Privacy and cookie policy

01 Data controller

Andrea Bottazzi, IT Consultant
Via dei Cedri, 12 — 44123 Ferrara (FE), Italy
VAT no. IT01916820382

For any question about this notice or your data, write to hello@andreabottazzi.it.

02 What data I process

• Contact details you send me when you email me, message me on WhatsApp or call me: your name, contact details and the content of your message.
• Technical browsing data recorded in the server logs (for example IP address, date and time, page requested, browser type), needed for the site to work and stay secure.

The site has no contact forms, restricted areas or newsletter. Providing your contact details is optional, but without them I can't reply to you.

03 Cookies and local storage

The site does not use profiling cookies, analytics tools or third-party tracking. The fonts are served from the same server too, with no requests to external services.

Only two technical items are stored in your browser, in local storage (localStorage):

• ab-theme: your light or dark theme preference, only if you use the theme button;
• ab-notice: the fact that you have already closed the privacy notice, so it isn't shown again.

They are technical tools needed for the site to work the way you chose, so they do not require consent. They contain no personal data and are not sent to anyone. You can delete them at any time from your browser settings by clearing the site's data.

04 Purposes and legal bases

Replying to your requests and, if we start working together, managing that relationship

GDPR art. 6.1.b — pre-contractual steps and contract

Running the site and protecting it from abuse

GDPR art. 6.1.f — legitimate interest

Meeting legal obligations, such as tax and accounting

GDPR art. 6.1.c — legal obligation

05 How long I keep the data

• Contact requests: for as long as needed to handle them.
• Professional relationships: for the duration of the relationship and for ten years afterwards, as required by Italian civil and tax law.
• Server logs: for a limited period, according to the hosting provider's settings.

06 Who the data may be shared with

Data is never published or sold. It can only be accessed by the providers that make the service possible, such as hosting and email, acting as data processors, and by public authorities where required by law.

07 Transfers outside the European Union

If a provider processes data outside the European Union, the transfer only takes place with the safeguards set out in Chapter V of the GDPR, such as an adequacy decision by the European Commission or standard contractual clauses.

08 Your rights

At any time you can ask to:

• access your data and receive a copy;
• correct or update it;
• have it erased;
• restrict its processing;
• object to processing based on legitimate interest;
• receive it in a structured format to pass it on to someone else (portability).

To exercise them, just write to hello@andreabottazzi.it. If you believe your data is not being processed correctly, you can also lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, or with the supervisory authority of the EU country where you live.

09 Changes to this notice

This notice may be updated, for example if the services used by the site change. The date of the last change is shown at the top of the page.