1. User Information
Rafael Cosquiere, as the party responsible for this website, informs you that, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons (GDPR), and Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights (LOPDGDD), your data will be processed as described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Data Controller
- Identity: Rafael Cosquiere
- NIF: 77456935L
- Address: Carretera Hidum 53, 52003 Melilla, Spain
- Email: rafael.cosquiere@gmail.com
3. Processing Principles
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the following principles:
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: Consent will always be required for the processing of your personal data.
- Purpose limitation: Data will be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes.
- Data minimisation: Data will be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary.
- Accuracy: Data will be accurate and kept up to date.
- Storage limitation: Data will only be kept for as long as necessary for the purposes of processing.
- Integrity and confidentiality: Data will be processed in a way that ensures its security.
4. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing
On rafaelcosquiere.com we process your personal data for the following purposes:
4.1. Contact Forms
- Purpose: Responding to your enquiries and managing submitted requests.
- Legal basis: Consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).
- Data collected: Name, email address, phone number (optional) and message.
- Retention period: Data will be kept for as long as necessary to handle your enquiry and, thereafter, for the statutory limitation period for legal liability (generally 3 years).
4.2. Newsletter
- Purpose: Sending informational communications about blog content, news and updates.
- Legal basis: Consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).
- Data collected: Email address and name (optional).
- Retention period: Data will be kept until the user unsubscribes from the newsletter.
- Management: Newsletters are sent manually by the data controller. No third-party platforms are used for newsletter management.
4.3. Blog Comments
- Purpose: Allowing users to participate in the blog.
- Legal basis: Consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).
- Data collected: Name, email address and comment content.
- Retention period: Comments will be kept indefinitely unless deletion is requested.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
This website uses a minimum number of cookies, prioritizing user privacy.
5.1. Analytics Cookies
We use Umami Analytics (umami.senkiu.com), a self-hosted web analytics tool running on our own servers that fully respects user privacy:
- Does not use persistent cookies.
- Does not collect personally identifiable information.
- Does not share data with third parties.
- Complies with GDPR without requiring explicit consent.
5.2. Functional Cookies
This website may use strictly necessary cookies for its operation, including:
- WordPress: Session cookies for logged-in users and CMS functionality.
- LiteSpeed Cache: Technical cookies for site optimization and performance.
These cookies are strictly functional and are not used for tracking or behavioral analysis.
5.3. Third-party Cookies
Some blog posts may include YouTube videos embedded in enhanced privacy mode. YouTube may set functional and analytics cookies when the user plays a video. For more information, please refer to Google’s privacy policy.
6. Data Recipients
Your personal data will not be shared with third parties, except where required by law.
Data is hosted on Hostinger servers (infrastructure located in France, IP: 147.93.92.253), which acts as data processor and complies with the GDPR.
7. International Data Transfers
No international transfers of data outside the European Economic Area are carried out.
8. User Rights
As a user, you have the right to:
- Access: Know what personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data.
- Objection: Object to the processing of your data.
- Restriction: Request that the processing of your data be restricted.
- Portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.
- Withdrawal of consent: Withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise your rights, you can contact the data controller by sending an email to rafael.cosquiere@gmail.com, attaching a copy of your identity document.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) if you consider that the processing of your personal data does not comply with current regulations.
9. Data Security
Rafael Cosquiere has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of your personal data and prevent its alteration, loss, unauthorized processing or access, taking into account the state of technology, the nature of the stored data and the risks involved.
10. Minors
This website is not intended for users under the age of 14. If you are under 14, you must not provide personal data through this website without the prior consent of your parents or legal guardians.
11. Updates to this Privacy Policy
Rafael Cosquiere reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy to adapt it to legislative or case law developments, as well as industry practices. Any changes will be published on this page with sufficient notice before taking effect.
Last updated: January 2026