Privacy Notice for The Goodia 

This Privacy Notice was last updated on 7/1/2026

What is The Goodia? 

The Goodia (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a destination to be inspired by art, nature and intentional living. We wrote this privacy notice to explain how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and sign up to receive our newsletter (“Services”). Some of the concepts in this notice are technical but we have tried to explain them in a simple and clear way. We recognize that privacy and protection of your personal information is an ongoing responsibility, and we will update this privacy notice when we have updated our personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies. By using our services, you agree to the terms of this privacy notice.

1.     How does The Goodia collect data about me?

1.1 We collect data about you when you:

·       Visit thegoodia.com

·      Sign up for our newsletter 

·      Contact us  

2.     What personal data does The Goodia collect?

2.1 We collect the following personal information when you sign up for our newsletter or contact us: 

·      Name

·      Email address

2.2 We collect the following data automatically when you visit thegoodia.com:

·      IP address

·      Browser type (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)

·      Operating system

·      Device type

·      The pages you visited prior to coming our website

·      Pages you viewed while on our website 

·      How long you stayed on our website

3.     How Does The Goodia Use My Personal Data?

3.1 Newsletters and Announcements 

We use your contact information that you submit to us via a webform on our website to deliver The Goodia’s newsletter 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 at privacy@thegoodia.com

3.2 Website Analytics 

We use the data we collect when you visit thegoodia.com to:

·       Optimize our websites, so they are quick and easy to use

·       Diagnose and debug technical errors

·       Defend our websites from abuse and technical attacks

·       Compile statistics on page/topic popularity

·       Compile statistics on the type of browser and devices our visitors use

We use this information in the aggregate to understand what content you find useful or interesting, so we can produce the most valuable content to meet your needs. 

3.3 Correspondence with The Goodia 

If you correspond with us by email, we may retain such correspondence and the information contained in it and use it to respond to your inquiry or to keep a record of your inquiry, complaint, accommodation request, or similar concern. 

We will store this data for as long as we are in contact with you, or for up to 1 year after your last contact with us. You have the right to request all data related to your private communication with us be deleted at any time by contacting us at privacy@thegoodia.com

4.     What happens if I don’t give The Goodia my personal data?

You can enjoy many of the Goodia’s services without giving us your personal data because a great deal of information on our website is available even to those who do not sign up to receive our newsletter.

5.     How does The Goodia Share and Disclose Personal Data? 

5.1 We may share personal data with:

·      Law enforcement or regulatory authorities if required by law or legal process

·      Third parties in connection with a merger, sale, or restructuring of our business

5.2 The Goodia’s use of Third-Party Services

Third-Party 

Data Collected or Shared

Purpose 

Place of Processing 

Squarespace 

Privacy Policy

https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/

IP address

Browser type 

Operating system

Device type

This is a web hosting provider; we use it to host our website.

USA 

Google Fonts 

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/privacy

Internet browser 

Operating system

Referrer URL 

Squarespace our hosting provider may use embedded Google fonts on our website 

USA

Adobe Fonts 

https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

IP Address 

Squarespace our hosting provider may use embedded Adobe fonts on our website 

USA

Squarespace mailing lists 

https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/

Name

Email Address

Sending newsletters and other email messages to users 

USA 

YouTube 

https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/privacy/

IP Address or referrer URL 

This is a video player; we use it to play our video content

USA

·      The Goodia uses trusted third parties to deliver our services. We may share personal data with these third parties to host our website, secure our services, store data, and provide user support:

6.  Cookies and Tracking Technologies

6.1 The Goodia uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download  

       to a device when a visitor accesses a website. 

·       Necessary cookies so visitors can navigate and use key features on our website. 

·       Non-essential, or analytics and performance cookies, that collect information about how you interact with our site.

The following are the necessary cookies, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you: 

Name 

Purpose and Duration 

_dd_cookie_test

·       Tests if cookies are supported

·       Expires instantly

_dd_s

·       Tracks browser errors

·       Four hours

_dd_site_test

·       Tests if cookies are supported

·       Expires instantly

Ssid

·       Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes 

·       Four years 

squarespace-likes

·       Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post

·       Type: localStorage

·       Persistent

squarespace-video-player-options

·       Remembers video player selected preferences (volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace

·       Type: localStorage

·       Persistent

ss_performancecookiesAllowed

·       Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Performance and Analytics cookies on their browser,

·       30 days

ss_marketingcookiesAllowed

·       Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Marketing cookies on their browser, 

·       30 days

ss_sd

·       Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions

·       Session

Test

·       Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors

·       Session

Non-essential, or analytics and performance cookies may be placed by the following third-parties to help host our site and deliver our services: 

·      YouTube 

·      Adobe Fonts 

·      Google Fonts 

6.2 Browser and Device based Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about the use of cookies on our website. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non-essential cookies.

6.3 Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. 

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. 

6.4 Do Not Track

The Squarespace platform, on which this website is hosted, does not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals. Please note that Do Not Track is a different privacy mechanism than the “Global Privacy Control,” which is a browser-based control that indicates whether you would like to opt out of processing of your personal information for online behavioral advertising purposes. Squarespace websites respond to the Global Privacy Control in California. To opt out of sharing, turn on the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser. Please note that the opt out will only apply to the browser and device you use to send the Global Privacy Control signal. 

