Privacy Policy

 

Effective Date: October 28, 2026

Website Address: https://www.alessiayakova.com

Data Controller: Olesea Iacova (trading as Alessia Yakova)

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.alessiayakova.com.

This website and the services provided under Alessia Yakova are operated by Olesea Iacova (professionally known as Alessia Yakova), based in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws (including the UK General Data Protection Regulation / UK GDPR and the EU GDPR), we are the Data Controller responsible for your personal information.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your data rights, you can contact us at: info@alessiayakova.com.

2. Information We Collect & How We Collect It

A. Comments & Forms

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

When you submit a contact form, inquiry, or booking request, we collect your name, email address, message details, and any additional information you voluntarily provide.

B. Media & Submissions

If you upload images or media to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images hosted on the website.

C. Booking & Scheduling Data

If you schedule a call or session through embedded booking tools (such as Cal.com), we collect information necessary to fulfill your appointment, including your name, email address, time zone, and booking details.

3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

A. Core WordPress Cookies

  • Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • Authentication & Login: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
  • Content Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

B. Analytical & Third-Party Cookies

We may use cookies and analytical services to understand how visitors interact with our website, optimize site performance, and improve user experience. You can manage or block cookies through your individual browser settings.

4. Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, scheduling widgets, social media feeds, form widgets). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content—including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that specific website. We encourage you to review the individual privacy policies of third-party platforms.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

We only share personal data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting business, or servicing you, provided those parties agree to keep this information confidential and secure. These include:

  • Spam Detection & Security: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (such as Akismet).
  • Technical Infrastructure: Website hosting, email service providers (Aruba.it), and security maintenance partners.
  • Administrative Operations: Password reset requests will include your IP address in the reset email for security verification.

We may also disclose information when legally required to do so in order to comply with legal obligations, enforce our website policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety.

6. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
  • User Accounts: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
  • Inquiries & Client Records: Administrative and inquiry records (such as contact form submissions and client communications) are retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the service, resolve inquiries, or satisfy legal, tax, and accounting retention requirements.

7. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Under applicable data protection laws (such as the UK GDPR / EU GDPR), you possess the following rights:

  • Access: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided to us.
  • Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are legally, administratively, or for security reasons obliged to keep.
  • Rectification & Restriction: You may request corrections to inaccurate personal data or request restriction of data processing under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@alessiayakova.com.

8. Where Your Data Is Sent & International Transfers

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

Because we operate with global service providers (such as hosting servers, security modules, and scheduling software), your data may be processed on servers located outside the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA). Whenever personal data is transferred internationally, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to uphold the protection of your personal information in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

9. Security Measures

We implement standard technical and organizational security measures (including SSL encryption) to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and visitors provide information at their own risk.

10. Updates to This Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in legal requirements or operational updates. Any updates will be posted directly on this page with a revised “Effective Date.”