Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 1, 2026

This policy describes what happens to information when you read etruschibologna.it, a blog about Etruscan history, archaeology and heritage around Bologna. The operator is the person or organisation running the blog, and when this text says we, it means that operator.

What our servers record

When a page about a necropolis or a museum collection is requested, the server that delivers it normally writes a log entry. That entry may contain your IP address, the time of the request, the address of the page, the browser and device type, and the page that sent you here. We use these logs to keep the blog available, to investigate faults and abuse, and to see in general terms which subjects readers open most.

Cookies and similar tools

Pages here can store small files or use comparable browser storage. Some are essential to display pages correctly. Others, where switched on, count visits, remember a display choice, support advertising, or note which article led you to a bookshop or ticket seller so that an affiliate referral can be credited. Items set by outside providers are governed by those providers’ own rules.

Controlling tracking in your browser

Your browser lets you block cookies, clear stored data and browse privately, and extensions can restrict trackers further. If your browser sends a global privacy or do-not-track signal, we will honour it as an opt-out wherever the tools in use can respond to it. Blocking certain cookies may change how some features of a page work.

Emails and form submissions

If you write to [email protected], we receive your address and anything you decide to include, such as a correction about a bronze mirror or a question about a dig. We use it to answer you, to fix the article and to remember what was discussed. We do not sell messages and will not publish yours without your agreement.

Newsletters

If the blog offers a mailing list, the address you provide is used to send the updates you requested and for nothing else. Anyone who subscribed to updates about new Etruscan articles can leave the list through the instructions in a mailing or by emailing us.

Outside services we rely on

A blog like this depends on outside providers: hosting and content delivery, visitor statistics, advertising and affiliate networks, and embedded material such as maps of archaeological sites or videos of museum galleries. These providers may receive technical details of your visit so their services can function. They handle that data under their own policies, which can differ from ours.

Retention

Visit logs are not kept indefinitely; after a limited time they are erased or condensed into figures that identify nobody. Emails are kept while they help us reply, check a source, correct a page or meet a legal duty, and are erased once that purpose has ended.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may be entitled to ask what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or erased, to object to some uses, to restrict processing and to withdraw consent given earlier. To exercise any of these, email [email protected] and explain your request. We may ask you to confirm your identity first, and we will respond within the period required by law.

Younger readers

Etruschibologna is written for a general audience, including students, but is not aimed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their personal data. A parent or guardian who finds that a child has written to us can ask by email for the message to be deleted, and we will do so.

Keeping data safe

We use secure connections and limit access to the inbox, taking reasonable steps to protect what we hold. No system on the internet is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee complete protection.

Data crossing borders

Some of our providers may process information in other countries, where data protection rules may differ from those where you live. Using the blog means your information may be handled in this way, subject to the safeguards that apply.

Updates to this policy

Changes to the blog’s tools, its advertising arrangements or the law may lead us to rewrite parts of this policy. The effective date above marks the current version, and continuing to read the blog after an update means you accept the revised text.

If you are unhappy

Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time; this does not affect anything done before. See the Cookie Policy page for the cookies in use and how to manage them. Not satisfied with our answer? In the EU, EEA and UK you may complain to your data protection authority (the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK); in Australia, to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.