Legal Notice & Privacy Policy

Architecture is built on relationships. Those relationships begin with trust.

Whether you are exploring our work, considering a future collaboration or simply getting in touch, we believe your personal information deserves to be treated with the utmost care.

This Legal & Privacy Notice explains how we process personal data collected through this website and sets out the legal terms governing its use. It reflects our commitment to transparency, respect for privacy and compliance with applicable laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This Notice applies exclusively to this website. Any processing of personal data arising from architectural commissions, consultancy services or other professional engagements is governed separately by our contractual documentation and applicable legal obligations.

By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the information provided in this Notice.

1. Website Owner

This website is owned and operated by:

Elena Muñoz Espiago Architect
57, Avenue de la Gare
L-1611 Luxembourg

Email: contact@meep.lu

Unless otherwise stated, all content published on this website is owned by or licensed to Elena Muñoz Espiago Architect.

2. Purpose of the Website

This website presents the work, philosophy and activities of the practice and provides a means for prospective clients, collaborators and visitors to contact us.

The information published on this website is provided for general informational purposes only. Nothing contained herein constitutes architectural, engineering, legal or other professional advice, nor should it be relied upon as a substitute for obtaining advice tailored to a particular project or circumstance.

Access to this website does not create a professional, contractual or advisory relationship between you and Elena Muñoz Espiago Architect.

3. Intellectual Property

All content available on this website is protected by applicable copyright, design, trademark and other intellectual property laws.

This includes, without limitation, architectural concepts, design ideas, drawings, plans, sketches, technical documentation, renderings, visualisations, photographs, videos, written content, graphic elements, layouts, logos, trademarks, branding, website design and any other creative material published on this website.

Except where expressly permitted by law, no part of this website may be copied, reproduced, distributed, published, modified, translated, stored, transmitted, displayed, incorporated into another work or exploited in any form without our prior written consent.

The publication of any project does not imply the transfer or licence of any intellectual property rights.

4. Images and Portfolio

Projects, photographs, drawings and visual material are published exclusively for informational and portfolio purposes.

Their reproduction, publication or commercial use without prior written permission is prohibited.

Where copyright belongs to photographers or other contributors, ownership remains with the respective rights holders. Appropriate credits are provided whenever applicable.

Certain projects featured on this website may include photographs, drawings or other visual material depicting existing buildings or architectural works created by others. Such material is presented solely to illustrate the context or scope of the published work and should not be interpreted as a claim of authorship of any pre-existing architecture. The authorship and intellectual property rights of the original architects and other rights holders are acknowledged and respected wherever known.

5. Artificial Intelligence and Automated Use

Unless expressly authorised in writing, the content of this website may not be used to train, develop, fine-tune or operate artificial intelligence systems, machine learning models, large language models, foundation models or automated datasets, except where such use is expressly permitted under applicable law.

Automated scraping, indexing, harvesting or extraction of content by bots, crawlers or similar technologies is likewise prohibited without prior written authorisation.

6. Permitted Use

You may browse this website and download or print limited extracts solely for your personal, non-commercial use.

You agree not to: misuse the website; interfere with its operation or security; attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems; introduce malicious software or code; reproduce, distribute or commercially exploit any content without prior written permission.

7. Accuracy of Information

This website is intended to provide a general overview of the practice, its work and professional activities.

The content presented on this website is intended solely for general information and should not be understood as a complete or a definitive representation of our practice, projects or services. Architecture is an evolving process, and our work often develop through multiple stages before completion. As a result, drawings, visualisations, photographs, descriptions and other materials published on this website may differ from the final work or may no longer reflect the real status of a project.

While we strive to ensure that the information available on this website is accurate and regularly reviewed, we do not warrant that all content will remain complete, current or free from inaccuracies at all times.

Nothing published on this website constitutes professional advice or creates any professional relationship or obligation. Visitors should not rely solely on the information contained herein when making decisions relating to architectural, technical or other professional matters.

We reserve the right to amend, update or remove any part of this website and its content at any time, without prior notice.

8. External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience.

Such websites are operated independently and remain subject to their own terms and privacy policies. We neither control nor endorse their content and accept no responsibility for their availability, security or privacy practices.

9. Website Availability

Although we make reasonable efforts to maintain uninterrupted access, we cannot guarantee that this website will always be available, secure or free from errors.

Access may be suspended temporarily for maintenance, updates or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Elena Muñoz Espiago Architect shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or other damages arising out of or in connection with the use of, or inability to use, this website, including reliance on its content, technical failures, interruptions, malicious software or third-party websites.

Nothing contained herein excludes liability where such exclusion is prohibited by law.

11. Privacy

Personal data collected through this website is processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable legislation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

12. Personal Data We Collect

When you visit this website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, referring website, pages visited, date and time of access and server log information.

Where you contact us via email or through the contact form, we may process your name, email address, telephone number, company name (where applicable) and the content of your enquiry.

13. Purpose and Legal Basis

Personal data is processed solely to respond to enquiries, communicate with visitors, maintain the security and performance of the website, comply with legal obligations and protect our legitimate interests.

Processing is based, where applicable, on your consent, your request prior to entering into a professional relationship, our legitimate interests or compliance with legal obligations.

We do not sell personal data and do not use it for profiling or automated decision-making.

14. Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the operation of the website.

Any analytics or preference cookies are used only where required by law and only after obtaining your consent.

Further information is available in our Cookie Policy.

15. Third-Party Services

To operate this website, we may use trusted third-party providers, including hosting, website infrastructure, security, analytics and email service providers.

Where such providers process personal data on our behalf, appropriate contractual safeguards are implemented in accordance with the GDPR.

16. Data Retention and Security

Personal data submitted through this website is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your enquiry, comply with legal obligations or protect our legitimate interests.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

17. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, or to object to processing where applicable. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@meep.lu.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNPD or with the competent supervisory authority in your country of residence within the European Union.

18. Governing Law

This Legal & Privacy Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Any dispute arising in connection with this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Luxembourg, without prejudice to any mandatory provisions of applicable consumer protection law.

19. Changes

We may update this Legal & Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect legal, regulatory, technological or operational developments.