Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data may be processed when you visit www.marco.sotgiu.name or contact Marco Sotgiu through the contact details and functions made available on the website.

1. Data Controller

The Data Controller is Marco Sotgiu, Italy.

• Email: sotgiumarco@gmail.com
• Mobile: +39 340 895 7232

2. Personal data that may be processed

Depending on how you use the website, the following categories of personal data may be processed:

• Contact and identification data that you voluntarily provide when you contact Marco Sotgiu, such as name, email address, telephone number, company, professional role and the content of your message.
• Technical and usage data generated when you access the website, such as IP address, browser/device information, requested pages, date and time of access, referral information and security logs.
• Analytics and cookie-related data, where analytics or other non-essential technologies are enabled and, where legally required, only after your consent.

3. Purposes and legal bases

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

• Responding to enquiries and professional contacts, including discussions about strategic partnerships, advisory or consulting opportunities, executive opportunities and collaborations. The legal basis is the performance of pre-contractual measures requested by you or the legitimate interest in responding to professional communications.
• Operating, protecting and maintaining the website, including prevention of abuse, fraud and security incidents. The legal basis is the legitimate interest in maintaining a secure and reliable website.
• Website measurement and improvement, where analytics services are enabled. Where required by applicable law, the legal basis is your consent.
• Compliance with legal obligations and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, where applicable.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

The website may use technical cookies and, subject to the choices you make through the consent mechanism, analytics or other non-essential technologies. Detailed information about the categories of cookies used, their purposes and how to manage your preferences is available in the Cookie Policy.

5. Analytics, hosting and security services

The website uses WordPress/Jetpack infrastructure and may use website analytics and security technologies such as Google Site Kit services, Jetpack and security tools. These services may process technical information required to provide their functionality. Analytics or other non-essential processing is subject to consent where required by law.

6. Recipients and service providers

Personal data may be processed by technology and service providers acting, where applicable, as data processors or independent controllers, only to the extent necessary to operate, secure, analyse or maintain the website and related communications. These may include hosting/WordPress services, security providers, analytics providers and email or communications services.

Personal data is not sold to third parties.

7. International data transfers

Some technology providers may process data outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, transfers are handled in accordance with applicable data-protection law, relying where appropriate on adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses or other recognised safeguards.

8. Data retention

Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking into account the nature of the communication, security requirements, applicable legal obligations and the need to establish or defend legal claims. Cookie and analytics retention periods depend on the relevant technology and your consent choices and are described, where applicable, in the Cookie Policy or by the relevant provider.

9. Your rights

Where the GDPR applies, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and to object to processing. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

Requests can be sent to sotgiumarco@gmail.com.

10. Right to lodge a complaint

If you believe that your personal data has been processed in violation of applicable data-protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In Italy, this is the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.

11. Third-party websites

This website contains links to external websites and professional platforms, including LinkedIn and websites of organisations mentioned on the site. Their processing of personal data is governed by their own privacy policies.

12. Automated decision-making

The website is not intended to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects about visitors through solely automated processing.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when website functionality, service providers or applicable legal requirements change. The latest version is published on this page together with its last-updated date.