Legal Notice
Information pursuant to § 5 Austrian E-Commerce Act (ECG) and disclosure pursuant to § 25 Austrian Media Act (MedienG)
Media owner and service provider
Samuele Valeriu Cucuietu
Hernalser Gürtel 43/ Top 18
1170 Vienna
Austria
Email: hello@samuelecucuietu.com
Business activity / content of this website
Graphic design.
This website presents my design work and services (branding, editorial design, visual systems, digital design).
Copyright
The content of this website (text, images, design) is protected by copyright. Any reproduction or use beyond what the law permits requires prior written consent. Trademarks, logos and names shown in the projects belong to their respective owners.
External links
This website contains links to third-party websites. Their operators are solely responsible for their content. No infringements were apparent at the time of linking; links will be removed promptly if any become known.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2026
1. Controller
Samuele Valeriu Cucuietu
Hernalser Gürtel 43/ Top 18
1170 Vienna
Austria
Email: hello@samuelecucuietu.com
No data protection officer has been appointed, as none is legally required.
2. Overview
This website uses no analytics, tracking or advertising services, no embedded third-party content and no contact forms. Personal data is processed only as described below. You are not legally or contractually required to provide any data. However, the website cannot be displayed without the technical data listed in section 3. No automated decision-making, including profiling (Art. 22 GDPR), takes place.
3. Hosting and server log files
This website is hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH, with servers located in Germany.
When you visit the website, the following data sent by your browser is processed automatically:
IP address
date and time of access
page or file requested and amount of data transferred
referrer URL (previously visited page)
browser type and operating system
Purpose: delivering the website and keeping it stable and secure. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. My legitimate interest is operating the website securely and without errors. Recipient: the hosting provider as processor (Art. 28 GDPR). Retention: 14 days; longer only where needed to investigate a specific security incident.
4. Contact by email
If you email me, I process your email address, name and the content of your message in order to reply. Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR where your enquiry concerns a commission or collaboration; otherwise Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in replying to enquiries). Recipient: my email provider Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany as processor.
5. Cookies and local storage
This website does not set cookies for analytics, tracking or marketing for visitors. Where strictly necessary cookies or local browser storage are used (e.g. for display or security), no consent is required under § 165 (3) Austrian Telecommunications Act 2021. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings at any time.
6. Fonts All fonts are loaded from this website’s own server. No connection is made to Google Fonts or any other external font provider.
7. Link to Instagram
This website contains a plain link to my Instagram profile, not an embedded plugin, so no data is sent to Instagram simply by visiting this website. Only if you click the link are you taken to Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., Merrion Road, Dublin 4, Ireland), where Meta’s privacy policy applies.
8. Data security
This website is transmitted with encryption (TLS, shown by “https://” in the address bar).
9. Your rights
You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20).
Right to object: where I process data on the basis of legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR), you may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR).
Please send requests to hello@samuelecucuietu.com.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde), Barichgasse 40–42, 1030 Vienna, dsb@dsb.gv.at, www.dsb.gv.at.
10. Changes
I update this policy when the website or the law changes. The version published here applies.