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Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 20, 2026
Aaron and Annabrodea Medina, operating as "The Real Medinas" ("we," "us," or "our"), respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website ( https://www.therealmedinas.com and https://therealmedinas.com ) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
1. Information We Collect
We collect a minimal amount of information to run our website and community effectively:
Information You Provide to Us: We collect your email address when you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter or marketing communications.
Information Collected Automatically (Cookieless Analytics): We believe in privacy-first tracking. We use OpenPanel in cookieless mode to understand how visitors interact with our website. We do not enable session replay. OpenPanel does not use tracking cookies, does not store your IP address permanently, and does not track you across other websites. It temporarily processes minimal data (like your general geographic region, device type, browser type, and pages visited) to give us anonymous, aggregated traffic statistics.
Email Engagement Data: When we send you emails, our email service provider uses industry-standard technologies (like web beacons or pixels) to track whether you opened the email and which links you clicked. This helps us understand what content resonates with our community.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect strictly for the following purposes:
To send you our newsletter, marketing emails, and updates regarding "The Real Medinas."
To understand aggregated website traffic and email engagement to improve our content and user experience.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We only share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business. Specifically:
Email Marketing Providers: We share your email address with our email service provider, AWeber, solely for the purpose of storing our mailing list and sending you our newsletters.
Analytics Providers: Anonymous, aggregated usage data is processed by our cookieless OpenPanel analytics provider to give us website performance metrics.
These providers are bound by their own privacy policies and are not permitted to use your information for their own independent marketing purposes.
4. Your Choices and Rights
Opting Out: You can unsubscribe from our marketing emails and newsletters at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link located at the bottom of every email we send via AWeber.
Data Deletion: If you would like us to completely delete your email address from our records, please contact us at contact@therealmedinas.com , and we will remove it promptly.
5. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites, affiliate products, or social media platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website you visit.
6. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information.
7. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page and, if you are a newsletter subscriber, by sending you an email.
8. Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: contact@therealmedinas.com