Foundation Ltd, which acts as a processor under a data processing agreement. Site data is stored on servers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, within the European Union.

How long data is kept

Server log data is retained by the hosting platform for a limited period, for security and diagnostic purposes, and is then deleted. No separate copy is kept.

Links to LinkedIn or to other websites take you to services governed by their own privacy policies. This policy covers thestrategicsouth.com only.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to request access to your personal data and its rectification or erasure, to request restriction of processing, to object to processing, and to data portability. Write to abenedini@thestrategicsouth.com.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde, dsb.gv.at).

Changes to this policy

This policy will be updated if the site changes. The date below indicates the current version.

Last updated: August 2026