Privacy Policy

At EVL Magazine, we believe in keeping things simple, including our privacy policy. We're committed to protecting your personal information and want to be clear about what we collect, why we collect it, and how you can control it.

What Information Do We Collect?
We only collect information you give us when you interact with our site, like your name and email address when you fill out a form or create an account.

How Do We Use Your Information?
We do not use your information at all.

How We Keep Your Data Safe
We take security seriously. We use:
- Vulnerability and malware scanning to protect our site.
- An SSL certificate to ensure your connection is secure.

You’re in Control of Your Data
You have 100% control over the information you provide. You can:
- Remove your account: If you have an account, you can permanently delete it and all your data at any time through the "Delete Account" link in your settings. Once you delete it, it's gone for good.

About Cookies
Yes, we use cookies! But not to track you for advertising. Our cookies are used to:
- Save your preferences for future visits.
- Help us understand site traffic so we can improve the user experience.
- We only set PHP session and CSRF cookies, never tracking cookies.

You can always adjust your browser settings to warn you about or turn off cookies. While this may affect some features, our site is designed to work whether cookies are on or off.

Third-Party Policies
- Your data is safe: We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information to outside parties.
- Third-party links: We might link to other sites, like festival websites, but we don't actively offer third-party products.
- Google: We use Google Fonts for better readability and Google reCAPTCHA to protect our forms from spam. Any data Google collects is subject to their own privacy policies.
- Advertisers: We work with Travelpayouts. We do not use personalized ads.
- Third-Party Tracking: We do not allow third-party behavioral tracking unless it is set by advertisers like Google.

Your Rights
- CalOPPA: As required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act, we promise that you can visit our site anonymously, and we will notify you of any policy changes on this page. You can always change your personal information by logging into your account.
- Do Not Track: We honor "Do Not Track" signals and do not use advertising when this browser setting is active.
- Children’s Privacy: We do not market to children under 18. Our content is created for an adult audience.
- Data Breach: If a data breach were to occur, we would notify users via an on-site notification within one business day.

The CAN-SPAM Act
We are in full compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act. This means:
- We will never send you unsolicited email.
- We only reply to the messages you send us through our contact form.
- You can ask to have your email correspondence removed at any time, and we will promptly delete it.

Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using our Contact Form.