At Make IT STEM, we take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your personal information.
The data controller for this website is Giuseppe Romano, trading as Make IT STEM, a sole trader established in the United Kingdom.
Our terms of service are set out separately in our Terms & Conditions.
We collect information you voluntarily provide through:
We use your personal data for:
We process your data based on:
Your data is securely stored and processed in compliance with GDPR. We use industry-standard encryption and security protocols to protect your information. Data is stored only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy.
We never sell your personal data. We do use a small number of third-party providers (processors) to run this site and deliver our services. Each receives only the data it needs for its function:
| Provider | What it does | Data it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Processes payments for paid digital resources | Name, email, billing and card details (we never see full card numbers) |
| Formspree | Delivers our contact and free-resource form submissions to our inbox | Name, email, career stage, message content, IP address |
| Mailchimp | Manages the course waitlist and email updates | Email address, subscription and engagement data |
| MentorMeet | Handles mentoring bookings and scheduling | Booking details you provide on their platform |
| Google Analytics | Aggregated website usage statistics — only with your consent | Truncated IP address, pages viewed, device and browser type |
| Google Fonts | Serves the typefaces used on this site | IP address and browser details, as part of the font request |
| GitHub Pages | Hosts this website | IP address and request data in standard server logs |
We may also disclose data where required by law, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
International transfers. Some of these providers are based in, or transfer data to, the United States. Where that happens, transfers are covered by appropriate safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, or the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
Under GDPR and data protection laws, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@makeitstem.com
A cookie is a small file stored on your device. We keep our use of them to a minimum, and we group them into two categories.
These are needed for the site to work and do not require your consent. They include the
record of your own cookie choice (stored in your browser as
mis-cookie-consent, kept until you clear it) and any cookies Stripe sets during
checkout to process your payment securely and prevent fraud.
We use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are useful so we can improve the site. These cookies are blocked until you accept them. We go further than a standard cookie banner: the Google Analytics script is not loaded at all until you choose “Accept analytics”. If you reject, or simply ignore the banner, no request is ever made to Google Analytics and no analytics cookie is created. We also implement Google Consent Mode v2, with analytics storage set to “denied” by default.
| Cookie | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
_ga | Distinguishes returning visitors | 2 years |
_ga_NL49D78HZD | Maintains the analytics session state | 2 years |
IP anonymisation is applied by default in Google Analytics 4, and we have not enabled any advertising, remarketing or ad-personalisation features.
Changing your mind. You can accept or reject analytics cookies at any time via Cookie Settings — also linked in the footer of every page. Rejecting them does not affect your access to any part of this site. You can also delete cookies through your browser settings at any time.
Legal basis. We rely on your consent for analytics cookies (under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and UK GDPR), and on our legitimate interests for essential cookies that keep the site secure and functional.
Our website contains links to external sites (Google Scholar, LinkedIn, MentorMeet). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external websites. Please review their privacy policies before sharing personal information.
When you submit a contact form or subscribe to updates:
We retain your data for:
We may update this privacy policy periodically. We'll notify you of significant changes by email or by posting the updated policy on this page. The "Last Updated" date at the top indicates when changes were made.
If you have questions about this privacy policy or your data, please contact us:
We handle personal data in accordance with:
By using Make IT STEM's website and services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy policy.