Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Essences of Life ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website essencesoflife.love. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

• Contact Information: When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content.
• Communications: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.

Information Collected Automatically

• Device Information: Browser type, operating system, device type, and screen resolution.
• Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on site, referring URLs, and click patterns.
• Cookies: Small text files stored on your device. See our Cookie section below for details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• To send newsletters and marketing communications (with your consent)
• To improve our website and user experience
• To analyze website traffic and usage patterns
• To comply with legal obligations
• To protect our rights and prevent fraud

4. Affiliate Disclosure

We are an affiliate partner of BEWIT. When you click on product links and make purchases on bewit.love, we may earn a commission. This affiliate relationship means some cookies and tracking may be shared with BEWIT.

Your purchases on BEWIT are subject to their privacy policy, not ours. We encourage you to review BEWIT's privacy policy before making purchases.

5. Cookies

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit websites. They help websites remember your preferences and understand how you use the site.

Cookies We Use

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
eol_theme	Remembers your light/dark mode preference	1 year
affiliate_ref	Tracks affiliate referrals	200 days
cookie_consent	Stores your cookie consent preferences	1 year

Managing Cookies

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, blocking cookies may affect website functionality.

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• Google Analytics: Website analytics (with your consent)
• BEWIT: Affiliate tracking when you visit their site

These third parties have their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

Under GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of Access: Request a copy of your personal data we hold.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
• Right to Restriction: Request restriction of processing your data.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your data for certain purposes.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.

9. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary:

• Newsletter subscriptions: Until you unsubscribe
• Contact form inquiries: Up to 2 years
• Analytics data: Up to 26 months

10. International Transfers

Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers in compliance with GDPR.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

12. Contact Us