Privacy Policy

Who operates the website

This website is operated by Patricia Iordache-Niculescu, working under the professional brand “Pat Communications.”

Contact details

For any questions about this policy, or to exercise your rights over your personal data, you can get in touch through the contact form on this website.

• Data controller: Patricia Iordache-Niculescu (“Pat Communications”)
• Location: Bucharest, Romania

Personal data that may be collected

Depending on how you use this website, the following categories of personal data may be collected:

• Information submitted through the contact form — your name, email address, organization, message, and any other information you voluntarily provide.
• Booking information submitted through Calendly when you schedule a call — including your first name, last name (surname) and email address, any answers you provide to the booking questions (for example, your organization or the nature of your enquiry), and the date and time of the meeting.
• Website usage and technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device type, approximate geographic location, referral source, pages visited, and visit duration.
• Cookie and analytics identifiers, including those currently provided by Hostinger, where this website is hosted.

Purposes of processing

Personal data may be used to:

• Respond to enquiries;
• Arrange and manage introductory calls;
• Provide requested information about services;
• Maintain website security and functionality;
• Understand website usage and improve the website, where analytics consent has been provided;
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

Legal bases

Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, personal data is processed on one or more of the following legal bases:

• Taking steps at your request before entering into a potential contract — for example, responding to an enquiry or arranging an introductory call;
• Legitimate interests in responding to professional enquiries, maintaining the website, and protecting its security, where these interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms;
• Your consent, for non-essential cookies, analytics, or any marketing communications;
• Compliance with legal obligations, where applicable.

Service providers and recipients

Selected third-party providers may process personal data in order to operate this website and its services. These may include:

• Hostinger — website hosting, related technical logging, and the built-in website analytics used to understand site usage;
• Calendly — scheduling and management of introductory calls;
• Formspree — processing and delivery of contact-form submissions;
• Google (Gmail) — the email service used to receive and respond to enquiries.

This list will be updated if these services or integrations change.

International data transfers

Some of these providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where such transfers take place, appropriate safeguards may be applied to help ensure your personal data remains protected. The specific safeguards will be identified here once the relevant providers and transfer mechanisms are confirmed.

Data retention

Personal data will be retained only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose, to comply with legal obligations, to manage potential disputes, or to meet legitimate business needs.

• Contact-form enquiries: retained for up to 12 months from our last correspondence, unless the enquiry leads to an ongoing engagement.
• Calendly booking information: retained for up to 12 months after the meeting date, unless it leads to an ongoing engagement.

Where an enquiry or booking leads to a working relationship, the relevant information is kept for the duration of that relationship and for any period afterwards required by legal, accounting or tax obligations.

Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data held about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
• Request deletion of your data;
• Request restriction of processing;
• Object to processing;
• Data portability, where applicable;
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent;
• Lodge a complaint with the Romanian data-protection authority, the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP).

Updates to this policy

This policy may be updated when the website, services, or integrations change. The current version will always be available on this page.