Privacy & Cookies Policy

Last updated: 6 August 2026

This Privacy & Cookies Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, and protected when you visit www.angighimpeteanu.com, contact me, or subscribe to receive email updates.

1. Who is responsible for your data

The data controller for this website is:

Angi Ghimpeteanu
Visual Artist
Bucharest, Romania
Email: ghimpeteanuangi@gmail.com

For any questions about this policy or the use of your personal information, please contact me using the email address above.

2. Information collected

Newsletter subscriptions

When you subscribe to receive updates, I collect your:

  • email address;

  • subscription status and preferences;

  • date and method of subscription;

  • interactions with email campaigns, such as email opens or link clicks, where this information is available.

Your email address is stored and managed through Squarespace Email Campaigns.

Direct communications

When you contact me by email, I may collect:

  • your name;

  • your email address;

  • the content of your message;

  • information you voluntarily provide about an artwork, exhibition, collaboration, purchase inquiry, or other request.

Please do not include sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.

Website and technical information

When you visit this website, Squarespace may collect technical and usage information, including:

  • your IP address;

  • browser, network, and device information;

  • operating system and language settings;

  • pages viewed;

  • referral pages;

  • timestamps;

  • clicks, scrolling, and other interactions with the website;

  • information necessary to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the website.

Some of this information is collected through cookies and similar technologies.

3. How your information is used

I may use personal information to:

  • send occasional updates about new artworks, exhibitions, projects, and studio news;

  • respond to questions, purchase inquiries, collaboration proposals, or other messages;

  • manage newsletter subscriptions;

  • understand how visitors use the website;

  • maintain the security and functionality of the website;

  • prevent spam, fraud, and misuse;

  • comply with legal obligations;

  • establish, exercise, or defend legal claims where necessary.

I do not sell or rent personal information.

I do not use personal information for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

4. Legal bases for processing

Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, personal information is processed on the following legal bases:

Consent

Your consent is used when:

  • you subscribe to the newsletter;

  • you accept analytics or performance cookies;

  • you voluntarily agree to another specific use of your information.

You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Steps taken at your request

When you contact me about purchasing an artwork, commissioning work, exhibiting, licensing an image, or entering into another professional arrangement, your information may be processed in order to respond to your request or take steps before entering into an agreement.

Legitimate interests

Information may be processed where necessary for legitimate interests such as:

  • responding to general inquiries;

  • maintaining the security of the website;

  • preventing spam or misuse;

  • managing professional correspondence;

  • understanding the general performance of the website.

These interests are considered against your rights and reasonable expectations.

Legal obligations

Information may be processed or retained where necessary to comply with applicable legal, accounting, tax, or regulatory requirements.

5. Email communications

If you subscribe, you may receive occasional emails about:

  • new artworks and ongoing projects;

  • exhibitions and events;

  • studio updates;

  • selected news related to my artistic practice.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link included in the footer of every email campaign.

You may also request removal by contacting ghimpeteanuangi@gmail.com.

After unsubscribing, limited information may be retained in a suppression or unsubscribe record so that your preference can be respected and further marketing emails are not sent to you unintentionally.

The newsletter form may use Google reCAPTCHA and/or a confirmation email to prevent spam and verify that the subscription request is genuine.

6. Squarespace

This website is built and hosted using Squarespace.

Squarespace provides services including:

  • website hosting;

  • website security and delivery;

  • analytics;

  • newsletter subscription storage;

  • contact and mailing-list management;

  • Squarespace Email Campaigns;

  • spam and fraud prevention.

For personal information that I control, such as newsletter subscriber details, Squarespace generally processes the information as a service provider or data processor on my behalf.

Squarespace may also process certain technical and usage information for its own purposes, including platform security, fraud prevention, service integrity, and improvement of its services.

Squarespace’s own privacy policy applies to information it processes as an independent controller.

7. Cookies

Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on your device when you visit a website.

This website may use the following categories of cookies:

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies are required for the website to operate securely and correctly.

They may be used to:

  • deliver website pages;

  • protect the website from security threats;

  • prevent fraudulent or malicious activity;

  • remember cookie-consent choices;

  • support basic website functionality;

  • verify form or newsletter submissions.

Necessary cookies cannot generally be disabled through the website’s cookie settings because the website may not function correctly without them.

Analytics and performance cookies

With your consent, Squarespace may use analytics and performance cookies to understand:

  • how many people visit the website;

  • which pages visitors view;

  • how visitors navigate through the website;

  • traffic sources;

  • general website activity and performance.

This information helps me understand how the website is used and improve its content and structure.

Analytics and performance cookies should only be activated after you provide consent through the cookie banner.

Marketing cookies

I do not currently intentionally use advertising, retargeting, or behavioural profiling cookies on this website.

If advertising or third-party tracking tools are added in the future, this policy and the cookie-consent options will be updated accordingly.

8. Managing cookies

When you first visit the website, you may be shown a cookie banner that allows you to:

  • accept optional cookies;

  • decline optional cookies;

  • manage your cookie preferences.

You can change your choices through the Cookie Preferences link, where available.

You may also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may affect how the website functions.

9. Third-party links

This website may contain links to third-party websites or services, such as Instagram.

When you follow an external link, the third party may collect and process information according to its own privacy and cookie policies.

I am not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.

10. Sharing personal information

Personal information may be shared only where necessary with:

  • Squarespace and its service providers;

  • technical, hosting, security, or professional service providers;

  • legal, accounting, or regulatory advisers where required;

  • public authorities where disclosure is required by law;

  • another party where necessary to protect legal rights or prevent fraud.

Service providers may only receive the information necessary to perform their services.

11. International data transfers

Squarespace and some of its service providers may process personal information outside Romania or the European Economic Area, including in the United States.

Where required, international transfers are protected through appropriate legal safeguards, such as adequacy decisions, approved data-transfer frameworks, or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

12. How long information is retained

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

In general:

  • newsletter information is retained until you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent;

  • inquiry correspondence may be retained for up to two years after the last communication;

  • information connected to an agreement, sale, invoice, or legal obligation may be retained for the period required by applicable law;

  • technical and analytics information is retained according to Squarespace’s settings and retention practices;

  • limited unsubscribe information may be retained to ensure that your opt-out request continues to be respected.

Information may be deleted earlier when it is no longer required.

13. Data security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.

However, no website, email service, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Your rights

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

  • request access to your personal information;

  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;

  • request deletion of your information;

  • request restriction of processing;

  • object to processing based on legitimate interests;

  • withdraw consent at any time;

  • request a portable copy of certain information;

  • lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority.

To exercise your rights, contact:

ghimpeteanuangi@gmail.com

I may need to request reasonable information to confirm your identity before responding.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Romanian supervisory authority:

Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal, ANSPDCP

15. Children’s privacy

This website is not directed specifically at children, and I do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the newsletter.

If you believe that a child has submitted personal information without appropriate permission, please contact me so the information can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

16. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated from time to time to reflect:

  • changes to the website;

  • new services or integrations;

  • changes in data-processing practices;

  • legal or regulatory requirements.

The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

17. Contact

For privacy questions, data requests, or requests to withdraw newsletter consent, contact:

Angi Ghimpeteanu
Bucharest, Romania
ghimpeteanuangi@gmail.com