Liber Occultus
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 16 July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected, used, stored and protected when you visit Liber Occultus, contact me, request written guidance or otherwise interact with this website.
By using this website or submitting personal information, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.
1. Who Is Responsible for Your Data
The data controller responsible for personal data processed through this website is:
Max Ihnatenko
Liber Occultus
Ukraine
Email: contact@liber-occultus.com

For privacy-related questions or requests concerning your personal data, please use the email address above.

2. Personal Data I May Collect

Depending on how you use the website, I may collect:
  • your name;
  • your email address;
  • the subject and category of your enquiry;
  • the contents of messages you send;
  • information you voluntarily include in a mentorship request;
  • correspondence between you and Liber Occultus;
  • technical data such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages and approximate location;
  • cookie and website-usage information;
  • information relating to voluntary support, where necessary for accounting, security or legal compliance.
Please do not provide identification documents, passwords, payment-card details or other information that is not necessary for your enquiry.

3. Sensitive Personal Data
Messages concerning mysticism, religion, spiritual development or unusual personal experiences may contain information about religious or philosophical beliefs, physical or mental health, or other sensitive matters.
You are not required to provide such information unless it is genuinely relevant to your request.
When you voluntarily provide sensitive personal data and expressly agree to its use, it will be processed only for the purpose of reviewing and responding to your enquiry or mentorship request.
Please do not submit medical records, formal diagnoses or detailed health information. Written guidance provided through Liber Occultus does not replace medical, psychological or psychiatric assistance.
4. How Your Personal Data Is Collected
Personal data may be collected when you:
  • complete the contact form;
  • send an email to a Liber Occultus address;
  • request written guidance;
  • communicate regarding articles, books or collaboration;
  • voluntarily support the project;
  • use the website and accept optional cookies.
Some technical information may be collected automatically by the website platform, hosting infrastructure or analytics systems.

5. Why Your Data Is Used
Personal data may be used to:
  • receive, review and respond to enquiries;
  • provide written guidance requested by you;
  • manage professional, editorial or collaboration correspondence;
  • maintain records of important communications;
  • operate, secure and improve the website;
  • detect spam, fraud, misuse or technical problems;
  • process and record voluntary financial support;
  • comply with legal, accounting or regulatory obligations;
  • protect the rights, safety and legitimate interests of Liber Occultus and its users.
Your contact information will not be added to a marketing mailing list unless you separately and expressly agree to receive such communications.

6. Legal Bases for Processing
Depending on the circumstances, personal data may be processed on the following grounds:

Consent
Where you actively agree to the processing of information submitted through a form, including sensitive personal data you choose to provide.

Steps taken at your request
Where processing is necessary to review and respond to your request for written guidance or another service.

Legitimate interests
Where processing is necessary to respond to correspondence, administer the website, maintain security, prevent abuse and protect legal rights, provided that these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Legal obligations
Where information must be retained or disclosed to comply with applicable law, taxation, accounting requirements or a lawful request from a competent authority.
You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting:
contact@liber-occultus.com
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that took place lawfully before the withdrawal.

7. Contact Forms and Email Correspondence
Information entered into the website’s contact form is used solely to receive and respond to your message.
Form submissions may be temporarily stored by Tilda before being delivered to the connected email or data-receiving service.
General correspondence should be sent to:
contact@liber-occultus.com

Written-guidance requests should be sent to:
mentorship@liber-occultus.com

Author and literary correspondence may be sent to:
max@liber-occultus.com

Please do not send the same message to several addresses at once.

8. Translation of Messages
You may contact Liber Occultus in any language.
Where necessary, automated translation or AI-assisted tools may be used to understand or translate your message and prepare a response.
Before using an external translation tool, directly identifying information will be removed or minimised where reasonably possible. However, you should avoid including unnecessary personal or sensitive details in your message.
Translation providers may process information in countries outside your own jurisdiction and under their own privacy terms.

