This notice explains what personal data Skvad Digital Kft. processes through the skvad.com website, what it uses the data for, who has access to it and what your rights are. We process data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and Hungarian Act CXII of 2011 on the Right of Informational Self-Determination and on Freedom of Information (Infotv.).
1. Data controller
- Name: Skvad Digital Kft.
- Registered office: Feszty u. 4., 1013 Budapest, Hungary
- Company registration number: 01-09-334329
- Tax number: 26599988-2-41
- Email: hello@skvad.com
- Phone: +36 30 466 9011
- Website: skvad.com
We are not required to appoint a data protection officer. For any data protection question, you can reach us at hello@skvad.com.
2. What data we process, why and for how long
We only ask for data we need to answer your enquiry or to run the website. We do not sell it, and we do not use it for advertising or automated decision-making.
Contact form and email
- Data processed: name, email address, company name (if provided), content of your message
- Purpose: answering your enquiry, preparing a proposal
- Legal basis: steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b))
- Retention: if no contract is concluded, 1 year from the last correspondence; if a contract is concluded, 5 years after it ends (general limitation period under the Hungarian Civil Code)
Phone enquiries
- Data processed: name, phone number, notes taken during the call
- Purpose: answering your enquiry
- Legal basis: steps prior to entering into a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b))
- Retention: as for the contact form; calls are not recorded
Booking a call (Calendly)
- Data processed: name, email address, the time slot you choose, any notes you add
- Purpose: arranging and holding the free consultation
- Legal basis: steps prior to entering into a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b))
- Retention: as for the contact form
Job applications (join@skvad.com)
- Data processed: name, contact details, CV, portfolio or LinkedIn profile, content of your email
- Purpose: assessing a possible collaboration
- Legal basis: your consent, given by sending your application (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a))
- Retention: until the assessment is complete; if you also consent to being considered for later projects, up to 2 years or until you withdraw your consent
Website analytics (Google Analytics 4)
- Data processed: pseudonymised identifier, pages viewed, clicks (e.g. form submission, booking), device and browser type, approximate location (country, city)
- Purpose: measuring and improving how the website is used
- Legal basis: your consent in the cookie banner (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)); it does not load without consent
- Retention: 14 months in Google Analytics; you can withdraw your consent at any time
Server logs, bot and abuse protection
- Data processed: IP address, browser data, time and target of the request; on the contact form, the technical characteristics checked by the bot filter (Cloudflare Turnstile), such as browser and device characteristics
- Purpose: secure operation of the website, filtering out unsolicited messages and automated (bot) submissions
- Legal basis: our legitimate interest in secure operation (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f))
- Retention: up to 30 days in the hosting provider’s logs; the IP-based limit on the form lasts 10 minutes; Cloudflare uses the bot filter data only for the check and for detecting abuse, not for profiling or advertising
The checkbox on the form confirms that you have read this notice; the legal basis for processing remains as described above.
3. Cookies and local storage
We only set analytics cookies if you accept them in the cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time with the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of the page; if you decline or withdraw consent, we delete the Google Analytics cookies.
- skvad-consent (local storage): remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics cookies. It is necessary for the site to work and needs no consent; it stays until you clear it from your browser.
- _ga (Google Analytics cookie): distinguishes visitors. Requires consent; lifetime 2 years.
- _ga_W27V61D0S1 (Google Analytics cookie): stores the session state. Requires consent; lifetime 2 years.
The booking calendar is provided by Calendly and opens embedded on the Book a call page, but only when you click “Open the booking calendar”. Calendly then uses its own cookies, in accordance with Calendly’s privacy policy.
4. Who has access to your data
Your data is accessible to those Skvad team members who need it to answer your enquiry. The providers below process data as our processors, on our instructions.
- Vercel Inc.: website hosting, firewall and server logs (USA and data centres worldwide)
- Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL (Amazon SES): forwarding contact form messages by email (EU, Frankfurt)
- Google Ireland Limited (Google Workspace): the hello@skvad.com mailbox where enquiries arrive (EU and USA)
- Google Ireland Limited (Google Analytics 4): website analytics, only with consent (EU and USA)
- Calendly LLC: booking calls (USA)
- Cloudflare, Inc. (Turnstile): bot filter for the contact form, only when you use the form (USA and data centres worldwide)
Transfers to the United States, outside the European Economic Area, are based on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.
We only disclose data to authorities where required by law.
5. How we protect your data
- The website and the form are only available over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection.
- We do not store form messages in a database: they are forwarded by email to the hello@skvad.com mailbox.
- Only authorised team members have access to the accounts; the mailbox is protected by two-factor authentication.
- We also chose our providers based on whether they offer appropriate data protection safeguards.
If a personal data breach occurs, we investigate it as required by law, report it to the authority where necessary and, if it poses a high risk to you, inform you as well.
6. Your rights
- Access: you can ask whether we process data about you and, if so, what data, for what purpose and for how long.
- Rectification: you can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Erasure: you can ask us to delete your data unless we are legally required to keep it.
- Restriction: you can ask us to only store your data temporarily, without using it.
- Data portability: you can ask us to provide the data you gave us in a machine-readable format.
- Objection: you can object to processing based on our legitimate interest.
- Withdrawing consent: you can withdraw your consent to analytics cookies at any time with the “Cookie settings” link, and your consent for job applications by email. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing.
Send your request to hello@skvad.com. We will reply within one month at the latest; for complex requests this may be extended by two further months, in which case we will let you know. Handling your request is free of charge.
7. Remedies
If you believe we have infringed your data protection rights, please write to us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:
- Authority: Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH)
- Postal address: 1363 Budapest, Pf. 9., Hungary
- Phone: +36 1 391 1400
- Email: ugyfelszolgalat@naih.hu
- Website: naih.hu
You can also go to court; at your choice, you may bring proceedings before the regional court of your place of residence or stay.
8. Changes and effective date
We update this notice if our data processing or the legal framework changes. The current version is always available on this page.
Effective from: 6 November 2026