Last updated: 30 September 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how personal data may be processed when you visit francescoscarel.com, the personal portfolio website of Francesco Scarel.
1. Data Controller
The Data Controller for this website is:
Francesco Scarel
Email: francesco.scarel@gmail.com
For any question concerning privacy or the processing of personal data through this website, you can contact the Data Controller at the email address above.
2. Data processed when visiting the website
This website does not require users to create an account and does not currently provide registration, newsletter subscription, e-commerce or online payment services.
When the website is accessed, certain technical information necessary for the operation and security of the website may be processed automatically by the hosting infrastructure. This may include information such as IP address, browser and device information, date and time of access, requested resources and technical logs.
Such information is processed insofar as necessary to provide the website, maintain its security and diagnose technical problems.
3. Contact by email
The website provides an email link that visitors may use to contact Francesco Scarel.
If you choose to send an email, the personal data contained in your message — such as your email address, name and any other information you voluntarily provide — will be processed solely for the purpose of responding to your communication and, where relevant, managing subsequent professional or project-related correspondence.
Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.
4. Cookies and consent management
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Strictly necessary cookies may be used to ensure the proper functioning, security and management of the website and users’ privacy preferences.
Other cookies or technologies that are not strictly necessary are activated only where required after the user has provided consent.
The website uses CookieYes as its consent management platform to collect and store users’ cookie preferences.
You can accept, reject or customise non-essential cookies through the cookie banner. You can also change or withdraw your choices at any time using the Cookie Settings link available on the website.
More detailed information about the cookies and technologies used by this website is available in the Cookie Policy.
5. Embedded content: YouTube and Vimeo
Some pages contain audiovisual material embedded from third-party platforms, including YouTube and Vimeo.
These third-party contents are blocked by default and are not loaded until the visitor provides the relevant consent through the website’s cookie management system.
If consent is provided, the embedded content is loaded directly from the relevant third-party service. In that case, the service provider may receive technical information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser/device information and may use cookies or similar technologies according to its own privacy practices.
Visitors who do not provide consent can continue to browse the website, although embedded videos requiring consent will remain unavailable.
6. Purposes and legal bases of processing
Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
- operation and security of the website, where processing is necessary for the legitimate interest of maintaining a secure and functional website;
- responding to communications voluntarily sent by users, where processing is necessary to respond to the user’s request or take steps requested by the user;
- loading non-essential third-party content and related technologies, where processing is based on the user’s consent.
Where processing is based on consent, consent may be withdrawn at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal.
7. Third-party services
In connection with the operation of this website, data may be processed by service providers involved in website hosting, consent management and embedded audiovisual content.
In particular, the website currently uses services provided by:
Aruba S.p.A. — website hosting and technical infrastructure
CookieYes — cookie consent management
Google / YouTube — embedded video content
Vimeo — embedded video content
These providers may process data according to their respective privacy policies and, where applicable, act as independent data controllers or processors depending on the specific processing activity.
Some service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area. Where applicable, such transfers are subject to the safeguards required by applicable data protection law.
8. Data retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking into account any applicable legal, administrative or security requirements.
Technical logs may be retained by the hosting provider according to its technical and security policies.
Email correspondence is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to manage the relevant communication or professional relationship.
Cookie consent preferences are retained according to the settings and retention periods applied by the consent management system.
9. Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable, you may exercise rights concerning your personal data, including the right to:
- request access to your personal data;
- request rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data;
- request erasure of your personal data where the applicable conditions are met;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to processing where applicable;
- request data portability where applicable;
- withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
To exercise these rights, contact:
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.
For users in Italy, the supervisory authority is the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.
10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, the services it uses or the applicable legal requirements change.
The date shown at the top of this page indicates the latest revision.