Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 2026
Welcome to wikoart.com (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy explains how your personal data is collected and processed when you visit this Website, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
I strongly believe in data privacy. This Website is designed to collect as little personal information as possible.
1. Data Controller
The Data Controller responsible for this Website is:
2. What Data We Collect and Why
When you visit wikoart.com, we only process data that is strictly necessary for the technical functioning and security of the Website, or data you voluntarily provide to us.
A. Automatically Collected Data (Server Logs)
Our hosting provider automatically collects and stores standard server log files. This data includes:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Time and date of the server request
- Referrer URL
Legal Basis: This data is collected based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) to ensure the security, stability, and technical delivery of the Website. It is not merged with other data sources or used to identify you personally.
B. Data Provided Voluntarily
If you contact me directly via the provided email address (hi@wikoart.com), your email address and any personal information included in your message will be processed solely to respond to your inquiry.
Legal Basis: Processing is necessary for pre-contractual steps or based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(b) and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
3. Third-Party Services and Infrastructure
To run this Website efficiently, we use the following strictly necessary third-party services:
- Hosting: The Website is hosted on Hetzner (Hetzner Online GmbH), with servers located within the European Union. Hetzner acts as a Data Processor and processes the server logs mentioned above.
- Content Management: We use Sanity (Sanity AS, Norway/US) as a headless CMS to deliver text and image content. When your browser requests content from our Website, technical data (such as your IP address) may be briefly processed by Sanity's global CDN to deliver the assets securely.
4. Privacy by Design: What We DO NOT Collect
To protect your privacy, this Website is built with the following principles:
- No Cookies & No Analytics: We do not use Google Analytics, tracking pixels, or install any analytical or profiling cookies on your device. We only use Google Search Console to monitor our search engine presence, which tracks anonymized search data on Google's end and does not track your behavior on this Website.
- No Third-Party Fonts: All fonts (WOFF2 files) are hosted locally on our server. No data is sent to Google Fonts or Adobe.
- Self-Hosted Media: All videos on this Website are self-hosted. We do not use external embeds like YouTube or Vimeo that could inject third-party tracking cookies.
5. Data Retention
- Server Logs: Kept by our hosting provider for a limited period (usually up to 14 days) before being automatically deleted, unless required longer for investigating a security incident.
- Email Communications: Retained only for as long as necessary to process your request and handle any subsequent correspondence.
6. Your Rights Under the GDPR
If you are located within the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erase your personal data (the "right to be forgotten").
- Restrict or Object to our processing of your data.
- Data Portability, requesting a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact me at hi@wikoart.com. If you believe your data has been handled incorrectly, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali).