Privacy Policy - La Vita

Updated 26 July 2023

I value your privacy.

The only information I store on my website (https://la-vita.us/) is information that you provide freely:

I use SSL (encryption) to protect your data in transit to and from this site as well as robust security software to protect the integrity of this site, and in turn your data.

Newsletters

When you subscribe, I collect your name, IP address (the address of your computer), and email address. so that I can send you infrequent updates about what is going on in my world. Your email address will be checked by a third party (CleanTalk) just to make sure you are a real person and not a spammer. Although spammers are often real people, too, I don’t want to talk to them.

Want to be removed from this list? Click unsubscribe at the bottom of any newsletter.

In addition, my newsletters do send a message back to my website when they are opened. This helps me to better design my future content. I store the statistics about whether you’ve opened the newsletters or not.

Comments

To allow for discussion, you have the opportunity to post comments on this website. The information collected includes your name, email address, IP address, and your comments. If you ever wish to have your comments removed, send me a quick note through the Contact form and I’ll remove them.

To protect my site from spam, your information is compared with a list of known spam senders by CleanTalk. CleanTalk only stores your information for a few days to give me time to contest its decision as to whether you are a spammer or not.

Contact

Contact forms on this site allow you to send me messages. Those messages (along with your email address, IP address, and your name) are processed through my website and sent to me via email.

Website Activity Tracking

My hosting company does provide me with basic data on those who access my site. The data stored in this manner is not traceable back to any individual and is deliberately generalized. It provides me with information related to the country of origin of site visitors, what browser they are using, and how long they stayed on the site. If you want to read about what I use, here is a good article.

In addition, Google and other search engines track website visitors. This is something that happens whenever you use the internet. If you do not want to be tracked, please consider using a private browser window. The information that these search engines store is not traceable to one individual and so is very generic in nature. I do not store this information. However, I do occasionally look at it so that I can tell what people are searching for when they come to my site. This helps me provide more relevant content.

Don’t want me to know? Consider using that private browser!

Use of Cookies

I use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, the cookie notice on this site will place a cookie on your computer when you accept it. Then it won’t ask you if you approve of cookies again for a month.

This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the site’s features that you customized.

Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie. This technology is a tool used to compile aggregated statistics about web site usage, such as how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Web page, blog or a newsletter. I may share aggregated site statistics with partner companies who have provided customization software for use on my site. No private or personal information is transferred in this way.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies.

The only cookie that you’ll probably want set is the one to remember who you are the next time you comment. That’ll make your life easier.

Changes to this Statement

I may occasionally update this privacy statement. When I do, I will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. I encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how I am helping to protect the personal information I collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

A Note to International Users

This Site is hosted in the United States. If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, by providing your information to the Site, you are consenting to the transfer of your information to the United States for processing and maintenance in accordance with this Privacy Notice. You are also consenting to the application of United States law in all matters concerning the Site.

Want to be Removed? If at any time you want me to remove your data, please send me a note through my contact form and I’ll zap all records of you out of existence…at least from my website!