VitaNova ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information when you use our website at vitanova.com.
1. Who We Are
VitaNova is an educational health and wellness website. We are the data controller for the personal data you provide to us. If you have questions about this policy, please contact us.
2. What Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of personal data:
- Contact form data: Name, email address, subject, message content, and IP address when you submit our contact form.
- Newsletter subscriptions: Email address and IP address when you subscribe to our newsletter.
- Comment data: Name, email address, and comment content when you submit a comment on an article.
- Usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages — collected through cookies and analytics tools (with your consent).
- Cookie data: Your cookie preferences are stored locally in your browser.
3. How We Use Your Data
- To respond to your enquiries submitted via the contact form.
- To send our newsletter (only with your explicit consent).
- To moderate and display approved comments on articles.
- To analyse website usage and improve our content (analytics cookies, with consent).
- To display relevant advertising that supports our free content (advertising cookies, with consent).
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
- Consent: Newsletter subscriptions, analytics, and advertising cookies.
- Legitimate interests: Responding to contact form enquiries; comment moderation.
- Legal obligation: Retaining records as required by applicable law.
5. Cookies
We use cookies to make our website function and, with your consent, to analyse usage and serve relevant advertisements. See our Cookie Policy for full details. You can manage your preferences at any time via the cookie banner or by clearing your browser's local storage.
6. Google Analytics & Google AdSense
With your consent, we may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use VitaNova. Google Analytics uses cookies and anonymised IP addresses. We do not use Google Analytics without your consent. We may also display advertisements via Google AdSense, which may use cookies to show relevant ads based on your interests. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ad Settings.
7. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services including Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and email newsletter platforms. These services have their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
8. Data Retention
- Contact form messages: retained for 12 months from receipt.
- Newsletter subscriptions: until you unsubscribe.
- Comments: until deleted by site administrators.
- Analytics data: as per the Google Analytics data retention settings (typically 14 months).
9. Your Rights (GDPR)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable European law, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Correct inaccurate data.
- Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
- Restrict or object to processing of your data.
- Withdraw consent at any time (without affecting prior processing).
- Data portability.
- Lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including HTTPS encryption, server-side data protection, and regular security reviews. However, no internet transmission is completely secure.
11. Children's Privacy
VitaNova is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has submitted data to us, please contact us immediately.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Significant changes will be communicated via a notice on our website. Continued use of VitaNova after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact
For privacy-related questions, please use our contact form.