Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 4 October 2010

Thank you for visiting astoichkov.com. Your privacy is important to me, and I am committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, and safeguard your data while you use my website.

Information I collect

I collect information through Google Analytics to better understand how visitors interact with my website. This information includes:

  • Your IP address
  • Browser type
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of visit
  • Referring website
  • Demographics (age, gender, interests) if available

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

How I Use Your Information

The data collected is used to analyze website traffic, improve the website content, and optimize your browsing experience. I do not use this data to identify individual users, and it is not shared with third parties for commercial purposes.

Cookies

I use cookies to collect information about your browsing behavior on my website. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can control and manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.

If you leave a comment on my site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Third-Party Links

My website may contain links to third-party websites. I am not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. Please review their respective privacy policies.

Your Choices

You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy as necessary. Please check this page periodically for any changes. The date of the latest update will be displayed at the bottom of this page.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Me

If you have any questions or concerns about the privacy practices, please contact me at hi@astoichkov.com.

By using this website, you consent to this Privacy Policy.

Last update: 26 October 2023