PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 09-March-2025
Thank you for visiting https://www.enricoforte.com (“Website”). This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed when you visit or make use of this Website. As this is a personal blog primarily targeting an English-speaking audience, we strive to comply with applicable data protection regulations, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) where relevant.
1. Data Controller
- Data Controller: Enrico Forte
- Website: https://www.enricoforte.com
- Contact Email: [info@enricoforte.com]
Should you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact the Data Controller at the email address above.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We collect and process personal data in the following ways:
- Information You Voluntarily Provide
- Contact Form: When you fill out the contact form, we collect your name (if provided), email address, and any message you choose to include.
- Comments: When you leave a comment on a blog post, we may collect your name (or username), email address, website URL (if provided), and the content of your comment.
- Automatically Collected Data
- Log Files: Like many websites, this Website may collect information such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps to analyze trends and administer the site.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your user experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content.
- Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics 4 (GA4): We use Google Tag Manager to manage scripts and tags on this Website. We also use Google Analytics 4 to help us understand how visitors engage with our Website. Google Analytics 4 collects IP addresses, device information, and usage data. However, IP anonymization can be activated (subject to your implementation), which shortens IP addresses within the European Economic Area.
Please see the “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” section below for more details.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (under GDPR)
We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent: When you voluntarily provide information through the contact form or accept cookies, you consent to our processing of that information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
- Legitimate Interests: We may process certain data (e.g., for Website analytics) to improve our Website’s functionality and user experience.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To Respond to Inquiries: If you contact us via the contact form, we use your personal data to reply to your requests or questions.
- To Manage and Improve the Website: We use analytics data (e.g., Google Analytics 4) to understand how our Website is used and how we can improve its content, layout, and performance.
- To Communicate with You: We may send you administrative information (e.g., changes to our policies). We will not send marketing emails or newsletters unless you have expressly opted in.
- To Ensure Security: We use log files and may use security plugins (if present in WordPress) to detect and protect against spam, abuse, or malicious activity.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a server in the domain that placed the cookie. We use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels, local storage) to provide and support our Website.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the operation of the Website.
- Analytics/Performance Cookies: Used by Google Analytics 4 to collect information about how you interact with the Website, helping us improve functionality and user experience.
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers give you the option to refuse or delete cookies. However, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Website may not function properly.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our Website, visit: How Google uses data.
6. Data Sharing and Transfer
- Service Providers: We use third-party service providers to help us operate or analyze the Website (e.g., Google Analytics). These providers have access to certain personal data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your personal data to comply with legal obligations or respond to valid legal requests (e.g., court orders, subpoenas).
- International Data Transfers: Google’s servers may be located outside your country (including outside the EU). When data is transferred internationally, we ensure that appropriate safeguards (such as the Standard Contractual Clauses or other measures required by law) are in place to protect your personal data.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact Form Submissions: Stored as long as needed to address your inquiry and for a reasonable period afterward, unless you request deletion earlier.
- Analytics Data: Stored by Google Analytics according to their default data retention policy or as configured in our GA4 settings.
- Comments: If enabled and you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely to display and manage follow-up comments automatically.
8. Your Rights (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of Access: You can request to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data if processing is based on legitimate interest.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [info@enricoforte.com]. We will respond within the timeframes required by law. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence within the EU or UK.
9. Security of Your Personal Data
We take appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
10. Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click 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, as we have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
11. Children’s Privacy
This Website is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately so we can delete such information.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact:
- Name: Enrico Forte
- Email: [info@enricoforte.com]
By continuing to use the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.