

COOKIE POLICY
Welcome to Author Veronica Sanders and my website at www.authorveronicasanders.com operated by me, Author Veronica Sanders, 31966B South Grade Road, P O. Box 152, Palomar Mountain, CA 92060, USA, and the third parties acting on my behalf (“Veronica Sanders Author”, “we”, “us”, “our”) acting as the Data Controller.
Below you will find more information about cookies, what they are, which cookies we use, what our purpose for using them is, and how to block or delete cookies. Some cookies may also use your Personal Data, and to that extent, we ask you to refer to our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about the cookies we use or about our data protection practices in general, please email us using vs@authorveronicasanders.com with “Data Protection” in the subject line.
WHY DO WE HAVE A COOKIE POLICY?
The provision of information about our use of cookies is required and set out in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the subsequent amendments from the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (“CPRA”) and the EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”).
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
On this website, we use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored in the memory of your device via your browser. Cookies store certain information (e.g., your preferred language or page settings), which can be sent back to us by your browser when you visit the website again (depending on the lifetime of the cookie).
WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE?
We distinguish between two categories of cookies:
Essential or necessary cookies. These cookies are essential or necessary to ensure that a website works properly and is secure so that you can navigate a website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain features of a website would not function, and thus you would not be able to use certain services.
Optional Cookies. These cookies are nonessential for the website to function and require your consent. When it comes to optional cookies, the following distinctions are made:
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Functional cookies or sometimes called convenience cookies. These cookies allow a website to remember the options a user has made (including user IDs stored, consents given, or languages selected) and other personalization options you have selected when browsing.
-
Analysis and performance cookies, which are used to monitor and improve the function and service of a website. Those can track down problems when using a website, facilitate online surveys, record visitor numbers, and provide analytics metrics.
-
Advertising cookies or targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customized advertising to the user.
The CCPA/CPRA and PECD, require us to ask for your consent when using Optional Cookies. Further, as the CCPA/CPRA and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) also require a legal basis for the use of Personal Data, the use of cookies would then be your consent as well as our legitimate interest.
SUBJECT TO YOUR CONSENT
We only use Optional Cookies if you have allowed us to do so by ticking the "Accept" checkbox in our consent management tool.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics based on our legitimate interest and your consent, a web analytics service provided by Google, on our website. Google Analytics also uses cookies to enable our website to analyze how users use our website across multiple devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored by Google, including transmission to the United States. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:
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3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address),
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the website called up,
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the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer),
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the subpages accessed from the website,
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the time spent on the website, and
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the frequency with which the website is accessed.
Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The use of this service is based on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time using our cookie preference pop-up. The legal basis for the processing is also your consent. In relation to the data transfer into the USA Google’s processing agreement for Google Analytics can be read here.
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics with future effect by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser following this link
Wix Analytics
Our website uses the analytics service “Wix Analytics”, a service of Wix.com Ltd. Wix Analytics is used to collect and store various user data for optimization and marketing purposes and to process and summarize this data in anonymized form in statistical reports. This includes login data, time zone setting, operating system and platform, information about visits including URL, session duration, number of pages viewed per session, search terms, information about what you have searched for or viewed on our site, website response time, and conversion rates. The data collected via Wix Analytics will not be used to personally identify the visitor of our website without consent and will not be merged with other personal data. The legal basis for the processing is your consent. In relation to the data transfer to Wix in Israel, Wix’s processing agreement can be read here.
Pixel Cookies and Tags
We use so-called pixel cookies and tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our website. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our website and the device used (so-called event data).
Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our website by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted event data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.
For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Google, Facebook and Instagram.
HOW CAN I MANAGE COOKIES?
Browser control
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through the cookie settings, which can be customized for giving your consent to the use of cookies. In addition, most browsers will enable you to review and delete cookies. To do so, please refer to the documentation provided by your browser manufacturer by following the for you relevant link Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.
Pop-Up Consent Tool
We offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them. This permits you to make an informed decision about the cookies we use. You are free to accept or reject cookies, but note that after rejecting them, browsing our website might be less user-friendly and the relevant content might be affected.
In addition, if you do not wish to participate in advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking, you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only), Google Ad Settings, Facebook Ad Settings, and Instagram Ad Settings.
HELP AND COMPLAINTS
If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us by email using vs@authorveronicasanders.com with “Data Protection” in the subject line.
CHANGES
The first version of this policy was issued on Friday, January 31st, 2025, and is the current version. Any prior versions are invalid, and if we make changes to this policy, we will revise the effective date.
