I could have copied and pasted a general privacy policy found somewhere on the net, but to me privacy is an important matter and I wanted to take the time to personally let you know what you should and should not expect from my website. And making it as clear and understandable as possible.
DPO
The controller of the personal details you might share with the website (www.simonacasolari.com) is myself, Simona Casolari. You can reach out to me via email by writing at sym [at] the website.
Cookies
This website doesn’t use analytics cookies, so when you visit any of the pages on this site I DON’T track your location, device, where you come from, or what path you take to browse my website. However, for the CMS to function as I imagined it, some basic cookies are needed. All of them will expire at last when the session is over (aka when you close the website tab).
Rest reassured, I extremely value your right to privacy: cookies from this website are not meant to see what are the other sites you visit or to track you by any mean. There’s already Meta who does that.
Leaving a comment
If you wish to leave a comment on the website, you will need to create an account using an email address and choosing a password. The system will verify the email address you entered in order to avoid spam. You are not obliged to set any other personal data, but if you wish so you can specify your name, website, and a short description, as well as customise your avatar. All first-time comments are subject to moderation.
Writing me an email
If you wish to get in touch with me and send me an email to the address above (the same provided in the contact page), you agree that I use your email address and the personal data you share with me (i.e. your name, and any other detail you provide) to reply back to you.
Ghost
In the footer, I’ve recently added a sign-up form to subscribe to my blog. Illugination runs on the open-source publishing platform Ghost, whose servers are based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Read more about the actions they take to protect data here. Emails collected through this sign-up form, or on Illugination for people who subscribe directly there, are exclusively used to send occasional emails with the new articles I write on the blog.
Retention period
Wherever stated otherwise, I will keep your records until you ask me to delete them, or until I discontinue the above services (in which case I’ll delete all data myself).
Right to modify
Of course you have the right to access, rectify, and delete any of your data anytime. See next paragraph for more details on how to revoke consent.
Revoke consent
In each email I send through Illugination you’ll find an unsubscribe link that instantly removes the contact from the list and deletes your email address from my records. If you got in touch via email and would like me to permanently delete your data from my records, simply let me know and I’ll proceed with removing all previous exchanges with you. If you created an account on the website and wish to delete it, simply send me an email and, upon verification, I will proceed on your behalf.
Revoking consent implies that you won’t be able to receive any more news from me, but you are free to come back anytime if you wish so.
Hosting
My website is hosted in France with OVH and I use Proton Privacy as email client, which is hosted in Switzerland. I value privacy and security and I do everything in my power to protect your (and my own) personal data.
Happy browsing,
Simona
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Last updated on March 27th, 2025