Privacy Policy
The protection of your personal data is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains which personal data is processed when you visit this website or contact me, and what rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Data Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
Marina Zorina
Artist, children's book illustrator and art teacher
4040 Linz, Austria
Email:
2. Hosting and Server Log Files
When you access this website, the web server processes information that is technically necessary for providing the website. This may include, in particular, your IP address, the date and time of access, pages or files accessed, browser type, operating system and referrer information.
This processing is carried out in order to provide the website technically, ensure its security and stability, and detect potentially abusive access. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest is the secure and reliable operation of this website.
The website is hosted by Iron Hosting Centre Ltd. Where the hosting provider processes personal data on my behalf, this processing is carried out under a data processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
Server log files are retained in accordance with the hosting provider's settings only for as long as necessary for the secure operation of the website.
3. Contact by Email
If you contact me by email, I process the information you provide, in particular your email address, your name and the content of your message, in order to respond to your enquiry.
If your enquiry relates to a possible commission, an art course or another service, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of taking steps prior to entering into a contract. In other cases, processing is based on my legitimate interest in responding to incoming enquiries pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Enquiries that do not result in a contractual relationship are generally deleted once they are no longer required for processing the enquiry and any reasonable follow-up communication. As a guideline, such enquiries are not retained for longer than six months unless legal obligations or other legitimate reasons require a longer retention period.
4. Enquiry Form for Art Courses and Workshops
This website allows you to use a form to request information about art courses, individual drawing lessons and creative workshops.
The following information may be processed in particular:
- name of the person making the enquiry,
- email address,
- age of the child,
- interest in a particular type of course,
- voluntary information entered in the message field.
The information is used exclusively for processing your enquiry and contacting you.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the enquiry is made in preparation for entering into a contract for a course or workshop. Where this does not apply, the processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The form is operated using the Joomla extension Convert Forms. Form submissions are processed within the content management system and may be stored there. In addition, an email containing the information from your enquiry is sent to me.
Please do not enter sensitive personal data in the message field and, unless necessary for your enquiry, please do not provide any additional personal information relating to the child.
Enquiries that do not result in a contract are generally deleted once the communication has been concluded and no later than approximately six months afterwards, unless legal obligations or legitimate reasons require a longer retention period. If a contractual relationship is established, data required for that relationship may be retained for longer where statutory retention obligations apply.
5. Cookies and Technically Necessary Functions
This website uses cookies or comparable storage technologies only where they are necessary for the technical operation of the website and for functions requested by the visitor. This may include, in particular, session management, security and form processing.
Technically necessary cookies are not used for advertising, analytics or profiling purposes.
This website currently does not use analytics or advertising cookies or technologies for tracking users across different websites.
If services are introduced in the future that use cookies or comparable technologies which are not technically necessary, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly and, where required, consent will be obtained before such technologies are used.
6. Social Media Links
This website contains links to external social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, Behance, LinkedIn and Reddit.
The social media icons used on this website are loaded locally from this website. When a standard link to an external platform is displayed, data is generally transmitted to the respective provider only when you click the link and visit that provider's website.
The privacy policies of the respective providers apply to the processing of data on the external platforms you subsequently visit.
7. Instagram Content
Some pages display current content from my Instagram profile. This content is retrieved server-side and provided through this website.
Merely visiting these pages does not establish a direct connection between your browser and Instagram or Meta. The displayed images are provided by this website.
Only when you click a link to my Instagram profile do you leave this website. The privacy policy of the respective provider applies to any subsequent processing of data on Instagram.
8. External Links
This website contains links to third-party websites. When you follow such a link, you leave my website. The respective operator of the external website is responsible for the processing of personal data on that website.
9. Recipients of Personal Data
Personal data is disclosed only where this is necessary for the operation of the website, the processing of your enquiry or compliance with legal obligations.
Possible recipients or categories of recipients include, in particular, hosting and IT service providers as well as email service providers, insofar as they are involved in the technical provision of the website and communication.
10. Your Rights
Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have, in particular, the right to:
- access your personal data,
- rectification of inaccurate data,
- erasure of your data,
- restriction of processing,
- object to certain types of processing,
- data portability, where the relevant requirements are met.
Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent remains unaffected.
To exercise your rights, you can contact me at
11. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
In Austria, the competent authority is:
Austrian Data Protection Authority (Österreichische Datenschutzbehörde)
Barichgasse 40–42
1030 Vienna
Austria
Email:
12. Updates to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated if the services used on this website or the applicable legal requirements change.
Last updated: September 2026