A Quiet Work · aquietwork.com
Last updated: 8 August 2026
This page explains what personal information this site collects, why, who else sees it, and what you can ask me to do about it. It is written to be read, not survived.
Who is responsible
This website is run by Davide Gentile, working as A Quiet Work, based in Athens, Greece. In data-protection language I am the “controller” — the person who decides what happens to your information, and the person answerable for it.
For anything on this page, write to [email protected]. I read every message myself.
What is collected, and why
When you buy something from the shop
Your name, email address, billing and shipping address, a phone number where the courier needs one, what you ordered, and the record of that order.
I need this to take payment, get the item made and shipped to you, and handle a refund or a complaint if something goes wrong. That is processing necessary to perform our contract. I also have to keep order and invoice records because Greek tax law says so.
I never see or store your card details. Payment goes directly to Stripe or PayPal, who handle the card themselves. I only learn that the payment succeeded.
When you create an account
A username, your email address, a password stored only as an encrypted fingerprint I cannot read, and any address you choose to save. This exists so you can log in and see your own orders. Buying as a guest works too — an account is never required.
When you subscribe to the letters
Your email address, and the fact you asked for it. This runs on consent, which you can withdraw at any moment using the unsubscribe link in any letter — no explanation needed, no hard feelings. The letters are delivered through MailerLite, an EU company.
When you request a Soul Blueprint reading
The reading form asks for your name and birth name, your date of birth, and your answers to a few reflective questions. These are used to generate your reading and nothing else. They are not stored — no database, no spreadsheet, no copy kept. The reading is written, sent to your screen, and the details go no further.
There is a fuller explanation on the Soul Blueprint privacy note.
Automatically, when you visit
My host keeps ordinary server logs — IP address, which pages were requested, when — to keep the site running and defend it from attacks. If you consent, analytics and advertising cookies are also used; those are listed in the Cookie Policy, and none of them load until you agree.
Comments are switched off across this site, so no names, email addresses or IP addresses are collected from readers.
Who else sees your information
I do not sell your personal information, and I never will. It is shared only with the services that make the site work:
| Service | What it does | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| SiteGround | Hosting | Everything stored on the site; server logs |
| WooCommerce | Shop software | Order and account details |
| Stripe | Payments | Your payment and billing details |
| PayPal | Payments | Your payment and billing details |
| Printful | Prints and ships your order | Your name and shipping address |
| MailerLite | Delivers the letters | Your email address, only if you subscribed |
| Anthropic | Writes the Soul Blueprint reading | Your form answers, for the moment it takes to write. Anthropic does not use this to train its models. |
| Vercel | Hosts the reading engine | Your form answers in transit |
| Google (Analytics, AdSense) | Statistics and advertising | Usage data and advertising identifiers — only with your consent |
| Meta | Advertising measurement | Usage data and advertising identifiers — only with your consent |
| YouTube | Embedded videos | Your IP address, and only once you allow a video to load |
I may also have to hand something over where the law genuinely requires it.
Information leaving the EU
Several of those companies are based in the United States. Where information goes outside the EU it is covered either by the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or by the provider’s certification under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Ask me and I will tell you which applies to which.
How long things are kept
| What | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Orders and invoices | As long as Greek tax law requires |
| Account details | Until you ask me to close the account |
| Letter subscription | Until you unsubscribe |
| Soul Blueprint answers | Not kept at all |
| Analytics data | Up to 14 months |
| Server logs | A short rolling period set by my host |
What you can ask for
Under the GDPR you can ask me to:
- show you what I hold about you, and give you a copy
- correct anything that is wrong
- delete it, where I have no overriding reason to keep it
- restrict or object to how it is used, including profiling for advertising
- hand it over in a portable format so you can take it elsewhere
- withdraw consent whenever you like, where consent is what I relied on. That does not undo what happened before you withdrew it.
One email to [email protected] is enough. No forms. I will answer within a month, and usually far sooner.
If you think I have handled your information badly, you can complain to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα), Kifissias 1-3, 115 23 Athens — www.dpa.gr. You can also complain to the authority in the EU country where you live. I would rather we talked first, but the right is yours.
Children
This site is not intended for children under 16, and I do not knowingly collect their information. The Soul Blueprint reading is for adults — 18 or older. If you believe a child has given me something, tell me and I will delete it.
Automated decisions
Nothing here makes an automatic decision about you that carries legal weight or anything close to it. The Soul Blueprint reading is written for reflection, not judgement, and decides nothing.
Changes
If this page changes, the date at the top changes with it. What sits underneath does not: what you share here is held quietly, used for the reason you gave it, and no more.