Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

Data Controller

Nikolas Petrou ("we", "us", or "our") is the data controller responsible for your personal data. You can reach us at hello@nikolaspetrou.com.

What Data We Collect

We collect personal data that you provide directly:

Contact form submissions: name, email address, and message content
Technical data: IP address, browser type, and pages visited (via privacy-focused analytics)

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Article 6)

Consent: When you submit a contact form or accept analytics cookies
Legitimate interest: To improve our website and respond to enquiries
Legal obligation: To comply with applicable laws

How We Use Your Data

Respond to your enquiries
Improve our website and services
Analyse website usage (aggregated, non-identifying)
Comply with legal obligations

Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months after your last interaction. Analytics data is aggregated and does not contain personally identifiable information.

Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

Access your personal data
Rectify inaccurate data
Erase your data ("right to be forgotten")
Restrict processing of your data
Data portability — receive your data in a structured format
Object to processing based on legitimate interest
Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@nikolaspetrou.com.

Third-Party Services

Hosting: Cloudflare (global CDN — data may be processed outside the EU)
Analytics: Privacy-focused analytics that does not use cookies or track individuals
Email: Contact form submissions are delivered via Resend (US-based, with EU data processing)

Cookies

This website does not use tracking cookies by default. If Google Analytics is enabled, a cookie consent banner will appear before any tracking cookies are set.

Contact

For privacy-related enquiries, contact us at hello@nikolaspetrou.com.