Privacy Policy for Cristen GiangarraLast updated: August 16, 2026This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. We collect, use, and disclose Your information as described in this Privacy Policy and, where required by applicable law, only where We have a valid legal basis to do so, including Your consent (where consent is required).
Interpretation and DefinitionsThe words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to Cristen Giangarra.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website, among its many uses.
Country/State refers to: California, United States.
Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data (or "Personal Information") is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. We use "Personal Data" and "Personal Information" interchangeably unless a law uses a specific term.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
User means any individual who accesses or uses the Service.
Website refers to Cristen Giangarra, accessible from www.cristengiangarra.com.
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal InformationPersonal Data. While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: email address, and first name and last name.
Usage Data. Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service.
Tracking Technologies and CookiesWe use tracking technologies (such as cookies) to track the activity and to improve Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Service.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of Our Service may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Where required by law, We use non-essential cookies only with Your consent. You can withdraw or change Your consent at any time using Our cookie preferences tool (if available) or through Your browser or device settings. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies. Type: Session. Administered by: Us. Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies. Type: Persistent. Administered by: Us. Purpose: These Cookies identify whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website and record the consent choices You have made, so that We can honor those choices on future visits.
Functionality Cookies. Type: Persistent. Administered by: Us. Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as language preference, so You do not have to re-enter Your preferences every time You use the Website.
Use of Your Personal DataThe Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain Our Service, including to monitor the usage of Our Service.
For the performance of a contract, including the development, compliance and undertaking of any agreement for products or services You have purchased through the Service.
To contact You by email or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, essays, and general information about goods, services and events which We offer that are similar to those that You have already purchased or inquired about. We send such communications only where permitted by applicable law. Where prior consent is required, for example under the laws applicable in the EEA and the UK, We will send them only with Your consent. Otherwise, We may send them until You opt out. You may opt out or withdraw Your consent at any time using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email We send, or by contacting Us.
To manage Your requests, meaning to attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, and evaluating and improving Our Service and Your experience.
We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:
With Service Providers, to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service and to contact You.
With Your consent, for any other purpose.
Email Communications and MarketingWe may use Your Personal Data, in particular Your email address, to contact You with newsletters, new essays, announcements, and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send, or by contacting Us. Opting out of marketing communications does not prevent Us from sending You non-promotional messages relating to a request You have made or a transaction You have completed. Where prior consent is required by applicable law, including under the laws applicable in the EEA and the UK, We will only send marketing communications with Your consent, and You may withdraw that consent at any time.
We use a third-party email delivery provider to send and manage these communications. That provider processes Your email address and related information on Our behalf and in accordance with its own privacy commitments.
Our emails may contain small electronic files, sometimes called pixel tags or web beacons, that tell Us whether an email has been opened and whether links within it have been clicked. We use this information to understand which content is useful and to improve what We send. If You prefer not to be tracked in this way, You can configure Your email client to block remote images, or You may unsubscribe at any time.
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal DataThe Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their own Privacy Policies.
Analytics. We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service.
Squarespace Analytics provides analytics as part of the platform that hosts Our Service, including information about page views, traffic sources, and general visitor activity. For more information see https://www.squarespace.com/privacy
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of Our Service, and this data may be shared with other Google services. You can opt out of having Your activity on the Service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy
Payments. We may provide paid products and services within the Service, including services booked or paid for directly through Our Website. In that case, We use third-party services for payment processing. We do not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors, whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. Stripe's Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/privacy
When You complete a transaction through the Service, We may retain records of the transaction, including the products or services purchased, the amount, the date, and Your name and contact details, in order to fulfill the transaction, provide support, and comply with Our legal and tax obligations.
