1. Identity of the Data Controller The data controller for the personal data collected through the website [https://howmanybusinessdays.com] (hereinafter, the “howmanybusinessdays”) is [NELSON GONZALEZ / CI: V-17531001], residing at [Barrio Bolivar 24 de Marzo 1ra Calle la Parrilla Casa Numero #27 Caracas – Venezuela] and contact email [nel50n902091985@gmail.com].
2. Personal Data We Collect On the Website, we may collect the following categories of data:
- Data voluntarily provided by the user: When you use the contact form, we will collect your name, email address, and the content of the message.
- Data collected automatically: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, date and time of access, and browsing data obtained through cookies and similar technologies (for further details, see the Cookie Policy).
- Usage preference data: The Website allows you to select a country for calculating public holidays. This choice is stored locally through a functional technical cookie; it is not associated with your identity nor transferred to our servers.
Special categories of data are not processed, nor are automated decisions made that produce legal effects concerning you.
3. Purposes of the Processing Personal data are processed for the following purposes:
- Provision of the requested service: To allow the calculation of business days between dates, remembering your country of preference for holidays.
- Customer support: To manage and respond to inquiries sent through the contact form.
- Statistical analysis and service improvement: Through tools such as Google Analytics, we analyze the aggregate use of the Website to optimize its operation.
- Personalized advertising: With your prior consent, we use advertising services (Google AdSense) that display advertisements based on your interests inferred from your browsing activity.
- Compliance with legal obligations: To respond to requests from competent authorities and to enforce our rights.
4. Legal Basis for Processing The execution of the business day calculation service and the management of inquiries are based on the adoption of pre-contractual measures or on the legitimate interest of the controller (Art. 6.1(b) and 6.1(f) GDPR).
Data processing for non-strictly necessary statistical analysis purposes and personalized advertising is carried out solely upon the user’s prior consent (Art. 6.1(a) GDPR), which may be withdrawn at any time by modifying cookie preferences.
Compliance with legal obligations is covered by Art. 6.1(c) GDPR.
5. Recipients and Transfers of Data Your data may be communicated to the following third parties:
- Google LLC (Google Analytics and Google AdSense), based in the United States. These international transfers are carried out under the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission and, in the case of Google AdSense, are based on its certification under the Data Privacy Framework (where applicable). Google acts as a data processor in Analytics and, regarding AdSense, as a joint controller for ad personalization.
- Web hosting and form service providers (e.g., Formspree or similar) acting as data processors for the contact form messages, who may have access to the data entered therein.
- Competent authorities, when a legal obligation exists.
Personal data is not sold to third parties.
6. Retention Periods Contact form data will be retained for the time necessary to respond to the inquiry and, subsequently, blocked during the statutory limitation periods (maximum 6 years).
Data processed for analytical purposes (Google Analytics) are retained according to the periods defined by Google (maximum 26 months for user-level data). Cookies have the validity periods indicated in the Cookie Policy.
Data contained in preference cookies (country) remain in your browser until manual deletion or according to the cookie’s expiration.
7. User Rights You may exercise, at any time, the rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing, and data portability, by sending a request to [nel50n902091985@gmail.com] with the reference “Data Protection”. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es) if you consider that the processing does not comply with current regulations.
8. Security Measures We apply appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against loss, unauthorized access, or alteration, taking into account the state of the art. The Website is served through an encrypted HTTPS connection.
9. Amendments This Privacy Policy will be updated as necessary to adapt to legislative or functional changes. The current version will always be available on the Website.