Last updated: 6 September 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be processed when you visit olgasverchkova.com, contact me or interact with content available through this website.
1. Website owner
olgasverchkova.com is owned and operated by Olga Sverchkova, writer and Russian-qualified advocate, based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
For privacy-related enquiries, you may contact me through the Contact page on this website.
2. Information that may be processed
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be processed automatically in order to operate, secure and maintain the website. This may include:
- IP address
- browser and device information
- operating system
- date and time of access
- pages visited
- referral source
- server and security logs
- cookie and similar technology data
If you contact me by email, Telegram, WhatsApp or another communication platform, I may process the information you choose to provide, such as your name, contact details, message and any files you voluntarily send.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information or original documents unless it is genuinely necessary and an appropriate method of communication has been agreed.
3. Purposes and legal grounds
Personal data may be processed where necessary to:
- operate and secure the website
- respond to messages and enquiries
- maintain correspondence
- protect the website against misuse or security threats
- comply with legal obligations
- establish, exercise or defend legal rights
- analyse website performance where analytics are enabled
Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on your consent, your request, the performance of an agreement, compliance with law or a legitimate interest in operating and protecting the website.
4. Books and external purchasing platforms
The website contains information about books and may link to third-party booksellers, marketplaces or payment platforms.
If you purchase a book or other product through an external platform, your payment, order and account information is processed by that provider under its own privacy policy and terms.
olgasverchkova.com does not receive or store your full payment-card details merely because you follow a purchase link from this website.
5. External platforms and links
The website may contain links to third-party services such as Telegram, WhatsApp, YouTube, social networks, booksellers and other external websites.
When you follow such a link, you leave olgasverchkova.com. The third party may process information according to its own privacy policy and technical settings.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
The website may use strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies for functions such as:
- website security
- page delivery and performance
- language preferences
- remembering cookie choices
Embedded content and optional analytics may use additional technologies.
Where consent is required by applicable law, non-essential technologies should only be activated after the relevant consent has been provided.
More information is available in the Cookie Policy.
7. Embedded content
Articles and pages may contain embedded videos, images, maps, social-media content or other material supplied by third parties.
Those providers may receive technical information when their content is loaded and may use cookies or similar technologies according to their own policies.
8. Service providers
Technical information may be processed by providers necessary for operating the website, including hosting, WordPress infrastructure, security, backup, caching, image optimisation and related technical services.
These providers may process data only to the extent required for their respective functions and according to their own contractual and legal obligations.
9. International data processing
Some hosting, communication, analytics and third-party platforms may process information outside Georgia.
Where applicable, international processing or transfers are handled in accordance with relevant legal requirements and appropriate safeguards.
10. Data retention
Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Retention periods may depend on:
- the nature of the communication
- security requirements
- technical logs and backups
- applicable legal obligations
- the need to establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised or otherwise handled in accordance with applicable law.
11. Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
- receive information about the processing of your personal data
- access personal data concerning you
- request correction or completion of inaccurate data
- request termination of processing or deletion where legally available
- request blocking or restriction of certain processing
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- receive or transmit certain data where portability rights apply
- object to certain processing
- challenge certain automated decisions, where applicable
Georgian law expressly provides rights to information, access, correction, deletion or termination of processing, blocking, portability in specified circumstances, withdrawal of consent and appeal.
Where the GDPR applies to a particular processing activity, additional rights available under the GDPR may also apply.
12. Complaints
If you believe your personal-data rights have been violated, you may contact me first so that the issue can be reviewed.
Under Georgian law, data subjects may also apply to the State Audit Office of Georgia or to a court in accordance with applicable procedures.
13. Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.
No internet transmission, website or storage system can, however, guarantee absolute security.
14. Children
The website is intended for a general audience and is not designed to solicit personal information from children.
Children should not independently submit personal information through the website or external contact channels.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when website functionality, technology, third-party providers or applicable legal requirements change.
The current version and its update date will be published on this page.
16. Contact
Olga Sverchkova
Tbilisi, Georgia
For privacy and personal-data enquiries, please use the Contact page on this website.