Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 30, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how WorkCompByState (“we”, “us”) collects, uses and protects personal data when you visit https://workcompbystate.com (the “Website”). Please also read our Cookie Policy.
1. Who is responsible for your data
- Data controller: Kevin Garcia de Paz, owner of WorkCompByState (individual, not a registered company)
- Country: Spain
- Contact: contact@workcompbystate.com
2. What data we collect
a) Data you give us
- Contact form: your name, email address, subject and message.
- Comments: if you leave a comment, your name, email address, optional website, comment text, IP address and browser user agent. Your email is never published.
b) Data collected automatically
- Server logs: IP address, browser type, pages requested and date/time, kept by our hosting provider for security and technical operation.
- Analytics (Google Analytics): pages visited, time on page, approximate location, device and browser information, and referral source. Only with your consent where the law requires it.
- Advertising (Google AdSense): cookies and similar identifiers used to show and measure ads (see section 5).
- Marketing measurement (Meta Pixel), if enabled: visits and interactions with the Website, used to measure ad campaigns. Only with your consent.
We do not knowingly collect sensitive data, and the Website is not directed at children under 16.
3. Why we use your data and legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Replying to messages sent through the contact form | Your consent and our legitimate interest in answering you (Art. 6.1.a and 6.1.f) |
| Publishing and moderating comments | Your consent (Art. 6.1.a) |
| Security, spam prevention and technical operation | Legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f) |
| Website analytics | Consent (Art. 6.1.a) |
| Showing personalized or non-personalized ads | Consent for personalized ads; legitimate interest for non-personalized ads where permitted (Art. 6.1.a / 6.1.f) |
| Complying with legal obligations | Legal obligation (Art. 6.1.c) |
4. How long we keep data
- Contact messages: up to 12 months after the conversation ends, unless needed longer to handle a legal claim.
- Comments: for as long as the comment stays published, or until you ask us to delete it.
- Analytics data: according to the retention settings configured in Google Analytics (maximum 14 months).
- Cookies: see our Cookie Policy for durations.
5. Google AdSense and advertising cookies
This Website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Website and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- For more information, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent through our cookie banner, which follows Google’s EU User Consent Policy. If you do not consent, you may still see non-personalized ads.
6. Who we share data with
We do not sell your personal data. We only share it with service providers that help us run the Website:
- Namecheap, Inc. (United States) – web hosting.
- Google LLC / Google Ireland Ltd. – analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense).
- Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. – advertising measurement (Meta Pixel), if enabled.
- Public authorities, when required by law.
7. International transfers
Some providers are located in the United States. These transfers are protected by appropriate safeguards, such as the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified, or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
8. Your rights
If you are in the EEA or the UK you can request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, or object to the processing of your data, and withdraw your consent at any time (without affecting prior processing). Email contact@workcompbystate.com with your request.
If you are not satisfied with our reply, you can file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, www.aepd.es) or with the data protection authority of your country.
California residents (CCPA/CPRA): we do not sell personal information. Some advertising cookies may be considered “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising; you can opt out through the cookie banner or Google’s Ads Settings. You may request to know or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailing us.
9. Security
We use HTTPS encryption and reasonable technical measures to protect your data. No method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy. The “Last updated” date at the top will always show the latest version.
11. Contact
WorkCompByState – Kevin Garcia de Paz
Email: contact@workcompbystate.com