This Privacy Policy explains how Porttx ("Porttx", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects personal data when you visit chbn.click (the "Site"), including our blog. It is written to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent UK data protection law, and applies to all visitors regardless of location.
1. Who We Are (Data Controller)
Porttx is the data controller responsible for personal data processed through this Site. If you have any question about this policy or how your data is handled, you can contact us at hello@chbn.click.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We collect the minimum data necessary to operate the Site and respond to you. Specifically:
- Contact form submissions: when you use the contact form, we collect the name, email address, and message you voluntarily provide, so we can respond to your inquiry.
- Basic technical logs: like virtually all websites, our hosting and content-delivery infrastructure automatically logs standard technical data (such as IP address, browser type, and request timestamps) for security, abuse prevention, and troubleshooting. We do not use this data to build advertising profiles.
- Local device preferences: the Site stores your light/dark theme choice and blog reading-mode preference directly in your browser's local storage. This information stays on your device, is never transmitted to our servers, and is not a tracking cookie.
We do not currently use analytics or tracking cookies on this Site.
3. Advertising (Google AdSense)
This Site may display advertising served by Google AdSense, once our application is approved. When active, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads, which — depending on your settings and location — may include personalized advertising based on your browsing activity. Where required by EU/UK law, we will request your consent before any non-essential advertising cookie is set.
You can learn more about how Google uses data from sites that use its services, and manage your ad personalization settings, at Google's own policies:
- Google Privacy Policy
- Google Ads Settings (to opt out of personalized advertising)
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases:
- Consent — when you voluntarily submit the contact form, or where required, before setting non-essential advertising cookies.
- Legitimate interest — for basic technical/security logging necessary to keep the Site safe and operational.
5. How Long We Keep Your Data
Contact form messages are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to address your inquiry and maintain a record of our correspondence, after which they may be deleted. Technical logs are retained for a limited period for security purposes and are not kept indefinitely.
6. Who We Share Data With
We do not sell your personal data. We share limited data only with the service providers necessary to run the Site:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) — our hosting provider. Our infrastructure is located in AWS's Frankfurt (eu-central-1) region, meaning your data is processed and stored within the European Union.
- Google — for web fonts (Google Fonts) and, once approved, advertising (Google AdSense). These requests may involve Google's own servers, which may be located outside the EU; Google maintains its own EU-standard safeguards for such transfers.
7. International Data Transfers
Our core hosting infrastructure is based in the EU (Frankfurt, Germany), so your data generally stays within the European Economic Area. Where a third-party service (such as Google) may process data outside the EEA, that provider is responsible for maintaining appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) under GDPR.
8. Your Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the EU/UK, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erase your data ("right to be forgotten"), where applicable.
- Restrict or object to our processing of your data.
- Data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority, if you believe your rights have been violated.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@chbn.click. We will respond within the timeframes required by law.
9. Children's Privacy
This Site is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.
10. Security
We apply reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. No method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, but we work to protect your information appropriately.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example as our use of advertising or other services evolves. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
12. Contact Us
For any question about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, reach us at hello@chbn.click or via our contact form.