Privacy Policy
This policy describes how ExplorerHub handles the personal data of website visitors, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).
Data controller
The data controller is IDCERT S.r.l. (Institute for Digital Certification), with registered office in Italy. For any request regarding the processing of personal data, please write to:
privacy@explorerhub.euData collected
ExplorerHub collects technical browsing data (anonymised IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited) through technical cookies necessary for the website's operation. Registration is optional: if the user creates an account, email address, display name and preferences are collected. Registered users can also save bookmarks, search history and browsing preferences. Through the contact form, name, email, subject and message are collected. Activity logs (logins) retain the last 50 events per user with anonymised IP.
Purpose of processing
Technical data collected during browsing is processed for the following purposes: (a) ensuring the proper functioning of the website, (b) storing user preferences (language, theme, cookie consent), (c) collecting anonymous and aggregated statistics on website usage (only with explicit consent).
Legal basis
Data processing is based on the following legal bases under the GDPR: (a) Legitimate interest of the controller (Art. 6.1.f) for technical cookies necessary for the website's operation; (b) Consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1.a) for analytics and marketing cookies, which can be withdrawn at any time through the cookie settings accessible from the website footer.
Data retention
Data is retained for the time strictly necessary for the purposes for which it is collected. Specifically: cookie and theme preferences up to 365 days; technical browsing data no longer than 12 months; GDPR consent logs for 5 years (regulatory obligation); user account data until account deletion (with cascading deletion of all associated data: profile, bookmarks, history, preferences, activity logs); contact requests for 12 months; login activity logs: last 50 events per user.
Data subject rights
In accordance with the GDPR, users have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection. To exercise these rights, please send a request to:
privacy@explorerhub.euConsent logging
In compliance with the GDPR, ExplorerHub securely records every expression of user consent. Recorded data includes: an anonymous identifier, date and time of consent, preferences chosen (necessary, analytics, marketing), version of the privacy and cookie policy in effect at the time of consent, and action performed (acceptance, rejection, customisation, revocation). This data is retained for 5 years solely for the purpose of demonstrating regulatory compliance and is not used for any other purpose.
Third-party services
ExplorerHub uses the following third-party services: (1) Google Analytics 4, provided by Google Ireland Ltd (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), for anonymous traffic analysis — activated exclusively with the user's explicit consent, with IP address anonymisation (privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy); (2) Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights, provided by Vercel Inc., for aggregate performance metrics — operate without cookies and without collecting personally identifiable data; (3) Sentry, provided by Functional Software Inc. (San Francisco, USA), for error monitoring and session replay to improve service quality — legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f) — collected data includes stack traces, visited URL, user-agent and partial session replays in case of errors (privacy policy: https://sentry.io/privacy/); (4) Cloudflare Turnstile, provided by Cloudflare Inc. (USA), for CAPTCHA protection of forms — legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f) (privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/); (5) Resend, provided by Resend Inc. (USA), for transactional emails (registration, password recovery) — legal basis: contract performance (Art. 6.1.b) (privacy policy: https://resend.com/legal/privacy-policy); (6) Supabase, provided by Supabase Inc. (USA), for database and authentication — data is stored on EU servers (eu-west-1 region) (privacy policy: https://supabase.com/privacy).
Extra-EU transfers
The database servers (Supabase) are located in the EU (eu-west-1 region). The following services may transfer data to the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (European Commission adequacy decision of 10 July 2023): Google Analytics 4 (only with consent to analytics cookies), Sentry (error monitoring, legal basis: legitimate interest), Cloudflare (CAPTCHA protection), Resend (transactional emails), Vercel (hosting and performance metrics). Without consent to analytics cookies, extra-EU transfers are limited to technical services strictly necessary for the website's operation.
Changes to the policy
ExplorerHub reserves the right to modify this policy at any time. In the event of substantial changes, the cookie consent banner will be automatically re-displayed to allow users to express their preferences again. Previous versions can be consulted on the Legal Document Archive page.
Registration and user account
Registration on ExplorerHub is optional. By creating an account, the user provides their email address and may indicate a display name. Data associated with the account includes: user profile, saved bookmarks, search history, preferences (theme, language, notifications) and login logs (last 50 events with anonymised IP). Users can delete their account at any time from the Account Settings page: deletion results in the immediate and irreversible removal of all associated data (Art. 17 GDPR — right to erasure).
Contacts and DPO
For any request regarding the processing of personal data or to exercise your rights, you can contact the data controller at the email address indicated above. Pursuant to Art. 37 of the GDPR, the appointment of a DPO (Data Protection Officer) is not currently mandatory for ExplorerHub. Should this change in the future, this section will be updated.
privacy@explorerhub.euLast updated: April 2026