Privacy Policy

Maniatakos Photography (hereinafter "we" or "the photographer"), based at Evangelistrias 68, Sparta, Greece, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use and protect the information you provide when visiting our website or contacting us.

Data processing is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR — EU Regulation 2016/679) and applicable Greek law.

We collect the following categories of data:

• Contact data: Name, email address and phone number submitted via the contact form.
• Analytics data: Anonymous website usage statistics, without personally identifiable information.
• Technical data: IP address, browser and device type, automatically collected by the server during browsing.

We do not collect sensitive personal data.

We process your data for the following purposes:

• Responding to your enquiry (legal basis: performance of a contract — Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).
• Communicating to organise a photoshoot (legal basis: performance of a contract).
• Improving the website through anonymous analytics (legal basis: legitimate interest — Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Contact data is retained for no longer than 3 years. Technical data collected automatically by the server is retained for 90 days.

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data. Data may only be shared with:

• Hosting providers (e.g. Vercel) under a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) compliant with GDPR.
• Law enforcement authorities, where required by applicable law.

The website uses only technically necessary cookies for basic operation. We do not use tracking or advertising cookies without your consent.

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access — to know what data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten").
• Right to restriction of processing.
• Right to data portability.
• Right to object to processing based on legitimate interest.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at maniatakosphoto@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 calendar days.

If you believe that the processing of your data violates GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA):

• Website: www.dpa.gr
• Phone: +30 210 6475600
• Email: contact@dpa.gr

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss or destruction. The website uses HTTPS encryption.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated date. We recommend checking this page periodically.

• Data Controller: Panagiotis Maniatakos
• Address: Evangelistrias 68, Sparta, Greece
• Email: maniatakosphoto@gmail.com
• Phone: +30 6939549863