Who We Are

Our website address is: https://gabriellabalagna.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments

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.

Media

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.

Contact Forms

If you enter your email on our site you opt-in to receiving emails. Your email address is collected and stored. This is for your convenience so you can receive email notifications concerning our site. The information you enter into a contact form on this site may be shared with other parties. You can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of an email you receive from us.

Cookies

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.

We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and other tracking methods. Please learn more about how Google uses your information here. We may also use Google Analytics cookies, Google advertising cookies, cookie or other party identifiers cookies. Go to your Ads Settings, Ad Settings for mobile apps, or other method if you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics Advertising Features. Here are Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs.

We use Google Adsense, which uses cookies to help show ads that reflect your browsing history on this website and others. This allows Google and the companies it works with to create ads that are based on your web visits and this site and others. You can opt out of receiving these ads by going to Ads Settings. There are third-parties creating ads for this site. You can go to those sites to opt out of personalized ads if they so allow it. You can also do this by going to www.aboutads.info.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

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. For example, if you enter your information into one of our store links the data is shared with Gumroad.

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.

Analytics

We collect analytics to track data about users of our site. We use third-parties to collect analytics about you.

Who We Share Your Data With

We share your data with third-parties including Google, Amazon, Gumroad, and Mailchimp.

How Long We Retain Your Data

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.

If you submit your email address to our site, we also retain that information. You may unsubscribe from emails by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of an email you receive from us.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

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.

If you submit your email address to our site, we also retain that information. You may unsubscribe from emails by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of an email you receive from us.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We share your data with third-parties including Google, Amazon, Gumroad, and Mailchimp.

Our Contact Information

Contact gabriellabalagna@gmail.com if you have concerns regarding this privacy policy.