Privacy Policy The Clicky Basement — www.theclickybasement.org Effective date: 23 April 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to The Clicky Basement. This blog is operated by its owner ("us", "we", or "our") and is hosted on Google's Blogger platform at www.theclickybasement.org. This Privacy Policy explains what limited information we collect when you visit or interact with this blog, and how we use it. By using this site, you acknowledge this policy.
2. Data Controller
The Data Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the owner of The Clicky Basement, based in Italy. You may contact us regarding any data concerns via the Contact Form on our website.
3. What Data We Collect
We keep things minimal. Here is exactly what we collect and why:
Contact Form: If you reach out to us through the contact form, we receive your name, email address, and message. We use this solely to respond to your inquiry. We do not store this data in any database or spreadsheet — it is received directly as an email notification to us.
Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how many people visit the blog and which posts are popular. Google Analytics collects data such as your IP address (anonymised), browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site. We do not have personal access to this raw data — Google processes it and provides us with aggregated statistics only.
Advertising: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this blog. AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com).
Cookies: Cookies are set by Google Analytics and Google AdSense as described above. We do not set any cookies ourselves. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies, though some functionality may not work correctly.
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
We process the limited personal data described above on the following legal bases:
- Contact form data: processing is necessary to respond to your request (legitimate interest).
- Analytics data: processing is based on our legitimate interest in understanding how our content is used, in an anonymised and aggregated manner.
- Advertising data: processing by Google AdSense is based on consent (via cookie acceptance). You may withdraw consent at any time via Google's Ads Settings or your browser's cookie controls.
5. How Long We Keep Your Data
Contact form messages are retained only as long as needed to respond to your inquiry, typically no longer than 12 months. Analytics data is retained in Google Analytics according to Google's standard retention settings. We do not store any personal data ourselves beyond what arrives in our email inbox.
6. International Data Transfer
This blog is hosted on Google's Blogger platform, and analytics and advertising are provided by Google LLC, based in the United States. Your data may therefore be processed in the United States. Google implements Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure adequate protection of your data in accordance with GDPR. For more details, see Google's Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy).
7. Disclosure of Data
We do not sell your personal data. We do not share your data with any third parties beyond Google as described above. We may disclose personal information only if required to do so by law or to protect the rights and safety of this site and its users.
8. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR / EEA)
If you are a resident of the European Union or EEA, you have the following rights:
- Right of access: you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: you can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Right to erasure: you can ask us to delete your personal data.
- Right to restriction: you can ask us to restrict how we process your data.
- Right to data portability: you can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object: you can object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the Contact Form on our website.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (www.garanteprivacy.it).
9. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal data is collected about you, to request deletion of your personal data, and to opt out of the sale of personal data. We do not sell your personal information.
10. Children's Privacy
This blog is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal data to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
11. Links to Other Sites
This blog may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via the Contact Form on our website at www.theclickybasement.org.