1. Who we are
This site (vaydenstudio.com) is operated by Vayden Studio, a two-person web design and build studio founded by Daniel Molnár and Maxim Herbacsko, based in Slovakia and Hungary. For the purposes of data protection law, we are the "data controller" of the personal data described in this policy.
Vayden Studio is not yet incorporated as a formal legal entity (registration in progress). Once our registered business name and address are issued, we will publish them here. Until then, contact us directly at the email below for any controller-identification requests.
2. What data we collect
We keep this deliberately small. We don't run a lead-capture form, a newsletter signup, or any tracking pixels on this site. The only personal data we collect is what you choose to give us:
| Source | What's collected |
|---|---|
| Booking an intro call (Cal.com widget on the "Start a project" page) | Name, email address, time zone, and any notes you add about your project |
| Emailing us directly (contact@vaydenstudio.com) | Your name, email address, and whatever you write to us, including attachments |
| Visiting the site (standard hosting logs) | IP address, browser/device type, pages visited, timestamps — collected automatically by our hosting provider for security and reliability, not by us directly |
3. Why we collect it
We use this data only to:
- Respond to your enquiry and schedule a call
- Scope, quote, and deliver a project if we start working together
- Keep our site running securely (hosting logs)
We do not sell your data, rent it, or use it for advertising. We do not build ad-tracking or marketing profiles.
4. Tools and third parties we use
We rely on a small number of reputable providers to run this site and our booking flow. Each processes a limited slice of your data under their own privacy policy:
| Provider | Role |
|---|---|
| Cal.com, Inc. | Powers our call-booking widget. Handles the name, email, and scheduling details you submit when booking. |
| Vercel Inc. | Hosts this website and processes standard server/request logs. |
| Google (Google Workspace) | Hosts our business email (contact@vaydenstudio.com), so email correspondence passes through Google's infrastructure. |
We choose providers that are GDPR-aware and publish their own privacy commitments. We don't control their systems directly — see their policies for details on how each of them processes data.
5. Cookies
This site does not set analytics or advertising cookies. The Cal.com booking widget, embedded when you visit our booking page, may set its own functional cookies to run the calendar — these are set by Cal.com, not by us. If we ever add analytics in the future, we'll update this section and add a cookie notice before doing so.
6. How long we keep data
Enquiry and booking data is kept for as long as it's useful to the conversation or project, and deleted once it isn't — typically within 12 months of last contact, unless a project or contract is active. If we become a client relationship, we keep the records needed for that contract and any legal/tax retention period that applies (invoices, correspondence tied to a paid engagement).
7. International data transfers
Cal.com, Vercel, and Google are US-headquartered companies. Where your data is processed outside the EU/EEA, these providers rely on recognized transfer mechanisms (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) to keep it protected to EU standards. We don't independently transfer your data anywhere ourselves beyond using these providers.
8. Your rights
If you're in the EU/EEA (which, as a Slovak/Hungarian studio, is our default assumption for most visitors), you have the right to:
- Ask what data we hold about you, and get a copy of it
- Ask us to correct inaccurate data
- Ask us to delete your data
- Object to or restrict how we use it
- Ask for your data in a portable format
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
To exercise any of these, just email us — see Contact us below. We'll respond within a reasonable time frame, typically within 30 days.
9. Children
This site is a business-to-business studio site. It's not directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.
10. Changes to this policy
If what we collect or how we use it changes — for example, if we add analytics or a new tool — we'll update this page and the "last updated" date above.
11. Contact us
Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at contact@vaydenstudio.com.