Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your data

Prickly Blog is operated by Mean CEO.

• Responsible person: Violetta Bonenkamp
• Trade name: Mean CEO
• Registration number: 96682426
• VAT number: NL005225131B76
• Contact: use the contact form

2. Personal data we collect

The contact form may ask for name, work email, website URL if you choose to provide it, what you want help with, message details if you choose to provide them, and consent to be contacted.

The form may also collect technical or campaign data such as utm source, medium, campaign and content values.

The website may process technical data such as IP address, browser data, device data, server logs and security logs through the website host or embedded tools.

3. How we collect data

We collect data when you submit the Tally form, use the website, or continue communication after a request.

The website does not ask you to upload files through the form.

4. Why we use personal data

• Respond to your request.
• Understand which blog workflow you want reviewed.
• Communicate about possible next steps.
• Protect the website and form from misuse.
• Keep basic business records.
• Understand website visibility through Google Search Console.

5. Legal grounds

Depending on the situation, we process personal data because it is needed before entering into an agreement, needed to handle your request, required by law, based on a legitimate interest, or based on consent.

Legitimate interests include responding to direct requests, maintaining records, protecting the website and understanding search visibility.

6. Tools and service providers

• Tally, for the contact form and submitted responses.
• Bluehost or WordPress hosting, for website operation.
• Google Search Console, for search visibility and technical search data.
• Email tools used to reply to requests.

7. Sharing personal data

We share personal data only where needed for the request, administration, legal duties, service providers or agreed communication.

We do not sell personal data.

8. Retention

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the request, follow-up, administration, legal or tax duties, complaint handling or dispute handling.

If you submit a request and no work follows, request data is kept only as long as reasonably needed to handle the request and related follow-up.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. No online communication method is risk-free, so avoid sending unnecessary sensitive data through the form.

10. Your privacy rights

Under the GDPR, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, or objection to certain processing. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent.

To use these rights, contact Prickly Blog through the contact form. We may ask for information needed to identify you and handle the request properly.

11. Complaints

If you have a privacy question or complaint, contact Prickly Blog first through the contact form.

You may also contact the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, if you believe your personal data has not been handled correctly.

12. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, services, tools, service providers or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page.

Related pages: Terms and Conditions and Cookie Policy.