1. Data Controller

The data controller for this website is Cristian Marino.

For any privacy-related request, you can contact: contact@chefcristianmarino.com.

Website: https://chefcristianmarino.com/

2. Personal data collected

This website may collect different types of personal data depending on how visitors use the website.

• Contact data: name, email address and message content when a visitor sends a request through a contact form or by email.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, date and time of access and similar technical information necessary for website security and functionality.
• Comment data: if comments are enabled, the website may collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
• Media data: if users are allowed to upload images, uploaded files may contain metadata such as EXIF GPS location data.
• Cookie data: information collected through technical cookies and, where applicable, analytics or third-party cookies.

3. Purpose of processing

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

• to respond to messages, professional enquiries and collaboration requests;
• to manage and maintain the website;
• to protect the website from spam, abuse, unauthorized access or security threats;
• to manage comments, if comments are enabled;
• to measure website performance and understand general visitor interaction, where analytics tools are active;
• to comply with legal, administrative or security obligations.

4. Legal basis

Personal data is processed on the basis of one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Consent: when a visitor voluntarily sends a message, leaves a comment, accepts non-essential cookies or provides information through a form.
• Pre-contractual or contractual necessity: when processing is required to respond to professional enquiries or collaboration requests.
• Legitimate interest: for website security, spam prevention, technical maintenance and basic website administration.
• Legal obligation: when data must be retained or disclosed to comply with applicable laws or lawful requests.

5. Contact forms and email enquiries

When visitors contact Cristian Marino through the website or by email, the information provided is used only to read, manage and respond to the request.

Visitors should avoid sending unnecessary sensitive information through contact forms or email unless it is strictly relevant to their request.

6. Comments and Gravatar

If comments are enabled on the website, visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

An anonymised string created from the visitor’s email address, also called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether the visitor uses it. The Gravatar Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

After approval of a comment, the visitor’s profile picture, if available, may be visible to the public in the context of the comment.

7. Media

If users are allowed to upload images to the website, they should avoid uploading images with embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS data.

Visitors may be able to download and extract location data from images published on the website.

8. Cookies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure proper functionality, improve security and, where applicable, measure website performance.

If a visitor leaves a comment, the website may offer the option to save the visitor’s name, email address and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies may last for one year.

If a login page is visited, the website may set a temporary cookie to determine whether the browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when the browser is closed.

When a registered user logs in, cookies may be used to save login information and display preferences. Login cookies usually last for two days, while display option cookies may last for one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, the login may persist for two weeks. When the user logs out, login cookies are removed.

If an article is edited or published, an additional cookie may be saved in the browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article that was edited. It usually expires after one day.

9. Embedded content from other websites

Articles and pages on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, maps, social media posts or articles from other websites.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the external website directly.

These external websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor interaction with the embedded content, including when the visitor has an account and is logged in to that external website.

10. Analytics, security and third-party services

This website may use technical, analytics, security, anti-spam or hosting services provided by third parties. These services may process technical information such as IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited and interaction data.

Such services may include, depending on the tools active on the website, WordPress-related services, hosting providers, spam detection tools, analytics tools or embedded content providers.

Third-party providers process data according to their own privacy policies and, where applicable, under contractual or legal safeguards.

11. Who data is shared with

Personal data is not sold. Data may be shared only when necessary with:

• website hosting providers and technical service providers;
• email or contact form service providers used to receive and manage enquiries;
• anti-spam, security or analytics service providers;
• external platforms when embedded content or third-party services are used;
• public authorities, legal advisors or competent bodies where required by law.

If a password reset is requested, the requesting IP address may be included in the reset email.

12. International data transfers

Some service providers used by the website may process data outside the country where the visitor is located, including outside the European Economic Area.

Where required, such transfers are carried out on the basis of appropriate safeguards provided by applicable data protection laws, such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent mechanisms.

13. Data retention

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law, security reasons or legitimate administrative purposes.

• Contact form and email enquiries may be retained for the time necessary to manage the request and any related professional communication.
• If comments are enabled, comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• Technical and security logs may be retained for the time necessary to protect the website and ensure its proper functioning.
• Cookie retention periods depend on the type of cookie and are described in the cookie section of this policy or in the applicable cookie banner, if present.

14. Rights of users

Depending on applicable law, users may have the right to:

• request access to their personal data;
• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
• request deletion of personal data;
• request restriction of processing;
• object to processing based on legitimate interest;
• request data portability where applicable;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

To exercise privacy rights, users can contact: contact@chefcristianmarino.com.

15. Security

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

However, no website or online transmission can be guaranteed as completely secure.

16. Updates to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the website, applicable laws, services used or data processing practices.

The latest version will always be published on this page.