Privacy Policy

Who we are

tmarkmetric.com ("tmarkmetric", "we") is an independent project based in Greece. This policy explains what data is processed when you use the site, why, and what you can do about it. For any privacy question or request, email info@tmarkmetric.com.

You don't need an account to use tmarkmetric, and we don't ask for your name or email unless you choose to contact us.

What is processed, and why

• Hosting and security logs (Cloudflare). The site runs on Cloudflare, which processes your IP address, browser details, the pages you request and the referring page in order to deliver the site and protect it against abuse. Cloudflare may set a security cookie. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure website (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
• Search-engine crawler log. When a request's browser identification says it comes from a Google crawler, we store the page address, time, that identification string, the IP address and the response code in our own database, so we can see which pages search engines visit. Ordinary visitors' browsers don't identify as crawlers and are not logged this way. Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)).
• Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which pages are read. It sets first-party cookies (_ga, _ga_*) and sends usage data, including your IP address, to Google, which uses it to produce aggregate reports for us. Data is kept for the retention period set in our Analytics account and then deleted by Google. Legal basis: legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used (Art. 6(1)(f)).
• Google AdSense and the consent message. We use Google AdSense to show ads. Visitors from the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland see a consent message provided by Google (a certified consent tool under the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework) before personalised ads or advertising cookies are used, and the choice is stored in a cookie (FCCDCF). Outside those regions, Google may use cookies to show ads based on earlier visits. You can change your choice at any time through Privacy and cookie settings in the footer. Legal basis in the EEA/UK: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)). See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
• Google Fonts. The site's font is loaded from Google's servers, which receive your IP address when the font is downloaded.
• Contact form. If you use the contact form, we receive your name, email address, subject and message. They are sent through Brevo (our email delivery provider) to our mailbox so we can reply. We keep the correspondence only as long as needed to deal with your message. Legal basis: taking the steps you asked for (Art. 6(1)(b)) and our legitimate interest in answering (Art. 6(1)(f)).
• Trademark search (currently offline). When our database search is online, what you type in the search box is processed on our server. If our own database has no match, the search term (not your IP address) is sent to the Markbase trademark API to look for USPTO records, and any trademark records found are saved to our database. We don't store search terms linked to you.

Transfers outside the EU

Google, Cloudflare and Markbase may process data in the United States or other countries outside the EU. Where that happens, the providers rely on the safeguards they offer for such transfers, such as the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses.

We don't sell your data

We don't sell personal data and we don't build profiles of visitors ourselves. Advertising cookies are set by Google under the choices described above.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU/UK or the CCPA in California), you can ask to access, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, object to processing based on legitimate interest, withdraw consent at any time (through the footer link) and complain to your data protection authority. In Greece that is the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (dpa.gr). To make a request, email info@tmarkmetric.com.

Changes to this policy

If we change how the site handles data, we'll update this page and the "Last updated" date above.