Last updated: 7 October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how GottaPics collects and uses personal information when you visit gottapics.com, contact us, comment on the site or subscribe to blog updates.
Who is responsible for your information
GottaPics is operated by Marian Florinel Condruz (the data controller).
Address: 5 Palm Grove, Kirkby, Liverpool, L32 3AD, United Kingdom
Email: condruzmf@gmail.com
Information we collect
We collect only the information needed to operate the site, communicate with visitors and understand how the site is used.
- Contact form: your name, email address and the message you choose to send.
- Blog subscriptions: your email address when you choose to subscribe to receive new-post notifications.
- Comments: where comments are enabled, the name, email address, website (if supplied), comment content and related technical information used to help prevent spam and maintain the comments service.
- Technical and security information: information such as IP address, browser and device details, and log data generated when the site is delivered and protected.
- Analytics information: after you consent, Google Analytics may collect information about pages viewed, approximate location, device/browser characteristics and interactions with the site. We use this to understand aggregate site use and improve content; we do not use it to try to identify individual visitors.
How and why we use information
We use personal information to respond to enquiries, moderate and display comments, send requested blog notifications, keep the site secure, and understand aggregate use of the site.
Our legal basis depends on the purpose: responding to an enquiry and maintaining site security are carried out for our legitimate interests; subscription emails and non-essential cookies or analytics are used with your consent; and information may be retained or disclosed where necessary to comply with a legal obligation or protect legal rights.
Cookies and consent
We use essential cookies needed for the site to function. Non-essential cookies and similar technologies, including analytics, are activated only after your consent where required. You can accept, refuse or change your choice at any time through the Manage Consent control shown on the site.
Our Cookie Policy provides further information about the cookies and services used on GottaPics.
Service providers and third parties
We use carefully selected providers to operate the site. Depending on how you use GottaPics, these may include:
- Google, for Google Analytics when you consent to analytics cookies.
- Automattic/WordPress.com and Jetpack, which provide website hosting-related services, contact-form functionality, subscriptions, likes and sharing features.
- Social or sharing services, such as X, Facebook or Pinterest, when you choose to use a sharing control. Those services process information under their own privacy policies.
We do not sell, rent or trade personal information. We may share information where required by law, to protect rights or safety, or with providers acting on our behalf to operate the site.
Affiliate links
GottaPics may use affiliate links, including Amazon Associate links. When you follow one of these links, the retailer operates its own website and privacy practices. We do not receive your payment details.
International transfers
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, they are responsible for using appropriate safeguards required by applicable data-protection law.
How long we keep information
We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected:
- contact messages are kept for as long as needed to respond and manage the correspondence;
- subscription information is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it;
- comments remain associated with the site while they are published or needed for moderation and site administration;
- analytics information is retained in line with the settings of the relevant analytics service; and
- technical and security information is retained for the period needed to operate and protect the site, or as required by law.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to request access to your personal information, correction of inaccurate information, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, and portability of information you provided to us. Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time; this will not affect processing carried out before withdrawal.
To exercise a right, contact us at condruzmf@gmail.com. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so please do not send sensitive information through the contact form unless it is necessary.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services or legal obligations change. The latest version will always be available on this page, with the date of the latest update shown above.
Marian Florinel Condruz