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This page explains which personal data I process in connection with this website, for what purpose, how long I keep it and what your rights are. I process data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Slovak Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the protection of personal data.

1. Controller

The controller is Ing. Milan Roman, MBA, a natural person, Skalica, Slovak Republic. Contact for data protection matters: info@milanroman.sk.

2. What data I process and why

a) E-mail communication

  • The website has no contact form. If you send me an e-mail, I process your e-mail address, your name (if provided) and the content of the message, including attachments.
  • Purpose: replying to your message, enquiry or proposal.
  • Legal basis: legitimate interest in handling correspondence, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

b) Operation and security of the website

  • When you visit the website, the hosting provider’s server records technical data (e.g. IP address, browser type, time of access and the page visited).
  • Purpose: keeping the website running and protecting it against misuse.
  • Legal basis: legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

The website uses no analytics or advertising cookies, does not track visitors with third-party tools and does not collect data into a database. I do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling and I do not sell it.

3. Recipients

  • Web hosting provider – operation of the website and server logs.
  • E-mail service provider – delivery and storage of e-mail communication.
  • Public authorities, where required by law.

4. Retention

  • E-mails – for the time needed to deal with them, at most 2 years after the last communication.
  • Server logs – according to the hosting provider’s settings, usually a few weeks.

5. Your rights

  • access to your personal data (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • erasure (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • objection to processing based on legitimate interest (Art. 21 GDPR).

You can exercise your rights by e-mail at info@milanroman.sk. I will reply without undue delay, at the latest within one month.

If you believe that the processing of your data breaches the law, you may lodge a complaint with the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic, dataprotection.gov.sk.

6. Photographs

Photographs come from my archive, from the Chess Slovak Open events (photographers M. Masaryková and T. Danada) and from the Slovak Chess Federation. The author or source is shown with each photograph.

Effective from 25 October 2026.