Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 November 2026
This policy explains what personal data is collected when you visit gishadev.com or useful.gishadev.com, why, and what rights you have under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Who is responsible
The data controller is Bohdan Tsaplia (gishadev), Wrocław, Poland. For anything about your data, write to [email protected].
What is collected and why
| What | Data | Purpose and legal basis | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics | Pages viewed, the site you came from, country, device and browser, counted by Cloudflare Web Analytics without cookies and without identifying you | Understanding which pages are useful. Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) | Only as totals, up to 6 months |
| Newsletter | Your email address and whether you opened or clicked emails | Sending the newsletter you signed up for. Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) | Until you unsubscribe |
| Contact form | Your name, email address and message | Replying to you. Steps you asked for and legitimate interest in answering (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f)) | As long as the conversation needs, at most 2 years |
| Hosting and security | IP address, browser and time of each request, in server and network logs | Delivering the site and protecting it from abuse. Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) | Per the providers below, usually days to weeks |
No data is sold, and no decisions are made about you automatically.
Services that receive data
- Hostinger (Lithuania) hosts both sites. Policy
- Cloudflare (USA) delivers and protects the sites and counts visits. Policy
- Google Fonts (Google, Ireland/USA) serves the text fonts. Policy
- Kit (USA) runs the newsletter. Policy
- FormSubmit forwards contact-form messages by email. Policy
- Font Awesome (Fonticons, USA) serves the icons. Policy
- itch.io (USA) loads a game only when you start one in the game player; itch.io may set its own cookies then. Policy
Transfers to the USA rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
Your rights
You can ask, free of charge, to:
- see the data held about you and get a copy of it;
- correct it, or have it deleted;
- restrict its use, or object to use based on legitimate interest;
- withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting earlier use.
Every newsletter email has an unsubscribe link. For anything else, write to [email protected]; you'll get an answer within one month. You can also complain to the Polish data protection authority, Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO).
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it. Significant changes will be announced to newsletter subscribers.