Privacy policy

Last updated: May 2026

Data Controller

Alessandra Politi Sculture & Design Balbano (Lucca) – Italy Phone: +39 347 102 4334 Email: scultura@alessandrapoliti.com Website: www.alessandrapoliti.com

Types of Data Collected

This website collects the following categories of personal data:

Data voluntarily provided by the user: name, email address, phone number, and any other information submitted through the contact form or sent by email to enquire about artworks, marble sculpture courses, or commissions.

Navigation data: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, access times, and other technical data automatically collected via cookies and web analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics).

Data from social networks: if the user interacts with the website’s social profiles (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest), the relevant data are processed according to the privacy policies of those platforms.

Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing

Personal data are processed for the following purposes:

Responding to contact requests (legal basis: pre-contractual measures or user consent) – to respond to enquiries about artworks, personalised marble sculpture courses, commissions, or any other request sent via the contact form or email.

Course management (legal basis: performance of a contract) – to manage enrolment and organisation of personalised marble sculpture courses.

Website statistical analysis (legal basis: legitimate interest of the data controller) – to improve the website by analysing user behaviour in anonymous or aggregated form.

Marketing and promotional communications (legal basis: user consent) – to send updates about new artworks, exhibitions, or courses, subject to the user’s explicit prior consent.

Processing Methods and Retention

Data are processed using electronic and manual tools, in compliance with the security measures required by applicable law. Data are retained for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, and in any case no longer than 10 years for contractual data and 2 years for contact requests not followed by a contract. Navigation data are retained for the period indicated in the Cookie Policy.

Sharing and Disclosure of Data

Data are not sold to third parties for commercial purposes. They may be shared with parties that provide services instrumental to the website (e.g. hosting providers, email services, web analytics tools) acting as data processors under the GDPR. Data are not transferred outside the European Economic Area, except to countries that ensure an adequate level of protection.

User Rights

Under Articles 15–22 of the GDPR, users have the right to: access their personal data; request rectification or erasure; restrict processing; object to processing; request data portability; withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

To exercise these rights, users may write to: scultura@alessandrapoliti.com

Users also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) at www.garanteprivacy.it.

Cookies

This website uses technical, preference, statistical, and marketing cookies. For detailed information, please refer to the Cookie Policy available on the website.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

The data controller reserves the right to amend this privacy policy at any time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated date at the top.