7. Transfer of Your Personal Data 

·      The personal information we collect is processed in the United States. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing by us and our affiliates and acquirers. If we transfer or store your information outside the United States we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this privacy notice. No transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

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8. Data Security 

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical controls to protect your information, including: 

·      Limiting the amount of personal data that we collect to the minimum necessary to provide our services 

·      Using SSL encryption or other secure technologies when receiving or sending personal data beyond our networks 

·      Maintaining up-to-date software 

·      The security of your personal information 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 acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Your Privacy Choices and Rights 

9.1 Your choices

·      You can choose not to provide us with personal data 

o   If you choose to do this, you can continue to use the website and browse its pages, but we will not be able to send you The Goodia newsletter without personal data.

●      You can turn off cookies in your browser by changing its settings.

●      You can block cookies by activating a setting on your browser allowing you to refuse cookies. 

●      You can also delete cookies through your browser settings. If you turn off all cookies, you can continue to use the website and browse its pages, but The Goodia may not work effectively.

9.2 The Goodia respects rights under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

●      Your rights

○      You have the right to access information we hold about you.

○      This includes the right to ask us supplementary information about:

●      the categories of data we’re processing

●      the purposes of data processing

●      the categories of third parties to whom the data may be disclosed

●      how long the data will be stored (or the criteria used to determine that period)

○      We will provide you with the information within one (1) month of your request, unless doing so would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (e.g. another person’s confidentiality or intellectual property rights). We’ll tell you if we can’t meet your request for that reason.

○      You have the right to make us correct any inaccurate personal data about you.

●      You can object to us using your data for profiling you or making automated decisions about you. We may use your data to determine whether we should let you know information that might be relevant to you (for example, tailoring emails to you based on your activity on the website). Otherwise, the only circumstances in which we will do this is to provide our services to you.

○      You have the right for your data to not be shared with any third parties or for marketing purposes.

●      We will never share subscriber’s data with any third parties to market to them. If you subscribe to The Goodia newsletter, you will receive an email twice monthly.

○      You have the right to port your data to another service

●      We will give you a copy of your data in CSV so that you can provide it to another service. If you ask us and it is technically possible, we will directly transfer the data to another service for you. We will not do so to the extent that this involves disclosing data about any other individual.

○      You have the right to be ‘forgotten’ by us

●      You can do this by asking us to erase any personal data we hold about you, if it is no longer necessary for us to hold the data for purposes of your use of The Goodia.

○      You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding our use of your data

●      Please contact us first, so we have a chance to address your concerns. If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. 

○      If you have questions about your rights, you can contact us at privacy@thegoodia.com

10. What is the lawful basis for data collection and processing?

The Goodia generally processes your data using 3 of the 6 lawful bases for processing set out in Article 6 of the GDPR:

·       Consent: When you give us clear consent for us to process your personal data. This consent can be easily withdrawn at any time by contacting us at privacy@thegooda.com for assistance with privacy-related matters.

·       Contract: When you give us your personal data in order to participate on services we operate according to our terms of service, or when we require personal data in order to take steps prior to entering a contract or to fulfill a contract.

·       Legitimate interest: When we process your personal data for fraud prevention, network and information security, or other reasons where the processing is required for our own legitimate interests or for those of a third party we work with.

The lawful basis for our processing determines what rights are available to you under the GDPR. This table may be used as a reference.

Activity 

Data Collected 

Lawful Basis 

Explanation 

Visits to The Goodia website 

IP Address, User Agent, Pages Visited

Legitimate Interest 

Required for defending our website from abuse and technical attacks, diagnosing and debugging technical errors, optimizing our websites, and compiling aggregated non-personal statistics for long-term analysis

Newsletter and Mailing  Lists 

Name and

Email address 

Consent

Required for sending you our newsletter and email messages you subscribe to

Contacting Us

Email address, mail server IP, message content

Legitimate Interest 

We have a legitimate interest in processing incoming email information to prevent spam and network abuse

Contacting Us 

Email address, message headers and content

Contract 

We store your messages and process your data in order to provide a response to your communication

12. Does The Goodia comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act and other US state comprehensive privacy laws?

·      The Goodia is not a "business" under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or a “controller” directly subject to other US state comprehensive privacy laws.

·      The Goodia does NOT sell your personal information.

13. Children's Privacy

·      The Goodia website and services are directed to and intended for use only by those who are 18 years of age and over. We do not target The Goodia at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from any person under 18 years of age. 

14. Links to Other Websites

·      Our 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.

15. Where can I Find Out About Changes to this Privacy Notice? 

·      We may update our privacy notice from time to time. We will let you know via email of any updates prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this privacy notice.

·      You are advised to review this privacy notice page periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy notice are effective when they are posted on this page.

 16.  Contact Us

 If you have any questions about this privacy notice, you can contact us:

●      By sending us an email at privacy@thegoodia.com