Privacy and cookies

This page explains what data tommasomeli.it collects, why, for how long and what rights you have.

Data controller

Tommaso Meli, Florence, Italy. For any request about your data write to info@tommasomeli.it.

Contact form

When you write to me through the form I collect your name, email, subject and message. I use them only to reply and to follow up on what you ask, on the basis of your request (art. 6.1.b GDPR). The message reaches my mailbox and I keep it as long as the conversation and any work that follows need it.

To keep spam out, the form uses Google reCAPTCHA, provided by Google Ireland Ltd: it reads some data about the browser and the device, including the IP address, and sends it to Google. The basis is my legitimate interest in protecting the form (art. 6.1.f GDPR). The service loads only on the contact page and follows Google’s privacy policy.

To block repeated submissions the site keeps the IP address of whoever sends a message in memory for ten minutes, without storing it.

Visit statistics

If you accept them from the banner, the site uses Google Analytics through Google Tag Manager, services of Google Ireland Ltd, to understand which pages are read and how people get there. The basis is your consent (art. 6.1.a GDPR). Until you choose, no statistics tool is loaded. Google Analytics keeps the visit data for 2 months, then deletes it.

Google may also process this data in the United States, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Cookies

The site uses these technical cookies, which remember your choices and need no consent:

• tm-consent: your choice about statistics cookies, for 6 months;
• tm-theme: light or dark theme, for one year;
• tm-home, tm-view and tm-place: whether you prefer the text home or the map, the 2D or 3D view and the last place visited on the map, for one year.

The browser also keeps the last filter and sort chosen in the project archive (localStorage), to find it again on your next visit.

Only with your consent Google Analytics sets the _ga and _ga_* cookies, which last up to two years.

You can change your mind at any time from the “cookies” link at the bottom of every page, or by clearing the cookies in your browser.

Where the data lives

The site runs on a server of Hetzner Online GmbH in Finland, in the European Union. Like any server, for security it logs the requests it receives, with IP address, date and requested page.

Your rights

You can ask me to access your data, correct it, delete it, restrict its use, object to the processing or receive it in a readable format (arts. 15-22 GDPR). You can withdraw your consent to statistics whenever you like, without affecting what was collected before. If you think your data is handled wrongly you can turn to the Italian data protection authority.