Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 21, 2025

The website microeden.io (hereinafter referred to as “the Site”) respects the privacy of its visitors and is committed to protecting personal data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and applicable Italian law.

1. Data Controllers

The data controllers are:
Mirko Pacioni and Arturo Guadalupi
Contact email: info@microeden.io
There is no physical office or registered address.

2. Types of Data Collected

The Site may collect the following data:

  • Technical and navigation data: IP address, browser type, operating system, time spent on the site, and pages visited (through Google Analytics).
  • Data voluntarily provided by users: email address and, optionally, name, when subscribing to the newsletter.

No sensitive or special category data (e.g., health, religion, political views, etc.) are collected.

3. Purposes of Processing

Data are processed solely for the following purposes:

  1. Website traffic analysis and anonymous statistics, to assess interest in our content and improve services (via Google Analytics).
  2. Newsletter management, to send updates or news about microeden.io projects, based on the user’s explicit consent.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

  • User consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) for newsletter subscription.
  • Legitimate interest of the data controllers (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for anonymous analytics, provided that users’ fundamental rights and freedoms are not overridden.

5. Data Processing and Retention

Data are processed electronically, in compliance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency.
They are retained only as long as necessary for the stated purposes:

  • Navigation data: up to 14 months (depending on Google Analytics settings).
  • Newsletter data: until consent is withdrawn or the user unsubscribes.

6. Cookies

The Site uses both technical and analytics cookies.
All cookies — including technically necessary ones — can be refused or disabled via the consent banner managed by CookieYes.

For more details, please refer to the Cookie Policy section below.

7. Third-Party Services

Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Analytics service provided by Google Inc. (USA).
Data are collected in a partially anonymized form and used to generate aggregated statistics about website use.
Google may transfer this data outside the EU and process it for its own purposes, in accordance with its privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

Newsletter plugin (WordPress “Newsletter”)
Emails are managed via the microeden.io SMTP server. The collected data (optional name and required email) are used exclusively to send the requested communications and are not shared with third parties.

8. Hosting and Data Location

The website is hosted on Hostinger.com, which may operate data centers within the European Union or in third countries compliant with GDPR data protection standards.

9. Data Transfers Outside the EU

Some data may be transferred outside the European Union (e.g., via Google services).
Such transfers are carried out under the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR).

10. User Rights

Users have the right to request, at any time:

  • Access to their personal data (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Erasure (“right to be forgotten”, Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Restriction or objection to processing (Art. 18 and 21 GDPR)
  • Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Withdrawal of consent, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing

Requests can be sent to info@microeden.io

11. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically.
Any changes will be published on this page with the updated revision date.

12. Data Protection Officer (DPO)

No Data Protection Officer has been appointed, as it is not required for the current scope and activities of the Site.

13. Contact

For any questions or requests regarding personal data processing, please contact:
📧 info@microeden.io

Cookie Policy (Summary)

This website uses cookies to:

  • Technical cookies: to ensure proper website functionality (can be disabled).
  • Analytics cookies: to collect anonymous usage statistics (via Google Analytics).
  • Preference or marketing cookies (if any): used only with explicit user consent.

You can modify or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time via the CookieYes banner.