Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2, 2026
This policy explains how LingoStudio Dabrowski collects and uses personal data when you visit mylingostudio.com, contact us, or use our services. We process data in accordance with the Norwegian Personal Data Act (personopplysningsloven) and the GDPR.
01 Data controller
LingoStudio Dabrowski (enkeltpersonforetak – a sole proprietorship in Norway)
Org. no.: 938 578 958
Romsdalsveien 18, 3114 Tønsberg, Norway
Email: ksawery.dabrowski@mylingostudio.com · Phone: +47 967 32 664
The owner, Ksawery Dabrowski, is responsible for processing your data.
02 What data we process
Contact details: name, email, phone and address, when you contact us, place an order, or book an appointment.
Order and payment data: purchased services, invoices, and payment method and status.
Learning: lesson plan, language level and notes needed to tailor lessons.
Documents for translation: the content of submitted documents. These may contain data about you or other people, sometimes including sensitive data (e.g. health information).
Reviews: the content of a review, if you leave one.
We do not collect more data than we need.
03 Purpose and legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Responding to inquiries and preparing a quote | Legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) |
| Delivering lessons, translations and other services | Contract, Art. 6(1)(b) |
| Invoicing and bookkeeping | Legal obligation (Norwegian Bookkeeping Act), Art. 6(1)(c) |
| Sensitive data in documents you send for translation | Your explicit consent, Art. 9(2)(a) – given by submitting the document and ordering the translation |
| Publishing reviews | Consent, Art. 6(1)(a) |
For orders from companies and institutions, the legal basis for data in submitted documents is provided by the client as data controller; we only process it on their behalf. See section 09.
04 Who we share data with
We never sell data. We use providers (processors) who store or process data on our behalf:
- Netlify – website hosting
- Google Maps – Provider: Google Ireland Limited (Ireland), together with Google LLC (USA); Purpose: showing a location map on the site; Data: IP address and basic browser technical data; When: loads only after consent (section 07); Transfer to the USA: based on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework; More: policies.google.com/privacy
- Google Meet (Google) – online lessons and webinars
- Cloudflare Web Analytics – anonymous visitor statistics, without cookies and without personal data used for tracking
- Calendly – appointment booking; the calendar loads only after consent (section 07)
- Tally – order forms
- Email provider (WordPress.com/Titan) – email
- Accounting software (Fiken) – invoicing and bookkeeping
- Dropbox – secure document storage
- Bank and Vipps – payments
Some providers are located in the USA. Such transfers are based on an EU adequacy decision (the EU–US Data Privacy Framework) or the EU's Standard Contractual Clauses. We may also share data with public authorities where required by law, e.g. the Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten).
05 How long we keep data
Inquiries without a signed agreement (applies to all clients): deleted no later than 12 months after the last contact.
Documents for translation from private clients: deleted no later than 30 days after the translation is delivered, unless you request otherwise. Rules for documents from companies and institutions are described in section 09.
Accounting records (invoices, receipts): kept for 5 years from the end of the accounting year, in accordance with the Norwegian Bookkeeping Act (bokføringsloven § 13).
Other client data: kept for the duration of the collaboration, then deleted.
06 Do you have to provide your data?
It's your choice what data you give us. However, without contact details we cannot respond or enter into an agreement, and we're required by the Norwegian Bookkeeping Act to hold invoicing data. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.
07 Cookies
The mylingostudio.com website itself does not use analytics or marketing cookies. We only store your consent choice (localStorage, 12 months). With your consent, we load external services: Google Maps (the map) and Calendly (the booking calendar in the "Book a consultation" section). Their providers set their own cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the "Cookie settings" link in the site footer.
Regardless of consent, the site also contains plain links (not embedded widgets) to Trustpilot, Tally, Facebook and LinkedIn.
08 Your rights
You have the right to:
- access your data,
- correct inaccurate data,
- have your data deleted (except what we must keep by law),
- restrict processing and object to processing based on legitimate interest,
- data portability,
- withdraw consent at any time.
Write to ksawery.dabrowski@mylingostudio.com. We'll respond within 30 days. If you believe we are processing your data unlawfully, you can file a complaint with the Norwegian supervisory authority, Datatilsynet (datatilsynet.no).
09 Business clients and public institutions
When the client is a company, organization or public institution (e.g. via mylingostudio.com/en/for-businesses), we additionally process:
Contact person data at the client: name, email, phone and job title of the person we're in contact with.
Order and invoice data: as described in sections 02–03 above.
Content of documents submitted for translation or review: these may contain data about the client's employees, students or other people (e.g. names in HSE documents or course participant lists).
Legal basis: order fulfilment and invoicing – contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) and legal obligation under the Bookkeeping Act (Art. 6(1)(c)). B2B marketing contact (e.g. information about new business packages) – legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)); you can object to such contact at any time by writing to ksawery.dabrowski@mylingostudio.com.
Retention period: correspondence with business clients under a signed agreement – 3 years from the last contact; inquiries without a signed agreement – 12 months from the last contact (as in section 05); invoice data – in accordance with the Norwegian Bookkeeping Act (section 05 above).
If the client sends us documents containing personal data of third parties (e.g. employees) for translation or review, we act as a processor on the client's behalf, under the terms described in the Data Processing Agreement. Such documents are deleted no later than 12 months after the translation is delivered, unless the data processing agreement or the client states otherwise.
People whose data appears in such documents have the same rights described in section 08 – they can raise them with us or with their employer/institution as data controller.
The price calculator on mylingostudio.com/en/for-businesses works entirely in your browser – text pasted into the calculator to count words is never sent or stored anywhere.
10 Children and young people
If a student is under 18, the agreement is made with a parent or guardian, who is also the contact person for personal data matters.
11 Security
We use services with two-factor authentication, limit access to data, and only share documents with people who need them to perform the service.
12 Changes
We may update this policy. The current version is always available at mylingostudio.com.