Privacy Policy

This is the personal portfolio of Paris Achilleos, based in Limassol, Cyprus. It is a simple showcase of work — there are no accounts, no shop, and no sign-up forms. This page explains the little data that is involved when you visit, and the choices you have. For anything here, contact achilleosparis@gmail.com, the data controller for this site.

The short version

• No analytics, no advertising, and no tracking cookies.
• Fonts are served from this site, so nothing is sent to a font provider.
• Embedded videos load only after you choose to allow them.
• The site stores nothing on your device except your video choice, if you make one.

What data is processed

Server logs (hosting)

The site is hosted on Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel automatically records technical request data — including your IP address, browser type and the pages you request — to deliver the site and keep it secure. This is processed on the basis of legitimate interest (running a safe, functioning website) and kept only for a short period. Vercel acts as a processor on our behalf.

Embedded videos (YouTube)

Some project pages include YouTube videos. To protect your privacy, a video is not loaded until you click “Load video.” Until then, nothing is requested from YouTube or Google. Once you allow a video, YouTube (Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC) receives your IP address and may set its own cookies — this is processed on the basis of your consent. We use the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com mode, and we remember your choice on your device so you are not asked every time. You can withdraw that consent at any moment in the section below. Google’s own handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.

If you email

The contact links open your own email app — there is no form on this site. If you choose to write, the message and your email address are used only to read and reply to you. They are never used for marketing.

Cookies & local storage

This site sets no cookies of its own. If you allow an embedded video, a single entry named paris:yt-consent is saved in your browser’s local storage to remember that choice. It is a consent record only — it contains no identifier and is never transmitted anywhere. Removing it (below, or by clearing your browser storage) returns you to being asked before any video loads. After you load a video, YouTube may set cookies of its own under the consent described above.

Your video consent

International transfers

Some providers (such as Google for embedded videos, and our host) may process data outside the European Economic Area. Where that happens, the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• access the personal data held about you;
• have inaccurate data corrected, or your data erased;
• restrict or object to certain processing;
• receive your data in a portable format; and
• withdraw any consent you have given, at any time.

To exercise any of these, email achilleosparis@gmail.com. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority. In Cyprus this is the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection; elsewhere in the EU/EEA you may contact your local authority.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the “last updated” date above will change with it. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect.