Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 31, 2026
1. Introduction
ALPARAISO.media is an independent analytical online publication available at https://alparaiso.media.
We respect our visitors’ privacy and aim to explain transparently what personal data we process, why we process it, and how we protect it.
Data controller: Lupinos Oleksij.
Privacy contact: editorial@alparaiso.media.
2. Information We Process
When you use our website, we may process the following information:
- Technical information, including IP address, browser type, device details, request date and time, and pages visited.
- Analytics information, including page views, traffic sources, approximate geographic location and interactions with our content, subject to Google Analytics 4 settings and applicable consent.
- Cookie preferences and consent choices.
- Contact information and messages voluntarily submitted to our editorial team.
3. Purposes and Legal Bases
We process information to operate and secure the website, respond to readers’ enquiries, understand website usage and improve our editorial content.
Depending on the purpose, processing is based on our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the website, the need to respond to a visitor’s request, or the visitor’s consent, particularly for optional analytics cookies.
4. Google Analytics and Cookies
We use Google Analytics 4 through Google Site Kit to understand website traffic.
We use Complianz to manage visitors’ cookie consent. Analytics cookies are managed according to the choices visitors make. You can reject optional cookies or change your preferences through the website’s privacy settings.
Further information about cookie categories, purposes and retention periods is available in our separate Cookie Policy.
5. Sharing Information
We use third-party technical service providers, including HostPro for website hosting and Google for website analytics.
Some information may be processed outside Ukraine or the European Economic Area. Where applicable, legally recognised safeguards for international data transfers are used.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, comply with applicable legal obligations and maintain website security.
Server log retention periods are determined by the relevant settings and policies of our hosting provider, HostPro.
Website analytics data is retained according to our Google Analytics 4 configuration.
Editorial correspondence is retained for as long as necessary to respond to enquiries, maintain relevant communications and fulfil legal obligations.
Further information about cookies and consent preferences is available in our separate Cookie Policy.
7. Your Rights
Depending on the applicable law, you may request access to your personal information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing or object to processing, and exercise other rights available to you.
You may withdraw your consent to optional cookies through the website’s consent preferences. Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out lawfully before consent was withdrawn.
You may also lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
8. Security and Updates
We use organisational and technical measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss and misuse.
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in law, technology or our data processing activities. The current version will be published on this page.
Privacy enquiries: editorial@alparaiso.media.