Privacy Policy

 

Effective Date: August 4, 2025
Last Updated: August 4, 2025

 

1. Data Controller

PaleonEchoes
Email: [email protected]

2. Information We Collect

• Personal Data: When you sign up for our newsletter, we collect your name and email address.

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, pages visited (via Google Analytics).

• Cookies & Tracking: We use Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam; your IP and cookie identifiers are processed by Google under their Privacy Policy.

3. How We Use Your Data

• Newsletters: To send you updates about PaleonEchoes.

• Site Improvement: To analyze usage and improve content.

• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws.

4. Legal Basis

Under GDPR Article 6, our legal bases include:

• Consent: When you opt into our newsletter.

• Legitimate Interests: For site security (reCAPTCHA) and analytics.

• Legal Obligation: To comply with GDPR disclosure requirements (Article 13).

5. Sharing & Third Parties

We share your email and name with Mailchimp (our email processor) and reCAPTCHA data with Google. We do not sell your data to any other parties.

6. Data Retention

We retain newsletter signup data until you unsubscribe. Analytics data (IP, usage) is retained for 24 months.

7. Your Rights (GDPR Article 15–22)

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data.

• Rectify inaccuracies.

• Erase your data (“right to be forgotten”).

• Portability of your data.

• Object to processing.
  To exercise these, email [email protected].

8. Cookies & Opt-Out

You can control cookies via your browser settings. To opt out of analytics tracking, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

9. Security

We implement reasonable technical measures (SSL/TLS, access controls) to protect your data.

10. International Transfers

Data submitted to Mailchimp (US) may be transferred under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy; we’ll post the updated version here with a new “Last Updated” date.