Privacy Policy
Simona Macorova (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://simonamacorova.com/ website (the “Service”).
We respect the privacy of everyone who visits the Service. As a result we would like to inform you regarding the way we would use your personal data. We recommend you to read this privacy policy so that you understand our approach towards the use of your personal data. By submitting your personal data to us, you will be treated as having given your permission – where necessary and appropriate – for disclosures referred to in this policy.
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://simonamacorova.com/.
Information Collection And Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). We collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter or enter information on our site. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- Cookies and Usage Data
Usage Data
We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie) are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The internet browser always sends them only to the Internet domain to which they belong. Cookies can not contain viruses or other malicious (executable) code – they are only data. However, some cookies will remain stored on your computer even after you leave the website or you close your internet browser.
What types of cookies do we use?
In terms of purpose, this webpage uses the following types of cookies:
- Technical – They serve to ensure the functioning of the site (session cookies).
- Analytical – Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around the Site when using it. This helps us improve the way the Site works.
- Security – For security purposes.
In terms of time retention, the site uses the following cookies:
- Temporary – these remain stored on your device only while you are using the page, and will be automatically deleted when you finish.
- Permanent – they remain stored on your device predetermined time, even after you close the Internet browser. Permanent cookies help us recognize you as a unique visitor to our site and then evaluate different statistics, such as time spent on the site or statistics of traffic of individual sub-sections, even repeatedly over a longer period of time.
We do not store any personal information in the cookies to identify you (name, email, IP address, etc.), as well as any login information (passwords, etc.).
Specifically, we use the following cookies:
| Name | Retention time | Author | Purpose |
| _ga | 2 years from the date that it was set | Google Analytics | Used for users identifying |
| _gat | 1 minute from the moment it was set | Google Analytics | Used to limit the requests frequency |
| _gid | 24 hours from the moment it was set | Google Analytics | Used for users identifying |
| G_AUTHUSER_H | End of session/close of browser | Used to authorize admins with their Google accounts | |
| G_ENABLED_IDPS | Permanently | Used to authorize admins with their Google accounts | |
| laravel_cookie_consent | 10 years from the moment it was set | This site | Used to check if the user accepted the cookie consent message |
| popupNewsletter | 1 week from the moment it was set, or 100 years if the user subscribes to the newsletter | This site | Used to remind the user to subscribe to the Newsletter |
| simonamacorova_session | 2 hours from the moment it was set | This site | Used to maintain data like language or login credentials for the admins |
| XSRF-TOKEN | 2 hours from the moment it was set | This site | Used to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. |
Please note that this list may change over time, depending on the upcoming improvements of this site, editing of source code and its optimization, and the need to cover new functions and site features.
Your Cookie Choices And How To Opt-Out
Cookies are only stored if you have in your internet browser enabled the option of their reception. For this reason, we consider such a set of internet browser to be your consent to the use of cookies.
However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. If you do not wish to keep cookies stored on your computer/mobile after you finish using this page, you can delete them.
The method of how to do it you can find in your internet browser’s tutorial.
Use of Data
Simona Macorova uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
- To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
- To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Update or Delete Your Personally Identifiable Information
If you reside or are located in the EEA, we keep your Personally Identifiable Information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the Personally Identifiable Information is processed. The length of time we retain Personally Identifiable Information for depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights. You have certain rights in relation to your Personally Identifiable Information and you can unsubscribe from our newsletter any time. The Service will automatically delete your email address from the database. If you would like further information in relation to your personal information, you may also contact us via contactus@simonamacorova.com. You have the right to request that we provide access to any Personally Identifiable Information we hold about you, prevent the processing of your Personally Identifiable Information for direct-marketing purposes, update any Personally Identifiable Information which is out of date or incorrect, delete any Personally Identifiable Information which we are holding about you, restrict the way that we process your Personally Identifiable Information, provide your Personally Identifiable Information to a third party provider of services or provide you with a copy of any Personally Identifiable Information which we hold about you.
Our blog
Should you choose to add a comment to any posts that we have published on https://simonamacorova.com, the name and email address you enter with your comment will be saved to this website’s database, along with your computer’s IP address and the time and date that you submitted the comment. This information is only used to identify you as a contributor to the comment section of the respective blog post and is not passed on to any of the third party data processors. Only your name will be shown on the public-facing website. Your comment and it’s associated personal data will remain on this site until we see fit to either 1.) remove the comment or 2.) remove the blog post. Should you wish to have the comment and it’s associated personal data deleted, please email us at contactus@simonamacorova.com. If you are under 16 years of age you MUST obtain parental consent before posting a comment on our blog.
NOTE: You should avoid entering personally identifiable information to the actual comment field of any blog post comments that you submit on this website.
Who is responsible for the personal information collected on this site?
Your personal data is controlled ultimately by Simona Macorova, an individual registered in Spain.
Interaction between you and us
We are interested in your views, and we value your feedback, we therefore have set up contact form. We may collect the personal information that you disclose at contact form. Such information will be used in accordance with this privacy policy. However, we can of course not control and be responsible for other parties’ use of the personal information which you make available to them through this website. We encourage you to be careful about what personal information you disclose in this way.
Newsletters
The Service can be used to subscribe to newsletters. The data provided during the newsletter registration will be used only for the purposes of sending out the newsletter, provided you have not consented to other use. You can cancel the subscription at any time by using the unsubscribe option provided in the newsletter.
Transfer Of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside Spain and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Spain and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Simona Macorova will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure Of Data
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of ours
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Security Of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember 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 Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We have implemented technology and policies with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorised access and improper use and will update these measures as new technology becomes available, as appropriate.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Links To Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. 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.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: CalOPPA.
According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:
- Users can visit our site anonymously.
- Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering the Service.
- Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can be easily be found on the page specified above.
- Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page
How does our site handle do not track signals? We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking? It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Ads and Analytics Partners
We may partner with third-party advertisers, ad networks, and analytics providers to deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests and to better understand your use of the Services. These third parties may collect information sent by your computer, browser, or mobile device in response to a request for content, such as unique identifiers, your IP address, or other information about your computer or device. We use analytics partners (such as Google Analytics) to help analyze usage and traffic for our Services. As an example, we may use analytics partners to analyze and measure, in the aggregate, the number of unique visitors to our Services.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes to this privacy policy and the way in which we use your personal data we will post these changes on this page and will do our best to notify you of any significant changes. Please check our privacy policy on a regular basis.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: ahoj@simonamacorova.com
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.