Last Updated: 10 October 2024
At Antonio’s Journal (antoniosjournal.com), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website. By using our site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://antoniosjournal.com.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal information:
- Personal identification information: such as your name, email address, and other details you provide when subscribing to our newsletter, leaving a comment, or contacting us through the website.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
- Usage Data: Information about your interactions with the website, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This helps us improve our content and user experience.
- Cookies: We use cookies to improve your experience and gather data about your site usage.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use data for personalized advertising and analytics purposes. These cookies help us display advertisements that are more relevant to you and analyze website traffic.
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for future convenience. These cookies last for one year.
4. 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 same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To personalize your experience on the blog.
- To respond to your inquiries or comments.
- To send you newsletters or updates when you subscribe.
- To improve our website’s functionality and content.
- To analyze traffic to the website and monitor its performance.
- To comply with any legal obligations.
- To show personalized ads through third-party vendors such as Google AdSense.
6. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing
We may share your information with trusted third-party services, including:
- Google AdSense: We use this service to show ads. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our website and other websites on the internet.
- Analytics Providers: We use Google Analytics and other services to track website performance.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access, update, or delete the personal information we hold about you.
- Opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by contacting us here.
8. Security of Your Information
We take the security of your personal information seriously and use industry-standard security measures to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
9. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For users who register on the website (if any), we store personal information in their user profiles. Website administrators can view and edit this information.
10. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, and personal data may be shared with Google AdSense for personalized advertising.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last Updated” date at the top will be modified accordingly.