Privacy
This site collects what you type into the application form and, for members, the profile in the members' directory. We count visits anonymously, without cookies. No ads, no tracking across sites, no mailing lists.
What we collect and why
- Full name
- to know who is applying
- to reply to you and set up the call
- Company and role
- to prepare the call
- Telegram and LinkedIn (optional)
- a second way to reach you if email fails
- Country you’re from
- only for anonymous statistics on who joins; never shown on the site
- City you live in
- to know where you are based
- Who recommends you (optional)
- to ask that member about you
- Why VEZA and what you could bring
- to decide whether a call makes sense
Who processes it
VEZA is a non-profit community in Belgrade. Applications are read only by the co-founders and our community manager. Four services handle the data on our behalf:
- Vercel Inc.
- hosts the site; the form and the sign-in run on its servers in the USA (Washington, D.C.); it also counts visits and measures page speed without cookies and without identifying you (Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights)
- Neon Inc.
- stores the members' directory and a copy of each application, in Frankfurt (EU)
- Resend Inc.
- delivers each application by email to a co-founder and the community manager (EU, Ireland)
- Telegram FZ-LLC
- posts a summary of each new application to the co-founders' private group chat; runs @veza_club_bot, which checks that you are in the community chat and sends your sign-in link
We do not sell the data, share it with sponsors or add you to any mailing list. Member profiles are never published outside the directory.
The members' directory
Members sign in through our Telegram bot @veza_club_bot: it checks that you are in the VEZA community chat and sends a personal link that works once and expires in 10 minutes. There are no passwords and no sign-in by email. Every page of the directory, every photo and every contact is served only after the sign-in is checked, and none of it is indexed by search engines.
- Your profile
- name, role, company, city, areas, photo and your #intro answers (what you can help with, projects, why VEZA and so on); we build it from the #intro you posted in the community chat and what you sent us, and you can ask us to change anything
- Contacts
- Telegram, Telegram channel, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, website and email, if you shared them; visible only to signed-in members; we never show phone numbers
- Your Telegram account ID
- the permanent number of your Telegram account; @veza_club_bot uses it to check that you are in the VEZA community chat and to recognise your profile even if you change your username
- A new profile
- if you sign in through the bot and have no profile yet, we create one with your Telegram name and username; it stays hidden from other members until it has your role or what you can help with
- Sign-in records
- when a sign-in link was sent or used, your Telegram account ID, the browser type and the first half of your IP address; to stop abuse and to help when sign-in doesn't work
Cookies
Only members who sign in get cookies, and only the two the sign-in needs. Visitors of the main page get none: visit counting works without cookies.
- veza_session
- keeps you signed in; 30 days from your last visit (up to two devices at a time)
- veza_device
- ties your sign-in to this browser; one year
Basis and storage
We process the data with your consent: you give it when you send the form or agree to have your #intro in the directory (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) and the Serbian Law on Personal Data Protection). Applications are deleted from our database 12 months after you send them; the copies in the team's email and in the co-founders' chat are deleted on request. A member's profile stays while they are a member and is deleted on request or when they leave. Sign-in records are deleted after 12 months, sign-in links after a day.
Your rights
You can ask what we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, hide your profile from the directory, or withdraw your consent at any time. Members can write to our community manager in the chat; anyone can write to us on Instagram. If you think we handle your data wrongly, you can complain to the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection of Serbia.