Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 June 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how ADAMOV STUDIO SRL, operating the AQA Masters brand (“AQA Masters”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), handles personal data in connection with our website, communications, business inquiries, and related services.

AQA Masters operates the website available at:

https://aqamasters.com

We respect privacy and process personal data only where necessary, proportionate, and connected to the operation, security, measurement, communication, and delivery of our business services.

1. Who we are

AQA Masters provides QA automation, test architecture, QA leadership, and related software quality services for product teams.

The website and AQA Masters brand are operated by:

ADAMOV STUDIO SRL

Registration number: RO39796692

Trade Register number: J40/12230/2018

Bucharest, Romania

Email: horia@aqamasters.com

Phone: +40 755 750 075

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, ADAMOV STUDIO SRL is the controller of the personal data described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Scope of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to:

visitors of our website;
people who contact us by email, phone, LinkedIn, Calendly, or other communication channels;
prospective clients, partners, suppliers, and business contacts;
representatives of companies that communicate with us;
users who interact with our public website, scheduling links, or business communication channels.

This website does not currently provide user accounts, payment processing, newsletters, contact forms, candidate applications, or public user submissions.

3. Personal data we may process

3.1 Website visitors

When you visit our website, we do not ask you to submit personal data through website forms.

However, limited technical data may be processed automatically in order to load, secure, maintain, measure, and protect the website. This may include:

IP address;
browser type and version;
device type;
operating system;
pages visited or requested;
date and time of access;
referring page or referring domain;
approximate country, region, or city inferred from technical data;
search queries or search performance data made available through search engine tools;
indexing, crawl, and performance data;
basic server logs;
security, firewall, anti-abuse, and bot-detection logs;
technical diagnostics and performance information.

This data is processed for website operation, security, diagnostics, search visibility, abuse prevention, performance measurement, and understanding whether the website is working effectively.

3.2 Analytics, hosting, and search performance data

We may use hosting, infrastructure, security, and search visibility tools that provide limited analytics or measurement information.

This may include services such as:

Cloudflare, for hosting, DNS, content delivery, security, performance, and traffic analytics;
Google Search Console or similar search engine tools, for indexing status, search performance, search queries, crawl diagnostics, and website visibility.

These tools may provide aggregated, technical, or limited visitor-related information, such as traffic patterns, page requests, countries or regions, device categories, search queries, impressions, clicks from search results, crawl errors, and security events.

We use this information to:

keep the website available and secure;
understand whether the website is indexed correctly;
identify technical errors;
improve website performance;
understand general search visibility;
protect the website from abuse, attacks, spam, or malicious traffic.

We do not use this information to sell personal data.

We do not use this information to build advertising profiles.

We do not use this information to track visitors across unrelated websites for advertising purposes.

3.3 People who contact us

If you contact us directly, we may process the information you choose to provide, such as:

name;
email address;
phone number;
company name;
role or job title;
message content;
meeting details;
business requirements;
project context;
information about your product, team, QA process, or technical environment;
any other information you voluntarily provide.

We use this information to respond to you, assess whether our services may be relevant, schedule calls, prepare discussions, provide proposals, manage business communication, and deliver services where applicable.

3.4 Calendly, LinkedIn, email, and external tools

Our website may link to external services such as Calendly, LinkedIn, email, or other communication tools.

If you use those services, your interaction may be processed by the relevant provider. AQA Masters may receive information you choose to share through those channels, such as your name, email address, company, meeting time, phone number, role, and message.

We do not control the privacy practices of external platforms.

4. Purposes of processing

We may process personal data for the following purposes:

to operate and display the website;
to provide secure website access;
to protect the website from spam, abuse, bots, attacks, or malicious traffic;
to monitor website availability, traffic, and technical performance;
to understand search visibility, indexing, and general website discoverability;
to diagnose and fix website errors;
to respond to inquiries;
to schedule and manage calls;
to assess potential client fit;
to prepare proposals or commercial discussions;
to provide QA, automation, consulting, and related services;
to manage client, supplier, and business relationships;
to maintain business records;
to comply with legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory obligations;
to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;
to protect our rights, systems, website, confidential information, and legitimate business interests.

We do not sell personal data.

We do not use website visitor data for advertising profiling.

We do not currently operate marketing newsletters, advertising pixels, or retargeting technologies on the website.

5. Legal basis for processing

We process personal data only where we have a lawful basis to do so.

Depending on the situation, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases.

