Privacy Policy — maca.se
Version: 3.0
Last updated: 2026-06-28
Applies to: maca.se (https://maca.se/)
1. Introduction
We respect your privacy. This policy describes what personal data we process, why, on what legal basis, retention, recipients, and your rights.
This policy explains how maca.se («we», «us») processes personal data when you visit or use our website, in accordance with:
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- Applicable national data protection law in your country
- EPrivacy rules on cookies and similar technologies (see our cookie policy)
2. Data controller
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| Organization | maca.se |
| Website | https://maca.se/ |
| Privacy contact | web@maca.se |
The controller determines purposes and means of processing. We may use processors (hosting, email, analytics) under contracts and instructions.
3. Scope
This policy applies to visitors, customers, and others interacting with the website.
4. What data we process
We only process personal data that is adequate, relevant, and necessary for the purposes below. Processing identified on this website based on installed extensions and integrated services is listed per activity.
Web server and operational logs
- Data: IP address, timestamp, URL, browser, referrer
- Purpose: Operation, troubleshooting, and security
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f))
- Retention: Hosting provider — typically 30–90 days in access logs
- Recipients: Hosting provider
- Transfer outside EU/EEA: May occur depending on server location
Comments
- Data: Name, email, IP address, comment text
- Purpose: Publish and moderate comments
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f))
- Retention: As long as the comment remains on the site
- Recipients: Hosting provider
Fluent Support
- Source: Fluent Support
- Data: Namn, e-post, ärendetitel, meddelanden, bilagor, status, ev. kund-ID och teknisk metadata (IP, webbläsare)
- Purpose: Hantera kundsupportärenden och spara konversationer i supportsystemet
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f))
- Retention: Så länge ärendet är aktivt och därefter enligt plugin-inställningar (normalt upp till 24 månader)
- Recipients: Webbplatsens supportpersonal
- Transfer outside EU/EEA: Lagras i WordPress-databasen på ert webbhotell; kan förekomma vid e-postintegrationer
- Vendor privacy policy: https://fluentsupport.com/privacy-policy/
maca DownList
- Source: maca DownList
- Data: E-post och ev. namn vid e-postgrind, nedladdningslogg (fil, tidpunkt, IP-adress kan loggas)
- Purpose: Tillhandahålla filnedladdningar och spåra nedladdningar enligt sajtägarens inställningar
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f))
- Retention: Nedladdningslogg enligt plugin-inställningar; e-postgrind-session tillfälligt
- Recipients: Webbplatsens personal
- Transfer outside EU/EEA: Behandlas normalt inom EU/EES via ert webbhotell
Google Site Kit
- Source: Site Kit by Google
- Data: Webbstatistik och sökdata beroende på aktiverade Google-tjänster (Analytics, Search Console m.m.)
- Purpose: Statistik, sökordsanalys och webbplatsoptimering
- Legal basis: Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a))
- Retention: Enligt respektive Google-tjänst — se Googles dokumentation
- Recipients: Google LLC
- Transfer outside EU/EEA: Kan innebära överföring till USA beroende på tjänst
- Vendor privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
WPForms
- Source: WPForms Lite
- Data: Formulärinnehåll enligt konfigurerade fält
- Purpose: Samla in förfrågningar, bokningar eller registreringar
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f))
- Retention: Enligt plugin-inställningar och intern gallringsrutin
- Recipients: Webbplatsens personal
- Transfer outside EU/EEA: Kan förekomma om WPForms molntjänster används
- Vendor privacy policy: https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/
Forms on the website
- Fluent Support — ärendeportal — fields: namn, e-post, ämne, meddelande, bilagor, ärendehistorik
- maca DownList e-postgrind — fields: e-post, ev. namn
- WPForms — fields: fält enligt konfigurerat formulär
Required form fields are needed to handle your request or order.
Support pages and ticket handling
This website provides support pages or a ticket portal where you can submit requests. Information you provide there (e.g. name, email, messages, and attachments) is stored so we can handle and follow up on your case.
Ticket data is typically stored in the site database (WordPress) or a connected support tool until the case is closed and per our internal retention routine.
Detected support pages:
- Support — maca Hold Pro
- Support — maca Restu Pro
- Support — maca DownList Pro
- Kundärenden — Fluent Support
Support tools:
- Fluent Support (Fluent Support)
You may request access, correction, or deletion of data in your support tickets by contacting us.## 5. Sources of data
We collect data from you directly (forms, orders, accounts) and automatically (logs, cookies per your consent). Partners may provide data for orders.
6. Legal bases
Each processing activity must have a valid legal basis under GDPR Article 6:
Legal bases
- Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) — security, operations, spam protection, responding to inquiries, after balancing interests.
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — optional cookies, newsletters, marketing where consent is required. You may withdraw at any time.
7. Retention
We retain personal data only as long as needed for the purpose or as required by law, then delete or anonymize securely.
8. Recipients and processors
Data may be shared with hosting, CDN, email, payment, analytics, and support providers under processor agreements.
9. Cookies and similar technologies
Necessary cookies may be stored without consent. Non-essential cookies (e.g. statistics and marketing) are enabled only after your consent via our cookie banner.
See our cookie policy for the full list and consent management.
10. Transfers outside the EU/EEA
Some providers may process data outside the EU/EEA. This occurs only with a valid transfer mechanism.
We rely on EU Standard Contractual Clauses, supplementary measures, and adequacy decisions where applicable.
11. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures under Art. 32 GDPR.
12. Automated decision-making
We generally do not use automated decision-making or profiling with legal or similarly significant effects.
AI systems and transparency
This website uses AI-based tools (e.g. chatbot or content generation). Data you submit to these features may be processed by an external AI provider. We describe the purpose, provider, and your rights in the table above. Under the EU AI Act, certain AI systems must be transparent — if a system is classified as high-risk, we follow requirements for information and human oversight.
13. Your rights
You have the following rights when we process your personal data:
Your rights
- Right of access (Art. 15)
- Rectification (Art. 16)
- Erasure (Art. 17)
- Restriction (Art. 18)
- Objection (Art. 21)
- Data portability (Art. 20)
- Withdraw consent (Art. 7(3))
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77)
To exercise your rights, contact us at web@maca.se.
We respond without undue delay and within one month (extendable by two months for complex requests under Art. 12(3)).
Supervisory authority
You may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe processing violates GDPR.
14. Children
This website is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect children's data without parental consent.
15. Changes
We may update this policy when the website, tools, or legal requirements change.
Manual review
The following plugins are active but lack detailed policy text — review manually:
- AI Provider for OpenAI (ai-provider-for-openai)
- All-in-One WP Migration and Backup (all-in-one-wp-migration)
- Easy Updates Manager (stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates)
- Fluent Forms (fluentform)
- JetBackup (backup)
- Maca Co (maca-co)
- maca Licensserver (maca-licensserver)
- maca Njuvs (maca-njuvs)
- Maca Sec (maca-sec)
- Maca Tjatt (maca-tjatt)
- maca-MediaList (maca-medialist)
- Maintenance (maintenance)
- Plugin Check (PCP) (plugin-check)
- Post SMTP (post-smtp)
- SVG Support (svg-support)
- W3 Total Cache (w3-total-cache)

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