Privacy Policy
Last updated: 29 August 2026
Who we are
This website is operated by Tudor Matei (“we”, “us”), author of 180° — Big Picture, Small Details. The site is tudor-matei.com.
For anything in this policy, write to contact@tudor-matei.com. We are the data controller for the personal data described below.
What we collect, and why
When you use a form
The contact form collects your name, email address and your message. The free-chapter form collects your email address and which chapter you asked for.
We use this only to reply to you and to send you what you asked for. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), and our legitimate interest in answering people who contact us (Art. 6(1)(f)).
Automatically
Our hosting provider keeps standard server logs — IP address, browser type, pages requested, timestamps — for security and troubleshooting. Legal basis: legitimate interest in keeping the site available and secure.
How long we keep it
- Form messages: kept in our mailbox for as long as the conversation is useful, and no longer than 3 years after the last contact.
- Server logs: retained by our host according to their own schedule, typically a few weeks.
Who else sees it
We do not sell your data and we do not use it for advertising. It is handled by the following processors, purely so the site can work:
- GoDaddy — website hosting and email (servers in the EU/EEA and the United States).
- No analytics, advertising or tracking services are used. Typefaces are served from this website itself, so no font or CDN provider receives your IP address.
Where data reaches a country outside the EEA, transfers rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you may ask us to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Correct anything inaccurate
- Erase your data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restrict or object to how we use it
- Receive it in a portable format
- Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting what was lawful before
Write to contact@tudor-matei.com and we will respond within one month.
If you believe we have handled your data badly, you may complain to the Romanian supervisory authority, ANSPDCP — dataprotection.ro — or to the authority in your own country.
Children
This site is not aimed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has sent us personal data, write to us and we will delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of this page.