privacy policy

Last updated: January 18, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to NeonLightsMedia ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website (the "Site").

2. Who We Are

NEONLIGHTSMEDIA is a blog website hosted on Squarespace. For privacy matters, you can contact us at: Contact@NeonLightsMedia.com

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information Automatically Collected

When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information using:

  • Squarespace Analytics: Collects usage data including pages visited, time spent on site, and basic visitor information. This includes information about your browser, network, device, web pages visited prior to coming to this website, your IP address, clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps.

  • Google Analytics: Tracks website traffic, user behavior, and engagement metrics. Google uses this information to deliver their services, maintain and improve them, develop new services, measure advertising effectiveness, protect against fraud and abuse, and personalize content and ads you see on Google and partner sites and apps.

  • Google Search Console: Monitors search performance and technical website issues

This information includes:

  • IP address

  • Browser type and version

  • Device type

  • Time and date of visits

  • Pages viewed and interaction data

  • Time spent on pages

  • Referral sources

  • Network information

  • Previous websites visited

3.2 Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our Site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. These are small text files stored on your device that help us improve your experience. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, you can visit Squarespace's cookie documentation.

The following types of cookies are used:

  • Necessary and Required Cookies: These cookies are always used and allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

  • Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies are used to view site traffic, activity, and other data, but only when you acknowledge our cookie banner.

  • Google Analytics Cookies: Used for understanding user behavior and providing analytics data.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

  • Analyze website performance and user experience

  • Improve our content and website functionality

  • Generate anonymous usage statistics

  • Maintain website security

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Legitimate interests: To analyze and improve our website performance

  • Your consent: When you accept non-essential cookies

6. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We share data with:

  • Squarespace (our website hosting provider)

  • Google (for analytics and search console services)

These service providers process data according to their own privacy policies and have committed to GDPR compliance.

7. Data Retention

We retain analytics data for 26 months or until you request deletion. You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the following rights:

  • Access your personal data

  • Correct inaccurate data

  • Request deletion of your data

  • Object to data processing

  • Request data portability

  • Withdraw consent for data processing

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Your Contact Email].

9. International Data Transfers

Our service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place through standard contractual clauses and GDPR compliance commitments.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy periodically. The latest version will always be posted on this page with the effective date.

12. Contact Us

For any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at Contact@Neonlightsmedia.com

13. Supervisory Authority

If you are in the EU and believe we have not adequately addressed your privacy concerns, you have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.