Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 12, 2026
This privacy policy outlines how we process your personal data when you use our website, merlin.studio (the "website"). The website is operated by Merlin Studio, located at Izaäk Enschedéweg 44 C, 2031 CS Haarlem, Nederland, and registered under KVK number 72524383 ("we/our/us"). We are the data controller (i.e., the company that decides the means and purpose for the processing of your personal data) for the purpose of applicable data protection law.
How we use your personal data?
Your Enquiries
When you contact us about our services, the emails you send may include information about you, such as your name, email address, and your enquiry. We use this information in the following ways:
In line with the legitimate interest we have in promoting our business, we will process your enquiries to provide you with information about the services we offer.
This might include replying to your enquiry, or sending you invites to our events.
We may also process enquiries to take steps you ask of us with a view to entering into an agreement to provide you with our services.
You are under no obligation to provide us with any details, but if you don’t provide all relevant information, we may not be able to help.
Marketing
We might use your information to send you marketing emails, in accordance with our legitimate interests, about our services or events which are similar or related to those which you have previously received (or attended, in the case of events).
If you would like to be removed from this mailing list, please contact us at hi@merlin.studio or click unsubscribe at the bottom of each marketing email.
All Content You Submit to Us
If you send us objectionable content or otherwise behave in a disruptive manner when using our website, we may process personal data included in your messages to respond to and stop such behaviour.
We only process personal data in this way for the legitimate interests of ensuring that use of our website is lawful, does not disrupt, does not harass our staff or other individuals, and to enforce our legal rights and comply with our legal obligations.
How You Use Our Website (analytics)
We use log and analytical information to help analyse how visitors use the site and to compile statistical reports on website activity. This processing is necessary for us to pursue our legitimate interests in improving our website, by enhancing the user experience and making the website as personal and relevant as possible.
Do We Share Your Information with Anyone Else?
Your personal data on our website is used by us (but there probably isn't any). We keep your information confidential but may share it with our shareholders, affiliates, and business partners, whenever it's necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, and they have agreed to adhere to the rules set out in this privacy statement.
In addition, we may disclose your information to the extent that we are required to do so by law; in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings; and to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
Your Rights in Relation to Personal Data Which We Process Relating to You
You have the following rights over the way we process personal data relating to you:
You can ask for a copy of the data we are processing about you, and you can have inaccuracies corrected.
You can ask us to restrict, stop processing, or to delete your personal data.
You can request a machine-readable copy of your personal data, which you can use with another service provider. Where it is technically feasible, you can ask us to send this information directly to another provider if you prefer.
You can make a complaint to a data protection regulator.
Please send your requests to hi@merlin.studio. We aim to comply without undue delay, and within reasonable time.
Children
We do not use the website to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at hi@merlin.studio. We will delete such information within a reasonable time.
Security
We will take all reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. Our website is hosted on a platform with adequate security measures and stores your data encrypted.
Changes
This policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy here and, where feasible, by letting you know via email.
Retention Periods
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose, or as otherwise described in this privacy policy. In general, we store your data for 5 years from the most recent update in our systems.
If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please let us know by email to hi@merlin.studio.