Privacy & Cookie Policy

This privacy policy sets out how cleliamattana.com uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.

I am committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should I ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement and only with your express consent, given by clicking on the cookies and privacy policy bar displayed the first time you visited this website.

When browsing this website I may ask you for the following information:

• Name and job title
• Contact information including email address
• Demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests
• Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What I do with the information I gather:

I require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• I may use the information to improve my products and services.
• To send you my newsletter about new products, special offers or other information which I think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

Info on the Privacy Policy in compliance with the  GDPR (From the 25th May 2018)

– For EU Resident only –

This website currently uses the following third-party service providers that can also collect some of your data, more detailed info on the list below. This additional section is addressed to all the users coming from the EU community, in accordance with the GPDR law guidelines that are aimed to guarantee even more security and control over the private data collected and processed on this website.

Even if this law falls under the European community and affects only part of my audience, I think it’s important for all my readers to know how I will process most of their data as well.

For example, from now on whether a reader is from the EU or not, if they want to comment or contact me via the contact form, they all have to read and agree to these terms to be able to send the message as there is no easy solution to only show the consent button only to a certain audience. This sentence is NOT part of the privacy policy, but just my own opinion: I think that knowing that ALL of my reader’s data is secure and will never be shared (which is part of this policy) is a good thing anyway.

PLUGINS INSTALLED IN THIS WEBSITE THAT MIGHT COLLECT SOME PERSONAL DATA

• Google Analytics: 

This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. The private non-sensitive data collected on Google Analytics is used and stored by me for monitoring the traffic on my website and provide a better service for my reader. No commercial use is done with this data and the info stored will never be released or given to third parties. For more info on how they treat the data, please refer to Google’s general  Privacy Policy here, for the specific privacy policy for Google Analytics, read here.

• Mail Chimp: 

This service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. By subscribing to my mailing list, you give me permission to store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Your data will be used only by me and never given to any third party. You will have to agree to the terms of this privacy policy when subscribing (by manually clicking the “marketing permission box”) to give me explicit consent to use your data. For further information on how Mailchimp treats the data collected via their service, please refer to Mail Chimp’s official privacy policy.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

Anonymous Data

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Publicly Visible Information

If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation.  Your email address will never be available publicly.  At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description, and website information.

Security:

Cleliamattana.com  is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, I have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information I collect online.

Links to other websites:

My website contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information:

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes

• If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing me at cleliamattana@gmail.com

I will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless I have your permission or are required by law to do so. I may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which I think you may find interesting if you tell me that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information that I hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to cleliamattana@gmail.com.

If you believe that any information I am holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email me as soon as possible at the above address. I will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

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DISCLOSURE POLICY

Please note that Cleliamattana.com website contains some affiliate links in the form of Banner Ads and Text Links. I receive a small commission every time you purchase something on my website at no extra cost for you. These Affiliate links are trusted resources I use myself and I recommend them and they help me to keep my website running and up to date. Thank you for your support and trust.

The personal data and cookies collected by these third parties websites and how they are used are listed on my privacy policy in the section above. Please check it out for more info.

Should you have any doubt, concerns, or questions about the topic, feel free to contact me.

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COPYRIGHT POLICY

This website and its content is copyright of cleliamattana.com – © www.cleliamattana.com 2020. All rights reserved.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

• You may share EXCERPTS of my articles and then link back to the original. Every other use it is considered illegal.
• You may use my pictures on non-commercial websites, but only after a written request and, if granted permission, by acknowledging the website as the source of the material with a link back to the original picture.

You may not, except with my express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content/use my pictures. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other forms of the electronic retrieval system.

• All trademarks reproduced in this website that is not the property of, or licensed to, cleliamattana.com are acknowledged on the website (unless the owner/website state otherwise). Example: Just a minimal portion of the Shutterstock pictures licensed to me request an explicit acknowledgment as in “Editorial Use license”.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Please contact me to inform me if you find an image that is subjected to copyright. I mostly use my own pictures, or Shutterstock photo & graphics (licensed to me for use on my own website only), very rarely Pixabay.com and similar websites offering free copyright Images. Please note that I’m not legally responsible if  I used a copyright-protected image without knowing it. I strive to comply with the copyright rules for graphical and content-based products used on my website.

If I need a picture from a specific website, I contact the website owner and ask for written permission to use them, with or without explicitly acknowledge the owner in the article (depending on what the owner’s preference is).

I always keep track of email/message correspondence with website owners who gave me permission to use their images as proof. But mistakes or misunderstanding might happen so if you have the definitive proof that you own an image and you didn’t give me the consent to use it, please contact me IMMEDIATELY. Thank you.

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