Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected, used and protected when you visit antoniageorgescu.com.

1. Who is responsible for your personal data

The data controller for this website is:

Antonia Georgescu
Bucharest, Romania
Website: https://antoniageorgescu.com
Email: antoniageorgescu@yahoo.com

For any question about this Privacy Policy or the use of your personal data, you can contact me at the email address above.

2. What personal data may be collected

Depending on how you use the website, the following information may be collected:

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, the hosting server and website security tools may automatically process technical information such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device type;
  • operating system;
  • date and time of access;
  • pages visited;
  • referring website;
  • technical error and security information.

This information is used to operate the website, maintain its security, identify technical problems and prevent malicious activity.

Information provided through comments

If you leave a comment on an article, the website may collect the information entered in the comment form, including your name, email address, website address and comment. Your IP address and browser information may also be processed to help detect spam and misuse.

An anonymised identifier created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. If your comment is approved, your profile image may be publicly visible next to your comment.

Please do not include sensitive or confidential personal information in a public comment.

Information sent by email

If you contact me by email, I will process your email address, your name, the content of your message and any other information you choose to provide. This information is used only to read, manage and respond to your communication.

3. Purposes and legal bases for processing

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

  • Operating and securing the website: based on my legitimate interest in maintaining a functional, reliable and secure website.
  • Preventing spam, fraud and malicious activity: based on my legitimate interest in protecting the website and its visitors.
  • Managing and displaying comments: based on your decision to submit a comment and my legitimate interest in facilitating relevant discussion around published content.
  • Responding to emails and enquiries: based on my legitimate interest in communicating with people who contact me or, where relevant, taking steps at your request before entering into a professional relationship.
  • Managing non-essential cookies or external content: based on your consent, where consent is required.
  • Complying with legal obligations: where processing is necessary to meet an applicable legal requirement.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.

4. Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies for essential website functions, security and the storage of your consent preferences. Other cookies or third-party technologies are used only where applicable and, when legally required, after you provide consent.

You can accept, reject or change your cookie preferences through the consent-management tool available on the website.

For detailed and current information about the cookies and services detected on this website, please read the Cookie Policy:

Cookie Policy (EU)

5. Embedded content and external links

Articles or pages on this website may contain embedded content or links from third-party websites, such as YouTube or LinkedIn.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those providers may collect technical information, use cookies or similar technologies, and record your interaction with their content, particularly if you are logged in to an account with that provider.

Where required, non-essential embedded content and related cookies should remain blocked until you provide consent.

If you follow an external link, the privacy policy of the destination website applies. I do not control how external websites process personal data.

Relevant third-party privacy information includes:

6. Who may receive personal data

Personal data is not sold or rented.

Data may be processed by service providers that support the operation and security of the website, including:

  • the website hosting provider;
  • WordPress and website software providers;
  • security, backup and spam-prevention providers;
  • cookie-consent management services;
  • providers of embedded content or external services, when you interact with those services.

These providers process data according to their respective roles, contractual obligations and privacy policies.

Personal data may also be disclosed where required by law, a court order or a competent public authority, or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

7. International data transfers

Some external service providers, including Google, YouTube, LinkedIn or Automattic, may process information outside the European Economic Area.

Where the GDPR applies to such transfers, the provider is responsible for using an appropriate legal transfer mechanism, such as an adequacy decision or Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

8. How long personal data is retained

Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected:

  • Server and security logs: according to the retention periods established by the hosting and security providers and only for as long as needed for technical operation, security and incident investigation.
  • Comments and related metadata: for as long as the comment remains published or until deletion is requested, unless continued retention is necessary for security, legal or dispute-resolution purposes.
  • Emails and enquiries: for the time required to respond and manage the communication, normally no longer than 24 months after the last relevant exchange, unless a longer period is required for legal, contractual or legitimate record-keeping purposes.
  • Cookie-consent records: for the period stated in the Cookie Policy or until the relevant consent record is no longer required.

Data may be retained longer where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

9. Data security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction.

However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please avoid sending sensitive or confidential information through ordinary email or public comments.

10. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions established by the GDPR, you may have the right to:

  • request access to your personal data;
  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
  • request deletion of your personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format;
  • withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;
  • lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact me at antoniageorgescu@yahoo.com. I may need to request reasonable information to confirm your identity before responding.

Requests will normally be answered within one month, as required by the GDPR. This period may be extended where permitted by law, depending on the complexity and number of requests.

11. Complaints

If you believe that your personal data has been processed unlawfully, please contact me first so that I can investigate the matter.

You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Romanian supervisory authority:

Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal — ANSPDCP

Address: B-dul General Gheorghe Magheru 28–30, Sector 1, 010336 Bucharest, Romania
Website: https://www.dataprotection.ro/
Email: anspdcp@dataprotection.ro

You may also contact the supervisory authority in the EU or EEA country where you live or work, or where the alleged infringement occurred.

12. Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general professional audience and is not specifically directed at children. I do not knowingly collect personal data from children through this website.

13. Automated decision-making

Personal data collected through this website is not used to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its services or applicable legal requirements change. The date at the top of the page indicates when it was most recently updated.

Material changes will be communicated through the website where appropriate.