# Privacy Policy of Locus Mariologicus
Your privacy is important to us. It is the policy of Locus Mariologicus to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect on the Locus Mariologicus website, and other sites that we own and operate. We only request personal information when we truly need it to provide you with a service. We do this through fair and legal means, with your knowledge and consent. We also explain why we are collecting and how it will be used. We retain collected information only for the time necessary to provide the requested service. When we store data, we protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copy, use, or modification. We do not share personal identifying information publicly or with third parties unless required by law.
Our site may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and we cannot accept responsibility for their respective privacy policies. You are free to refuse our request for personal information, understanding that this might prevent us from providing some desired services. Continued use of our site is considered acceptance of our practices regarding privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, please contact us.
# Locus Mariologicus Cookie Policy
## What are cookies?
As is common practice in most professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are small files downloaded to your computer to improve your experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however, doing so may degrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
## How we use cookies?
We use cookies for several reasons, detailed below:
– **Account-related cookies:** If you create an account with us, we use cookies to manage the registration process and general administration. These cookies are usually deleted when you log out, but in some cases, they might remain afterward to remember your site preferences upon exit.
– **Login cookies:** We use cookies when you’re logged in so that we can remember this action. This prevents you from having to log in every time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure you can access only the resources and areas intended for logged-in users.
– **Email newsletter cookies:** This site offers email subscription services or newsletters, and cookies may be used to remember if you’re registered and to display valid notifications only to subscribers/non-subscribers.
– **Order processing cookies:** We use cookies to ensure that your order is remembered across pages, enabling us to process it properly.
– **Research cookies:** Periodically, we conduct surveys and questionnaires to gather interesting information, useful tools, or to better understand our user base. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already participated in a survey or to provide accurate results after page changes.
– **Form cookies:** When you submit data through forms on pages like contact or comment forms, cookies can be set to remember user details for future correspondence.
– **Site preferences cookies:** To provide a great experience on this site, we offer functionality to set your preferences how our site is run when you use it. To remember these preferences, we need to set cookies so that information can be retrieved whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.
– **Third-party cookies:** In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you may encounter through our site.
This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widely used and trusted web analytics solutions, to help us understand how you use the site and improve your experience. These cookies can track items like how long you spend on the site or pages visited, enabling us to continue delivering engaging content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please visit the official Google Analytics page.
Third-party analytics are used to track and measure our site’s usage, so we can continue producing attractive content. These cookies may track items such as how long you spend on the site or pages visited, helping us understand how we can improve the site for you. Periodically, we test new features and make subtle changes to how the site appears. While still testing new features, these cookies can ensure you receive a consistent experience while on the site, while we understand which optimizations our users appreciate most. As we sell products, it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many visitors to our site actually make a purchase. This is crucial for you as it means we can accurately forecast business costs and analyze advertising expenses and product pricing to ensure the best possible price.
## More information
We hope this policy is clear. As mentioned above, if you’re unsure whether or not you need a cookie, it’s generally safer to leave it enabled, especially while interacting with features on our site that require them. This policy is effective as of August 2020.