Privacy Policy

Effective date: 19.2.2025
Last updated on: 25.3.2025

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to ellakaasalainen.website (“Website”). I, Ella Kaasalainen, operate this Website as a freelance social media marketing manager. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, and protect your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU 2016/679).

What Data I Collect

I collect the following personal data via my website:

  1. Contact Form:
    • First name
    • Last name
    • Email address
    • Phone number
    • How you found my website
  2. Google Analytics:
    Non-identifiable browsing data, such as:
    • IP address (anonymized)
    • Device type
    • Pages visited

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When visitors leave comments on the site, I collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

How and Why I Use Your Data

I process your personal data based on the following legal bases:

  1. Consent:
    • Purpose: Responding to inquiries and potential collaboration
    • Legal Basis: You provide your details voluntarily via the contact form
  2. Legitimate Interest:
    • Purpose: Website performance tracking
    • Legal Basis: I use Google Analytics to monitor and improve the performance of my website.
  3. Contract Necessity (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR):
    • Purpose: Providing services related to freelance work, such as discussing a potential collaboration or signing a contract with a client.
    • In practice: If someone contacts me for freelance services, I collect their name, email, and phone number to communicate and deliver services. No separate consent is needed, as this is essential to fulfilling a contract.

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If you leave a comment on the site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

How I Store and Protect Your Data

I do not share your data with third parties, except for Google Analytics (for website statistics).

Your data is stored securely, and I use reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access.

Contact form submissions are not stored permanently; they are only used to respond to your inquiries.

Your Rights Under GDPR

As an EU citizen, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Request correction or deletion
  • Withdraw consent at any time (for consent-based data)
  • Object to data processing
  • Request data transfer (data portability)

To exercise these rights, contact me at kaasalainen.ella1@gmail.com.

Third-Party Websites

This website may contain embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into that website.

COOKIE POLICY
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  1. What Are Cookies?
    Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. I use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and analyze website performance.
  2. Types of Cookies I Use
    • Essential Cookies: Necessary for website functionality
    • Analytics Cookies: Used to track visitors and monitor website performance (via Google Analytics)
  3. How You Can Control Cookies
    You can accept or decline cookies via the cookie banner when you first visit my website. Additionally, you can adjust your browser settings to block cookies.
  4. Third-Party Services
    I use Google Analytics, which collects anonymized visitor data. For more information on how Google uses cookies, please review Google’s Privacy Policy.
  5. Contact
    For cookie-related questions, email me at kaasalainen.ella1@gmail.com.
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