Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2025

1. Who We Are Studio Kazo is a creative studio based in Portugal. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use personal data when you visit studiokazo.com, in accordance with the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679).

2. Data We Collect When you visit our website, we may collect the following data:

  • Contact form: name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your message
  • Browsing data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site — collected automatically via Google Analytics

3. Purpose and Legal Basis We process your data for the following purposes:

  • Contact form submissions — to respond to your enquiry (legal basis: legitimate interest / pre-contractual steps)
  • Website analytics — to understand how visitors use our site and improve it (legal basis: consent, via cookie acceptance)

4. Google Analytics This website uses Google Analytics, a service provided by Google LLC. It collects anonymised browsing data through cookies to help us understand site usage. This data is processed by Google and may be transferred outside the EU. You can opt out by declining analytical cookies or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5. Cookies We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies — required for the website to function; no consent needed
  • Analytical cookies — Google Analytics; only activated with your consent

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings.

6. Data Sharing We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. Data may be shared with Google (Analytics) under their own privacy terms, and with public authorities if required by law.

7. Data Retention

  • Contact form data is kept for up to 2 years after our last interaction
  • Analytics data is retained as per Google Analytics’ default retention settings

8. Your Rights Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your personal data, as well as the right to object and to data portability. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@studiokazo.com. You may also file a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority (CNPD) at www.cnpd.pt.

9. Contact For any privacy-related questions: hello@studiokazo.com