Privacy Policy

Controller and scope

DG SITE is maintained by Daniel José Barros Garcia, a self-employed professional, the owner of this website and the controller of the personal data associated with it. For privacy questions or to exercise your rights, contact mail@danielgarcia.pt. This policy describes only this domain.

Technical browsing data

To receive a page, your browser communicates your IP address and technical request information to the server, such as the requested resource, the date and browser details. Providing and securing the website pursues the legitimate interest in enabling access to content and preventing misuse, under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Browsing does not require an account.

Email contact

If you send a message using the contact details shown, your email address, the name you provide, the message content and its metadata are processed to reply and follow up on the matter. The basis is the legitimate interest in responding to correspondence received, under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Contact is voluntary; share only the data needed for your enquiry.

Theme preference

Your light or dark theme choice is saved in browser localStorage under dg-theme to remember the preference you requested. This key is not sent by the website code to an analytics service and has no expiry period set by local storage. You can change it with the theme button or delete it through your browser’s site data settings. The language is determined by the page URL.

Email subscription and form security

The subscription available on this domain is voluntary and is intended to send notifications of new articles. The form asks for an email address and is provided through MailerLite. The subscription uses double opt-in: after requesting a subscription, you must confirm the address through the email message sent to you. Using the address for these notifications is based on consent, under Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. Without providing and confirming an address, notifications cannot be received; browsing the website does not depend on subscribing.

The MailerLite script loads on pages displaying the subscription section, before you open the form. Opening the form loads MailerLite and Google reCAPTCHA resources, including fonts. These providers receive technical connection data, such as your IP address and browser information; reCAPTCHA analyses technical signals to prevent abuse and automated submissions. The security purpose pursues the legitimate interest in protecting the form, without removing any consent legally required for storage on or access to the device.

The address is processed while the subscription remains active; after cancellation, processing is limited to what is necessary and legally justified. You can unsubscribe using the link in the messages or write to blog@danielgarcia.pt or mail@danielgarcia.pt. Withdrawal of consent does not affect earlier processing and does not, by itself, erase records whose retention is necessary to meet obligations or demonstrate respect for the withdrawal.

Retention and providers

Correspondence is retained to reply and follow up on the matter and, where necessary, to meet legal obligations or establish, exercise and defend rights relating to it. The need for retention depends on the status of the enquiry and the obligations applicable to it; the website does not have a database of contact messages.

Hosting is provided by DMNS – DOMINIOS, S.A. (Dominios.pt), whose address is Parque Multiusos Lt. 3A, 8005-409 Faro. Dominios.pt provides email services for addresses on the danielgarcia.pt domain. These services are involved in delivering pages and receiving and replying to messages. External links open services with their own processing practices; this policy does not extend to those services.

Automated decisions

The described features do not include automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects. The form’s automated anti-spam analysis is a technical protection measure.

Rights and complaints

You may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or object to processing and, where the legal requirements are met, portability of your data. Where processing depends on consent, you may withdraw it without affecting earlier processing. Send your request to mail@danielgarcia.pt, identifying the matter and the data needed to locate it. Identity will be verified only to the extent necessary to protect the data.

You may lodge a complaint with the Portuguese supervisory authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), at www.cnpd.pt. Requests are handled within the time limits and conditions set by the GDPR.