Privacy notice
In force since 14/11/2026
This page says what data the Deus ex machina website (https://www.deusexmachina-theatre.com) collects, why, for how long and who it passes it to. It covers the website and the services the program calls from the website: reading manuals, translating surtitles, the catalogue of lighting fixtures.
Who processes the data
What data, why, for how long
| Data | Why | Legal basis | For how long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account: e-mail, password (encrypted: nobody can read it), language, dates of sign-up and confirmation | signing in, receiving licences and messages | contract | as long as you keep the account: you delete it yourself, from the account page |
| Purchases and licences: product, amount, date, Paddle transaction codes, your acceptance of the terms | delivering the licence, answering for what you bought, accounting | contract, legal obligation | ten years, as tax law requires; if you delete the account they remain, but no longer linked to your e-mail |
| Activated computers: a fingerprint of the computer (a code worked out by the program, not the serial number), the computer's name and system, the program's version, the dates of activation and of the last contact, the 48-hour trial used | sending the licence only to your computers, as many as the licence allows, and giving one trial per version | contract | while the computer is activated; once you free it up, 30 days for the limit on computers freed up; the trial, as long as you keep the account |
| Profiles sent to the catalogue: the profile and your account | approving it and telling you how it went | contract | as long as you keep the account; an approved profile stays in the catalogue, without your name |
| Lighting fixture manuals sent by the program | having Claude read them and suggest the channels | contract | the PDF is deleted as soon as it is read, at the latest after one day; if you tick «It may be published», it stays, and if we approve it, it can be downloaded from the fixture's page in the catalogue, without your name |
| Texts to translate (the surtitles) sent by the program | translating them with Claude | contract | seven days, the time the program needs to collect them |
| Cookie choices: the categories accepted, a random browser code, an encrypted fingerprint of the IP address, the browser type | proving that you gave consent | legal obligation | as long as the choice is valid, and then as long as needed to prove it |
| IP address | limiting attempts (sign-ins, e-mails, readings) and protecting the website from abuse | legitimate interest | at most one day in the counters; in the server error logs, the time it takes to fix them |
The only e-mails we send you are service e-mails: address confirmation, password, receipts, renewals, the outcome of profiles you sent. No newsletters, no advertising.
Manuals and texts to translate are not linked to your account: the program sends them with a random code.
Who receives them
- Paddle (Paddle.com Market Limited, United Kingdom) sells on our behalf: it receives your e-mail, your country and the payment data, and handles them as an independent controller, under its own privacy notice. Only Paddle sees your card or PayPal account.
- Anthropic (Anthropic PBC, United States) receives the manuals and the texts to translate, to read them with Claude. It receives neither your e-mail nor your account. The transfer to the United States takes place under the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.
- The service that sends the website's e-mails receives your address and the text of the message.
No data is sold or used for advertising.
Cookies
Which cookies the website uses and how to change your choices is explained on the cookies page.
Your rights
If you think we are mishandling your data, you can lodge a complaint with the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (www.garanteprivacy.it) or with the authority of the country where you live.
Security
The website opens only over HTTPS. Passwords are encrypted in a way that cannot be reversed. Links in e-mails expire: the one to change your password after one hour, the confirmation one after one day.
Changes
If this notice changes, the new version is on this page, with its date. If the change affects you directly, we will write to you.