PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY


Last updated: 28 August 2026

1. WHO WE ARE


  • This website, www.andreaschiras.com, is operated by Andreas Chiras under the brand Andreas Chiras Visuals, based in Cyprus.
  • Andreas Chiras Visuals is responsible for the personal data collected directly through this website.
  • For privacy-related questions or requests, contact contact@andreaschiras.com


2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT


  • When you contact us, we may collect your name, email address, business or brand name, telephone number, requested service, project location, preferred date and any information included in your message or project brief.
  • When you visit the website, certain technical information may also be collected. This can include your IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, referral source, approximate location, website interactions and cookie preferences.


3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION


  • We may use your information to respond to enquiries, understand your project requirements, prepare quotations, provide requested services, communicate about a potential or confirmed project, operate and protect the website, measure website performance and meet legal or accounting obligations.
  • Submitting an enquiry does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails.


4. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING


  • Personal data may be processed when it is necessary to respond to your request, take steps before entering into a contract, perform a contract, meet a legal obligation or support our legitimate interest in operating and protecting the website.
  • Optional analytics and advertising cookies are used based on your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.


5. COOKIES AND TRACKING


  • Cookies are small files stored on your device.
  • Strictly necessary cookies are required for website security, basic operation and remembering your cookie preferences.
  • Analytics cookies may be used through Google Analytics, if enabled, to understand how visitors find and use the website.
  • Advertising cookies may be used through Meta Pixel to measure actions taken after viewing or clicking Facebook or Instagram advertising.
  • Personalisation cookies may remember choices that affect how the website appears or operates.
  • Optional cookies are used only where consent has been provided through the cookie banner. Declining optional cookies will not prevent access to the main website.
  • You can accept, decline or manage optional cookies through the cookie banner. You may also clear this website’s cookies through your browser settings to reset your preferences.


6. SERVICE PROVIDERS


  • Information may be processed through trusted services required to operate the website and business.
  • These may include Pixieset Media Inc. for website hosting, forms and cookie controls; Google Analytics for website measurement, if enabled and accepted; Meta Pixel for advertising measurement, if accepted; and providers used for email, storage and business administration.
  • We do not sell or rent personal information.


  1. Pixieset Privacy Policy: https://pixieset.com/privacy/
  2. Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  3. Meta Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/


7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS


  • Some service providers may process information outside Cyprus or the European Economic Area.
  • Where required, transfers are protected through mechanisms recognised under European data-protection law, including adequacy decisions or Standard Contractual Clauses.


8. DATA RETENTION


  1. Enquiries that do not result in a booking may be retained for up to 24 months after the last communication.
  2. Information connected to confirmed projects, contracts, invoices and payments may be kept for longer where required for contractual, accounting, tax or legal purposes.
  3. Information is deleted or anonymised when it is no longer required.


9. YOUR RIGHTS


  • Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to access your personal data, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, restrict processing, object to certain processing, receive certain information in a portable format and withdraw consent.
  • To exercise these rights, contact contact@andreaschiras.com
  • You may also submit a complaint to the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus: https://www.dataprotection.gov.cy/


10. SECURITY


  • Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.
  • However, no website, transmission method or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.


11. EXTERNAL LINKS


  • This website may link to Instagram, client galleries and other third-party websites. Their own privacy and cookie policies apply when you visit them.


12. AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING


  • Information submitted through this website is not used to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.


13. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY


  • This policy may be updated when the website, services, providers or legal requirements change. The latest version and revision date will appear on this page.


14. CONTACT