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Privacy
Your data, handled with care.
1. Introduction
This privacy policy explains how Skarabo Life ("we", "I", "me"), operated by Lotte de Bruijn, collects, uses and protects your personal data when you visit skarabolife.com or get in touch through the website.
Skarabo Life offers plant-based cooking for retreats and is based in Portugal. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
2. Data we collect
Contact form submissions
When you fill in the contact form, we collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number (optional)
- Message content
Technical data
Our web hosting automatically collects standard server logs, which may include your IP address and browser type. This data is used for security and performance purposes only.
Cookies and analytics
This website does not use third party tracking cookies. We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Vercel Web Analytics or any similar tracking services. Essential session cookies may be used for the admin panel only.
3. How we use your data
- To respond to your enquiries about cooking for your retreat
- To manage our business operations
We do not sell or share your data with third parties. We do not use your data for marketing purposes unless you have given explicit consent to receive marketing communications.
4. Legal basis
Under the GDPR, we process your data based on:
- Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): you give consent when you tick the agreement checkbox on the contact form.
- Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)): responding to your enquiry and managing business operations.
5. Data storage and security
- Your contact form submissions are stored on the Skarabo Life Hetzner server in Germany/Finland region EU infrastructure.
- All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS), and server access is restricted.
- Access to your data is restricted to Lotte de Bruijn only.
6. Data retention
- Contact form submissions: retained for 12 months, then deleted.
7. Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: request correction of inaccurate data.
- Erasure: request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
- Restrict processing: request that we limit how we use your data.
- Data portability: request your data in a machine readable format.
- Object: object to the processing of your data.
To exercise any of these rights, please email lotte@skarabolife.com. We will respond within 30 days.
8. Third party services
We use the following third party services:
- Hetzner: website hosting and contact form data storage. Privacy policy
We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel or any other third party tracking services.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact
For any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact Lotte de Bruijn, Skarabo Life, at lotte@skarabolife.com.