Your data, in plain words.
This page explains what happens with the personal data you share on patismus.com: what I collect, why, who helps me process it, how long I keep it, and what you can ask me to do with it.
Last updated: 21 October 2026
Who is responsible
The controller of your personal data is Patrycja Krzemińska (Pati Smus Krzemińska). For anything about your data, write to patismus@gmail.com.
What I collect and why
| Where | What | Why, and the legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Contact form (home page) and Product Health Check form | Name, email, company (if given) and what you write | To reply and talk about working together. Steps you ask for before a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and my legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f)). |
| Free guide Interview Them Back | Email, first name (optional) | To give you the guide you asked for (Art. 6(1)(b)). |
| The optional box “Yes, email me now and then…” | Your email and the fact that you agreed | To send occasional notes on women in tech and occasional offers, such as BS Detector. Only with your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and the Polish Electronic Communications Law). Leaving the box empty changes nothing about getting the guide. |
| BS Detector waiting list | Email, the package you clicked | To tell you once when checkout opens, as you asked (Art. 6(1)(b)). |
Giving your data is voluntary. Without an email I can’t reply to you or send you what you asked for.
Who helps me process it
- Web3Forms passes form submissions to my inbox.
- Google (Gmail) is where those emails arrive and where I reply from.
- Cloudflare hosts the site. Like any web server, it processes your IP address and technical request data to deliver pages and keep the site secure.
- Google Fonts serves the Inter font. Your browser connects to Google’s servers, which see your IP address.
Some of these providers are based outside the European Economic Area, mainly in the United States. Where that happens, transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. I don’t sell your data and don’t share it with anyone else.
How long I keep it
- Enquiries: for as long as we are talking, then up to 3 years in case of follow-up questions or claims.
- Guide downloads without consent: up to 12 months, then deleted.
- Consent to emails: until you unsubscribe or withdraw consent.
- Waiting list: until I send the launch email, then deleted unless you also gave consent to emails.
Cookies and tracking
The site sets no cookies and uses no analytics or ad trackers. It only remembers your light or dark theme choice in your browser’s session storage, which clears when you close the tab.
Your rights
You can ask me to show you your data, correct it, delete it, limit how I use it, or send it to you in a portable format. You can object to processing based on my legitimate interest. You can withdraw consent at any time, by replying to any email or writing to patismus@gmail.com. That doesn’t affect anything done before you withdrew it.
If you think I handle your data unlawfully, you can complain to the Polish data protection authority, the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (uodo.gov.pl).
I don’t use your data for automated decisions or profiling.
Changes
If I change how I handle data, for example when I move email signups to a newsletter tool, I’ll update this page and the date above.