Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.glendasafonte.com.

Legal bases for processing

We process users’ personal data on the following legal bases:
• Consent: expressed through the cookie banner and contact forms.
• Contractual necessity: when the data is required to provide a requested service.
• Legitimate interest: to ensure website security, prevent abuse, and improve our services.

Cookies

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, meaning the information we collect through cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage your cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide a better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

Like most online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mainly necessary for the website to function correctly and do not collect any personally identifiable data. The third-party cookies used on our website are primarily for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, and, in general, providing you with a better and enhanced user experience and helping to speed up your future interactions with our website.

Embedded content from other websites

Our site may contain links to external content (e.g., YouTube) but does not directly embed multimedia content or scripts that generate third-party cookies. For more information on the cookies used by third parties, we invite you to consult their respective privacy policies, and regarding YouTube and the cookies it uses, we invite you to consult their privacy policy. https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/privacy/

Types of Cookies We Use

We use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with the site in an anonymous and aggregated way.

Some data (such as visit duration or most viewed pages) may be collected through Google Site Kit (Analytics) or internal plugins like Statify, which do not use cookies and do not track identifiable personal data.

Google Analytics on this website is configured with IP anonymization enabled, which  means that users’ip addresses are shortened before being stored or processed, ensuring that no personally identifiable information is collected.

The updated list of cookies used, their duration, and purpose is available through the consent management banner.

You can manage your cookie preferences in Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the designated button. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately. In addition, different browsers provide different methods for blocking and deleting cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block/delete cookies.

Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the main web browsers:

• Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you use another web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

Cookie Policy – Cookie Table

Purposes of processing

The data collected through this website is used exclusively for:
• ensuring the correct technical functioning of the website;
• managing requests and communications sent via contact forms;
• anonymous statistical analysis through tools such as Google Analytics;
• displaying third-party multimedia content (e.g., YouTube).

This website does not use users’ data for direct marketing purposes. However, embedded multimedia content from third-party platforms (e.g., YouTube) may collect users’ personal data according to their own privacy policies, including for advertising or profiling purposes. Users are invited to review YouTube/Google’s privacy policy for further details.

Types of data collected

The data that may be collected include:
• technical data (IP address, browser type, navigation logs, cookies);
• data voluntarily provided by the user (name, email address, messages).

Data retention period

• Data collected through cookies are stored for the period indicated in the cookie table.
• Data sent through contact forms are stored for the time needed to respond to requests and in any case for no longer than 12 months.
• Data collected for marketing purposes are stored until consent is withdrawn.

Transfers outside the EU

Data collected via Google and YouTube may be transferred to countries outside the European Union, including the United States. Such transfers are carried out based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of protection.

Additional rights for non-EU users

Users residing outside the European Union have additional rights under their local regulations, including:
• CCPA/CPRA (California, USA): the right to know which data is collected, request deletion, and opt out of the sale of personal data.
• LGPD (Brazil): the right to access, rectify, anonymize, transfer, and delete data.

Users may exercise these rights by writing to: glendasafonte@gmail.com.

Minors

The services offered are not intended for users under 16 years of age. If data relating to minors is collected without parental consent, we will promptly delete it.

Data Controller

Name: Glenda Safonte

Email: glendasafonte@gmail.com

Website: https://www.glendasafonte.com

The data controller is committed to protecting user privacy and will not transfer personal data to third parties in any way.

User rights

Users have the right to access their personal data, request its rectification or deletion, object to its processing, or request its limitation, as provided by EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR). To exercise these rights, you can contact the data controller at the contact details provided above.