Effective: February 2026
1. Introduction
This Website & Marketing privacy policy (“Website Privacy Policy”) provides information on the collection, storage, use, sharing, disclosure and transfer (“Processing”) by Monica Badiu (“we”, “our”, or “us”) in connection with visitors (“Visitors” or “you”) of the Monica Badiu websites that refer or link to this Privacy Policy (collectively – “Sites”). It also provides you with information about your privacy rights in relation to such Processing of your Personal Data.
As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Data” means information that relates to an identified individual or to an identifiable individual, as defined under applicable data protection laws.
2. Scope of the Website Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to the Processing of Visitors’ Personal Data in relation with our Sites only.
3. Who is responsible for processing your personal data?
Data Controller’s identity and contact details
Monica Badiu is responsible for processing your Personal Data.
Monica Badiu, a digital experience analytics and insights provider, is the owner and operator of the Sites:
- www.monicabadiu.com
- www.mastertheinbox.com
For the purpose of such Personal Data Processing activities identified under this Privacy Policy, Monica Badiu is deemed Data Controller or Business, as such are defined under applicable data protection law.
4. Which Personal Data do we process about you and how?
Monica Badiu collects and processes Personal Data that directly identifies you (e.g. name, email, contact details, etc.) and that indirectly identifies you (e.g. unique identifiers, behavioral data, etc.), from various sources.
We collect and process Personal Data about you from the following sources:
When you provide such personal data directly to us
When you request information, contact us, or give us feedback via our Websites, we collect the following categories of Personal Data about you:
| Category of Personal Data | Examples of Personal Data |
|---|---|
| Identification and contact data | First and last name, email address, and telephone number |
| Professional or Employment-Related Data | Job position, workplace, and industry |
| Any other Personal Data you voluntarily choose to provide | Personal Data in request or feedback you send us |
When you provide such personal data indirectly to us
We may collect Personal Data about you with the help of third parties.
When you use our Sites and such personal data is collected automatically or with your consent
When you visit or interact with our Sites, we may collect or generate through cookies the following categories of Personal Data about you:
| Category of Personal Data | Examples of Personal Data |
|---|---|
| Unique identifiers | IP address, cookie IDs, device IDs, web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies (as described in our “Cookies Policy”) |
| Device and technical data | Domain server, type of device/operating system/browser used to access the Sites, local and language settings; session logging, heatmaps and scrolls; screen resolution, ISP, referring or exit pages; and date and time of your visit. |
| Digital behavioral data | Web page interactions (clicks, browsing, zooms and other interactions), referring web page/source through which you accessed the Sites, and statistics associated with the interaction between device or browser and the Sites. |
5. Why do we use your Personal Data?
We process your Personal Data for various purposes including to administer our Sites, to develop and improve the performance of our Sites, respond to your requests, and to respond to a request from a regulator or to defend a legal claim in order to comply with applicable laws.
Below you will find a summary of the purposes for which we process your Personal Data with the legal basis for this processing:
| Purpose of processing | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Administer and protect our Sites, prevent and to investigate fraud and other misuses | Legitimate interest and compliance with a legal obligation |
| Analyze, develop, improve, and optimize the use, function and performance of our Sites, such as accessibility needs flagged by certain behaviors like page zoom and text highlighting | Consent or legitimate interest |
| Communicate with you and to inform you of Contentsquare’s products, services and events (collectively – “Marketing Communications”) | Legitimate interest |
| Customize or personalize your experience | Compliance with a legal obligation |
| Fulfill your requests and respond to your inquiries, such as to send a requested report | Pre-contract |
| Protect the rights, safety, property, or operations of MonicaBadiu.com, you, or others | Compliance with a legal obligation |
| Respond to privacy requests, or to requests or communications from regulators, law enforcement authorities, other government officials request or your data subject requests | Compliance with a legal obligation |
| Resolve disputes and defend a legal claim | Compliance with a legal obligation |
6. How long do we keep your Personal Data?
Your Personal Data will be stored by us and our service providers in accordance with applicable data protection laws and data protection authorities guidelines to the extent necessary for the processing purposes set out in this Website Privacy Policy.
