Legal and privacy

This website is run by Maria Ballestar, an independent brand and design director based in Barcelona, Spain.

• Owner: Maria Ballestar
• Location: Barcelona, Spain
• Email: hola@mariaballestar.com
• Website: mariaballestar.com

The work shown here

Most projects on this site were created while I worked at Landor, with the teams credited on each project. The brands, logos and trademarks shown belong to their owners and appear only to show my work.

You can’t copy or reuse the text or images on this site without permission.

Links

Some links go to other websites, such as Behance. I’m not responsible for their content or how they handle your data.

Law

This site is governed by Spanish law.

Who looks after your data

Maria Ballestar, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: hola@mariaballestar.com.

What I collect

Only what you send me by email or through the Brand Audit booking form: your name, email address, company and message, and for a Brand Audit, your website, competitors and timing.

Why

To reply to you and, if you ask, to prepare a proposal. The legal basis is your request to be contacted and the steps we take before a possible contract. I never use your details for marketing, and I never sell or share them.

How long I keep it

Up to twelve months after we last spoke, unless we start working together. In that case I keep what the law requires for invoicing and tax.

Who else handles it

This site is hosted by Netlify, which also receives Brand Audit booking form messages. Netlify is based in the United States and handles data under the safeguards the GDPR requires. My email provider stores the messages I receive.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your data, to limit how I use it, to object, or to receive a copy. Just email hola@mariaballestar.com. If you’re not happy with my answer, you can complain to the Spanish data protection authority, the AEPD, at aepd.es.

This site uses no cookies and no tracking. There are no analytics, no advertising and no social media trackers. The fonts are served from this site, not from Google.

Like any website, the hosting server keeps short technical logs, including IP addresses, for security. These aren’t used to identify you.

If this ever changes, I’ll update this page and ask for your consent first.