Effective Date: 19 August 2025
Last Updated: 19 August 2025
Welcome to International Exit Strategy (“we,” “our,” “us”).
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how International Exit Strategy complies with UK & EU GDPR, Canada’s PIPEDA, and the California CCPA/CPRA to protect your personal data when you visit www.internationalexitstrategy.com (the “Website”), use our services, or interact with us.
By using our Website or services, you agree to the practices described in this Policy.
Business Name: Exit Strategy (operated by Stefania Arca Ltd)
Company Registration: Registered in England and Wales No.11949268
Registered Office: London, UK
Founder: Stefania Arca
Website: www.internationalexitstrategy.com
Contact Email: privacy@internationalexitstrategy.com
We provide strategic project management, client relationship consulting, operational process optimization, proposals & negotiation frameworks, and leadership & mindset training.
We may collect the following personal data:
Identity Data: name, company name, job title.
Contact Data: email address, phone number, address.
Business Information: company size, industry, service needs.
Usage Data: IP address, browser type, browsing actions on our Website.
Marketing & Communication Data: preferences for receiving communications, responses to newsletters or lead magnets.
Technical Data: cookies, analytics, login details (if applicable).
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data (e.g., health, political opinions).
Direct interactions: when you fill out a contact form, request a consultation, or subscribe to our newsletter.
Automated technologies: cookies, analytics tools, and server logs.
Third parties: LinkedIn, YouTube, and scheduling platforms such as Calendly.
WordPress features: if you leave comments, upload media, or interact with embedded content.
We process your data to:
Provide and improve our services.
Respond to inquiries and consultation requests.
Send newsletters, marketing content, or lead magnets (only with consent).
Manage scheduling via Calendly.
Analyze Website performance and improve user experience.
Allow comments and interaction with blog content.
Comply with legal obligations.
We rely on the following legal bases:
UK & EU GDPR: performance of a contract, consent, legitimate interest, legal obligation.
Canada (PIPEDA): consent, transparency, and business necessity.
USA (CCPA/CPRA): legitimate business purposes, user rights as outlined below.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the Website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the Website can download and extract any location data from images.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.
We use cookies and tools like Google Analytics and LinkedIn Insights to track Website usage and improve our services.
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience.
You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings.
We do not sell your data. We may share your information with:
Service providers (IT hosting, email platforms, scheduling tools like Calendly).
Professional advisors (legal, accounting).
Business partners or subcontractors strictly necessary to deliver services.
Authorities, if legally required.
As we operate internationally, your data may be transferred outside the UK/EEA, including to the USA and Canada. In such cases, we ensure safeguards (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses) are in place to protect your personal data.
We follow international standards for data protection policies and retention practices.
We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes collected, typically:
Contact forms and consultations: up to 2 years.
Client contracts and invoices: 6 years (for legal/tax compliance).
Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe.
Comments: indefinitely, unless deleted.
For registered users (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
You have the right to: access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing, request portability, withdraw consent, and lodge a complaint with the ICO or local auth
You have the right to: access your information, request corrections, withdraw consent, and know if data is transferred outside Canada.
Residents of California (and similar jurisdictions) have the right to:
Know what personal data we collect, use, and disclose.
Request deletion of their data.
Opt-out of the sale of personal data (we do not sell data).
Correct inaccurate information.
Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
To exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@internationalexitstrategy.com.
We use technical and organizational measures (SSL encryption, secure hosting, restricted access) to protect your data. However, no system is completely secure.
Our Website may contain links to external sites (LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.). We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your data:
International Exit Strategy (Stefania Arca Ltd)
© 2025 Stefania Arca Ltd | Registered in England and Wales No.11949268 | Registered Office: London, UK
Email: privacy@internationalexitstrategy.com
Website: www.internationalexitstrategy.com
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://internationalexitstrategy.com.
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
