Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Email address. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the email address you provide. Subscription is entirely voluntary.

Usage and analytics data. When you browse the site, standard web analytics tools may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and time spent on the site. This data is collected in aggregate and is used to understand how readers use the site.

Advertising data. We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners may collect data about your browsing behaviour — including on other websites — to serve you personalised ads based on your interests. This data is collected via cookies and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To send you our editorial newsletter, if you have subscribed.
• To understand how readers interact with the site so we can improve content.
• To display advertising that helps fund the publication.
• To comply with our legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

3. Third-Party Services

Google AdSense and Google Advertising

We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements. Google uses cookies — including the DoubleClick cookie — to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

Meta (Facebook) Pixel

This site may use the Meta Pixel, a tracking technology provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. The pixel helps us understand how visitors interact with the site after seeing our content on Facebook or Instagram, and allows Meta to show our content to relevant audiences. Meta may use this data in accordance with its own Data Policy. You can manage your ad preferences via your Facebook settings.

Brevo (Newsletter)

We use Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) to manage our newsletter mailing list. When you subscribe, your email address is transmitted to and stored on Brevo’s servers in accordance with their Privacy Policy. We use your email address only to send you editorial newsletters and occasional updates. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email we send.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We and our third-party partners use cookies for the following purposes:

• Analytics: To count visitors and understand how pages are used.
• Advertising: To serve relevant advertisements via Google AdSense and to measure ad performance.
• Social media pixels: To understand referral traffic from social platforms.

Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. Doing so may affect some functionality of the site. For more information on managing cookies, visit your browser’s help documentation.

5. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights under applicable data protection law, which may include the right to access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you, or to object to certain processing. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address below.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or California, additional rights may apply to you under the GDPR, UK GDPR, or CCPA respectively.

6. Data Retention

We retain newsletter subscriber email addresses for as long as you remain subscribed. You may unsubscribe at any time. Analytics data is retained per the default settings of the analytics platform in use.

7. Children’s Privacy

This site is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, you can reach us at:

thetopDRWR
work.topdrwr@gmail.com