9. Service Providers
Personal data may be processed by trusted service providers that support the operation of Liber Occultus, including:
  • Tilda Publishing, which provides the website platform, hosting and contact-form functionality;
  • the email and domain service provider used to receive and store correspondence;
  • website hosting, security and technical-service providers;
  • analytics providers, where analytics have been enabled with the appropriate consent;
  • translation and AI-assisted language services, where required;
  • PayPal, when you independently choose to provide voluntary support;
  • professional legal, accounting or technical advisers, where reasonably necessary.
These providers receive only the information necessary to perform their respective functions.
When you follow a link to PayPal, Facebook or another external service, your activity is governed by that service’s own privacy policy. Liber Occultus does not control how independent third-party websites process your information.

10. International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process or store personal data outside Ukraine, the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom.
Where applicable, reasonable steps will be taken to use service providers that maintain appropriate data-protection safeguards and to limit transferred information to what is necessary for the relevant purpose.
By choosing to communicate through international email, website, translation or payment services, you acknowledge that your data may be processed in more than one country.

11. Data Retention
Personal data is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary.
As a general rule:
  • contact-form enquiries may be retained for up to 12 months after the last communication;
  • mentorship correspondence may be retained for up to 24 months after the last communication, where necessary to preserve context and continuity;
  • unsuccessful or irrelevant enquiries may be deleted earlier;
  • payment, accounting or legal records may be retained for the period required by applicable law;
  • Tilda form submissions may be retained temporarily according to the website’s Tilda storage settings;
  • information may be retained for longer where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
You may request earlier deletion unless continued retention is required by law or necessary for legitimate legal purposes.

12. Cookies and Website Analytics
Liber Occultus may use cookies and similar technologies to:
  • operate essential website functions;
  • remember visitor preferences;
  • protect the website from misuse;
  • understand how visitors use the website;
  • measure website performance.
Non-essential analytics or advertising cookies should only be activated after the visitor has made the relevant choice through the cookie-consent interface.
You may accept, reject or manage optional cookies through the cookie settings available on the website. You may also restrict cookies through your browser settings.
Disabling some cookies may affect certain website functions.

13. Data Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data against:
  • unauthorised access;
  • accidental loss;
  • misuse;
  • alteration;
  • disclosure;
  • destruction.
These measures may include HTTPS encryption, access controls, secure passwords and limiting access to personal data.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Your Rights
Depending on the law applicable to you, you may have the right to:
  • request confirmation that your personal data is being processed;
  • obtain a copy of your personal data;
  • correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
  • request deletion of your personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • withdraw consent at any time;
  • request data portability where applicable;
  • lodge a complaint with the competent data-protection authority.
To exercise any of these rights, contact:
contact@liber-occultus.com

Your request may need to be verified before information is disclosed, corrected or deleted.

15. Right to Object
You have the right to object at any time to processing based on legitimate interests where your particular circumstances justify the objection.
You also have the absolute right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing. Liber Occultus does not currently use contact-form or mentorship data for direct marketing without separate consent.
16. Children’s Data
Please do not submit personal data relating to a child without the authority of the child’s parent or legal guardian.
Liber Occultus does not knowingly collect personal data from children for mentorship or written guidance.
If you believe that a child’s personal data has been submitted improperly, contact:
contact@liber-occultus.com

17. Disclosure Required by Law
Personal data may be disclosed where reasonably necessary:
  • to comply with a legal obligation;
  • to respond to a valid request from a court or public authority;
  • to investigate fraud, abuse or threats;
  • to protect the rights, property or safety of Liber Occultus or another person;
  • to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Personal data is not sold to advertisers or data brokers.

18. External Links
This website may contain links to external websites, including Facebook and PayPal.
Liber Occultus is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of external websites. You should review the privacy policy of each external service before providing personal information.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when:
  • website functions change;
  • new service providers are introduced;
  • data-processing practices change;
  • legal or regulatory requirements are updated.
The current version will always be published on this page together with the date of the latest revision.

20. Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal data, contact:
Max Ihnatenko
Email: contact@liber-occultus.com