Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 2024
Balanced Plate Academy ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") operates the balancedplateacademy.info website and editorial platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and engage with our content.
The information on this site is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making health decisions.
1. Information We Collect
Voluntarily Provided Information: When you contact our editorial team with feedback, article suggestions, or inquiries, you may provide your name, email address, and message content.
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring/exit pages. This information helps us understand how readers interact with our content.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience and analyze site performance. See Section 4 for details.
2. How We Use Your Information
- To respond to your editorial inquiries and feedback about our articles
- To improve and optimize our content and website functionality
- To analyze reader behavior and content performance
- To personalize your browsing experience
- To maintain website security and detect fraudulent activity
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of use
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Types of Cookies: We use essential cookies (required for site functionality), analytical cookies (to measure site usage), and preference cookies (to remember your settings).
Your Cookie Choices: You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may impact website functionality and your ability to access some features of our editorial platform.
Analytics: We use analytics services to understand how readers discover and engage with our content. This helps our editorial team create better articles and resources.
4. Third-Party Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services before providing your information.
Content Delivery: We use third-party services for website hosting and content delivery to ensure reliable access to our editorial content.
Analytics Providers: We work with analytics providers who collect data about how readers interact with our articles and resources.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
6. Your Privacy Rights
Access and Correction: You have the right to access and correct your personal information held by us.
Deletion: You may request deletion of your personal data, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Opt-Out: If you have provided your email address, you can request to be removed from any communications we may send.
Data Portability: You may request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used format.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided in Section 8.
7. Children's Privacy
Our website and editorial content are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information and terminate the child's account if applicable.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, concerns about your personal information, or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact our editorial team:
We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, and other factors. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. Your continued use of our website following the posting of revised Privacy Policy means you accept and agree to the changes.
10. Legal Compliance
This Privacy Policy is designed to comply with applicable data protection regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Swiss data protection laws. If you are located in the European Union or Switzerland, you have additional rights under these regulations.
For more information about our editorial practices, visit our Disclaimer page or browse our latest articles.
Last Updated: January 2024