Privacy Policy

Last updated: 6 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used and protected when you visit this website or contact Sven Rodrigues-Wagner.

1. Who is responsible for your data

The data controller for this website is:

Sven Rodrigues-Wagner
Portugal

You can contact me regarding privacy or personal data through the Contact page on this website.

2. Information collected

Depending on how you use this website, I may collect the following information:

Contact form

If you send a message through the Contact page, information you provide may include your name, email address, subject and message.

This information is used only to respond to your enquiry and, where necessary, to maintain a reasonable record of correspondence.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is collected and processed through Mailchimp.

Newsletter subscriptions are based on your consent. You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in newsletter emails.

Website usage and analytics

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace may collect technical information necessary to operate and secure the website, including information about your browser, device, network and IP address.

Where analytics and performance cookies are permitted, information about how visitors use the website may also be collected to help understand site traffic and improve the website.

3. How your information is used

Personal information may be used to:

  • respond to messages or enquiries

  • send newsletters that you have chosen to receive

  • operate, maintain and secure the website

  • understand website traffic and usage

  • comply with applicable legal obligations

Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties.

4. Legal basis for processing

Where applicable under the General Data Protection Regulation, personal information is processed on one or more of the following grounds:

  • Consent, for example when you subscribe to the newsletter or accept non-essential cookies

  • Legitimate interests, such as responding to correspondence, maintaining the website and understanding how it is used

  • Steps requested before entering into a contract, where an enquiry relates to an event, appearance or other potential arrangement

  • Legal obligations, where information must be processed or retained to comply with the law

You may withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

5. Service providers

This website uses third-party services necessary for its operation.

Squarespace

Squarespace provides website hosting, forms, security and website analytics. Information submitted through the website or generated through its use may be processed by Squarespace on my behalf.

Mailchimp

Mailchimp is used to manage newsletter subscriptions and send newsletter emails. If you subscribe, your email address and related subscription information may be processed by Mailchimp.

These providers may process information outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. They provide mechanisms intended to protect European personal data, including the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and, where applicable, Standard Contractual Clauses.

6. Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly. Other cookies, including analytics and performance cookies, may be used only where permitted by your cookie preferences.

You can manage or withdraw your consent through the cookie settings provided on this website.

More information is available in the separate Cookie Policy.

7. External websites

This website contains links to external services, including Amazon and social media platforms.

If you follow one of these links, you leave this website and the privacy practices of the external service apply. I am not responsible for how those third-party websites collect or process personal information.

8. How long information is kept

Contact form information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your enquiry and maintain appropriate correspondence records, normally no longer than 12 months unless there is a legitimate reason to retain it longer.

Newsletter information is retained while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your details may be retained where necessary to ensure that your unsubscribe request is respected.

Other technical and analytics information is retained according to the settings and retention practices of the relevant service provider.

9. Your data protection rights

Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:

  • request access to your personal information

  • request correction of inaccurate information

  • request deletion of your information

  • request restriction of processing

  • object to certain processing

  • request data portability where applicable

  • withdraw consent at any time where consent is the legal basis for processing

You may object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing at any time.

To exercise your rights, please use the Contact page on this website.

If you believe your personal information has not been handled correctly, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority:

Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)
Portugal

10. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes to this website, the services used, or applicable legal requirements.

The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last updated