Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 28, 2025

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Zioan Dev ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website at zioan.dev (the "Website").

We are committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring your rights are respected. This policy explains our practices concerning the personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, and how that information will be used.

Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

  • Personal Information: When you contact us using our contact form, we collect your name and email address.
  • Usage Data: We collect anonymous data about how users interact with our Website using Matomo Analytics. This includes information such as browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on the Website, and other browsing actions.
  • Technical Data: This includes anonymized IP addresses (the last digits are removed), browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
  • Cookies: Our Website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. For detailed information, please see our Cookie Policy.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer service
  • To provide and maintain our Website
  • To analyze and improve our Website and services
  • To monitor usage of our Website
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
  • To comply with legal obligations

Data Storage and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

Our Website is hosted in the European Union, and all data is stored on secure servers with regular backups. We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it.

Analytics

We use Matomo Analytics, a privacy-friendly analytics platform, to analyze the use of our Website. Matomo is configured to anonymize IP addresses and respect "Do Not Track" browser settings. The data is processed within the European Union and is not shared with third parties.

Our analytics implementation complies with GDPR and other privacy regulations, as it:

  • Anonymizes IP addresses
  • Respects "Do Not Track" browser settings
  • Stores all data on our own servers
  • Limits data retention to 13 months
  • Requires user consent before tracking

Third-Party Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website, provide services on our behalf, perform Website-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Website is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Compliance

As our Website is accessible globally, we comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for processing your personal data includes:

  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent for us to process your data for a specific purpose, such as analytics tracking.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided your fundamental rights do not override these interests.
  • Legal Obligation: Where we need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Contract: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Compliance

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives you the right to know what personal information we collect, disclose, or sell. You also have the right to request deletion of your personal information and to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the categories of personal information described in the "Information We Collect" section above.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.