Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to Marius Andronie's author website. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

By using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Fill out a contact form
• Leave comments on our blog
• Purchase books or products
• Participate in surveys or promotions

This information may include your name, email address, and any other details you choose to provide.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Operating system
• Pages you visit and time spent on them
• Referring websites
• Device information

We collect this information without cookies. It is gathered in aggregate by our privacy-first analytics, described below, and is not used to identify or profile individual visitors.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Process your transactions and send you related information
• Send you emails, newsletters, and other marketing communications (you can opt-out at any time)
• Find and prevent fraud

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This website does not use cookies. We set no cookies of our own, and we do not use advertising cookies, tracking pixels, session recording, or cross-site tracking of any kind. There is no consent banner because there is nothing to consent to.

We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is deliberately cookieless. It counts page views and visits in aggregate and does not build a profile of you, follow you across other websites, or store an identifier on your device. You can read how it works in Cloudflare's own documentation.

Because we set no cookies, you do not need to change any browser setting to use this site normally. Blocking scripts or trackers will not break anything here.

Third-Party Services

We name the providers we actually use, so you can check them yourself rather than take our word for it:

• Substack hosts the newsletter. If you subscribe, your email address is stored with them, and every email carries an unsubscribe link that works immediately.
• Cloudflare serves the site and provides the cookieless analytics described above.
• Netlify hosts the website files.

Each acts as a processor on our behalf, has access only to what its task requires, and is not permitted to use your information for its own purposes.

International Transfers

Substack, Cloudflare and Netlify are based in the United States, so if you subscribe to the newsletter or simply visit the site, some data is processed outside the European Economic Area. These transfers rely on the safeguards those providers put in place, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. If you would rather no data left the EEA at all, do not subscribe to the newsletter; browsing the site alone stores nothing on your device.

Our website contains links to Amazon for book purchases. When you click on these links, you will be directed to Amazon's website, which has its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review their privacy policy.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access the personal information we hold about you
• The right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information
• The right to request that we delete your personal information
• The right to object to or restrict our processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent where we have relied on consent to process your information

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete such information from our systems.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]