Privacy policy

Last updated: 17 February 2024

At Productive Fish, we are deeply committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring a secure online experience. In our Privacy Policy, we outline the measures and practices we have implemented to protect your personal data and maintain transparency about the ways our website deals with it.

Our policy covers the automatic generation of anonymized logs to analyze website traffic patterns for improving user experience while respecting your privacy by ensuring your IP address is anonymized. We also detail our approach to cookies, explicitly stating our decision not to use any first-party or third-party cookies to prioritize your privacy and prevent tracking of your online activity.

Furthermore, we discuss our newsletter subscription process, managed through Substack, emphasizing the secure handling of your email addresses and our commitment to use these solely for the purpose of sending newsletters, with a double confirmation process to enhance security and prevent unauthorized subscriptions.

Additionally, our policy addresses the inclusion of affiliate links on our site, clarifying that while we earn commissions through these links, we do not collect personal information through them, and any data collection is subject to the affiliate program's privacy policy.

We constantly review and update our Privacy Policy to adapt to new challenges and ensure it remains effective in protecting your privacy. For any questions or concerns about our practices or your personal data, we encourage you to contact us directly.

1. Logs

Each time a user visits our website or uses some of it's features, our system automatically sends a request to our API to generate a log. This process is designed to help us understand website traffic patterns and improve user experience. The information collected in these logs includes:

1.1 Anonymization of IP Addresses

To respect our users' privacy, we anonymize IP addresses in our access logs by hiding the last octet. For example, if the original IP address is 192.168.1.1, it is stored as 192.168.1.xxx. This measure ensures that the IP addresses in our logs cannot be used to identify any individual personally.

1.2 Use of Access Data

The anonymized access data collected is used solely for the purpose of analyzing website traffic and usage patterns. This analysis helps us enhance our website's functionality, performance, and the overall user experience. We do not use access data to track individual users or their browsing behavior.

1.3 Sharing of Access Data

We do not share the anonymized log data collected with any third parties, except as required by law or to protect our rights and interests.

1.4 Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of access data, protecting it against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

1.5 Your Rights

In line with data protection laws, you have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to access, correct, and delete any personal data we may hold about you. Since the IP addresses in our access logs are anonymized and cannot be used to identify you, exercising these rights regarding log data may not be applicable. However, if you have concerns or questions about your data, please contact us.

2. Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive.

At Productive Fish, we prioritize your privacy above all. To ensure a secure and private browsing experience, our site does not use first-party or third-party cookies. We have consciously chosen not to integrate third-party services such as Google Analytics or Google Adsense. This decision is a testament to our commitment to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring that your online activity remains confidential and untracked by us or any third parties.

3. Newsletter subscription

Our site on some of its pages provides a newsletter subscription form that allows users to subscribe to our newsletter. Our subscription service is powered by Substack (substack.com), a third-party service provider, to manage our email subscriptions and distribute our newsletters.

3.1 Subscription Process and Data Handling

When you subscribe to our newsletter using the subscription form on our site, your email address is directly sent to Substack's API. This process enables your subscription without storing your email address on our servers. We do not collect or store the email addresses of our subscribers. All subscriber data is managed and stored securely by Substack, adhering to their privacy policies and data protection measures.

3.2 Double Confirmation for Enhanced Security

To further protect your privacy and ensure the authenticity of subscriptions, we have configured a double confirmation (also known as double opt-in) process via Subtack settings. After submitting your email address through our subscription form, you will receive a confirmation email from Substack. This email contains a verification link that you must click to confirm your subscription. This extra step is crucial for preventing unauthorized subscriptions and ensuring that only genuine subscribers receive our newsletter. Your email address will only appear on our subscription list after you have completed this confirmation step.

3.3 Data Use and Privacy

The email address you provide for the newsletter subscription is exclusively used for the purpose of sending you our newsletter and updates related to Productive Fish. Substack may collect and use your data according to their own policies, which we recommend reviewing for more information on how they manage subscriber data. We do not use your email address for any other purposes without your explicit consent, nor do we share it with any third parties not involved in the newsletter distribution process.

3.4 Your Rights and Preferences

You have the right to unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. Each newsletter contains an unsubscribe link that allows you to opt-out of receiving further communications from us. Additionally, you can manage your subscription preferences directly through Substack, should you wish to update your email address or modify your subscription settings.

Our site may contain affiliate links in some of its articles. These links allow us to earn a commission when a user clicks on them and makes a purchase.

We only promote products and services that we believe are of value to our audience. We do not collect any personal information from users through these affiliate links, and any information that is collected is done so by the affiliate program and is subject to their own privacy policies.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party websites or services linked to our site.

5. Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 17 February 2024 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email — team(at)productive(dot)fish.