This policy explains how Life With No Gallbladder (“we”, “us”) handles personal information when you use lifewithnogallbladder.com. We keep it short on purpose and collect as little as we can.
What we collect and why
| What | When | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Email address (and the page you signed up from, and the date) | If you join our newsletter | To send occasional guides and updates. We will include an unsubscribe option in every email. |
| Your name, email address and message | If you use our contact form | To read and reply to your message. Messages are stored in our website admin and forwarded to our email. |
| Usage data (pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser, referring site) | When you browse the site | To understand what is useful and improve the site. Collected by Google Analytics through the Site Kit plugin. |
| A hashed (scrambled) form of your IP address | When you submit a form | To limit spam and abuse. We cannot read your IP address from it. |
We do not collect the information you enter into our free tools. That stays in your own browser. See data privacy for tools.
What we do not do
- We do not sell your personal information.
- We do not ask for health information through our forms. Please do not include medical details in messages to us.
- We do not knowingly collect information from children.
Who else sees your information
- Our website host, which stores the site and form data on our behalf.
- Google, for analytics and fonts. See Google’s privacy policy.
- Amazon, if you click an affiliate link and visit their site. See Amazon’s privacy notice on amazon.com.
- Legal authorities, if the law requires it.
Cookies
We use cookies for analytics and other limited purposes. See our cookie policy.
How long we keep information
Newsletter email addresses are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them. Contact messages are kept for as long as needed to respond and for reasonable record-keeping, then deleted. Analytics data is retained according to the settings in our Google Analytics account.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask us to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of your personal information, to object to certain uses, or to withdraw consent. To exercise any of these rights, or to unsubscribe, please contact us and we will respond as soon as we reasonably can. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold, but no system is completely secure.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the site changes. The date at the bottom shows when it was last updated.
Questions
If you have questions about this policy or how we handle your information, please contact us.