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Privacy Policy

What we collect, why we collect it, who else touches it, and how long we keep it. Written to be read, not to be survived.

Last updated: 9 September 2026

Who is responsible

The controller for the personal data described here is Kilia Engineering (ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΚΛΩΘΑΚΗΣ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ Ι.Κ.Ε. / ANGELOS KLOTHAKIS SINGLE MEMBER P.C.), Efedron Polemiston 35, Chania 73135, Crete, Greece. VAT EL803317834, EUID ELGEMI.194469958000.

For anything in this policy, including any request about your data, write to [email protected].

What we collect

What you send us

  • Contact form: your name, email address, organisation, chosen subject and the message itself.
  • Quote request: your name, email address, organisation, phone number if you give one, and everything you tell us about the part — application, environment, temperature range, quantity, timeline, material preference and notes.
  • Uploaded files: the CAD geometry you attach to a quote request. See Your files below, which is the part most people actually want to read.
  • Account details, if you register for the customer portal: your email address and a hashed password. We never see your password in readable form.

What is collected automatically

  • Server logs. Our web server records the usual request data — IP address, timestamp, page requested, browser and operating system — to serve the site and to spot abuse. Cloudflare, which sits in front of it, logs the same kind of request data.
  • Analytics, only if you allow it. Google Analytics 4 loads only after you press Accept on the cookie banner. If you choose Necessary Only, it is never loaded, and no analytics identifier is created.
  • Bot protection. Our forms use Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that a human is submitting the form. It processes your IP address and limited browser characteristics for that check.

Your files

Your geometry stays yours. A CAD file is often the most sensitive thing a company can send a supplier, so here is exactly what happens to it.

Files you upload are stored with Supabase in London, United Kingdom, and are accessible only to Kilia personnel working on your enquiry. We do not sell them, share them with other clients, use them to train any model, or publish them — no image, render or screenshot of your part appears in our portfolio, on this site or anywhere else without your written permission.

We are glad to sign an NDA before you send anything. Ask at [email protected] and it will not slow the quote down.

Ask us to delete your files at any point and we will, and confirm it in writing. Otherwise we keep quote files for 24 months so we can pick up a repeat order without asking you to upload everything again.

Why we are allowed to process it

  • To answer you and to perform a contract (GDPR Article 6(1)(b)): handling your enquiry, preparing a quote, delivering an order.
  • Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)): keeping the site available, keeping spam and automated abuse off our forms, and keeping ordinary business records.
  • Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): analytics cookies, and nothing else. You can withdraw it at any time using the button at the bottom of this page.
  • Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)): invoices and related records, which Greek tax law requires us to retain.

Who else processes it

We keep this list short on purpose. Each of these providers acts on our instructions under a data processing agreement.

ProviderWhat they do for us
ShockHostingProvides the server this site runs on, in Frankfurt, Germany; keeps request logs
SupabaseDatabase, account authentication, and storage for uploaded files — hosted in London, United Kingdom
ResendDelivers the emails our forms generate, including your confirmation copy
CloudflareDNS, content delivery and TLS for this site, and Turnstile bot protection on our forms
GoogleAnalytics 4 — loaded only with your consent

This website runs on a server in Frankfurt, Germany, so page requests are served from inside the EU. Our database and file storage sit with Supabase in London, United Kingdom, which is covered by the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the UK — renewed on 19 December 2025 and in force until 27 December 2031 — so that transfer needs no additional safeguard. Where Cloudflare, Resend or Google processes data outside the European Economic Area, the transfer relies on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or an equivalent approved safeguard.

We do not sell personal data, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.

How long we keep it

  • Contact and quote enquiries: 24 months from our last exchange.
  • Uploaded CAD files: 24 months, or immediately on request.
  • Order and invoice records: as long as Greek tax law requires.
  • Portal accounts: until you ask us to close the account.
  • Analytics data: retained by Google Analytics for 14 months.

Cookies

Two kinds run here. Essential cookies handle your session and form security and cannot be switched off — without them the site does not work. Analytics cookies load only if you accept them, and tell us which pages people actually read.

Your choice is stored in your browser and we ask again after 30 days. To change it now:

Your rights

Under the GDPR you can ask us to:

  • give you a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
  • correct anything inaccurate;
  • delete it, where we have no overriding obligation to keep it;
  • restrict or object to how we use it;
  • hand it over in a portable format;
  • withdraw a consent you previously gave.

Email [email protected] and we will answer within one month. There is no charge.

If you think we have handled your data badly, you are entitled to complain to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα), www.dpa.gr, or to the supervisory authority where you live. We would rather you told us first.

Changes

If this policy changes materially we will update the date at the top of the page. Material changes to how we handle files or consent will be flagged on the site.

Contact

Kilia Engineering · Efedron Polemiston 35, Chania 73135, Crete, Greece · [email protected] · Company details

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Kilia Engineering
ANGELOS KLOTHAKIS SINGLE MEMBER P.C.
Efedron Polemiston 35, Chania 73135, Crete, Greece
VAT: EL803317834 · EUID: ELGEMI.194469958000
NCAGE: G3346 · EU PIC: 862009222