Giovanbattista Califano PhD

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 27, 2025

Introduction

This website is a personal academic portfolio. My goal is to share my research and professional activities. Your privacy is important to me. This policy explains what information is processed and why.

Information We Collect

This website does not use analytics software and does not collect any personal data that directly identifies you, such as your name or email address. The only data processed is technical and functional, as described below.

LocalStorage and Functionality Cookies

To enhance your user experience, this site uses `localStorage` in your browser. This is a small storage file that is strictly necessary for certain features to work.

  • Theme Preference: When you toggle between light and dark mode, your choice is saved in `localStorage`. This ensures that the website remembers your preferred theme on your next visit. This is a functional setting and does not track you.

Under the ePrivacy Directive, items stored in `localStorage` that are "strictly necessary" for a service explicitly requested by the user do not require prior consent. This theme-switcher falls into that category.

Third-Party Services

This website integrates content and functionalities from third-party services. These services may process your IP address to deliver content to your browser but are not used for tracking or advertising purposes on this site. These services include:

  • Google Fonts: To provide the custom typography used on the site.
  • Font Awesome: To display icons.
  • OpenAlex API: To fetch and display publication and citation data in the "Research" section.
  • Altmetric: To display the Altmetric attention score for publications.

These services operate under their own privacy policies. This website does not share any personal data with them.

Your Rights

As this website does not collect personal data, the rights of access, rectification, or erasure under GDPR are not applicable in this context. You can clear your browser's `localStorage` at any time to remove the stored theme preference.

Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the "Last updated" date will be revised.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact me via email.