Privacy Policy

Last updated July 4, 2026

1. General Information and Mandatory Information

The protection of your personal data is a top priority for Iva Krakan. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal data is collected, processed, and stored when you visit and use ivakrakan.com.

As a provider of independent consulting services, all data processing activities on this website are conducted in strict compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR / DSGVO) and applicable local data protection laws.

2. Data Controller (Responsible Party)

The data controller responsible for processing data on this website is:

Iva Krakan
Franz-Joseph-Str. 11
80801 Munich
Germany

Contact:
E-mail: iva@ivakrakan.com

The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

3. Scope of Data Collection

When you access this website, certain information is automatically transmitted by your browser (such as IP addresses, device types, and browser settings) or provided directly by you if you choose to initiate contact via email. This data is processed exclusively to ensure the secure, functional, and optimized operation of this platform.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.

We categorize the cookies used into two distinct groups:

  • Functional and Required Cookies: These cookies are always used, as they allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely and reliably serve this website to you. They do not require prior consent.

  • Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies are used on this website only when you actively acknowledge and accept our cookie banner. They allow us to view site traffic, user activity, and performance metrics as described in Section 7 (Website Analytics).

Managing Your Preferences:
You can view, manage, or revoke your consent for tracking at any time by accessing the cookie preferences link in our website footer, or by adjusting your browser settings to block cookies entirely. For detailed technical information about the specific cookies dropped by our platform, please visit the official Squarespace Cookie Documentation.

Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics and continuously improve our user experience.

Collected Data Includes:

  • Technical Details: Information about your browser, network, and device, your IP address (which is anonymized/masked prior to storage where possible), and the web pages you visited prior to coming to this website.

  • Usage Details: Clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling behavior, searches, and timestamps.

Data Transfer and Tools:
We share this information with Squarespace (our website hosting provider) and Google Analytics (our third-party website analytics provider) to analyze site traffic, user behavior, and platform activity.

Consent and Legal Basis:
The processing of this analytical data is based entirely on your explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can grant or revoke at any time via the cookie preferences banner on our website. No non-essential analytical tracking will take place until you have actively given your consent.

Email address

If you contact me directly or if we enter into a professional dialogue, I may store your email address and communication history. I may also process publicly available corporate email addresses (e.g., from software companies or service providers online) exclusively for legitimate, professional B2B outreach and business development purposes.

Security and Transparency Principles:

  • Security: All stored emails and associated personal data are kept in secure, encrypted environments.

  • No Spam: I will never send unsolicited marketing emails or newsletters.

  • Confidentiality: I will never sell, lease, or disclose any personal information or communication contents to third parties unless explicitly instructed or permitted by the sender, or if required by law.

Legal Basis:
This processing is based on my legitimate interest in conducting professional business communication and B2B outreach (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or the initiation/performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Form Block Submission

When you submit information via a webform on this website, I collect the data requested in the form to process, track, and respond to your inquiry.

Data Transfer and Processing:

  • Website Hosting: This information is shared with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, to provide essential website services and facilitate relationship management.

  • Automation & Storage: To ensure secure data porting and efficient handling, data from form submissions may be transferred via Zapier to my secure communication and storage systems.

Legal Basis:
The processing of this data is based on our legitimate interest in effectively managing and responding to user inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or, where applicable, the initiation of a contractual relationship (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Proposals and Estimates

When you contact me to request a proposal, estimate, or to enter into a service agreement, I collect the personal and business information necessary to negotiate, draft, and execute the respective agreement.

This information may include your:

  • Personal Details: Full name, job title, and company affiliation.

  • Contact Information: Corporate email address and phone number.

  • Business Details: Project scopes, operational data, and requirements necessary for the consultation.

Legal Basis and Infrastructure:
The legal basis for this processing is the initiation or performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). This information is processed and stored securely. As this website is built on the Squarespace platform, relevant technical data and contact submissions may be securely processed through Squarespace’s infrastructure in compliance with standard data protection regulations and data processing agreements.

Web Fonts (Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts)

To ensure a consistent, professional, and visually appealing presentation of our content across all devices, this website utilizes web fonts provided by Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts.

When you access a page on this website, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display text and typographies correctly.

Data Transmission and Infrastructure:
To serve these font files properly, the technical infrastructure hosting these assets may receive standard personal information from your browser, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device.

  • The specific URL/page you are viewing on this website.

  • Your IP address (required technically to transmit the font file to your device).

Legal Basis:
The use of these web fonts is based on our legitimate interest in a uniform, high-quality typography and an optimized presentation of our online presence (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).