Effective date: August 13, 202

Margó Banse LLC ("Margó Banse LLC," "we," "us," or "our") operates margobanse.com. This policy explains what personal information we collect through this website, why we collect it, who we share it with, and the choices you have.

Margó Banse LLC is the controller of the personal information described here. You can reach us at margo@margobanse.com.‍ ‍

Information we collect‍ ‍

Serving the website to you

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit, including

• your browser, network, and device

• the web pages you visited before arriving here

• the web pages you view while on this site

• your IP address

Squarespace requires this data to operate the website and to protect and improve its own platform and services. Squarespace's handling of that information for its own purposes is described in its Privacy Policy.

Site analytics

This website collects personal information to power our site analytics, including:

• information about your browser, network, and device

• the web pages you visited before arriving here

• your IP address‍ ‍

It may also include details of how you use the site, such as clicks, internal links followed, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps.

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, so that we can understand site traffic and activity.

Information you submit through the contact form

When you submit information to this website through a web form, we collect the data requested in that form — typically your name, email address, organization, and the content of your message — in order to track and respond to your submission. We do not require you to provide any information to browse the site.

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you. Form submissions are stored in the Squarespace platform and forwarded to our business email account, which is provided by Microsoft.‍ ‍

Fonts

This website serves and renders typefaces using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To display the site correctly to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

• information about your browser, network, or device

• information about this site and the page you are viewing on it

• your IP address

What we do not collect

We do not collect sensitive personal information, we do not knowingly collect information from children, and we do not use this website for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not operate an online store, take payments, or offer accounts or memberships through this site.

How we use your information

We use the information above to:

• respond to your inquiry and, where relevant, discuss potential or ongoing engagements

• maintain, secure, and improve the website

• understand which content is useful to visitors

• send you communications you have asked to receive, and

• comply with legal obligations.‍ ‍

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Legal bases for processing (visitors in the EU, EEA, and UK)

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases:

• Legitimate interests — responding to inquiries you initiate, understanding site usage in aggregate, and protecting the security of the site.

• Consent — placing non-essential analytics cookies, and sending marketing emails where you have opted in. You may withdraw consent at any time.

• Performance of a contract or steps prior to a contract — communications relating to a proposed or active engagement.

• Legal obligation — where we are required to retain or disclose information by law.‍ ‍

Cookies and similar technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies — small files or pieces of text downloaded to a device when a visitor accesses a website. You can review the specific cookies used by our hosting platform at The cookies Squarespace uses. This site uses two categories:

Necessary and required cookies. These are always used. They allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to serve this website to you securely — for example, to secure form submissions, remember your cookie preferences, and protect against abuse. They cannot be switched off.

Analytics and performance cookies. These are used on this website only after you have acknowledged our cookie banner. They allow us to view site traffic, activity, and the other data described in the analytics section above.

You can accept or decline non-essential cookies using the banner shown on your first visit, and you can change your choice at any time using the cookie preferences link in the site footer. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not work as intended if you block strictly necessary cookies.

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where our systems can detect them. We do not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals, as no common standard for them has been adopted.

We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or third-party tracking tools on this site. You may notice an "Advertising" category in the cookie preferences window — that category is displayed by our hosting platform on all sites and cannot be removed by us. No advertising cookies are placed on this site, whether that toggle is on or off. If this ever changes, this policy will be updated before any such technology is deployed.

Who we share information with

We share personal information only with service providers who process it on our behalf, under contract, and only as needed to run the practice:

• Squarespace, Inc. — website hosting, form submissions, and analytics

• Microsoft Corporation — business email and productivity (Microsoft 365)

• Email marketing provider — if and when we operate an opt-in mailing list, the provider will be identified here before any list is used

We may also disclose information where required by law, to enforce our terms, or to protect the rights, safety, or property of Margó Banse LLC or others. If the practice is ever transferred or reorganized, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

International transfers

Margó Banse LLC is based in the United States, and our service providers store and process information in the United States. If you are located in the EU, EEA, UK, or elsewhere outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. Where required, our providers rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved transfer mechanisms.

How long we keep information

We keep inquiry and correspondence records for as long as needed to respond and to maintain a record of our business relationship, and generally no longer than three years after our last substantive contact, unless a longer period is required for legal, tax, or contractual reasons. Analytics data is retained by Squarespace according to its retention practices. Marketing list data is retained until you unsubscribe.

Your rights and choices ‍

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• request access to the personal information we hold about you

• request correction of inaccurate information

• request deletion of your information

• object to or request restriction of certain processing

• request a portable copy of information you provided to us

• withdraw consent you previously gave, and

• appeal a decision we make about a request.‍ ‍

To exercise any of these rights, email margo@margobanse.com. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law — generally within 30 to 45 days — and may need to verify your identity before acting. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

If you are in the EU, EEA, or UK and believe we have not handled your information properly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. We would appreciate the chance to address your concern first.

Email communications‍ ‍

We send email only in response to your inquiry, in connection with an engagement, or where you have asked to receive it.‍ ‍

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. Where we do, we provide your contact information to our email marketing provider so they can send those emails on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you. That provider will be named in the "Who we share information with" section above before any mailing list is used. We honor unsubscribe requests promptly.

Security ‍

We use commercially reasonable measures to protect personal information, including encrypted connections, reputable service providers, and access controls on our accounts. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Third-party links ‍

This site may link to other websites, including LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites, and this policy does not apply to them.

Changes to this policy ‍

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top will reflect the most recent version. Material changes will be noted on this page.

Contact

‍ ‍Questions about this policy, or about how we handle your information:

‍ ‍Margó Banse LLC margo@margobanse.com