Legitimate interests

We may process personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests, including operating the website, securing our systems, measuring website performance, understanding search visibility, responding to business inquiries, managing business relationships, improving our services, and protecting our business.

Pre-contractual or contractual necessity

Where you contact us about potential services, we may process your data to take steps before entering into a contract or to perform a contract with you or the organisation you represent.

Legal obligations

We may process personal data where necessary to comply with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, or corporate obligations.

Consent

If we introduce optional newsletters, marketing communications, analytics cookies, advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or other non-essential tracking technologies in the future, we will rely on consent where required by applicable law.

6. Cookies, analytics, and similar technologies

Our use of cookies and similar technologies is described in our Cookie Policy.

At present, we may receive limited analytics or measurement information through hosting, infrastructure, security, or search engine tools. This may include Cloudflare traffic/security analytics and Google Search Console-style search performance information.

We do not currently use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, Meta Pixel, Google Ads tags, LinkedIn Insight Tag, or behavioural profiling cookies on this website.

If we introduce non-essential cookies or tracking technologies in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy, and we will implement any consent mechanism required by applicable law.

7. Disclosure of personal data

We may share personal data only where necessary and appropriate.

This may include disclosure to:

hosting, DNS, CDN, and infrastructure providers;
website security, firewall, and anti-abuse providers;
analytics, performance, and search visibility providers;
email and communication providers;
scheduling providers;
professional advisers, including legal, accounting, or tax advisers;
service providers assisting us in operating our business;
contractors or collaborators involved in delivering services, where relevant;
public authorities, regulators, courts, or law enforcement where legally required;
third parties where disclosure is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;
potential advisers or parties involved in a restructuring, transaction, or transfer of business, if relevant and subject to appropriate safeguards.

Any such disclosure is limited to what is necessary for the relevant purpose.

We do not sell personal data.

We do not disclose personal data to advertisers for independent marketing use.

8. International transfers

Some service providers used in connection with website hosting, security, scheduling, communication, analytics, search visibility, or business operations may process data outside Romania or the European Economic Area.

Where required, we take appropriate steps to ensure that personal data receives a suitable level of protection, including through adequacy decisions, contractual safeguards, Standard Contractual Clauses, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

Third-party providers may also carry out international transfers under their own privacy terms and safeguards.

9. Data security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These measures may include secure hosting, access controls, limited access to business communications, security monitoring, anti-abuse protections, and reasonable operational safeguards.

No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. You should avoid sending highly sensitive or confidential information unless an appropriate secure channel has been agreed.

10. Data retention

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods depend on the type of data, the purpose of processing, legal requirements, contractual needs, and legitimate business interests.

In general:

website technical logs are retained only as necessary for security, diagnostics, infrastructure operation, and abuse prevention;
analytics and search performance data may be retained in aggregated or limited form according to the settings and retention practices of the relevant provider;
email and business inquiries are retained as long as needed to respond, manage the relationship, and maintain business records;
client-related communications may be retained for contractual, tax, accounting, legal, or legitimate business purposes;
data relevant to legal claims, disputes, compliance, or accounting may be retained for the period required or permitted by law;
data no longer needed will be deleted, anonymised, or securely archived where appropriate.

11. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

request access to personal data we hold about you;
request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
request deletion of your data;
request restriction of processing;
object to processing based on legitimate interests;
request portability of your data, where applicable;
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

horia@aqamasters.com

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

Some rights may be limited where we need to retain or process data for legal obligations, contractual obligations, security, fraud prevention, legitimate business purposes, or the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.

12. Business communications

If you contact us in a business context, we may use your contact details to respond to your inquiry, continue relevant business discussions, schedule meetings, send requested information, prepare proposals, and manage the relationship.

We do not currently operate automated newsletter subscriptions through the website.

If we introduce marketing communications in the future, we will provide appropriate opt-out options where required.

13. Third-party websites and platforms

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. Any personal data you provide to third parties is governed by their own policies and terms.

This includes, where relevant, external scheduling, social media, email, hosting, search, or communication platforms.

14. Children

Our website and services are intended for business users.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children through this website.

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, providers, technologies, legal obligations, or business operations.

Any updated version will be published on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

16. Contact

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or how AQA Masters processes personal data, contact:

ADAMOV STUDIO SRL

Operating brand: AQA Masters

Registration number: RO39796692

Trade Register number: J40/12230/2018

Bucharest, Romania

Email: horia@aqamasters.com