Below you will find a summary of the data retention related to each purpose of processing:
| Purpose of processing | Data retention |
|---|---|
| Administer and protect our Sites, prevent and to investigate fraud and other misuses | For the time necessary to administer and protect our Sites and then archived as required by applicable law or regulation |
| Customize or personalize your experience | 13 months |
| Fulfill your requests and respond to your inquiries, such as to send a requested report | 2 years from the request |
| Communicate with you and to inform you of Marketing Communications | 2 years from your last contact or as soon as you request that we stop contact you for this purpose |
| Analyze, develop, improve and optimize the use, function and performance of our Sites, such as accessibility needs flagged by certain behaviors like page zoom and text highlightingCustomize or personalize your experience | 13 months |
| Protect the rights, safety, property, or operations of Monica Badiu, you, or others | As required by applicable law or regulation |
| Respond to your data protection requests and requests or communications from law enforcement authorities or other government officials | For the time necessary to respond to the request or communication and then archived as required by applicable law or regulation |
| Resolve disputes and defend a legal claim | In case of a dispute, until the settlement of the dispute ; in case of a legal claim, for the duration of the proceedings and until the ordinary and extraordinary means of recourse are exhausted with regard to the decision rendered. |
7. When and to whom we share your Personal Data?
Your Personal Data is shared for business and commercial purposes throughout Monica Badiu website and with third parties such as service providers, and, upon request and in line with our Public Authorities Access Request Policy, with government, judicial and law enforcement entities.
Other third parties
We may disclose your personal data to third parties, including government authorities or public authorities, courts, intergovernmental or supranational bodies for legal processes or protection of life and safety where we believe that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary, including:
- To comply with laws, regulations, legal process or to respond to lawful requests;
- To enforce or apply our agreements;
- To protect the rights, interests, property, or safety of Contentsquare, our customers, you and others;
- In connection with claims, disputes, or litigation;
- To protect you and others from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the Sites, and other fraudulent activity.
Such disclosure or access may occur if we believe in good faith that we are legally compelled to do so, or that it is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding actual or suspected illegal activity, fraud, or other wrongdoing.
8. How do we secure your Personal Data?
In order to protect your Personal Data held with us and our service providers, we use industry-standard physical, procedural and electronic security measures. However, please be aware that regardless of any security measures used, we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of any personal data stored with us or with any third parties as described in Section 7 above.
9. What are your privacy rights and how to exercise them?
You may have rights over the Personal Data we process about you, such as choosing to object to, restrict our use of, delete, change, correct or access your Personal Data – which you may exercise by emailing at help[@]monicabadiu.com.
Depending on the data protection laws of the country in which you reside, and the legal basis that we used to process your Personal Data, you may have multiple privacy rights in respect of the Personal Data we process about you, such as:
- request a copy of personal data we hold about you;
- request that we update personal data we hold about you or correct such data that is inaccurate or incomplete;
- restrict the way in which we use your personal data (e.g., if we have no legal right to keep using it) or limit our use of your personal data (e.g., if your personal data is inaccurate or unlawfully held);
- object to our processing of your personal data relating on grounds to your particular situation or if your personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing;
- withdraw the consent that you have given us to process your personal data (where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent);
- request that we delete the personal data we hold about you;
- request that we not “sell” or “share” your Personal Data for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising as such terms are defined under applicable data protection laws;
- request that we restrict our use of your Sensitive Personal Information; and
- lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority regarding our processing of your personal data.
Please consult your local data protection authority to find out what data protection rights apply to you. We assess every request received based on the jurisdiction in which you are based. If you want to exercise one or more of the rights mentioned above, you can submit your request by emailing help[@]monicabadiu.com. Please note that as part of your data subject request, we may require additional information and documents, including personal data, in order to authenticate and validate your identity and to process your request. Such additional data will be then retained by us for legal purposes (e.g. as proof of the identity of the person submitting the request), in accordance with Section 5 above.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not designed to attract children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children and do not wish to do so. If we learn that a person under the age of 16 is using our Website, we will prohibit and attempt to block such use and will make reasonable efforts to promptly delete any Personal Data stored with us with regard to such child.
11. How to contact us?
If you have any comments or questions about this Website Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us via the link below. You can also contact us at: Badiu V Oana Monica PFA, Pustnicului 60, Sinaia, 106100, Prahova, Romania or via help[@]monicabadiu.com
12. Updates and Amendments to this Website Privacy Policy
We may update and amend this Website Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Effective Date” at the top of this webpage mentions when this Website Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post a revised version of this Website Privacy Policy on these Sites. Your use of our Sites is subject to the terms in the version of this Website Privacy Policy that is posted on this Site at the time of your visit. We encourage you to review this Website Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we are protecting your data.
13. External Links
While our Site may contain links to other websites or services, we are not responsible for their privacy practices, and encourage you to pay attention when you leave our Sites for the website or application of such third parties and to read the privacy policies of each and every website or service you visit. This Website Privacy Policy applies only to our Sites.