Privacy Policy

The controller of your personal data processed through the appcrates.pl website is AppCrates (hereinafter referred to as the "Controller").

If you have any questions regarding data protection or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at: appcratesdev@gmail.com.

We collect and process your data necessary for providing our services, communicating with you, and ensuring the technical stability of our website. The purposes and legal bases under GDPR include:

• Contact Form: Name, email address, and message content to respond to inquiries (Article 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR).

• Newsletter: Email address to send commercial and informational updates, based on your voluntary consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).

• Analytics & System Logs: IP address, browser type, and interaction data to optimize website performance and ensure cybersecurity, which constitutes our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We store your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:

• Contact data: Until the communication is resolved or for the period necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

• Newsletter data: Until you withdraw your consent or unsubscribe from the mailing list.

• Analytics: For the duration determined by respective cookie expiration dates or until you opt out.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you hold the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access your data and receive a copy.

• The right to rectify (correct) inaccurate data.

• The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") when data is no longer necessary.

• The right to restrict data processing or object to processing based on legitimate interests.

• The right to data portability.

• The right to withdraw consent at any time (e.g., for the newsletter).

To exercise these rights, contact us at appcratesdev@gmail.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Authority if you believe we are violating data protection laws.

We do not sell your personal data. Your data may be entrusted to specialized third-party service providers acting on our behalf, strictly for operational purposes:

• Hosting & Cloud Infrastructure providers (e.g., Netlify, Vercel).

• Content Management Systems (e.g., Sanity CMS).

• Analytics tools (provided you gave explicit consent via our Cookie Banner).

Some of these providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). In such cases, we ensure standard contractual clauses or frameworks like the EU-US Data Privacy Framework are in place to guarantee a high level of security.

Our website utilizes cookies. Cookies are tiny text files saved on your device.

• Necessary cookies: Crucial for basic application functionality, security, and consent preferences. Cannot be disabled.

• Analytics & Marketing cookies: Used exclusively to understand user traffic and optimize content. Activated only upon your explicit consent via the Cookie Consent Banner.

You may change your cookie preferences or delete them completely at any time from your web browser settings.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy to ensure compliance with changing legal frameworks and our evolving digital architecture.

Substantial changes will be reflected by the "Effective date" at the top of this page.