Privacy and cookies
In effect from: 10 November 2026
This page explains what personal data imolameszar.com handles, why, for how long, and what your rights are. It follows the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Hungarian Act CXII of 2011 (Info Act). Short version: I collect as little as possible, I don't sell anything, and analytics only runs if you say yes.
Who is responsible
- Data controller
- Imola Mészár, sole trader
- Registered office
- 1119 Budapest, Andor utca 21/C, Hungary
- Tax number
- 59340580-1-33
- Registration number
- 57362151
- Contact
- info@imolameszar.com
What data is processed, and why
1. When you write to me
The booking form on this site does not send or store anything by itself: it opens your own email app with a prefilled message. Whether you use the form or write directly, I receive what you put in the email.
- Data: your name, email address, the event or company you mention, and the content of your message.
- Purpose: answering your enquiry, and arranging a talk, workshop or other cooperation.
- Legal basis: steps taken at your request before entering into a contract (GDPR Article 6(1)(b)); for general questions, my legitimate interest in answering them (Article 6(1)(f)).
- Retention: until the enquiry is closed, and if it leads to a contract, for as long as accounting and tax rules require. You can ask me to delete it earlier.
2. Server logs
Like every web server, the hosting server records technical data about each request.
- Data: IP address, date and time, the requested page, browser and operating system (user agent), referring page.
- Purpose: keeping the site running and secure, and investigating errors and attacks.
- Legal basis: legitimate interest (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)).
- Retention: logs are rotated and deleted regularly by the hosting provider; I don't use them to identify visitors.
3. Google Analytics (only with your consent)
If you press Accept in the cookie banner, the site loads Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which sections people read. If you press Reject, or don't choose, Google Analytics is not loaded at all.
- Data: a random visitor identifier stored in a cookie, the pages and sections viewed, time on page, referring site, device type, browser, screen size, and approximate location (country or city). Google Analytics 4 does not store IP addresses.
- Purpose: aggregate statistics to improve the site. No advertising, no remarketing, Google signals turned off.
- Legal basis: your consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw at any time.
- Retention: Analytics data is kept for 14 months, then deleted automatically.
- Transfer outside the EU: Google may process data in the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, which the European Commission recognises as providing adequate protection.
4. Settings stored in your browser
If you switch dark mode or choose a language, the site remembers it in your browser's local storage (keys theme and lang). This never leaves your device and is not sent to anyone.
5. Links to other sites
Links to LinkedIn, Spotify, YouTube, conference sites and Pearly Quality open those sites. Nothing is loaded from them until you click, and from then on their own privacy policies apply. Fonts are served from this server, not from Google.
Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Lifetime | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
im_consent | Remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics, so the banner doesn't come back on every visit. | 12 months | Strictly necessary |
_ga | Google Analytics: tells one visitor from another for counting. | 2 years | Analytics, only with consent |
_ga_<ID> | Google Analytics 4: keeps the session state. | 2 years | Analytics, only with consent |
You can change your choice here at any time. If you reject, the Google Analytics cookies are deleted.
You can also delete cookies in your browser settings, or use Google's Analytics opt-out add-on (opens in a new tab).
Data processors
| Processor | Task | Address |
|---|---|---|
| RackForest Informatikai Kereskedelmi Szolgáltató és Tanácsadó Zrt. (company reg. no. 01-10-142004) | Website hosting, email | 1132 Budapest, Victor Hugo utca 11. 5. em. B05001., Hungary |
| Google Ireland Ltd. | Google Analytics (only with consent) | Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland |
Your rights
You can ask me, free of charge, to:
- tell you what data I hold about you and give you a copy (access);
- correct inaccurate data (rectification);
- delete your data (erasure);
- restrict how I use it (restriction);
- give you your data in a machine-readable format (portability);
- stop processing based on legitimate interest (objection);
- withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting earlier processing.
Write to info@imolameszar.com. I'll reply within one month at the latest.
Complaints
If you think your data is handled unlawfully, please tell me first so I can fix it. You can also turn to the Hungarian supervisory authority or go to court:
- Authority
- Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH)
- Address
- 1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 9–11., Hungary
- Postal address
- 1363 Budapest, Pf. 9.
- Phone
- +36 1 391 1400
- Website
- naih.hu (opens in a new tab)
You may also file a lawsuit at the regional court (törvényszék) of your place of residence.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published here with a new date.
Service provider details: Impressum.