Privacy Policy

• Data controller: Vlad Parlici
• Contact: [email protected]
• Capacity: personal project, not a registered business.

For any privacy-related question or to exercise the rights listed below, email me directly using the address above.

• Site usage preferences

  Remembering your theme / language so the site is usable

  Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest in providing a working site

• Analytics

  Understanding which pages get visited

  Basis: Art. 6(1)(a) — your explicit consent

• Anti-abuse

  Preventing automated spam submissions to the contact form

  Basis: Art. 6(1)(a) — your explicit consent

• Contact form (name, email, message)

  Receiving and responding to your message

  Basis: Art. 6(1)(b) — taking pre-contractual steps at your request

• Contact form IP + country

  Rate limiting and geographic gating against abuse

  Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest in keeping the form usable

• Server logs

  Operating and securing the hosting infrastructure

  Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest in security

Several of the processors listed above are based in the United States. When data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, it relies on the lawful mechanisms set out in GDPR Articles 44–49 — primarily the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) adequacy decision and Standard Contractual Clauses where DPF coverage is not available.

• Local storage (theme, language, cookieConsent)

  Until you clear browser storage

• Google Analytics cookies

  Up to 2 years (set by Google)

• Turnstile (anti-abuse)

  No cookies — Turnstile is cookieless by design

• Contact form IP (rate limit)

  60 seconds, in process memory only — never persisted

• Contact form messages received by email

  Retained in my inbox until you ask for deletion

• Server hosting logs

  Per DigitalOcean's retention (typically up to 30 days)

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access (Art. 15)Request a copy of the data I hold about you.
• Rectification (Art. 16)Request that inaccurate data be corrected.
• Erasure (Art. 17)Request that data be deleted ("right to be forgotten").
• Restriction (Art. 18)Limit further processing in specific cases.
• Portability (Art. 20)Receive your data in a machine-readable format.
• Objection (Art. 21)Object to processing based on legitimate interest.
• Withdraw consent (Art. 7)Withdraw consent for analytics or anti-abuse at any time via the cookie banner, or via "Reset cookie preferences" on the cookie policy page.

To exercise any of these rights, email me at [email protected]. I'll respond within one month, as required by GDPR.

If you believe my handling of your personal data violates GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Romanian supervisory authority — the Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP): dataprotection.ro.

For any question about this policy or about how your personal data is handled, reach me at [email protected].