1. Who is responsible for your personal data?

The data controller for the Website is:

Georgi Georgiev
Email: contact@georgigeorgiev.net

For questions about this Privacy Policy or the use of your personal data, please contact me using the email address above.

2. What personal data is collected?

Depending on how you use the Website, the following information may be collected:

  • Newsletter information: your email address and any information you voluntarily provide when subscribing.
  • Analytics information: information about how you use the Website, such as pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser type, referring page, session information and interactions with the Website.
  • Technical information: IP address, browser and device information, timestamps, requested pages and security or diagnostic logs generated when your device communicates with the Website.
  • Communications: information contained in messages you send directly by email or through any contact method made available on the Website.

The Website does not provide user accounts and does not intentionally collect payment-card information or special-category personal data.

3. How and why is personal data used?

Personal data may be used for the following purposes:

Newsletter

If you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is used to send you articles, stock analyses, course-related material and other updates from the Website.

Legal basis: your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in each newsletter or by contacting me. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.

Website analytics

Google Analytics is used to understand how visitors use the Website, measure traffic and improve its content and performance. Google Analytics is activated only in accordance with the choices you make through the Website’s cookie-consent mechanism, where consent is legally required.

Legal basis: your consent for storing or accessing non-essential analytics cookies and processing the resulting analytics data.

Website operation and security

Limited technical data may be processed to deliver the Website, maintain its stability, identify technical problems, prevent abuse and protect the Website and its visitors.

Legal basis: legitimate interests in operating and securing the Website. Where information must be retained to comply with a legal obligation, that obligation is the applicable legal basis.

Direct communications

If you contact me, the information you provide is used to respond to your enquiry and manage any subsequent communication.

Legal basis: legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract, where applicable.

4. Google Analytics

The Website uses Google Analytics, a web-analytics service provided by Google. Subject to your cookie choices, Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your interaction with the Website.

Where available and appropriate, privacy-protective Google Analytics settings are used, including data minimisation and restricted retention. Analytics data is retained for [insert your configured Google Analytics retention period].

Google may process information on servers outside the European Economic Area. Where personal data is transferred internationally, Google states that it uses recognised transfer mechanisms and safeguards as required by applicable data-protection law. Further information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy and its information on how Google uses information from sites and apps.

You can accept, reject or later change your analytics-cookie preference using [insert link or name of cookie settings control].

5. Newsletter management

Newsletter email addresses are stored and managed directly by me and are not shared with a third-party newsletter or marketing platform. They are used only to manage subscriptions and send the newsletter and related Website updates.

You can unsubscribe at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link in any newsletter. Your email address will then be removed from the active mailing list, although limited information may be retained where necessary to record and respect your unsubscribe request.

6. Cookies

The Website may use:

  • Strictly necessary cookies, which are required for the Website and its privacy or security features to function; and
  • Analytics cookies, used by Google Analytics to measure Website usage, subject to your consent.

Non-essential cookies are not placed before you provide consent. You can reject them without losing access to the Website’s articles, analyses or course content. You can also withdraw your consent through [insert cookie settings link/control].

More detailed information about individual cookies, their providers, purposes and duration should be provided in the Website’s cookie settings or a separate Cookie Policy.

7. Embedded and third-party content

Articles or course pages may contain links to third-party websites. If the Website embeds videos, charts, social-media posts or other third-party content, those providers may receive technical information or place cookies when the content is loaded. Non-essential embedded services should be blocked until you provide consent where required.

Third-party websites and services operate under their own privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not cover their independent processing activities.

8. Who receives personal data?

Personal data may be shared only where necessary with service providers supporting the Website, including:

  • website hosting and technical infrastructure providers;
  • Google, in connection with Google Analytics;
  • professional advisers or public authorities where disclosure is required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Service providers acting on my behalf are permitted to process personal data only for the relevant service and under appropriate contractual and security obligations.

Personal data is not sold.

9. How long is personal data retained?

Personal data is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected:

  • Newsletter information is retained until you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent, subject to limited retention needed to document and honour the unsubscribe request.
  • Google Analytics information is retained for [insert configured retention period].
  • Direct communications are normally retained for [insert period, for example: up to 24 months] after the enquiry is resolved, unless longer retention is required for legal or evidentiary reasons.
  • Technical and security logs are normally retained for [confirm with your hosting provider and insert period], unless a longer period is necessary to investigate an incident or comply with law.

10. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions and limitations of applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • obtain information about and access your personal data;
  • correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
  • request deletion of your personal data;
  • restrict the processing of your personal data;
  • receive certain personal data in a portable format;
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

To exercise a right, contact contact@georgigeorgiev.net. Additional information may be requested when reasonably necessary to verify your identity.

In Bulgaria, the supervisory authority is the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP):

Website: https://cpdp.bg
Address: 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, Bulgaria

11. Children’s privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children. I do not knowingly collect personal data from children through the Website. If you believe that a child has provided personal data, please contact me so that the matter can be reviewed and, where appropriate, the information deleted.

12. Security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction. However, no online service or method of transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the Website, its service providers or applicable legal requirements change. The current version will always be published on this page, together with its latest revision date. If a change materially affects processing based on consent, new consent will be requested where required.

14. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact:

Georgi Georgiev
Email: contact@georgigeorgiev.net