Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.andreakovarcsik.com.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, this site and its hosting provider may automatically process limited technical information needed to operate, secure, and maintain the website. This may include information such as your IP address, browser or device type, requested pages, and the date and time of your visit.

This information is used for website operation, security, troubleshooting, and prevention of abuse.

Comments

Comments are currently closed on this site.

If comments were previously left on older posts, the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, may have been collected to assist with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from an email address (also called a hash) may have been provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether a commenter used that service. Gravatar is operated by Automattic.

Approved comments may display a profile image if one was associated with the email address.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website uses limited cookies and similar technologies where necessary for site functionality, security, shopping-cart functionality, newsletter forms, and spam prevention.

For example:

WooCommerce may use functional cookies to remember shopping-cart contents and maintain a customer session.
Kit may use a cookie to remember whether a visitor has already subscribed to a newsletter form.
Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies or similar technologies as part of its security and abuse-prevention functions.

This website does not currently use Google Analytics or advertising cookies for visitor analytics or behavioural advertising.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, although disabling necessary cookies may affect some website functions.

If you choose to subscribe to my newsletter, your email address and any other information you voluntarily provide through the subscription form are collected and processed using Kit (formerly ConvertKit), an email service provider.

This information is used to send occasional updates related to my writing, books, and website content.

Your information is not sold. It may be processed by Kit as necessary to operate and manage the mailing list.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in each email.

Where required by applicable law, additional consent may be requested before you are subscribed or contacted.

Forms and Spam Protection

This site uses Google reCAPTCHA to protect forms from spam, automated submissions, and abuse.

When reCAPTCHA is used, Google may process technical information such as your IP address, browser or device information, and information about your interaction with the site in order to determine whether a submission is being made by a human visitor.

This information is processed in accordance with Google’s applicable Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Online Store and Purchases

If you make a purchase through this website, information necessary to process and fulfil your order may be collected. This may include your name, email address, billing and shipping addresses, telephone number if provided, order details, and payment-related information.

WooCommerce is used to operate the online store. Payment information may also be processed by the payment provider offered at checkout.

Payment-card information is processed by the applicable payment processor and is not intended to be stored directly by this website.

Order information may be retained as necessary for order fulfilment, customer service, accounting, tax, fraud prevention, and other legal or administrative requirements.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or other media.

Embedded content from another website behaves in substantially the same way as if you visited that third-party website directly. Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies, or monitor your interaction with the embedded content according to their own privacy practices.

Who We Share Your Data With

Personal information may be processed by third-party service providers used to operate this website, including services involved in:

website hosting;
newsletter delivery;
spam and abuse prevention;
online-store operation;
payment processing; and
other necessary website functions.

Personal information is not sold.

Information is shared only where reasonably necessary to provide these services, fulfil a request or transaction, maintain the security of the website, or comply with applicable legal requirements.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address and related subscriber information are retained for as long as you remain subscribed or as otherwise reasonably necessary to administer the mailing list.

If you make a purchase, order information may be retained as required for accounting, tax, legal, customer-service, or record-keeping purposes.

If you contact the site owner, correspondence may be retained for administrative or record-keeping purposes.

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or as required by law.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You may request access to personal information held about you and, where appropriate, request that it be corrected or deleted.

If you subscribe to the newsletter, you may unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in each email.

Certain information may need to be retained for administrative, security, contractual, tax, or other legal reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Information submitted through this website may be processed by service providers located outside your province or country, including providers used for website hosting, newsletter delivery, spam prevention, online-store operation, and payment processing.

Those providers process information according to their own privacy practices and applicable legal obligations.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a request concerning personal information, you may contact the site owner through the Contact page.