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Updated August 4, 2026

Privacy Policy

The short version: the only thing this site collects is what you type into the contact form, it goes to me so I can answer you, and nobody buys it. The rest of this page is that same statement with the details a lawyer or an ad platform will want to see.

Who

Who is behind this site

This is the personal portfolio of Thiago Menezes de Oliveira, an independent frontend engineer based in Louisville, KY. There is no company behind it, no marketing team and no third party buying this traffic. When you send something through this site, you are writing to one person, and that person answers you.

Collected

What this site collects

Only what you type into the form at /start, and nothing else. There is no hidden field, no fingerprinting and no data bought or enriched from anywhere. Two of these are required because without them I cannot answer you; the rest are optional and the form works if you leave them blank.

Name
Required. So I can answer you like a person.
Phone
Required. The number I reply on, by call or WhatsApp.
Email
Optional. An alternative if you would rather read than talk.
Company handle
Optional. Context on who you are and what you sell.
Project
Optional. What you are building, in your own words.
Language
Whether the page was read in English or Portuguese, so I reply in the right one.
Purpose

Why it is collected

To reply to you about the work you asked about, and to keep track of that conversation while it is open. That is the entire purpose. Your details are not used to build a profile, not fed to an advertising platform, and not used to train anything.

I do not send newsletters or marketing sequences. If I write to you, it is because you wrote to me first, and it is a real message typed by a person.

Sharing

Where it goes, and who else sees it

Your submission goes to my own server, which passes it to ClockThi, the private project tool I use to track incoming work. ClockThi acts as a processor on my behalf: it stores the message so it does not get lost in an inbox, and it is not permitted to use your data for its own purposes.

Beyond that, nothing. Your data is never sold, rented or traded. I share it only if a law or a valid legal order requires it, and I would tell you unless I am legally barred from doing so.

Hosting
Vercel, which serves this site and processes the request in transit.
Lead storage
ClockThi, my own project tool, acting as processor.
Sold to anyone
Never. There is no advertising or data-broker relationship.
Cookies

Cookies and tracking

This site sets no advertising cookies, runs no analytics product and embeds no tracking pixel. There is no Google Analytics, no Meta pixel and no session recording, which is why you are not being asked to accept a cookie banner.

The one thing stored in your browser is your light or dark theme choice, kept locally so the site does not flash the wrong theme on your next visit. It never leaves your device and it identifies nothing about you.

Retention

How long it is kept

While the conversation is live, and for up to two years after it ends, so that a client who comes back is not a stranger. After that it is deleted. If a project actually happens, the records tied to that contract are kept as long as tax and accounting rules require.

You do not have to wait for that window. Ask me to delete it and I will.

Your rights

What you can ask me to do

Under Brazil's LGPD and the GDPR, you can ask for a copy of what I hold about you, ask me to correct it, ask me to delete it, or withdraw consent for me to contact you at all. There is no form for this and no waiting queue: write to me and I will confirm within thirty days, normally the same week.

I will not make you justify the request, and asking me to delete your data does not cost you anything, including the chance to work with me later.

Security

How it is protected

The site is served over HTTPS, so what you type is encrypted in transit. The key that talks to the lead store lives only on the server and is never shipped to your browser, which means the page you are reading cannot read the database it writes to.

No system is perfect, and I will not pretend otherwise. What I can promise is that the amount of data held is deliberately small, because the cheapest way to protect something is not to collect it.

Minors

Children

This site sells professional engineering work and is not directed at children. I do not knowingly collect anything from anyone under 18. If a minor has sent something through the form, write to me and I will delete it.

Changes

Changes to this policy

If what I collect or where it goes changes, this page changes on the same day, and the date at the top moves with it. This version is current as of August 4, 2026.

Ask me anything about your data

Deletion, a copy of what I hold, or a question about this page. It reaches me directly, and I am the one who answers.

Thiago Menezes de Oliveira · Louisville, KY · thiagoux.us