Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement
1. Introduction
marleensmith.com respects the privacy of visitors to this website. We do everything we reasonably can to protect your data. In this privacy policy, you can read how we handle your information. If anything is unclear about our privacy policy or cookie statement, feel free to email info@marleensmith.com.
2. When does this privacy policy apply?
This privacy policy applies to all personal data processed by marleensmith.com, such as data of website visitors and business contacts.
3. What is personal data?
Personal data is any information that can be linked to you as an individual. Examples include your name, phone number, address, or email address. Data such as your IP address is also personal data.
4. What data do we collect?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser details to help with spam detection. When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This is to automatically recognise and approve follow up comments.
Contact forms
Any visitor can contact us via our contact form. We collect the information entered in the form and, as with comments, we also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser details.
Cookies
www.marleensmith.com uses cookies. A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and or Flash applications and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer, mobile phone, smartwatch, or tablet. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers on a later visit.
• If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
• Cookies are used to make the website function properly, to help analyse the website so we can improve our services, or for marketing purposes. With anonymous input from visitors, we can improve the website and make it more user friendly.
• Your consent is required for certain cookies. We request this through a cookie banner.
• In section 5 you can read more about the types of cookies we use and their purposes.
5. Types of cookies we use and their purposes
We use the following types of cookies:
Functional cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. Without these cookies, certain parts of the website cannot be used.
Anonymised analytical cookies
These cookies ensure that an anonymous cookie is generated whenever you visit a website. They can recognise whether you have visited the site before. Only on the first visit a cookie is created. On subsequent visits, the existing cookie is used. This cookie is used only for statistical purposes. It may collect data such as:
• the number of unique visitors
• how often users visit the site
• which pages users view
• how long users view a specific page
• the page where visitors leave the site
Social media cookies
The website may include share buttons to share pages on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. These buttons contain code from the social media platforms themselves and use cookies. These cookies remember that a visitor is logged in, so they do not have to log in again when sharing something. We do not control what these third parties do with their cookies.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content, for example videos from YouTube or Vimeo. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited that other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, include tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content. What they do with cookies and personal data can be found in the privacy policy of the relevant service. We do not control what these third parties do with their cookies.
6. Who do we share your data with?
We may share personal data with service providers who process data on our behalf, such as website hosting, email marketing, analytics, payment processing, and customer support tools. We only share what is necessary and we use data processing agreements where required.
7. What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to access, rectify, restrict, and erase your personal data. You also have the right to object to the processing of personal data and the right to data portability. You can exercise these rights by emailing info@marleensmith.com.
To prevent misuse, we may ask you to properly identify yourself. When your request relates to personal data linked to a cookie, we ask you to include a copy of the relevant cookie. You can find this in your browser settings.
8. How do you block or delete cookies?
You can easily block and delete cookies at any time via your internet browser. You can also set your browser to notify you when a cookie is placed, or indicate that certain cookies may not be placed. For these options, consult your browser’s help function.
If you delete cookies in your browser, this may affect the ease of use of this website.
Some tracking cookies can be removed centrally via www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Please be aware that if you do not want cookies, we can no longer guarantee that the website will function properly. Refusing cookies also does not mean you will no longer see any advertisements.
9. New developments and unexpected cookies
The texts on this website may be changed at any time due to ongoing developments. This also applies to our privacy and cookie statement. Please review this statement regularly to stay informed about any changes.
10. Final notes
We may need to update these statements from time to time, for example when we adjust the website or when rules about cookies change. You can visit this webpage for the most recent version.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact info@marleensmith.com.
Last updated: 2 February 2026