Effective July 20, 2026.
The Cruz Poética team (subsequently, “we,” “us,” or “our”) manages www.CruzPoetica.NET (subsequently, “Cruz Poética,” “Website,” or “our site”) and is committed to keeping your Website-related data safe and secure. As such, we strive to protect sensitive information from cyber-harm, and we do this by engaging in existing data-handling practices that conform to current standards and comply with applicable laws.
We only collect information needed by Google Analytics, of which reports allow us to improve our site’s services and to make your user experience as our site visitor better. We also do this to detect and fight spam or other forms of malicious cyber-disruptions.
Browsing Information
Whenever you visit Cruz Poética, we may indirectly (that is, through Google Analytics) collect the following information:
- Your IP Address;
- Your IP Address-derived Geographic Location (country/territory and locality);
- Your Device Type;
- Your Operating System;
- Your Browsing (or Session) Time;
- Your Session Duration; and
- Pages Visited During the Session .
Cookies
Cookies track your browsing activity on Cruz Poética and monitor any interactions you make with us. They help us understand how you appreciate our site (or not), as well as how you can thoroughly enjoy the features we offer, including social-sharing functionality for X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and other external platforms.
Cookies also inform us which of our pages you find interesting (or boring), and they provide indicators that let us tailor our site’s content to your preferences.
Pages on the Website may include embedded content, such as YouTube videos, or external links like Amazon affiliate and Patreon membership links. Embedded content and external links point to other sites, which may use cookies that collect data about you, your browsing activity, and your separate interaction with them.
By visiting Cruz Poética and browsing its content, you consent to the use of cookies.
Your Name and Contact Information
Should you decide to communicate with us through Cruz Poética’s Contact form or via e-mail, we may directly collect the following additional information, as stated in your correspondence:
- Your Name;
- Your E-mail Address;
- Your Interests, Issues, Concerns, Compliments, or Other Forms of Feedback; and
- Your Volunteered Personal Information (as stated in your correspondence) .
Depending on the nature of your correspondence with us, we may likewise collect your personal information from the following:
- Third Parties (but only to whom you have expressly given your consent to furnish us your details); and/or
- Publicly Available Sources .
We will only use your provided name and contact information for the following:
- Replying to your correspondence with us;
- Forming part of the Cruz Poética mailing list, which you have willingly joined for the purpose of receiving non-spammy Cruz Poética notifications, reminders, and/or offers;
- Delivering Cruz Poética products, such as the (free) newsletter, to which you have willingly subscribed; and
- Delivering Cruz Poética services, such as editing, critiquing, and poetry commissions, which you have requested and/or willingly sought.
Never do we intend, and never are we going, to share your name and contact information with any third parties because we are averse to doing this as much as, or even more than, you are. We value the respect and trust you accord us, and we will not allow any entity to destroy—in any way, shape, or form—our respect- and trust-based relationship with you.
Managing Your Personal Information
If you have directly given us your personal information (using Cruz Poética’s Contact form or by messaging us via e-mail, social media, or another channel), you can request to view, modify, update, or delete your personal information that we have received and our records hold.
Requesting to view, modify, update, or delete your personal information that we hold is your right and privilege, except in cases where we are mandated by law to store and submit it in whole or in part to duly recognized authorities.
Please e-mail your request to Manna (at) CruzPoetica (dot) net . We will do our best to act on the matter within thirty (30) calendar days.