This Privacy Policy explains how Pappou Studios (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit https://www.pappoustudios.com (“Website”). We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable European laws.
This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry.
b. Automatically collected data
When you visit our Website, certain data may be collected automatically, such as:
IP address
Browser type and version
Device information
Pages visited
This may occur through analytics tools used on the Website.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
Legitimate interests: responding to your contact requests and ensuring the proper functioning of the Website.
Consent: where required (e.g., analytics cookies).
5. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
Responding to your inquiries and messages
Improving the performance, security, and usability of the Website
Generating statistical insights via analytics tools
We do not sell or rent your personal data.
6. Third-Party Services We Use
Analytics
We use MonsterInsights, which integrates analytics functionality to help us understand how visitors use our Website (e.g., visitor counts, page views). This data is used strictly for statistical and performance insights.
Hosting
Our Website is hosted by a third-party hosting provider that may process technical data to ensure availability and security of the Website.
All third-party service providers only process personal data on our behalf and in accordance with GDPR requirements.
7. Data Retention
Contact form messages: retained only for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and manage communication, after which they are deleted unless a longer retention period is required for legitimate business or legal reasons.
Technical/analytics data: retained only for the period necessary for statistical analysis and website optimization.
8. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Our Website may use cookies to enable essential functionality and to collect statistical usage data.
Cookies used may include:
Essential cookies: required for website operation
Analytics cookies: to understand and improve website performance
Visitors may manage or disable cookies via their browser settings.
If a cookie banner is implemented on the Website, users can accept or reject non-essential cookies at any time.
9. Security Measures
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no online system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Your Rights Under GDPR
You have the right to:
Access your personal data
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of your personal data
Request restriction of processing
Object to processing based on legitimate interests
Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)
