Privacy policy

Greetings & welcome to The State of Matter,

With this information, we ("The State of Matter", "us") inform you about the processing of your personal data ("Data"), of your Data protection claims and about your Data privacy & protection rights.

Who we are

The State of Matter operates as a personal blog on behalf of Rareș Popescu. You can reach us through the contact options available at the bottom of this page.

Which Data & for which purposes or duration do we process

We process the Data that we receive from you as a visitor to our platform ("Website"). We collect, use, store, and transfer different categories of Data, as defined below:

Identity & contact information

  • type: name, email address, phone number, billing address and delivery address

  • purpose: we process the Data for the purpose of sales and the provision of our service to you, as a customer

  • legal basis: we process the Data based on our legitimate interest, to be able to offer you our services

  • duration: we process your Data until you object to this processing; once you have raised an objection, a new weighing of interests will be carried out: if we determine that your interests outweigh our interests, we will stop processing your Data

Marketing information

  • type: name, e-mail address, service & product preferences and anonymized events or activity on our platform

  • purpose: we process the Data for the purpose of marketing, sales, newsletter activities and to enable you to participate in promotions or surveys

  • legal basis: we process the Data based on your consent, separately for the usage of cookies and direct newsletter subscription

  • duration: we process your Data until you object to this processing. After you have raised an ojection with us, we will stop processing your Data

Technical information

  • type: IP address, login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website

  • purpose: we process the Data for the purpose of sales, provision of our service and to improve our website, products and services

  • legal basis: we process the Data based on our legitimate interest, to be able to offer you our services

  • duration: we process your Data until you object to this processing; once you have raised an objection, a new weighing of interests will be carried out: if we determine that your interests outweigh our interests, we will stop processing your Data

Who do we share your data with

Within our company, we share your Data with the employees that need it for the purposes stated above. If we are legally obliged to do so, we will also transfer your Data to public bodies and authorities.

We may also share your personal data with the following third parties for the purposes described above:

  • Google: (Google Ireland Limited, located in Ireland) for website analytics purposes

  • Facebook: (Facebook Ireland Limited, located in Ireland) for advertising and marketing purposes

  • TikTok: (TikTok Technology Limited, located in Ireland) for advertising and marketing purposes

  • Hotjar: (Hotjar Ltd., located in Malta) for advertising and marketing purposes

  • Hosterion: (Hosterion S.R.L, located in Romania) for infrastructure, technical and operational purposes

Cookies

We use cookies, pixels and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can find more information about the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use through the Cookies List available in our Cookies Module.

Your rights in regards to processing your Data

You have the following rights in relation to your Data:

  • to request information about which of your personal Data we process (Article 15 GDPR)

  • to rectify or erase your Data (Article 16 GDPR)

  • to restrict the processing of your Data (Article 18 GDPR)

  • to withdraw your consent (Article 7 GDPR)

  • to object to the processing of your Data (Article 21 GDPR)

  • to Data portability (Article 20 GDPR)

Automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling according to Article 22 GDPR.

Changes to this Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.

How you can reach us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at rares@thestateofmatter.com.

Last updated: 15.01.2024