Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 15, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Lenka Harvanikova (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects any information that you give us when you use the website https://www.lenkaharvanikova.art.

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

1. Data Controller

The person responsible for your data (the data controller) is Lenka Harvanikova.

Primary Contact for all data privacy matters: privacy@lenkaharvanikova.art

Physical Address: As a private artist operating from a home residence, our full physical address as required by EU law (GDPR) is available upon legitimate request in order to protect personal safety. For official or legal correspondence, please contact us at the email address above.

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following personal information when you use our contact form:

Name
Email Address
Message Content: Any other personal data you voluntarily provide in your message to us.

We also collect some technical data automatically when you visit our site, such as your IP address and browser type, to ensure the security and functionality of our website.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To Respond to Your Inquiries: We use the name and email address you provide in our contact form to reply to your questions about art, commissions, or other messages. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in communicating with visitors and potential clients.
To Operate and Secure Our Website: We use technical data to maintain our website’s security, monitor performance, and prevent fraud.

We will not use your personal data for marketing purposes or add you to a newsletter unless you give us your separate, explicit consent.

We do not sell, lease, or distribute your personal information to third parties. We only share your data with trusted service providers who are essential for operating our website:

Website Hosting & CDN: Our website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc. They store our website’s data and help deliver it securely and efficiently across the globe.
Email Services: To ensure reliable delivery, when you contact us through our form, your message is processed and delivered by our email service provider, Mailgun.

5. International Data Transfers

Our service providers, Cloudflare and Mailgun, are based in the United States. Therefore, when you visit our site or send us a message, your data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure this transfer is lawful and your data is protected through legal safeguards known as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which are approved by the European Commission.

6. How Long We Keep Your Data

We will retain the personal data you submit through our contact form only for as long as necessary to resolve your inquiry, and for a maximum of 12 months thereafter for administrative purposes. After this period, your data will be securely deleted.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to access
The right to rectification
The right to erasure
The right to restrict processing
The right to object to processing
The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@lenkaharvanikova.art. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Slovak data protection authority, the Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov Slovenskej republiky.

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to ensure its proper functionality, security, and performance. Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a site.

Strictly Necessary Cookies: We rely on our hosting and security provider, Cloudflare, to operate this website safely. Cloudflare uses several cookies that are strictly necessary to provide its security features (like identifying trusted web traffic and protecting against malicious bots) and to optimize website performance. For example, the __cf_bm cookie is used as part of Cloudflare’s Bot Management service. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information and are essential for the site’s operation.
Advertising & Analytics Cookies: We do not use third-party cookies for advertising, user profiling, or cross-site tracking.

By using our site, you acknowledge the use of these essential cookies. You can still block or delete cookies through your browser settings, but be aware that doing so may impair the functionality and security of the website.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page.