Effective Date: August 1st, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how Raffaella Ines Rinaldi (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you visit the website https://raffaellarinaldi.com (the “Site”).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and processing your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679 – “GDPR”), as well as relevant Italian privacy laws.
1. Data Controller
Raffaella Ines Rinaldi
Email: info@raffaellarinaldi.com
Website: https://raffaellarinaldi.com
2. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following personal data:
- Contact Form Data: Your name and email address when you submit a message via our contact form.
- Website Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and timestamps of your visit.
- Cookie Data: A cookie named
im_youtube is used to store your consent regarding the loading of embedded YouTube content.
3. Legal Basis for Processing
Under Article 6 of the GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent – for contact form submissions and the use of the
im_youtube cookie. - Legitimate Interests – to monitor website performance and usage trends.
- Contractual Necessity – to respond to inquiries you submit.
- Legal Obligations – when required by applicable law.
4. Purpose of Processing
We use your data to:
- Respond to inquiries submitted via the contact form.
- Analyze website traffic and usage to improve performance.
- Store your preferences related to YouTube embeds.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact form data is stored for up to 12 months from the last communication, unless required for legal or contractual purposes.
- Cookie data is retained according to your browser settings or until you withdraw consent.
- Analytics data is anonymized and retained for statistical purposes only.
6. Data Sharing and Processors
We do not sell or rent your personal data. However, we may share data with:
- Netlify – our hosting provider. Your data may be stored on their infrastructure. See their privacy policy here: https://netlify.com/privacy.
- Service Providers – trusted third parties that help us manage or operate the Site. These are designated as Data Processors under Article 28 GDPR and are contractually bound to handle data securely and only as instructed.
7. International Data Transfers
Some of the services we use (e.g., Netlify, YouTube, Google) are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.
- Or other lawful mechanisms under the GDPR.
8. Third-Party Embeds and Services
We use third-party services to enhance our website. These services may collect personal data independently of us. Your interaction with them is governed by their respective privacy policies:
We are not responsible for the data practices of these services and recommend reviewing their policies.
9. Cookies and Consent
We use the im_youtube cookie to remember your choice regarding whether or not to load embedded YouTube content. This cookie is only set if you give explicit consent.
You can manage your consent at any time using your browser settings or by revisiting your cookie preferences (if available on the site).
10. Your Rights Under GDPR
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- Right of Access – obtain confirmation of what personal data we process and a copy of it.
- Right to Rectification – correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure – request deletion of your data when no longer necessary.
- Right to Restriction – limit how we use your data under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability – receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to Object – object to certain processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to Withdraw Consent – at any time, without affecting prior processing.
To exercise your rights, contact us at info@raffaellarinaldi.com.
You may also file a complaint with the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali: https://garanteprivacy.it.
11. Data Security
We adopt appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. While we make every effort to safeguard your data, no method of electronic transmission or storage is entirely secure.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Effective Date” at the top of this page will be updated accordingly. We recommend reviewing this page regularly to stay informed.
13. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, you may contact us at:
Raffaella Ines Rinaldi
Email: info@raffaellarinaldi.com
