Privacy Policy
Data Controller
The controller of personal data processed in connection with the use of this website is Marek Dominik Kopiński, writing under the literary pseudonym Marc Loxer.
For matters relating to the protection of personal data, please contact: [email protected]
The controller operates from the territory of the United Kingdom, and therefore the processing of data is subject to British data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). For visitors accessing the website from the territory of the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also applies.
What Data We Collect and Why
This website is a non-commercial poetry blog. The scope of data collected is kept to a minimum.
Contact form. If you use the contact form, you provide us with your name, email address, and the content of your message. This data is sent solely by email to the controller’s address and is not stored in the website’s database. We use it only to respond to your message.
Visit statistics. With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to maintain anonymous visit statistics. This tool runs only after you have given your consent in the cookie banner. If you do not give consent, no statistical data is collected.
Cookies. This website uses cookies. You will find detailed information in the separate Cookie Policy.
Server logs. The hosting provider may automatically record technical data (e.g. IP address, browser type) in server logs, to the extent necessary to ensure the security and proper functioning of the website.
Legal Basis for Processing
- Contact form data — your consent and our legitimate interest in responding to your message (Article 6(1)(a) and (f) GDPR / corresponding provisions of UK GDPR).
- Statistical data (Google Analytics) — solely your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
- Server logs — our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of the website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Data Recipients
In connection with the operation of the website, data may be processed by:
- the hosting provider — in respect of storing the website and server logs,
- Cloudflare, Inc. — in respect of content delivery network (CDN) and security services,
- Google (Google Analytics) — only after you have given consent, in respect of visit statistics.
Transfer of Data Outside the European Economic Area
Some recipients (including Google and Cloudflare) may process data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Such transfers take place on the basis of mechanisms ensuring an adequate level of data protection, such as the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.
Data Retention Period
- Messages submitted through the contact form are kept in the email inbox for the period necessary to respond and conduct correspondence, after which they are deleted.
- Statistical data is processed in accordance with the Google Analytics policy.
- Server log data is retained in accordance with the hosting provider’s policy.
Your Rights
In connection with the processing of personal data, you have the right to:
- access your data,
- rectify your data,
- erase your data,
- restrict processing,
- object to processing,
- data portability,
- withdraw consent at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal),
- lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
The supervisory authority in the United Kingdom is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). If you are located within the European Union, you may also lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority competent for your place of residence (in Poland — the President of the Personal Data Protection Office).
To exercise your rights, please contact us at: [email protected]
Changes to the Privacy Policy
This policy may be updated from time to time. The current version is always available on this page.