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Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Croatianly yours (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website https://croatianlyyours.com (the “Website”) or contact us through the contact form.

What is personal data?

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes information such as your name, email address, IP address, or any other details that could identify you directly or indirectly.

Processing of personal data refers to any action or set of actions performed on personal data, whether by automated or manual means — such as collection, recording, organization, storage, use, disclosure, or deletion.

How and for what purpose we collect personal data

We collect your personal data in the following situations:

  • when you contact us directly through the contact form on our website https://croatianlyyours.com to request information or send an inquiry;
  • when you write to us via our contact email [email protected];
  • when cookies and analytics tools collect information about your website usage, provided you have given your consent.

If you are under 18, please do not provide any information without the consent of a parent or guardian. We use your personal data exclusively to:

  • respond to your messages and inquiries;
  • improve and maintain our website’s functionality;
  • analyze website traffic to optimize user experience (only with your consent);
  • comply with legal obligations related to data protection and record-keeping.

Depending on your interaction, we may collect the following categories of data:

  • identification and contact data: name, email address;
  • message content: any information you voluntarily include in your message or file upload;
  • website usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, date and time of visit, time spent on pages (collected via cookies and analytics tools).

We do not collect or store any payment data, as our website does not process payments.

Legal bases for data processing

Your personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Croatian data protection laws. You may withdraw your consent at any time by emailing us at [email protected].

We do not sell or rent your personal data. However, your data may be shared with trusted third-party service providers necessary for the operation of our website. Some of our service providers may transfer data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

How we keep your data safe

We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data, including:

  • restricted access based on the “need to know” principle;
  • secure transmission of collected data (HTTPS encryption);
  • regular website updates and security checks;
  • secure storage and backup procedures;
  • anonymization or deletion of data when no longer needed.

All form submissions are securely transmitted to our email inbox and not stored on the public server. We do not share your messages or files with third parties except as necessary to maintain or secure our website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any websites you visit.

Your rights

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

  • Right of access: to know whether we process your personal data and to obtain a copy.
  • Right to rectification: to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): to request deletion of your personal data when legally possible.
  • Right to restrict processing: to limit how we process your data.
  • Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interest.
  • Right to withdraw consent: at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

If you believe your data has been mishandled, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Croatian Data Protection Authority (AZOP). Website: azop.hr.

Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or as required by applicable law. Data collected via cookies is retained in accordance with our Cookie Policy.

Children’s privacy

Our website and services are not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately so we can delete it.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with the updated revision date.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 8 January 2026.