Privacy Policy – Sustainably Off-Grid

Last updated: 18 August 2025

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Sustainably Off‑Grid (“we,” “us” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data when you visit our website at sustainablyoffgrid.com. Our site is based in Hungary, and we process personal data following the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable Hungarian and EU legislation.

2. Data Controller and Contact Details

The data controller for the personal data processed on the Site is Sustainably Off‑Grid. You can contact us regarding privacy matters by filling out our form below.

3. What Data We Collect

We collect personal data in the following circumstances:

Information you provide: When you send us an email, fill out a contact form (if available), leave a comment on a blog post, or subscribe to a newsletter, you may provide us with personal data such as your name, email address, postal addres,s and any other information you choose to supply.
Automatically collected data: When you visit the Site, our servers automatically record information such as your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, and date/time stamps. We use cookies and similar technologies to collect some of this information; cookies may also remember your preferences and improve user experience.
Affiliate and marketing data: We participate in affiliate marketing programmes. When you click on an affiliate link, a cookie may be placed on your device to track any purchases you make. We may receive anonymised reports from our affiliate partners about sales resulting from these referrals.
Analytics data: We use web analytics services to understand how visitors interact with the Site. These services collect data such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and general geographic location based on IP address. The data are aggregated and anonymised.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Under the GDPR, we rely on different legal bases to process your personal data:

Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your data, for example, by subscribing to our newsletter.
Legitimate interests: We process certain data for our legitimate interests, such as understanding how our site is used, improving its functionality and promoting our content and affiliate campaigns sustainablyoffgrid.com. We take care to respect your rights and interests when relying on this basis.
Contract: If we enter into a contract with you (for example, if you purchase a service through the Site), processing your data may be necessary to perform the contract.
Legal obligation: In some cases, we may need to process data to comply with legal obligations, such as maintaining records for tax purposes.

5. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data we collect to:

Provide and maintain the Site, including publishing articles on off‑grid living sustainablyoffgrid.com and ensuring that content is accessible;
Respond to comments, emails, or inquiries you send us;
Send newsletters, update,s or marketing communications you have requested or consented to receive;
Manage our affiliate marketing relationships (e.g., track whether a purchase was made through one of our links);
Analyse how visitors use the Site and improve content, design, and user experience;
Protect the security and integrity of the Site and detect and prevent fraud or abuse;
Comply with our legal obligations.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit the Site. We use cookies to:

remember your preferences (e.g., language or display settings);
keep you logged in (if we offer account functionality);
understand how you use our Site through analytics tools;
support our affiliate marketing efforts (e.g., to track whether you purchased a product through an affiliate link).

You can adjust your browser settings to refuse some or all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being used. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.

7. Third‑Party Services

We use third‑party service providers to help operate and manage the Site. These providers may have access to personal data, but only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use the data for any other purpose. Examples include:

Web hosting and email services that store and transmit information you submit through the Site;
Analytics providers that measure web traffic and usage patterns;
Affiliate marketing networks that track purchases made through our referral links;
Security providers that help us protect the Site from malicious activity.

We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these third‑party services to understand how they process your data.

8. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. We may share your data with:

Service providers and affiliates as described above;
Competent authorities, if required by law, court orde,r or to comply with legal processes;
Successors or assigns if we sell or transfer part or all of our business or assets; in such cases, the successor entity will be bound by this Privacy Policy.

9. International Transfers

If we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as reliance on Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision, to protect your privacy.

10. Data Retention

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy and to comply with legal obligations. For example, we may retain email addresses for as long as you remain subscribed to a newsletter and for a reasonable period thereafter to respond to any issues. We may also retain information needed for accounting or legal purposes for statutory retention periods.

11. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

12. Your Rights

If you are located in the EEA or the UK, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

Right of access: You may request confirmation that we hold personal data about you and obtain a copy of that data.
Right of rectification: You may request that any inaccurate or incomplete personal data be corrected.
Right to erasure (right to be forgotten): You may request the deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., where retention is required by law).
Right to restriction of processing: You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
Right to object: You may object to the processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests as the legal basis.
Right to data portability: You may request that we provide your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine‑readable format and transfer it to another controller.
Right to withdraw consent: Where our processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
Right to complain: You may complain to your local data‑protection authority if you believe we have infringed your rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We may require proof of identity.

13. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, please contact us so that we can remove it.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will post a notice on the Site and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after we make changes signifies your acceptance of the updated Policy.