Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how I process your personal data when you use my website, sophinkadesign.com (the “website”). The website is operated by Sophie Hartl (“I/my/me”), a private company with limited liability organised under the laws of The Netherlands, located in Amsterdam.

1. How your personal data is used

  1. Your inquiries

If you contact me about my services, the emails you send may include information about you, such as your name, address, age, email address, and inquiry. I use this information to carry out the following:

In line with the legitimate interest I have in promoting my business, I will process your inquiries to provide you with information about the services I offer. This might include replying to your inquiry. I may also process inquiries to take steps you ask of me with a view to entering into an agreement to provide you with my services. You are under no obligation to provide me with any details, but if you don’t provide all relevant information, I may not be able to help.

2. Marketing

I might use your information to send you marketing emails, in accordance with my legitimate interests, about my services or products which are similar or related to those which you have previously received.

If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, please contact me or click unsubscribe at the bottom of each marketing email.

3. How you use my website (analytics)

My website uses cookies and other mechanisms to collect log and analytical information, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

I share this information with Squarespace, my website analytics provider, to learn about this website’s traffic and activity. This allows me to improve my website, by enhancing the user experience and making the website as personal and relevant as possible.

This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you. All such information is aggregated and stored anonymously.

2. Do I share your personal information with anyone else?

I keep your information confidential. I may also disclose it to my personnel, suppliers, or subcontractors insofar as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, provided that they do not make independent use of the information and have agreed to adhere to the rules set out in this privacy statement.

In addition, I may disclose your information to the extent that I am required to do so by law (which may include to government bodies and law enforcement agencies); in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings; and to establish, exercise or defend my legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention).

Except as provided above, I will not provide your information to third parties.

3. Your rights in relation to personal data which I process relating to you

You have the following rights over the way I process personal data relating to you:

  • You can ask for a copy of the data I am processing about you, and you can have inaccuracies corrected;

  • You can ask me to restrict, stop processing, or delete your personal data;

  • You can make a complaint to a data protection regulator.

  • I aim to comply without undue delay, and within one month at the latest. Please send your requests to hello@sophinkadesign.com

4. Children

I do not use the website to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided me with information without their consent, he or she should contact me. I will delete such information within a reasonable time.

5. Security

I will take all reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. My website is hosted on Squarespace, it has adequate security measures and stores your data encrypted.

6. Changes

This policy may be updated from time to time. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy here and, where feasible, by letting you know by email.

7. Retention periods

I will hold your personal information on my systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose, or as otherwise described in this privacy policy.

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please let me know by email to hello@sophinkadesign.com