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Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy

Last Update: 10 january 2025

Welcome to our Privacy Policy. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This notice aims to clearly and transparently describe how your personal data is collected, used, and protected through the website of Irina Antonova, in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

1. Data Controller
The Data Controller of the personal data collected through this website is:
Irina Antonova
Email: irina.antnv@gmail.com
Additional details may be provided upon request.

2. Types of Data Collected
This website collects various types of personal data, either independently or through third parties.
Data Voluntarily Provided by the User
When you fill out the contact form, you voluntarily provide certain personal data necessary for us to respond to your request. These include:
These include:
  • Name – to identify you
  • Email Address – to contact you
  • Phone Number (optional) – for more direct communication if needed
  • Country of Residence / Country of Business Activity – to understand your geographical context and provide region-specific information
  • Profile Type (Investor, Startup/Founder, Company, or Other) – to correctly classify your request and customise the response
  • Message – the content of your inquiry
Providing this data is necessary for us to process and answer your inquiry. Failure to provide such data makes it impossible for us to respond.
Browsing Data and Cookies
The IT systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire certain personal data during their normal operation, the transmission of which is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. These data are not collected to identify users, but due to their nature, they could allow identification through processing and association with data held by third parties.
This category includes IP addresses, browser type, operating system, domain names and addresses of websites visited before or after, information on pages viewed within the site, access times, time spent on each page, internal path analysis, and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and IT environment.
These data are mainly collected through Cookies.

3. Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files sent by websites to the user’s device (desktop, tablet, smartphone), where they are stored and then sent back to the same websites during subsequent visits.
  • Cookies Used on This SiteTechnical Cookies: Essential for the proper functioning of the website. They include session cookies and cookies used to store your preferences regarding analytical cookies. These do not require prior consent.
  • Analytical Cookies (third-party): We use Google Analytics to collect aggregated and anonymous information on the number of users and their behaviour on the site. These data help us understand website performance and improve it.
  • These cookies are installed only with your explicit consent, expressed via the banner shown on your first visit.
Google anonymises the IP address. For more information, please consult Google’s privacy notice. You may also disable Google Analytics by installing the browser add-on provided by Google.
Managing Cookies from Your Browser
You can manage cookie preferences directly through your browser settings to prevent third parties from installing them. Below are links to instructions for major browsers:
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Apple Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

4. Purposes and Legal Basis of Processing
Your data is processed for the following purposes:
Responding to Your Requests
Data submitted through the contact form are used to provide the requested information.
Legal basis: your explicit consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR) and pre-contractual measures (Art. 6.1.b GDPR).
Statistical Analysis
Data collected via Google Analytics are used to analyse site traffic and improve the service.
Legal basis: your explicit consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).
Ensuring Website Functionality
Browsing data and technical cookies are necessary for the security and operation of the site.
Legal basis: legitimate interest of the Data Controller (Art. 6.1.f GDPR).

5. Data Retention Period
Data are retained only for the time strictly necessary to fulfil the purposes for which they were collected:
  • Data submitted via the contact form are kept for as long as needed to fulfil the request and for any subsequent legal obligations.
  • Data collected via Google Analytics follow the retention periods defined by Google Inc.

6. Data Disclosure and Transfer Abroad
Your data will not be disseminated. They may be shared with third parties (such as technical service providers, hosting providers, consultants) acting on behalf of the Data Controller and appointed as Data Processors when required.
Data processed by Google Analytics may be transferred by Google outside the European Union, particularly to the United States. Such transfer is legitimised by adequacy decisions of the European Commission or the adoption of Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. Your Rights
As a data subject, you have the right to:
  • Access your data and obtain confirmation of their processing
  • Rectification and deletion of your data
  • Restriction of processing
  • Data portability – receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format
  • Object to processing, in whole or in part
  • Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on prior consent
  • Lodge a complaint with the competent Supervisory Authority (in Italy: the Italian Data Protection Authority – Garante Privacy)
To exercise your rights, you may send a request to the Controller’s email address:
[Your Email, e.g., irina.antnv@gmail.com]

8. External Links
This site contains links to external third-party websites (e.g., LinkedIn).
By clicking these links, you leave our site.
The Data Controller is not responsible for privacy practices adopted by such websites. You are encouraged to review each website’s own privacy policy.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, notifying users on this page. Please check this page regularly, referring to the latest update date shown above.
This Privacy Policy has been drafted to comply with the obligations set forth in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).