Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected and processed when you visit
chefcristianmarino.com or use the professional services and digital products
made available through the website.

1. Who is responsible for your data

The website brings together personal editorial content and professional activities operated
through Cristian Marino International LLC. The data controller therefore depends on the area
or service you use.

Cristian Marino is responsible for personal data processed in connection with
the personal and editorial areas of chefcristianmarino.com, including the professional profile,
books, journal content and general correspondence addressed to Cristian Marino personally.

Cristian Marino International LLC is responsible for personal data processed
in connection with services and activities expressly operated by the company, including
Cristian Marino International, Cristian Marino Advisory and Ask Cristian Marino.

Cristian Marino International LLC
30 N Gould St, #67169
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
United States

Personal and editorial enquiries:
contact@chefcristianmarino.com

Cristian Marino International, Advisory, Ask and business privacy enquiries:
office@cristianmarinointernational.com

2. What information may be collected

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

• name, email address and information included in messages or enquiries;
• professional information voluntarily provided in connection with an Advisory or business enquiry;
• questions, prompts and information voluntarily entered into Ask Cristian Marino;
• newsletter or subscription information, where a subscription feature is used;
• technical information such as IP address, browser, device, pages visited and access time;
• comment information and related technical data, where comments are enabled;
• cookie and preference information.

3. Why information is processed

Personal data may be processed to:

• respond to messages, enquiries and collaboration requests;
• evaluate and manage enquiries relating to Cristian Marino Advisory or other professional services;
• provide and administer Ask Cristian Marino;
• generate the AI-supported response requested by a user;
• manage subscriptions or communications requested by the user;
• operate, maintain and improve the website;
• prevent spam, misuse, fraud and security incidents;
• manage comments where comments are enabled;
• comply with legal, contractual or administrative obligations.

4. Legal bases

Depending on the context, processing may be based on:

• Consent, for example where you voluntarily subscribe to communications or accept optional cookies.
• Steps requested before entering into a contract or performance of a contract, for example when you submit a professional enquiry.
• Legitimate interests, including website administration, security, fraud and spam prevention and the responsible operation of professional services.
• Legal obligations, where information must be processed or retained under applicable law.

5. Professional enquiries

When you contact Cristian Marino or Cristian Marino International LLC, the information you provide
is used to understand, evaluate and respond to your request.

You do not need to send confidential documents or sensitive personal information in an initial
professional enquiry. Where an engagement later requires confidential material, appropriate
arrangements may be agreed before that information is exchanged.

6. Ask Cristian Marino and artificial intelligence

Ask Cristian Marino is an AI-supported professional reflection and decision-support service
operated by Cristian Marino International LLC.

You are interacting with an artificial intelligence system, not directly with Cristian Marino.
Information entered into the service is transmitted through the technical services required
to operate the chatbot and the selected AI model.

These services may involve third-party technology and infrastructure providers and may involve
processing outside the country in which you are located.

Do not submit names or identifying information about guests, employees or colleagues, passwords,
payment information, health information, confidential HR records, trade secrets, proprietary
documents or information that you do not have the right to disclose.

Ask Cristian Marino is not intended to function as a secure document repository or storage system
for sensitive personal or company information. The safest way to use the service is to describe
roles and situations without identifying individuals or organisations.

Information entered into Ask Cristian Marino may be processed as necessary to generate the requested
response and to operate, secure, troubleshoot and protect the service.

Ask Cristian Marino does not make automated decisions that produce legal effects or similarly
significant effects on users. AI-generated responses are informational and users remain responsible
for their decisions and actions.

For additional information, see the

Ask Cristian Marino Responsible Use notice

and

Terms of Use
.

7. Cookies and similar technologies

The website uses cookies and similar technologies for functionality, security and user preferences.
Optional technologies, including analytics or third-party services where used, are activated in
accordance with the choices presented through the website’s cookie-consent system where required.

Cookie preferences can be reviewed or changed through the cookie controls available on the website.

8. Embedded content and external services

The website may include content or functionality provided by third parties, such as video platforms,
social networks, maps, newsletter services or other external technologies.

Those providers may process technical or personal information in accordance with their own privacy
practices and applicable consent requirements.

9. Service providers and recipients

Information may be processed by service providers that are reasonably necessary to operate the
website and the relevant service. These may include website hosting and WordPress infrastructure,
email and communication providers, security and anti-spam services, newsletter providers,
analytics services where enabled, and AI or chatbot technology providers used by Ask Cristian Marino.

Professional advisers or public authorities may also receive information where disclosure is
reasonably necessary or required by law.

Personal data is not sold to advertisers or data brokers.

10. International processing and transfers

Some service providers may process information in countries other than the country where the user
is located, including the United States.

Where applicable data-protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer, the
relevant controller and service provider will use an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism.
Information about safeguards applicable to a particular processing activity may be requested using
the relevant privacy contact listed above.

11. How long information is kept

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which
it was collected and for any relevant legal, contractual, administrative or security requirement.

Professional enquiries may be retained for the time necessary to manage the enquiry and any resulting
professional relationship. Technical and security information may be retained as necessary to
protect and maintain the website. Retention relating to third-party technologies may also depend
on the configuration and policies of the relevant provider.

12. Is providing personal information required?

You can browse most of the website without voluntarily identifying yourself.

If you contact Cristian Marino or Cristian Marino International LLC, some contact information is
necessary in order to respond. If that information is not provided, it may not be possible to
process or reply to the enquiry.

Ask Cristian Marino requires a question or prompt in order to generate a response, but users are
not required to provide identifying or sensitive personal information.

13. Your rights

Where applicable data-protection law provides these rights, you may request access to your personal
data, correction of inaccurate information, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability
or object to certain processing.

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

You may also lodge a complaint with the data-protection authority competent for your habitual
residence, place of work or the place where you believe an infringement occurred.

Requests concerning Cristian Marino International LLC, Cristian Marino Advisory or Ask Cristian Marino:

office@cristianmarinointernational.com
.

Requests concerning the personal or editorial areas of chefcristianmarino.com:

contact@chefcristianmarino.com
.

14. Security

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

No website, electronic communication or AI system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users should therefore avoid submitting information that is unnecessary or particularly sensitive.

15. Children

Cristian Marino International’s professional services and Ask Cristian Marino are intended for
adults and are not designed for children.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, professional services, technical providers
or applicable legal requirements change.

The current version will always be published on this page.

Last updated: 14 August 2026.