CAPTCHA and Form Protection. We use a CAPTCHA service to protect Our forms from automated abuse, spam submissions, and fraudulent use. Our Service uses the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google to verify that submissions to Our forms are made by a person rather than an automated system. This analysis may begin automatically as soon as You visit a page containing a form and may involve the collection and evaluation of information including Your IP address, browser and device information, the length of Your visit, and Your mouse movements and keystrokes on the page. This information is transmitted to and evaluated by Google. Our use of reCAPTCHA is based on Our legitimate interest in protecting the Service from spam and abuse, and where required by applicable law We will obtain Your consent before loading it. Use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy and Terms of Use at https://policies.google.com/terms
Retention of Your Personal DataThe Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies. Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and reduce identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data. Unless otherwise stated, the retention periods below are maximum periods and We may delete or anonymize data sooner when it is no longer needed.
Mailing list and correspondence are retained for as long as You remain subscribed, plus up to 24 months after unsubscribing or after correspondence closes, to resolve follow-up inquiries and defend against potential legal claims.
Transaction records are retained for as long as required by applicable tax and accounting law.
Usage Data, including website analytics data, cookies, IP addresses and device identifiers, is retained for up to 24 months from the date of collection. Server logs are retained for up to 24 months for security monitoring and troubleshooting.
We may retain Personal Data beyond the periods stated above where We are required by law to retain specific data, where data is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, where You ask Us to retain specific information, or where data exists in backup systems scheduled for routine deletion. You may request information about how long We will retain Your Personal Data by contacting Us.
When retention periods expire, We securely delete or anonymize Personal Data. Deleted Personal Data is removed from Our systems and no longer actively processed. Residual copies may remain in encrypted backups for a limited period consistent with Our backup retention schedule and are not restored except where necessary for security, disaster recovery, or legal compliance. In some cases We convert Personal Data into anonymous statistical data that cannot be linked back to You, and this anonymized data may be retained indefinitely for research and analytics.
Transfer of Your Personal DataYour information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of Your jurisdiction. Where required by applicable law, We will ensure that international transfers of Your Personal Data are subject to appropriate safeguards and, where relevant, supplementary measures. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place.
Delete Your Personal DataYou have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. You may unsubscribe from Our mailing list at any time using the link in any email We send. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Data that You have provided to Us. Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when We have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Disclosure of Your Personal DataBusiness Transactions. If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement. Under certain circumstances, the Company may disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, such as a court or a government agency.
Other Legal Requirements. The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, to protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service, to protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public, or to protect against legal liability.
Security of Your Personal DataThe security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
GDPR PrivacyLegal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR. If You are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, We may process Your Personal Data under the following legal bases:
Consent. You have given Us consent to process Personal Data for one or more specific purposes, such as receiving marketing communications or the placing of non-essential cookies.
Performance of a contract. Processing is necessary to provide You with a product or service You have requested, or to fulfill Our obligations under an agreement with You.
Legal obligations. Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject.
Vital interests. Processing is necessary to protect Your vital interests or those of another natural person.
Public interests. Processing is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Us.
Legitimate interests. Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Us, such as securing Our Service, understanding how it is used, and communicating with people who contact Us, except where those interests are overridden by Your rights and freedoms.
In any case, We will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to a particular processing activity.
Your Rights Under the GDPR. The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right, if You are within the EEA or the UK, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data, meaning the right to access, update or delete the information We have on You.
Request correction of any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data where We are relying on a legitimate interest and there is something about Your particular situation which makes You want to object, and also where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data where there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data to You or to a third party You have chosen, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. This right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use, or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Request restriction of processing of Your Personal Data in certain circumstances.
Withdraw Your consent at any time where We relied on Your consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before You withdrew it.
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights. You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and objection by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try Our best to respond to You as soon as possible, and in any event within one month. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. If You are in the EEA, please contact Your local data protection authority. If You are in the UK, You may contact the Information Commissioner's Office at https://ico.org.uk
CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice for California ResidentsThis section supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and applies solely to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California. We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, and other California privacy laws. Any terms defined in the CCPA/CPRA have the same meaning when used in this section.
