Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Arveema (“Arveema”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is an independent editorial website at arveema.com that publishes guides on food, home, travel, celebrations, creativity, wellness and everyday life. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the site, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have.

By using Arveema you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us

Arveema does not have user accounts, comments or purchases. We receive personal information only if you choose to contact us, for example by email or through a contact form. That may include your name, email address and the content of your message. We use it only to reply to you and to keep a record of the conversation.

Information collected automatically

When you visit Arveema, our servers and our service providers may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, language, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, and the website that referred you. This is standard for websites and helps us keep the site secure, fix problems and understand which guides are useful.

Information we do not collect

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information, such as health records, financial details or government identifiers, and we ask you not to send them to us.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. Similar technologies, such as pixels and local storage, work in comparable ways. On Arveema they may be used for three purposes:

• Essential: to make the site work and stay secure.
• Analytics: to learn in aggregate how visitors use the site, if we use an analytics service.
• Advertising: to show and measure ads, described in the next section.

You can control cookies in your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site display. Instructions are available for major browsers on their support pages, and at allaboutcookies.org.

4. Advertising, including Google AdSense

Arveema is free to read and is supported by advertising. We use, or may use, Google AdSense and other advertising partners to display ads on the site. These partners may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to show ads based on your interests, to limit how often you see an ad, and to measure ad performance.

In particular:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to Arveema or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to Arveema and/or other sites on the internet.
• Google may use the DoubleClick cookie and similar identifiers as part of this process.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info, or, if you are in Europe, at youronlinechoices.eu.

To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. You can read Google’s own privacy practices in the Google Privacy Policy.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Where the law requires it, we ask for your consent before ads use cookies or other identifiers to personalise ads or to store information on your device. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time through the privacy and cookie settings on the site, where available, or by clearing your cookies.

Ads on Arveema are separate from our editorial content. We do not control the cookies set by advertising partners, and their practices are governed by their own privacy policies.

5. Analytics and site performance

We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to understand how many people visit Arveema, which guides are read, and how visitors arrive. These tools typically collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, device and browser details, and may use cookies. We use this information in aggregate to improve the site. If you prefer not to be included, you can use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

6. Third-party services and links

Arveema uses some services provided by others, including web hosting and content delivery, and Google Fonts, which loads the typefaces used on our pages. When your browser loads fonts or other resources from a third party, that party may receive your IP address and basic device information.

Our guides may link to other websites, such as retailers, venues or reference sources. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. Please read their policies before giving them any information.

7. How we use information

• To provide, secure and maintain the website.
• To understand how the site is used and to improve our guides.
• To show and measure advertising that helps fund the site.
• To respond to your messages, questions and correction requests.
• To prevent fraud, abuse and technical problems.
• To meet our legal obligations.

8. Legal bases for processing (EEA and UK)

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process personal data on these legal bases: your consent (for example, for advertising cookies and, where used, analytics cookies); our legitimate interests in running, securing and improving a free website and responding to enquiries; and, where applicable, compliance with legal obligations.

9. How we share information

We do not sell your personal information in exchange for money. We may share information in these situations:

• Service providers that help us operate the site, such as hosting and analytics providers, who may use the information only to provide their services to us.
• Advertising partners, including Google, as described in the advertising section above.
• Legal and safety reasons, if we are required to by law or to protect the rights, property or safety of Arveema, our visitors or others.
• Business changes, if the site is ever transferred to another owner, in which case this policy will continue to apply to information already collected unless we tell you otherwise.

10. How long we keep information

We keep messages you send us only as long as needed to respond and to keep a reasonable record, and then delete them. Server logs are kept for a limited period for security and troubleshooting. Cookie lifetimes vary and are set by the party that places them. We may keep information longer where the law requires it.

11. Your privacy rights

If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland

You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to certain processing, to receive a copy of it in a portable format, and to withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before you withdrew it. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

If you are in California or another US state with a privacy law

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used, to request deletion or correction, to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising, and not to be treated unfairly for exercising your rights. We do not sell personal information for money. Some advertising cookies described above may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under certain laws, and you can opt out through Google’s Ads Settings and the tools linked in the advertising section. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we will treat it as an opt-out request where the law requires.

How to make a request

To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our contact page. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request, and we will respond within the time required by law.

12. Children’s privacy

Arveema is a general-audience website and is not directed to children under 13, or under 16 where local law sets a higher age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has given us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

13. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect information, and our site is served over a secure HTTPS connection. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

14. International transfers

Arveema and its service providers may process information in countries other than your own, including the United States. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers, such as standard contractual clauses or the protections offered by our providers.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example when our practices or the law change. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated. Significant changes will be highlighted on the site. Please check this page from time to time.

16. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or want to exercise your rights, please get in touch through our contact page or directly mail us to arveema22@gmail.com