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description = "Rubén Beltrán del Río is a freelance software engineer that offers a wide-range of services, including native iOS and macOS development, web development, backend services, infrastructure, as well as organizational and leadership consulting for tech teams."
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## Privacy Policy

In order to offer my services, I need to collect some data. This policy shows the entirety of our data collection, and how long we keep it for.

### The What, When, Why and How long of our Data Collection.

#### When you visit this website.
* **What**: Our server collects IP addresses and browser User-Agents but never links it to your identity.
* **Why**: We use this data to understand our traffic and block potential malicious actors (eg. Bots)
* **For how long**: 30 days.

#### When you send me an e-mail or book an appointment.
* **What**: Your contact information and the content of the messages.
* **Why**: In order to respond to your inquiries.
* **How Long**: 2 years if no business relationship develops, 6 years for business correspondence.
* **Lawful basis**: Legitimate interests.

#### When we work on a project together.
* **What**: Contact details, business information, invoicing data, project communications.
* **Why**: This is necessary to fulfill the contract, and for my tax obligations.
* **For how long**: Business records are kept for 6 years after project completion, financial records for 10 years after final invoice.
* **Lawful basis**: Contract performance and legal obligation.

### Data Security
Your data is protected using appropriate technical and organizational measures, including firewalls, encrypted data transmission, and secure server infrastructure.

### Data Sharing
Your data is never shared with third parties, except as required by law (such as tax authorities or in response to valid legal requests).

### Your Rights
You can request access to, correction of, deletion of, or object to processing of your data (subject to legal retention requirements).

Contact me at [dataprotection@work.bdr.sh](mailto:dataprotection@work.bdr.sh) for data protection queries. I will respond to your requests within one month.

### Data Controller
Rubén Fabián Beltrán del Río Vara
[dataprotection@work.bdr.sh](mailto:dataprotection@work.bdr.sh)

### Governing Law
This privacy policy and all data processing activities are governed by German law and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).