The grades, budget, test scores and preferences you type into AteneoMatch are processed entirely inside your browser and saved in its local storage. They are not sent to a server, so we cannot read them, lose them or hand them over. Clearing your browser data erases them permanently — we have no copy to restore.
The same is true of your shortlist of favourite schools.
One thing only, and only if you ask for it: your email address, together with the list of schools you want deadline alerts for and your language. Nothing else.
If you sign in with Google we receive your email address and the fact that Google considers it verified. We store the address. We do not receive, and never ask for, your password, your contacts or anything else in your Google account.
Signing in on its own stores nothing: a record is created only when you save a list of schools.
To send you an email when one of your chosen schools opens applications or announces its dates. That is the only use. We do not profile you, we do not advertise, and we never sell or share your address with anyone.
The legal basis is your consent (GDPR art. 6(1)(a)), given either by clicking the confirmation link we email you, or by signing in and saving a list. You can withdraw it at any moment, and withdrawing is instant and self-service.
| Who | What for | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Hosting & serverless functions | USA (EU data-processing addendum) |
| Supabase | Database | Frankfurt, Germany (EU) |
| Resend | Sending email | EU (Amazon SES, eu-west-1) |
| Cloudflare | Turnstile anti-bot check | Global CDN |
| Sign in with Google (only if you use it) | USA / global |
There is no advertising, analytics or tracking cookie on this site, which is why you have never seen a cookie banner here.
Two strictly necessary cookies exist and only if you sign in: one holds your session (it is httpOnly, so the page's own JavaScript cannot read it), and one short-lived cookie protects the sign-in redirect against forgery. Both disappear when you sign out.
Cloudflare's Turnstile, the check that stops bots from submitting the signup form, may set its own technical cookie. It is there to tell humans from scripts, not to follow you.
Until you say stop. Turning every school off, or clicking unsubscribe in any email, deletes the record outright — we do not keep a suppressed copy of your address.
Our hosting provider keeps ordinary server logs (IP address, browser, page requested) for a short period for security and debugging. We do not use them to build any picture of you.
You can ask us to show you, correct, export or erase everything we hold about you, and you can object to it being processed at all. Because we hold so little, this is usually a one-line answer.
Write to info@ateneomatch.com and we will reply within 30 days. If you think we have handled your data badly you can complain to your national data-protection authority — in Italy, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.
AteneoMatch is built for people choosing a master's degree and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly store data from anyone under 16.
If we start collecting something new, this page changes first and the date at the top moves. Anything that widens what we do with your email will be asked for again, not assumed.