Privacy policy
Plain-language version, because most of our applicants are 18 to 26 and deserve to actually understand it.
What we collect, and why
When you apply, we collect what the form asks for: your name, contact details, country and city, date of birth, board, height, optional Instagram handle, optional notes, and three photographs. We use this for exactly one purpose: reviewing your application for the Meridia contest and contacting you if you are shortlisted.
We do not sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it to train anything. This site sets no analytics or advertising cookies.
Where it lives
Applications and photos are stored with Supabase on servers in the European Union (AWS eu-west-1, Ireland), behind access controls. Only the Meridia scouting team can read them. Photos are held in private storage: they are never public and never published without your separate written consent.
How long we keep it
Applications for the 2026 contest are kept until 31 March 2027, three months after the final, then deleted, unless you have signed a contract with us or asked us to keep your file for the next season.
If you are under 18
You cannot apply, and we would rather say it plainly than bury it: Meridia works with adults only, from 18 to 26. There is no parental-consent route, because we have chosen not to hold the personal data or the photographs of a minor at all.
If you apply anyway with a date of birth that makes you a minor, the form refuses the application and nothing is stored. If you have already sent us anything and you are under 18, write to contact@meridiamodels.com and we will delete it.
Your rights (GDPR)
- Access: ask for a copy of everything we hold about you.
- Rectification: correct anything inaccurate.
- Erasure: have your application and photos deleted, at any time, no questions asked.
- Withdrawal: withdraw consent; we stop processing immediately.
- Complaint: complain to your national data protection authority.
To exercise any right, write to contact@meridiamodels.com from the email you applied with. We answer within 30 days.
Controller
The data controller is Bulgaria Education EOOD (UIC 206507432), 66 Saedinenie Street, entrance 1, apartment 15, Shumen 9700, Bulgaria, which operates Meridia Models. Write to contact@meridiamodels.com.