Privacy Policy

1. About IVM Life

IVM Life is an independent editorial publication. For questions about this policy or the website, contact hello@ivmlife.com.

2. Information we collect

IVM Life does not currently require visitors to create accounts, subscribe to a newsletter, submit comments, or complete a contact form.

We may receive information that you choose to provide when you contact us by email, including your name, email address and the contents of your message.

We also receive technical and usage information through analytics services described below.

3. Google Analytics

IVM Life uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website, including traffic, pages viewed and general usage patterns. We use this information to understand readership and improve the website.

Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to distinguish sessions and measure website activity. Information collected through Google Analytics is handled according to Google's applicable policies and settings.

4. Cookies

IVM Life may use cookies and similar technologies, including those associated with Google Analytics. Cookies are small files or identifiers stored or accessed through your browser that can help a website remember information or measure usage.

You can manage or restrict cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some websites or services function.

5. Google Search Console

We use Google Search Console to understand how IVM Life appears in search results and to monitor the technical performance of the website. Search Console is used for site and search-performance information rather than as a user account or subscription service.

6. Hosting and third-party services

IVM Life is hosted on Vercel. As part of providing hosting and related infrastructure, technical information may be processed by the services involved in delivering the website.

We do not currently use advertising networks, affiliate programmes, embedded third-party content, or a newsletter platform on IVM Life.

7. Email and future submissions

If you contact IVM Life by email, we use the information you provide to respond to your message and, where relevant, consider your request or submission.

IVM Life may accept reader-submitted material in the future. If that happens, information voluntarily provided with a submission will be handled for reviewing, communicating about, and potentially publishing that material, subject to the terms communicated at the time.

8. How we use information

We use information we receive to operate and maintain the website, understand readership, improve the site and respond to people who contact us.

We do not currently sell personal information or use it for advertising purposes.

9. Data retention and security

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain records where appropriate, or to meet applicable legal obligations.

We take reasonable measures to protect information handled by IVM Life and the services we use. No method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Your rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information held about you, including rights to request access, correction, deletion or other action in relation to that information.

To make a privacy-related request, contact hello@ivmlife.com.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, services or applicable requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page with its updated date.

12. Contact

For questions about privacy or how IVM Life handles information, write to hello@ivmlife.com.