Last Updated: August 10, 2025
At Sovereign Vitality, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website. By accessing or using Sovereign Vitality, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Email Addresses
If you provide your email address, we will use it solely for sending newsletters, updates, and marketing communications related to Sovereign Vitality. You can unsubscribe from these communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the email or contacting us directly.
Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data (EU/UK GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:
- Consent: When you provide consent to receive newsletters, use analytic or advertising cookies, or otherwise submit information.
- Legitimate Interest: To improve website security, ensure website functionality, and analyze performance, where these activities do not override your data protection interests.
- Contract: When processing is necessary for us to fulfill our contractual obligations to you (such as providing requested services).
- Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable legal requirements.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect non-personal information about your interactions with our website. This data helps us analyze website traffic and improve user experience. Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. For more details on how Google collects and processes data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.
Microsoft Clarity
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay. This data helps us optimize site performance, improve user experience, and understand your preferences. For more information, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Clicky Analytics
We use Clicky to collect anonymous data about how visitors interact with our website. Clicky tracks metrics such as page views, visitor IP addresses (anonymized), browser types, and referral sources to help us understand and improve website performance. Clicky is designed with privacy in mind and anonymizes visitor IP addresses by default. For more information on how Clicky collects and processes data and to review their privacy practices, please visit Clicky’s Privacy Policy at https://clicky.com/terms/privacy.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and improve our services. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that allow us to recognize your preferences and activity.
Types of Cookies We Use:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for website functionality.
- Performance Cookies: Track how users interact with our site to improve performance.
- Functional Cookies: Remember user preferences and enhance the experience.
- Advertising Cookies: Deliver ads relevant to your interests and measure ad effectiveness.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Visitors in the EEA will see a cookie consent banner allowing them to accept or customize cookie preferences.
Cookie Consent and Preferences
When you visit Sovereign Vitality, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
- Accept All: Consent to the use of all cookies for analytics, personalization, and advertising.
- Reject All: Decline all non-essential cookies; only necessary cookies will be used.
- Customise: Choose your preferences for Functional, Analytics, Performance, and Advertisement cookies.
You can adjust or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of the website.
Cookie categories are:
- Necessary: Required for core site functions and cannot be switched off. These do not store personally identifiable information.
- Functional: Enable enhanced features such as social sharing or third-party feedback.
- Analytics: Help us understand site usage and improve performance (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Performance: Monitor key user experience metrics.
- Advertisement: Deliver personalized ads and measure ad campaign effectiveness (e.g., Mediavine).
Note: By default, only necessary cookies are enabled until you provide express consent for others.
Third-Party Advertising
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file sent to your computer or mobile device by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity.
First-party cookies are created by the website you’re visiting. A third-party cookie is often used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are on. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons, and similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interactions with advertising content and optimize ad delivery.
Each browser has tools that allow you to block both first and third-party cookies and to clear your cache. Use the “help” function on your browser for guidance on managing cookies and cache. For more information, visit:
https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/
Please note that without cookies, you may not be able to fully experience all Website features. Rejecting cookies does not mean you will stop seeing ads—it just means those ads may no longer be personalized.
The Website may collect the following data using cookies when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the Website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (listed below) may also use this data and link it to other data they have independently collected to deliver targeted ads. They may gather information via advertising IDs, pixels, or other sources to provide interest-based advertising across platforms, devices, and apps. This data may include:
- Usage data
- Cookie data
- Device data
- Interaction data with ads and websites
- Geolocation data
- Traffic sources
- Referral information
They may also create unique IDs to form audience segments for ad targeting.
To learn more or to opt in or out of data collection, visit:
- National Advertising Initiative opt-out page: https://thenai.org/opt-out/
- Digital Advertising Alliance: http://optout.aboutads.info/#/
- Network Advertising Initiative: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#
- AppChoices for mobile: https://youradchoices.com/appchoices
For full details about Mediavine Partners and their individual data collection policies, visit:
https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners/
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and improve our website services.
- Communicate with you through newsletters and updates.
- Analyze website traffic and user behavior to enhance the user experience.
- Optimize marketing campaigns and website performance.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
- Email addresses: Retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
- Analytics and cookie data: Retained for up to 26 months (or less, subject to Google Analytics/Mediavine policies).
- Advertising/affiliate data: Retained in accordance with third-party partner policies.
Affiliate Disclosure
Sovereign Vitality participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means we may earn a commission when you click on affiliate links and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you.
Amazon Affiliate Disclosure
As an Amazon Associate, Sovereign Vitality earns from qualifying purchases. This supports our website and allows us to continue providing quality content.
FTC Disclosure
In compliance with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines, we disclose any affiliate relationships. These disclosures are clearly stated near affiliate links or product reviews on our website.
Your Privacy Rights
GDPR and CCPA Compliance
Depending on your location and applicable law (including EU/UK GDPR, Canada’s PIPEDA, and South Africa’s POPIA), you may have the right to:
- Access and obtain a copy of your personal information.
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Delete your personal information (“the right to be forgotten”).
- Restrict the processing of your data.
- Object to processing, including direct marketing.
- Withdraw consent at any time (without affecting prior processing).
- Request data portability (receive your data in a structured, commonly used format).
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (for EU/UK residents).
To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@sovereignvitalityblog.com.
International Data Transfers
Sovereign Vitality is based in the United States and your information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States or other countries where our third-party service providers operate. We take steps to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect your privacy rights, especially for visitors from the EU/UK, Canada, and South Africa.
You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time by clicking “Cookie Settings” in the footer of our website. This action will reopen the consent options and allow you to adjust your preferences.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of Sovereign Vitality, please contact us at:
Email: hello@sovereignvitalityblog.com