Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information Mike’s Balance may receive when you use the site, why it may be processed, and how to contact us about privacy questions.
Who we are and how to contact us
Mike’s Balance is the publisher of this website. Privacy questions or requests can be sent to contact@mikesbalance.com. Our postal contact address is PO Box 89, Kappelikuja 6, 02200 Espoo, Finland.
Information we may receive
- Comments: if comments are enabled and you submit one, the site may receive the information entered in the comment form together with technical information such as IP address and browser user-agent data used for moderation, security and spam detection.
- Email: if you contact us by email, we receive the address, message and any information or attachments you choose to provide.
- Accounts and administration: registered or administrative users may have account information and login-related technical data stored by WordPress.
- Uploads: if a feature allows you to upload media, files may contain metadata such as location information. Remove sensitive metadata before uploading.
Cookies
WordPress may use functional cookies for features such as comments, login sessions and administrative preferences. Comment cookies can remember information such as name, email address and website for convenience. Login and administration cookies are primarily relevant to registered or site-management users.
The site has an analytics-consent banner with Accept analytics and Reject analytics buttons. A visitor can change a previous choice using Change analytics consent. Only visitors who explicitly consent can have Google Analytics cookies such as _ga and _ga_<measurement ID> set on their device. Third-party embedded content may set its own cookies independently of Mike’s Balance.
Analytics and advertising tracking
We use Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) to collect page views, approximate location and referral information only after a visitor explicitly agrees to analytics cookies. Google Analytics will not load for visitors who do not consent. Advertising personalization and Google Signals are disabled in our Google Analytics tag. To learn about Google’s data processing, see Google’s privacy policy. The site may also maintain technical hosting and security logs.
You may refuse optional Google Analytics and change your decision through the site’s consent controls. The analytics displayed in our reports may therefore exclude visits by people who decline or block tracking.
Embedded content and external websites
Articles may include embedded videos, images, maps or other content from third-party websites. Embedded content can behave as if you visited the third-party site directly. Those providers may collect data, use cookies or record interactions according to their own privacy policies.
Spam detection, security and service providers
Comments may be checked by automated anti-spam services. Hosting, security and infrastructure providers may process technical information necessary to deliver the site, prevent abuse and maintain availability.
How long information may be retained
Comments and their metadata may be retained so follow-up comments can be recognized and moderated. Account information may be retained while an account exists. Other information may be kept only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was received, site security, administration or legal obligations.
Your privacy choices and requests
Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or other control over personal information associated with you. Some information may need to be retained for administrative, security or legal reasons.
You may change or withdraw optional analytics consent here: Change analytics consent.
To make a privacy request, contact contact@mikesbalance.com.
This policy describes the site as it operates at the date above. If plugins, embedded services, analytics or other data-processing features change, the policy should be reviewed and updated.