Privacy Policy

Information we collect

• Information you give us. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we store your email address, the date you subscribed and where on the site you signed up. If you email us or use our contact form, we receive your name, email address and message, and use them only to reply to you. If you comment on an article, we store your name, your comment and, if you give it, your email address; your name and comment are published after review, your email never is.
• Usage information. Like most websites, our servers and service providers receive technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device, pages visited and referring website. We count article views in aggregate to understand which ideas are popular.
• Cookies and similar technologies. We and our partners may use cookies, pixels and local storage for analytics, advertising and to remember preferences.

How we use information

• To operate, maintain and improve the website.
• To send the newsletter you asked for.
• To understand which content readers find useful.
• To show advertising that helps keep the site free.
• To respond to your messages and requests.
• To comply with legal obligations and prevent abuse.

We do not sell your email address.

Analytics, advertising and social features

We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics to measure traffic, the Pinterest tag to understand how visitors arrive from Pinterest, and advertising partners such as Google AdSense to display ads. These providers may set their own cookies and collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide their services, including interest-based ads. Their use of information is governed by their own privacy policies.

We may also use Plausible Analytics, which doesn't use cookies or collect personal data. We configure Google Analytics without Google signals or ad personalization. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information: we don't load the Pinterest advertising tag, ads are non-personalized and analytics use restricted data processing. Visitors who don't use these services see no tracking cookies from us; the only cookie this site sets itself is a sign-in cookie for site administrators.

Share and “Save” buttons on this site are plain links: no information is sent to Pinterest, Facebook or X unless you click them.

Affiliate links

Some articles may contain affiliate links. If you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Retailers may use cookies to attribute the purchase. Articles with affiliate links say so at the top. We count clicks on affiliate links in aggregate (no personal information is stored with them).

Your choices

• You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the personal unsubscribe link in any email, or by contacting us.
• You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google at adssettings.google.com and from many ad networks at optout.aboutads.info.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live (for example California and other U.S. states with consumer privacy laws), you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, and to opt out of certain sharing for targeted advertising. To make a request, contact us. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

Data retention and security

We keep newsletter information until you unsubscribe and for a reasonable period afterwards to honor your choice. We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

Children

This website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above shows when it last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Email support@alixanails.com or use our contact page.