Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 7, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Livia Tamáska Photography, a photography business located in Hamburg, Germany, collects, uses, and discloses your personal information. We operate our photography website at liviatamaska.com using the Squarespace platform and use Google Analytics for website analytics.

We take your privacy seriously and are committed to complying with all applicable data protection laws, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who We Are (Data Controller)

For the purposes of the GDPR, we are the "Data Controller" of the personal data collected through our website. This means we determine the purposes and means of processing your personal data.

Contact Details:

  • Name: Livia Tamáska Photography

  • Address: Cremon 11, 20457 Hamburg Germany

  • Email: contact@liviatamaska.com

  • Website: www.liviatamaska.com

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal data from you in two primary ways:

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

We collect information that you directly provide to us when you interact with our website. This may include:

  • Contact Information: Your name and email address when you sign up for a newsletter, submit a contact form, or send a message to inquire about our services.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is automatically collected by our service providers, Squarespace and Google Analytics. This may include:

  • Device and Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages you view, the time spent on our site, and the referring website.

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Small data files called cookies are placed on your device. These help us understand how you use our site.

3. Our Legal Basis for Processing Your Data

Under the GDPR, we must have a legal basis to process your personal data. The legal bases we rely on are:

  • Consent: We process your personal data where you have given us clear consent to do so for a specific purpose, such as signing up for a newsletter or requesting to be contacted. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Legitimate Interests: We process your personal data to improve our website and marketing efforts, provided that these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and user behavior to enhance your experience.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests (e.g., answering questions submitted through a contact form).

  • To send you marketing communications, such as newsletters, if you have consented to receive them.

  • To analyze and understand website usage and trends to improve our content and services.

  • To protect the security and integrity of our website.

5. Third-Party Service Providers

We share your personal data with the following third parties that act as "Data Processors" on our behalf. These companies are committed to data protection and only process your data based on our instructions.

  • Squarespace, Inc.: Our website hosting platform. Squarespace processes data to operate the website and provide built-in analytics. For more information, please see the Squarespace Privacy Policy.

  • Google Analytics: A web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how visitors use our site. The data collected by Google Analytics is used for a legitimate interest to better understand our website traffic and improve our user experience. The IP address is automatically anonymized in Google Analytics 4. For more information, please see the Google Privacy & Terms.

6. International Data Transfers

As our primary service providers, Squarespace and Google, are based in the United States, your personal data may be transferred to and stored in the United States. Such transfers are made in reliance on appropriate safeguards, such as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which ensures a high level of data protection.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The Right to Be Informed: You have the right to know how your data is being used. This Privacy Policy serves to inform you of our data processing activities.

  • The Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

  • The Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

  • The Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You can ask us to delete your personal data.

  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the way we use your personal data.

  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

  • The Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

  • The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@liviatamaska.com. We will respond to your request within one month.

8. Cookies and Your Choices

Our website uses cookies to enhance functionality and to gather analytics. You can control your cookie preferences through the cookie banner displayed upon your first visit. You can also manage or disable cookies in your browser settings.

For Google Analytics, you can opt-out of data collection by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Effective Date" at the top of this policy will indicate when the last changes were made. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.