Privacy Policy

    Last updated: 11 August 2026

    This Privacy Policy describes how Ricardo Rouco ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website or use our services.

    Information We Collect

    • • Personal Information: Name, email address, company name, and any information you provide when contacting us.
    • • Technical Information: when you submit the contact form we also collect your public IP address, user agent, browser language, time zone, screen resolution and colour depth, platform, referrer, page URL, Do-Not-Track setting, cookie availability, connection type and device memory/CPU information, in order to prevent abuse and to reply in context. If you consent to analytics cookies, aggregated usage statistics are also collected.
    • • Cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience.

    How We Use Your Information

    • • To provide and improve our cybersecurity, AI, and web development services.
    • • To respond to your inquiries and communicate about our services.
    • • To send technical newsletters and updates (with your consent).
    • • To comply with legal obligations and protect our legitimate interests.

    Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

    • • Consent: For marketing communications and cookies.
    • • Contract: To fulfill our services and respond to inquiries.
    • • Legitimate interests: For website analytics and security.

    Your Rights

    • • Right to access your personal data.
    • • Right to correct inaccurate data.
    • • Right to request deletion of your data.
    • • Right to data portability.
    • • Right to object to processing.
    • • Right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authorities.

    Data Retention

    We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.

    Data Security

    We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

    Third-Party Services

    The following third-party services process personal data on this website: Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Ltd. — audience measurement with IP anonymisation, only after your consent); Formspree, Inc. (USA — processes and delivers contact form submissions, including the message content and technical device information); ipify / api.ipify.org (USA — returns your public IP address, attached to form submissions for abuse prevention); GitHub Pages, GitHub Inc. (USA — website hosting; server logs may include your IP address). Transfers outside the EEA rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and, for US providers, on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Each provider has its own privacy policy. See the Cookie Policy for the full inventory.

    Contact Us

    If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at ricardo.rouco@gmail.com.

    Changes to This Policy

    We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.