Categories of Personal Information Collected. We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which We may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve months:
Category A, Identifiers. Examples include a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, and email address. Collected: Yes.
Category B, personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). Examples include a name, signature, address, telephone number, or credit card number. Collected: Yes.
Category C, protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. Collected: No.
Category D, commercial information. Examples include records and history of products or services purchased or obtained. Collected: Yes.
Category E, biometric information. Collected: No.
Category F, Internet or other similar network activity. Examples include interaction with Our Service. Collected: Yes.
Category G, geolocation data. Examples include approximate physical location derived from IP address. Collected: Yes.
Category H, sensory data. Collected: No.
Category I, professional or employment-related information. Collected: No.
Category J, non-public education information. Collected: No.
Category K, inferences drawn from other personal information. Collected: No.
Category L, Sensitive Personal Information. Collected: No.
Personal information does not include publicly available information from government records, deidentified or aggregated consumer information, or information excluded from the CCPA/CPRA's scope.
Sources of Personal Information. We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following sources:
Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on Our Service, or from information You provide when You subscribe, contact Us, or book a service.
Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on Our Service.
Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or Our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate the Service.
From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors that monitor and analyze the use of Our Service, or that deliver email or process payments on Our behalf.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. We do not sell Your personal information, and We do not share Your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We have not sold or shared personal information in the preceding twelve months. We do not have actual knowledge of any sale or sharing of the personal information of consumers under sixteen years of age.
Use of Sensitive Personal Information. We do not collect or process Sensitive Personal Information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about You. Accordingly, the right to limit the use and disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information does not apply.
Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of personal information are being collected and the purposes for which they are being used.
The right to know or access. You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, disclosure and sharing of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose the categories of personal information We collected about You, the categories of sources, Our business or commercial purpose for collecting it, the categories of third parties with whom We share it, and the specific pieces of personal information We collected about You.
The right to correct inaccurate personal information that We maintain about You.
The right to say no to the sale or sharing of personal information. As stated above, We do not sell or share personal information.
The right to delete Your personal information, subject to certain exceptions, including where the information is necessary for Us to complete a transaction, detect security incidents, comply with a legal obligation, or exercise another right provided for by law.
The right to limit the use of Sensitive Personal Information. As stated above, this right does not apply.
The right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA/CPRA, We will not deny You goods or services, charge You different prices or rates, provide You a different level or quality of goods or services, or suggest that You may receive a different price, rate, level or quality.
Exercising Your CCPA/CPRA Rights. In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA/CPRA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us by visiting www.cristengiangarra.com/contact
Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information. Your request to Us must provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative, and must describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if We cannot verify Your identity or authority to make the request, or confirm that the personal information relates to You.
We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within forty-five days of receiving Your verifiable request. That period may be extended once by an additional forty-five days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice. Any disclosures We provide will only cover the twelve-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt, unless You request a longer period and We are able to provide it.
Authorized Agents. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on Your behalf. If You use an authorized agent, We may require that You provide the agent with written permission to act on Your behalf, and that You verify Your own identity directly with Us.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information. As stated above, We do not sell or share personal information. Accordingly, We do not offer a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link. If Our practices change, We will update this Privacy Policy and provide the required mechanism.
Do Not Track Policy. Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. Some third-party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked, by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581). California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided above, and include the email address associated with Your submission. Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Children's and Minors' PrivacyThe Service is not directed to, and We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from, anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You believe Your child has provided Us with Personal Information, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Information from anyone under the age of 16, We will take steps to remove that information from Our servers as soon as reasonably possible. Some countries and states set a higher age at which an individual can consent to the processing of their own Personal Information. Where We rely on consent as a legal basis and the law applicable to a User sets an age higher than 16, We may require the consent of that User's parent or guardian before We collect and use their Personal Information.
Links to Other WebsitesOur Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy PolicyWe may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective, and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact UsIf You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact Us by visiting this page on Our Website: www.cristengiangarra.com/contact