Last updated: 5 September 2023.

Privacy Policy for andreaanastasakis.com, published by Roaming Media Pty Ltd in Australia.

We use your personal data to run and improve this website.

We never sell your personal information to third parties. We do not sell, rent, or trade email lists with other companies or businesses for marketing purposes.

The following Privacy Policy provides information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions in which we may disclose it and how we keep it secure.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using this website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.

Personally identifiable information we collect may include, but is not limited to:

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using this website.

Usage Data may include information such as your device's IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access this website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit this website or when you access this website by or through a mobile device.

How We Use Your Data

Website Analytics

Like most other websites, we collect and use the data in log files. The information in the log files may include your IP address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Chrome or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site as well as other non-personal data. This data is processed in a way that does not identify anyone. This data is accessed by a third party, Google Analytics. We do this to find out things like the number of visitors to the various parts of our website.

Cookies

Read our Cookie Policy for more information and to manage cookie preferences.

Our website uses cookies to collect information. This includes browsing and purchasing behaviour information, pages viewed and personal preferences when you visit our site and related sites. This could consist of only displaying a pop-up once during your visit or allowing you to log in to certain features, such as our comment system.

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect how you interact with our site, as well as other websites. This could include the inability to log in to services or programs, such as logging into forums or making comments.

Website Plugins

We use Ghost as our content management system. This platform features social media plugins that provide share buttons, allowing visitors to share blog posts across various social media platforms easily. These features place cookies and record visitor IP addresses to determine social share counts. This is used solely for displaying share counts on blog posts.

Advertising

Display Ads

We may use third-party advertisements on andreaanastasakis.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers information, including your IP address, your ISP, and the browser you used to visit our site. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing Sydney real estate ads to someone in Sydney, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing travel ads to someone who frequents travel sites).

Retargeted Ads

We may engage in retargeting ad efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, for marketing purposes. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on past visits to websites.

Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here.
Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here.

Affiliate Marketing

Andreaanastasakis.com participates in several affiliate marketing programs. This is achieved by adding links within text, images, and banners, which set a cookie and track purchases on the merchant's website. We then receive a commission for sales at no extra cost to you. Current affiliate programs in use on this website include, but are not limited to, Amazon, Booking and GetYourGuide. Please see their privacy policies for more information.

Amazon Associates Program

Andreaanastasakis.com and Roaming Media Pty Ltd are participants in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. As part of this Amazon Associates program, we post customised links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits to assign commission on these sales.

Retention of Your Personal Data

This website will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the website's functionality, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the personal data that we have collected about you.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your personal data is important to us. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

This website may contain links to other websites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children

This website is not intended for children under the age of 16. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect personal information from anyone we know to be under 16 years of age. We do not intentionally collect, sell, or process the personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

California Residents

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

To make a request, please contact us at: hellorearviewmirror@gmail.com.

Requests to Delete

You can request that we delete any personal information about you that we have collected. Upon receiving a verified request to delete personal information, we will do so unless otherwise authorised by law.

To make a request, please contact us at: hellorearviewmirror@gmail.com.

We are not required to respond to requests to know more than twice in a 12-month period.

GDPR

Under the European Union's GDPR policy, you are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information we hold.

To make a request, please contact us at: hellorearviewmirror@gmail.com.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact me by visiting: https://andreaanastasakis.com/contact/.

Andreaanastasakis.com may share data when required to do so by law.