Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 18, 2026
Last updated: August 18, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, stored, and protected when you visit luigialbanese.com, join the mailing list, submit a contact form, or leave a comment.

Who We Are

This website is the official website of Luigi Albanese, author of The Contractor’s Survival Guide.

Website: luigialbanese.com

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact:

Privacy Officer: Luigi Albanese
Email: privacy@luigialbanese.com

Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following information:

Your name
Your email address
Information you voluntarily include in a contact message
Comments you submit to the website
Your IP address and browser information when you leave a comment
Basic technical information required for the operation and security of the website

We only collect information that is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

Mailing List

If you voluntarily join the mailing list, we collect your email address so that we can notify you about the release of The Contractor’s Survival Guide and send occasional author or book-related updates.

Your email address is stored within the website’s WordPress database and is accessible only to authorized website administration.

You may withdraw your consent and ask to be removed from the mailing list at any time by contacting contact@luigialbanese.com or by using the unsubscribe option provided in our email communications.

We do not sell or rent our mailing list to third parties.

Contact Form

When you use the Contact form, we collect the name, email address, and message you provide.

This information is used only to respond to your inquiry and for any necessary follow-up related to your message.

Email messages are transmitted using the website’s email and SMTP services. These systems may process technical delivery information necessary to send and receive the message.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information to assist with security and spam detection.

Comments are reviewed before being published.

An anonymized version of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use a Gravatar profile. If your comment is approved and you use Gravatar, your profile image may appear publicly beside your comment.

Your email address itself is not displayed publicly with your comment.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name and email address in cookies. These cookies are provided for convenience so that you do not have to enter the same information again when leaving another comment.

The website may also use cookies that are necessary for basic website functionality, security, and administration.

Administrative login cookies apply only to authorized website administrators.

If additional analytics, advertising, or tracking technologies are introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.

Third-Party Services

The website may rely on third-party service providers when necessary to operate the site, deliver email, prevent spam, host website content, or provide features such as Gravatar.

These service providers may process only the information necessary to provide their services.

Depending on the location of a service provider or its servers, personal information may be processed or stored outside Quebec or Canada and may therefore be subject to the laws of another jurisdiction.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

Embedded Content and External Links

The website may include links or embedded content from third-party websites, including services such as Amazon, social media platforms, videos, or other external websites.

When you interact with third-party content or leave this website through an external link, the privacy practices of that third party apply. Those websites may collect information or use cookies according to their own privacy policies.

How We Use Personal Information

Personal information collected through this website may be used to:

Respond to questions or inquiries
Manage mailing-list subscriptions
Send requested book and author updates
Review, moderate, and display comments
Maintain website security and prevent spam or abuse
Operate and improve the website
Meet applicable administrative or legal obligations

We do not use the information collected through this website for purposes unrelated to those described above without obtaining appropriate consent where required.

How Long We Keep Information

Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for applicable administrative, security, or legal requirements.

Mailing-list information may be retained until you unsubscribe or request its removal.

Comments and associated information may be retained for as long as the comment remains published or as reasonably necessary for moderation and website administration.

Contact-form correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to and manage the inquiry.

Security

Reasonable administrative and technological safeguards are used to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, or alteration.

The website uses secure connections and access to administrative areas is restricted to authorized users.

No method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may request:

Access to personal information we hold about you
Correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information
Withdrawal of your consent where consent is the basis for collection or use
Deletion of personal information where applicable
Information about how your personal information is being used or disclosed
Portability of eligible personal information where applicable

You may also submit a question or complaint regarding the handling of your personal information.

Requests can be sent to:

Luigi Albanese
Privacy Officer
privacy@luigialbanese.com

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a privacy request.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, its services, or its privacy practices.

The date of the latest update will appear at the top of this page. Where appropriate, significant changes may also be communicated through a notice on the website.

Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information:

Luigi Albanese
Privacy Officer
Email: privacy@luigialbanese.com
Website: luigialbanese.com