1. Scope and publication

This policy explains information handling on goddesscouturenews.com, the Goddess Couture News magazine website, including its forms, shopping pages and private newsroom. Goddess Couture News is part of the Lifestyle Elevation Media Foundation News brand. Separate services and linked websites may have their own privacy policies.

2. Information you provide

Contact forms collect first name, last name, email address, city, state/country or location, and message. Advertising inquiries collect these details and may include company/brand and advertising interest. Newsletter signup collects first name, last name and email address.

Authorized staff accounts involve account identifiers, sign-in information, assigned roles and editorial activity. The private workspace stores articles, photographs, video links and administrative review records submitted by staff. Avoid including passwords, government identifiers, payment-card details or unnecessary sensitive personal information in messages or editorial material.

3. Technical information

Hosting, security and analytics services may process IP addresses, browser/device information, page requests, referrers, timestamps, cookies or similar identifiers and service diagnostics. Google Analytics measures public page activity. We do not intentionally include names, email addresses or inquiry messages in our page-view events.

Our manual page-view tracking excludes sign-in, password-reset and newsroom dashboard paths and omits query parameters. This is not a claim that every third-party script or diagnostic record excludes all administrative activity.

4. How information is used

We use information to respond to inquiries, review pitches, record subscription requests, administer approved staff access, publish approved editorial content, maintain administrative records, operate and protect the website, diagnose problems and understand aggregate readership.

Contact and newsletter entries are stored privately before an owner Gmail notification is attempted. Advertising entries are stored privately; the current advertising action does not automatically email them. A stored entry may remain available even if an email notification fails.

5. Newsletter choices

Signup is optional and is not required to read the magazine or send an inquiry. The current form saves subscription requests and sends an owner notification; it does not automatically run marketing campaigns.

Request subscription removal through Contact or Email us. Any marketing communications we send should include an unsubscribe method. An inquiry does not by itself constitute marketing consent.

6. Service providers and disclosures

Lovable and Lovable Cloud support website hosting, authentication, private records and uploaded media. GoDaddy-hosted WordPress supplies the historical archive and legacy images. Google/Gmail supports form notifications and Google sign-in; Google Analytics supports audience measurement.

Approved editorial and technical personnel can access information needed for their work. Staff may use an AI Gateway draft helper to obtain headline and summary suggestions from submitted story text; model-service providers may process that text to produce suggestions. Suggestions do not automatically publish a story.

Information may also be disclosed where legally required or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety or systems. We do not publish reader contact details merely because a person sends an inquiry. We do not collect checkout details through the magazine’s affiliate links; retailers process purchases on their own sites.

7. Cookies, analytics and embedded services

Google Analytics may use cookies or similar identifiers to measure readership and referrals. Staff sign-in uses browser session storage mechanisms. YouTube privacy-enhanced players, ShopMy collections and other embedded or linked services may receive technical information when loaded or used and may apply their own cookies and tracking practices. Privacy-enhanced YouTube playback does not mean no information is transmitted.

You can manage cookies and site storage in your browser and review Google Analytics opt-out options at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Blocking storage may affect sign-in or embedded services. This website does not currently provide a dedicated cookie-consent preference panel; browser settings are not a substitute for any consent or opt-out controls required by applicable law.

Google’s and ShopMy’s policies govern their own processing. Analytics and affiliate technologies may raise sale, sharing or targeted-advertising questions under some laws; this policy does not make an unverified promise that those legal categories never apply. Contact us about applicable privacy choices.

8. Security and retention

The website uses HTTPS, form validation and restricted staff access for private submissions. A hidden form field helps detect simple automated submissions. These measures do not guarantee that spam, unauthorized access or data loss cannot occur.

We retain information as reasonably needed for the purposes described here, operational records, security and applicable legal obligations. There is no single fixed retention period published for all records. Copies in email, logs or backups may have different retention schedules. Contact us to request review or deletion where applicable.

9. Your privacy requests

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability, withdraw consent, or opt out of qualifying sales, sharing or targeted advertising. Contact us using the links below; we may verify identity and assess applicable exceptions before responding.

Do not send passwords or identity documents in an initial request. We do not charge for or discriminate against valid privacy-rights requests except as allowed by applicable law. Service-specific privacy controls may also be available directly from third-party providers.

10. Children and international services

The magazine is intended for a general adult readership. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, contact us so we can review and take appropriate action. Please do not knowingly submit children’s personal information through our general forms.

Our service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Applicable protections and provider arrangements vary; we do not promise that all processing remains in one jurisdiction.

11. Links, updates and contact

Retailers, social networks, advertisers and the separate Submit Your Story website maintain their own practices. Review their policies before sharing information or buying products.

We may update this policy as services and information practices change. The effective date will be revised and further notice provided where required. For privacy questions, subscription removal or data requests, use our Contact page or Email us below.