Privacy Policy
The short version
- If you join the newsletter, we keep your email address (and first name, if you give it) to send you emails. You can unsubscribe anytime.
- This website does not use cookies, analytics, ad trackers or tracking pixels.
- We do not sell or share your personal information for advertising.
- You can ask to see, correct or delete your information by emailing worthyourwhilepod@gmail.com.
Who we are
Worth Your While is a podcast hosted by LeAura Luciano. This website, worthyourwhilepod.com, is operated by LeAura Luciano ("we," "us," "our"). For people in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom, we are the "controller" of the personal data described in this policy.
Contact for any privacy question or request: worthyourwhilepod@gmail.com
What we collect
When you join the newsletter
- Your email address (required) and first name (optional).
- Details our email provider records about your subscription and our emails, such as the date and time you signed up, your IP address at signup, and whether an email was delivered, opened or clicked.
When you contact us
- Your name, email address or social media handle, and anything you include in your message (for example, a recommendation for the show).
When you visit the website
- Our web host automatically receives technical information needed to deliver the site and keep it secure, such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested, and the date and time of the request.
- We do not use cookies, analytics, advertising tools or tracking pixels on this website. Fonts are served from our own website rather than from a third-party font service.
We do not collect sensitive information, and we do not ask for payment details on this website.
How we use it, and our legal bases
- To send the newsletter, including new episodes and recommendations. Legal basis (EEA/UK): your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing.
- To reply to your messages and consider your recommendations for the show. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in responding to people who contact us, or steps you ask us to take.
- To run and secure the website. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in providing a working, secure site.
- To meet legal obligations, such as responding to lawful requests. Legal basis: legal obligation.
Who we share it with
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not "share" it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are used in California law. We do not use it for targeted advertising or profiling.
We use a small number of service providers who process information on our behalf and only as we instruct:
- Kit (kit.com), which stores the newsletter list and sends our emails.
- Our web hosting provider, which delivers this website.
- Gmail (Google), which we use for email correspondence.
We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect our rights or the safety of others.
Links on this site to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Instagram take you to those services. Their own privacy policies apply when you use them.
International transfers
We are based in the United States, and our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. When personal data from the EEA or UK is transferred, we rely on appropriate safeguards offered by our providers, such as the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework (and its UK extension) or Standard Contractual Clauses.
How long we keep it
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. After you unsubscribe, we may keep your email address on a suppression list only so we don't email you again.
- Messages: as long as needed to respond, and generally no longer than two years.
- Technical logs: for the limited period our web host keeps them for security and operations.
Your rights
Everyone
Wherever you live, you can ask us to tell you what personal information we have about you, correct it, or delete it, and you can unsubscribe from emails at any time. We will not treat you differently for making a request.
EEA and UK residents
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, you have the right to access, correct and delete your personal data; to restrict or object to our processing; to data portability; and to withdraw consent at any time (this doesn't affect processing that already happened). You can also complain to your local data protection authority, though we'd appreciate the chance to help first.
U.S. state residents
Depending on your state (for example, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and others with consumer privacy laws), you may have the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use it, to access and get a copy of it, to correct it, to delete it, and to opt out of its sale, targeted advertising or profiling. We do none of those last three. You may use an authorized agent, and you can appeal if we decline a request by replying to our decision.
How to make a request
Email worthyourwhilepod@gmail.com with your request. We may need to confirm your identity, usually by checking that you control the email address involved. We aim to respond within 30 days and always within the time the law requires.
Children
This website and newsletter are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them (or from children under 16 in the EEA and UK). If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Security
We use reputable providers and reasonable measures to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the effective date above. If a change is significant, we'll let newsletter subscribers know.
Contact
LeAura Luciano, Worth Your While
worthyourwhilepod@gmail.com