Privacy & cookies

Last updated: 28 October 2026

This notice explains how personal data is used when you visit my portfolio or contact me.

Who is responsible?

Melina Martinez, based in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, is responsible for the personal data processed through this website.

For privacy questions or requests, email melina20006@hotmail.com.

Website hosting and security

This website is hosted by Vercel. To deliver and protect the website, Vercel processes technical information such as IP addresses, requested pages, browser and device information, and access times.

This processing supports my legitimate interest in operating a reliable and secure portfolio website under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Vercel's responsibilities depend on the information processed and the applicable service terms. Its processing and retention practices are described in the Vercel Privacy Notice.

Database

This website uses Google Firebase as its database. Personal data submitted through the website, such as contact-form messages, is stored there and used only to handle your enquiry.

Google generally processes Firebase customer data on behalf of the website owner under the applicable data-processing terms. Further information is available in Firebase's privacy and security information.

Optional analytics: Microsoft Clarity

With your consent, I use Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use my portfolio and identify improvements.

Clarity collects information such as:

• Pages visited, clicks, scrolling, and pointer movements.
• Session recordings, which reconstruct interactions with the website.
• Browser and device information, screen dimensions, referring websites, and approximate location.
• Cookie identifiers that connect page views and repeat visits.

Microsoft also processes IP addresses to provide the service and derive approximate location. Clarity masks input-field content.

Clarity is optional. You can use the portfolio without accepting analytics.

Consent and your choices

Clarity loads only after you choose Accept analytics. If you choose Reject analytics, or make no choice, Clarity does not load.

Analytics processing is based on your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consent is also requested for non-essential cookies and similar technologies under Article 11.7a of the Dutch Telecommunications Act.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through Cookie settings, available through the footer or the Cookie settings link on the home page.

Choosing Reject analytics stops further Clarity collection, removes this website's first-party Clarity cookies, and reloads the page without Clarity.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing. Data that was already collected is deleted automatically at the end of the retention periods listed below.

Your choice, its date, and the notice version are stored in your browser under analytics-consent for up to 12 months. This allows the website to remember and respect your preference. After expiry, or when a relevant notice-version change requires a new choice, you will be asked again. Clearing browser storage may also cause the banner to reappear.

Microsoft's role

Under the Clarity Terms of Use, Microsoft and I act as independent controllers for personal data processed in connection with Clarity.

Microsoft's own processing purposes, including purposes connected with Microsoft Advertising, are described in those terms and the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

This website grants analytics storage only after your consent and keeps advertising storage denied.

International processing

The providers used by this website operate internationally, so personal data may be processed outside the European Economic Area.

Clarity data is stored in Microsoft's data centres in the United States. Microsoft describes its transfer safeguards, including its participation in the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses, in its Privacy Statement.

Information about Vercel's and Google's international processing and applicable safeguards is available through their privacy information and service terms linked above.

Cookies and browser storage

The following first-party analytics cookies may be set after you accept analytics:

Advertising storage remains denied in this website's Clarity configuration.

The analytics-consent preference described above is stored in local storage rather than a cookie.

How long analytics data is kept

Microsoft's published Clarity retention periods are:

• Ordinary session playback data: 30 days.
• Labelled or favourited sessions: nine months.
• Heatmap and click data: nine months.

Retention for Microsoft's other processing depends on the purposes and criteria described in its Privacy Statement.

When you contact me

If you email me or submit the contact form, I use the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and message, to respond and manage our correspondence.

My listed email address uses Microsoft's Outlook/Hotmail service. Contact-form messages are stored in the website's Firebase database and forwarded to me by email through Google's Gmail service.

The legal basis is my legitimate interest in responding to enquiries under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Where your enquiry concerns entering into a contract with me, processing necessary to take the steps you request is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Providing information is voluntary, but I may be unable to respond without contact details.

I retain enquiries and correspondence for as long as reasonably necessary to handle your request and any resulting relationship. Information may be retained longer where necessary to meet legal obligations or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Your privacy rights

Subject to the conditions in the GDPR, you can request access to, correction or deletion of your personal data, restriction of processing, and data portability. You may also object to processing based on legitimate interests.

These rights apply to data that can be linked to you, such as your emails and contact-form messages. Clarity data is pseudonymous: recordings are tied to a random browser identifier, not to your name or email address, so I cannot see who you are or find your individual sessions. Under Article 11 GDPR, I therefore cannot act on Clarity requests unless you provide information that lets me identify your data. Clarity recordings are deleted automatically after 30 days, and you can stop further collection at any time through Cookie settings.

To make a request, email melina20006@hotmail.com.

I normally respond within one month. If an extension is permitted and needed, I will explain why within that month. I may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity.

For processing for which Microsoft is responsible, you can also use Microsoft's privacy support and requests page.

You have the right to complain to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch data protection authority, or another competent supervisory authority.

Changes to this notice

I may update this notice when the website or its data processing changes. The date above shows the latest revision. Where required, I will request fresh consent before introducing new processing.