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COOKIE POLICY
Welcome to Author Veronica Sanders and my website at www.authorveronicasanders.com operated by me, Author Veronica Sanders, 31966B South Grade Road, P O. Box 152, Palomar Mountain, CA 92060, USA, and the third parties acting on my behalf (“Veronica Sanders Author”, “we”, “us”, “our”) acting as the Data Controller.
Below you will find more information about cookies, what they are, which cookies we use, what our purpose for using them is, and how to block or delete cookies. Some cookies may also use your Personal Data, and to that extent, we ask you to refer to our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about the cookies we use or about our data protection practices in general, please email us using vs@authorveronicasanders.com with “Data Protection” in the subject line.
WHY DO WE HAVE A COOKIE POLICY?
The provision of information about our use of cookies is required and set out in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the subsequent amendments from the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (“CPRA”) and the EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”).
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
On this website, we use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored in the memory of your device via your browser. Cookies store certain information (e.g., your preferred language or page settings), which can be sent back to us by your browser when you visit the website again (depending on the lifetime of the cookie).
WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE?
We distinguish between two categories of cookies:
Essential or necessary cookies. These cookies are essential or necessary to ensure that a website works properly and is secure so that you can navigate a website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain features of a website would not function, and thus you would not be able to use certain services.
Optional Cookies. These cookies are nonessential for the website to function and require your consent. When it comes to optional cookies, the following distinctions are made:
-
Functional cookies or sometimes called convenience cookies. These cookies allow a website to remember the options a user has made (including user IDs stored, consents given, or languages selected) and other personalization options you have selected when browsing.
-
Analysis and performance cookies, which are used to monitor and improve the function and service of a website. Those can track down problems when using a website, facilitate online surveys, record visitor numbers, and provide analytics metrics.
-
Advertising cookies or targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customized advertising to the user.
The CCPA/CPRA and PECD, require us to ask for your consent when using Optional Cookies. Further, as the CCPA/CPRA and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) also require a legal basis for the use of Personal Data, the use of cookies would then be your consent as well as our legitimate interest.
SUBJECT TO YOUR CONSENT
We only use Optional Cookies if you have allowed us to do so by ticking the "Accept" checkbox in our consent management tool.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics based on our legitimate interest and your consent, a web analytics service provided by Google, on our website. Google Analytics also uses cookies to enable our website to analyze how users use our website across multiple devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored by Google, including transmission to the United States. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:
-
3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address),
-
the website called up,
-
the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer),
-
the subpages accessed from the website,
-
the time spent on the website, and
-
the frequency with which the website is accessed.
Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The use of this service is based on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time using our cookie preference pop-up. The legal basis for the processing is also your consent. In relation to the data transfer into the USA Google’s processing agreement for Google Analytics can be read here.
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics with future effect by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser following this link
Wix Analytics
Our website uses the analytics service “Wix Analytics”, a service of Wix.com Ltd. Wix Analytics is used to collect and store various user data for optimization and marketing purposes and to process and summarize this data in anonymized form in statistical reports. This includes login data, time zone setting, operating system and platform, information about visits including URL, session duration, number of pages viewed per session, search terms, information about what you have searched for or viewed on our site, website response time, and conversion rates. The data collected via Wix Analytics will not be used to personally identify the visitor of our website without consent and will not be merged with other personal data. The legal basis for the processing is your consent. In relation to the data transfer to Wix in Israel, Wix’s processing agreement can be read here.
Pixel Cookies and Tags
We use so-called pixel cookies and tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our website. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our website and the device used (so-called event data).
Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our website by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted event data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.
For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Google, Facebook and Instagram.
HOW CAN I MANAGE COOKIES?
Browser control
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through the cookie settings, which can be customized for giving your consent to the use of cookies. In addition, most browsers will enable you to review and delete cookies. To do so, please refer to the documentation provided by your browser manufacturer by following the for you relevant link Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.
Pop-Up Consent Tool
We offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them. This permits you to make an informed decision about the cookies we use. You are free to accept or reject cookies, but note that after rejecting them, browsing our website might be less user-friendly and the relevant content might be affected.
In addition, if you do not wish to participate in advertising personalization or retargeting/tracking, you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only), Google Ad Settings, Facebook Ad Settings, and Instagram Ad Settings.
HELP AND COMPLAINTS
If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us by email using vs@authorveronicasanders.com with “Data Protection” in the subject line.
CHANGES
The first version of this policy was issued on Friday, January 31st, 2025, and is the current version. Any prior versions are invalid, and if we make changes to this policy, we will revise the effective date.
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