Privacy Policy
Effective date: 22 September, 2025
At Acquabella Studio, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This policy explains what personal information we collect through our website https://acquabella.studio, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://acquabella.studio.
Acquabella Studio is an interior design practice with projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Information We Collect
- Contact forms – When you submit a message via our Contact page, we collect your name, email address, and any details you include in your message. This information is used only to respond to your inquiry.
- Comments – If enabled, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
- Analytics – We use Google Analytics (via Google Site Kit) to gather anonymized information about visitor traffic, device type, and general user behavior on our website.
- Portfolio media – Images in our portfolio showcase our design work and contain no personal visitor data.
- Cookies – Our site may use cookies to remember preferences (e.g., login, form autofill).
Embedded content
Articles and portfolio entries may include embedded images, videos, or links from other websites (e.g., Instagram, Vimeo). These external sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction if you are logged in to their platform.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Who we share your data with
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Google Analytics processes anonymized visitor data; see Google’s privacy policy for details.
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for marketing.
How long we retain your data
Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months for customer service purposes.
Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely unless deleted by the user or administrator.
If user accounts are ever enabled, personal information in profiles can be edited or deleted by the user.
What rights you have over your data
-> If you are located in the EU or UK, you have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction or deletion of your data.
- Withdraw consent where applicable.
To exercise these rights, contact us at: ak@acquabella.studio
-> International data
As an international design studio, your data may be transferred and processed outside the EU. We take measures to ensure your data is handled securely in line with GDPR requirements.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Email: ak@acquabella.studio
Website: https://acquabella.studio