Who we are

This website is run by Daniela Contessa (based in Italy) and Emma Cebuliak (based in Japan) under the name “Kodamas”. For anything about this policy, your personal data or these terms, write to us at hello@kodamas.io.

For the personal data described below, we are the data controller under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What this website does not do

We built this website to be read, not to watch you read it. It:

  • does not use cookies, neither our own nor anyone else’s, so there is no cookie banner;
  • does not use analytics or any other tool that tracks your visit, measures your behaviour or builds a profile of you;
  • has no forms: no contact form, no newsletter sign-up, no account;
  • does not load anything from third parties: fonts and images are served from this website, and there are no embedded videos, maps, social media widgets or advertising;
  • does not store anything in your browser.

The site does use a little JavaScript for its animations. It runs only in your browser and sends nothing anywhere.

What happens when you visit

Like every website, this one has to be delivered to your browser. It is hosted by Netlify, Inc., which serves the pages and keeps technical server logs to do so securely and reliably. These logs can include your IP address, the date and time of the request, the page requested, and your browser and device type.

We do not use these logs to identify you, and we do not combine them with any other information. Netlify processes them on our behalf, for a limited period, to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in running a secure, working website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Netlify is based in the United States. When data is transferred outside the European Union, it is protected by the safeguards recognised under the GDPR, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and, where applicable, the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. You can read how Netlify handles data in its privacy policy.

When you email us

The “Connect With Us” and “Book a call” buttons open your own email app with our address. If you write to us, we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you choose to tell us.

We use this only to reply to you and, if we end up working together, to prepare and carry out that work. The legal basis is taking the steps you ask for before a possible contract, and then the contract itself (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR), or our legitimate interest in answering messages (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We keep your messages for as long as we need them to follow up on your request. If they become part of a business relationship, we keep what Italian tax and accounting law requires, generally ten years. We never sell your data or use it for marketing, and we only share it with the providers that run our email, under their own data protection commitments.

Please don’t send us confidential information by email. If you need to share something sensitive, we will agree on a secure channel first.

This website links to other sites, such as LinkedIn profiles and the companies we mention. Those links only take you there when you click them; nothing is loaded from those sites before. Once you are on another site, its own privacy policy and cookies apply.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you can ask us to:

  • tell you whether we hold personal data about you, and give you a copy;
  • correct it if it is wrong;
  • delete it;
  • restrict how we use it, or object to our use of it;
  • send it to you, or to someone else, in a common format.

To use any of these rights, email hello@kodamas.io. We will reply within the time the law sets, generally one month, and we may need to confirm who you are first. You can also complain to a supervisory authority: in Italy, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.

Changes to this policy

If anything above changes, for example if we ever add a contact form or analytics, we will update this page before it happens and change the date at the top.

Using this website

This website gives general information about Kodamas and our project and delivery management consultancy. Nothing on it is a binding offer, a quote or professional advice for your situation, and no consulting relationship starts because you visit the site or email us. Any work together is agreed separately, in writing.

Please use the site lawfully, and don’t try to disrupt it, gain access to parts of it that aren’t public, or copy it in bulk with automated tools.

Content and intellectual property

The text, case studies, graphics, logo and design of this website belong to Daniela Contessa and Emma Cebuliak, unless stated otherwise, and are protected by copyright and trademark law. “Kodamas” and our logo are our trademarks.

You are welcome to share links to our pages and to quote short passages with a credit and a link. For anything more, ask us first.

Photographs from other authors are credited where they appear and remain the property of their authors, used under their licences.

Accuracy and liability

We take care with what we publish, but the website is provided as it is. The case studies describe our own past experience; they are not guarantees of the results you will get. We can’t promise that the site will always be available, error-free or up to date.

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect losses arising from your use of the website, or for the content of other sites we link to. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or any rights you have as a consumer.

Which law applies

These terms and this policy are governed by Italian law. Disputes are handled by the courts of Naples, Italy; if you are a consumer, you can also bring a case in the courts of your country of residence where the law allows.