Privacy Policy

Who we are

The Wildlife Guide is run by Georgios Spiridakis, a freelance wildlife guide based in Cyprus. He is the controller of any personal data you share through this website. For anything about this policy or your data, email george-spiridakis@hotmail.com.

What we collect

When you send an inquiry through the contact form, we receive:

• your name and email address
• the kind of tour you are interested in and your experience level, if you choose to give it
• your preferred dates and your message

If you email us directly, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We do not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies on this site.

Why we use it

Only to answer your inquiry and, if you go ahead, to plan and run your tour. The legal basis is taking steps at your request before entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). We never sell your details or use them for marketing, and we will not add you to a mailing list.

Who else handles it

A few services help run this website and, in doing so, process data on our behalf:

• Netlify hosts the website and receives contact form submissions. Like any web host, it also keeps short-lived technical logs, such as IP addresses, to deliver the site and keep it secure.
• Sanity stores the site's content and serves its photos, which means your browser connects to its servers when you view a page.
• Our email provider, where inquiries and replies are kept.

Some of these providers are based in the United States. Transfers outside the EU are covered by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.

How long we keep it

Inquiries that don't lead to a booking are deleted within 24 months. If you book a tour, we keep the related correspondence for as long as needed for that booking and for any legal or tax obligations.

Your rights

You can ask to see the data we hold about you, to correct it, to have it deleted, or to object to how we use it — just email george-spiridakis@hotmail.com. If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you can complain to the   Commissioner for Personal Data Protection  in Cyprus, or to the data protection authority where you live.