Effective Date: September 2024
This Privacy Policy outlines how Yanita Rayskaya ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit https://www.yanitarayskaya.com (the "Website"). We are committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ensuring that your privacy is protected. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
1. Who We Are
This website is owned and operated by Yanita Rayskaya, an individual based in the European Union. For the purposes of the GDPR, I am the data controller responsible for processing your personal data.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact me at:
- Email: sychynska208@gmail.com
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2. Data We Collect
We collect and process personal data in the following ways:
a) Data You Provide
When you contact us through the Website, subscribe to newsletters, or engage with social media links, you may voluntarily provide the following information:
- Name
- Email address
- Any other personal details you include in communications
b) Data Collected Automatically
When you visit our Website, certain data is collected automatically through cookies and similar tracking technologies, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Time zone setting and location
- Operating system and platform
- Pages visited, the time spent on pages, and other analytics data
We use Google Analytics to collect this information to help us understand how visitors interact with the Website, improve our services, and analyze traffic. Google Analytics may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect data about your interaction with our site. For more information on how Google Analytics processes data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)
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3. How We Use Your Data
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
- To provide, operate, and maintain the Website.
- To improve our website functionality and content.
- To communicate with you, respond to inquiries, and provide customer support.
- To analyze website usage and improve user experience using Google Analytics.
- To comply with any legal obligations.
We will not sell or share your personal information with third parties unless required by law or with your explicit consent.
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4. Legal Basis for Processing
We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data under the GDPR:
- Consent: When you voluntarily provide personal data through our contact form or by subscribing to our newsletter.
- Legitimate Interests: We may process your personal data to improve and optimize the Website and for analytical purposes (such as using Google Analytics).
- Legal Obligation: In some cases, we may need to process your data to comply with legal obligations.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small files that are stored on your browser or device when you visit a website. We use cookies on this Website to:
- Track user traffic and usage via Google Analytics.
- Customize your experience by remembering your preferences.
You can control the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings. However, if you disable cookies, some features of the Website may not function as intended. For more details about how Google Analytics uses cookies, please review Google’s Cookie Policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies).
6. Third-Party Links
This Website contains links to external websites, including social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Please note that once you leave our Website, we do not have control over external sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.
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7. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. Analytics data is retained by Google Analytics in accordance with their data retention policies.
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8. Your Data Protection Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain legal obligations.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict how we process your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request that we provide your data in a commonly used format.
- Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.
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If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact me at sychynska208@gmail.com.
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9. Data Security
We take data security seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
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10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, technical, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Website. Please check this page regularly for updates.
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11. Complaints
If you believe we have violated your data protection rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority. For EU residents, you can find your local authority: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en.
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact me at:
- Email: sychynska208@gmail.com