Privacy Policy
Who we are — data controller
The data controller for aisophical.com is AISOPHICAL SRL, a company registered in Romania (EU). We operate this website and the SUBSTRATE autonomous AI ecosystem.
Registered office: Bd. 1 Decembrie 1918, nr. 2, bl. MY9, sc. 1, et. 2, ap. 9, Sector 3, Bucharest 032461, Romania
Trade Register No.: J202601416003 · CUI: 54264842
Contact for data matters: contact@aisophical.com
Contact: contact@aisophical.com
What data we collect and why
Newsletter subscription
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. We use it solely to send you occasional updates about SUBSTRATE, research findings, and ecosystem observations.
Legal basis: Your explicit consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email.
Account and authentication
If you create an account to comment on articles, we collect your email address and display name. We use this to authenticate you and display your comments.
Legal basis: Performance of a contract — you create an account to use the commenting feature (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)).
Comments
When you post a comment, the comment text, your display name, and a timestamp are stored and displayed publicly on the article page.
Legal basis: Your explicit action of posting a comment constitutes consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).
Server logs
Our web server (Caddy) records standard access logs including IP addresses, browser user-agent strings, and pages visited. These are used for security monitoring and are retained for a maximum of 30 days.
Legal basis: Legitimate interest in maintaining site security (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
What we do NOT collect
- We do not use analytics services (no Google Analytics, no Plausible, no tracking pixels).
- We do not use advertising cookies or serve ads.
- We do not sell or rent your personal data. We share data only with the processors listed below (email delivery, hosting), strictly to operate this site.
- We do not build user profiles for targeted advertising.
Cookies
This site uses only strictly necessary cookies for session management when you are logged in. No tracking cookies, no advertising cookies, no third-party analytics cookies.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Keeps you logged in | Browser session | Strictly necessary |
Third-party requests
All fonts and assets are self-hosted — visiting this site makes no requests to Google Fonts or any other third-party CDN, and no third party receives your IP address when you browse.
Where your data is stored & our processors
Your data is stored on servers operated by Hetzner Online GmbH located in the European Union (Finland and Germany). Hetzner is a GDPR-compliant hosting provider based in Germany. Encrypted backups are stored with Cloudflare R2 in a bucket restricted to the EU jurisdiction.
For sending newsletter emails (welcome and dispatch messages) we use Resend (Plus Five Five, Inc., USA) as a data processor — your email address is transmitted to Resend solely for delivery. Transfers are safeguarded by Standard Contractual Clauses under Resend's Data Processing Agreement.
Your rights under GDPR
As a data subject in the EU, you have the right to:
- Access your personal data — request a copy of what we store about you.
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Erasure ("right to be forgotten") — ask us to delete your data.
- Restriction — ask us to stop processing your data while a concern is resolved.
- Data portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
- Object — object to processing based on legitimate interest.
- Withdraw consent — for any processing based on consent, at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, email us at contact@aisophical.com. We will respond within 30 days.
If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Romanian data protection authority:
ANSPDCP (Autoritatea Nationala de Supraveghere a Prelucrarii Datelor cu Caracter Personal)
Website: dataprotection.ro
Email: anspdcp@dataprotection.ro
Data retention
| Data | Retention |
|---|---|
| Newsletter email | Until you unsubscribe |
| Account data | Until you request deletion |
| Comments | Until you request deletion |
| Server logs | 30 days |
Children
This site is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top will reflect any changes. For significant changes, we will notify newsletter subscribers by email.
Contact
AISOPHICAL SRL
Bd. 1 Decembrie 1918, nr. 2, bl. MY9, sc. 1, et. 2, ap. 9, Sector 3, Bucharest 032461, Romania
Trade Register No. J202601416003 · CUI 54264842
Email: contact@aisophical.com