Upbeat Pixels is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website (https://www.upbeatpixels.com) and users of our services. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you use our website, in particular via our contact form (where we ask for your email), and more generally. By using our site or submitting your email via contact or newsletter forms, you consent to the practices described in this policy (unless otherwise required by applicable law). If you have any questions or concerns about our processing of your personal data, or to exercise your rights, you may contact us at:
Email: hello@upbeatpixels.com

We collect certain personal data when you interact with our site, including:

• Contact data: Name, email address, message content. Provided by you via contact form or email.
• Technical & usage data: IP address, browser type & version, device type, operating system, pages visited, time stamps, referring URL. Collected automatically via server logs or analytics.
• Cookies & tracking data: Identifier cookies, session cookies, analytics cookies (if used). Collected automatically (you should have a cookie consent banner if required).

We do not collect sensitive personal data (e.g. race, religion, health) unless you explicitly provide such in your communications (though you are discouraged from doing so).

We process your personal data only where we have a legal basis to do so under GDPR (Article 6). Below are the purposes for which we process data and the legal bases:

• To respond to your inquiries, messages, or requests: Contact data, message content. Consent or legitimate interest. When you send a message or fill contact form.
• To send you email communications (if you opt in): Email address, name (optional). Consent. You must explicitly opt in to receive newsletters or marketing emails.
• To analyze and improve our website: Technical & usage data. Legitimate interest. For improving UX, detecting problems, analytics.
• To comply with legal obligations: Data as required. Legal obligation. E.g. bookkeeping, tax, legal demands.
• To maintain security and prevent abuse: IP, logs, etc., Legitimate interest. To detect fraud or misuse.

We will only use your data for the purposes stated here, or for other purposes that are compatible with those.

We may share your personal data with certain third parties under limited circumstances:

• Service providers / subprocessors: For example, hosting providers, email service providers, analytics providers, security providers. We ensure they act under contract and only process data per our instructions.
• Legal / compliance reasons: f required by law or court order, or to protect our rights, property, or safety.
• Business transfers: In the unlikely event of a sale, merger, acquisition, or insolvency, your data may be transferred (subject to safeguards).

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.

If any of the third parties we use are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (e.g. Standard Contractual Clauses, adequacy decisions) to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection consistent with GDPR.

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes set out above, and for as long as required by applicable legal, regulatory, tax, or accounting obligations. For example:

• Contact messages and associated email may be kept for as long as needed to address or resolve your request or legal claims (e.g. 3–5 years).
• Analytics data may be retained in aggregated or anonymized form for longer.

After the retention period expires, we will securely delete or anonymize your data.

We adopt reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access. These may include encryption, secure server configurations, access controls, and regular security reviews.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We may use cookies and similar technologies (e.g. web beacons, local storage) to collect usage data and improve user experience. When required by law, we will ask your consent before placing non-essential cookies (e.g. analytics cookies).

You can control or delete cookies via your browser settings. However, if you disable cookies, some features of our site may not function properly.

We maintain a separate Cookie Policy (or section) where we list each cookie, its purpose, duration, and whether it is essential or non-essential.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top. If changes are material, we will provide you with notice (e.g. via website banner or email) before the changes become effective.

Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed of any updates.