Last updated: September 4, 2026 · For visitors and customers in the United States.
This page explains what personal information we collect when you visit this site or buy The Italian Week, why we use it, who we share it with, and what you can ask us to do about it. We are a small Italian business, and we collect the least we can get away with.
The short version. We collect your name, email and order details so we can send you what you bought. We use cookies to see how the site is doing and to measure our ads. We do not sell your personal information. You can ask us to show you what we have, correct it, or delete it, and we will.
We are based in Italy. That means when you buy from us, your information is transferred to and stored in the European Union, and handled by service providers in the EU and in the United States. The European Union has data protection rules that are, if anything, stricter than the ones you are used to, and we apply them to everyone who buys from us, wherever they live.
| What | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Name, email address, phone number | You type it into the checkout or a form on this site |
| Order details: product, amount, date, and billing details if you ask for an invoice | Created when you place an order |
| Payment information | Handled by Stripe. Your full card number never reaches us and we never store it |
| Site usage: IP address, browser and device, pages viewed, what you clicked | Cookies and similar technologies. See the Cookie Policy |
| What you write to us | The emails and messages you send for support |
We do not ask for and do not want any sensitive information: no health details, no dietary or medical conditions, nothing about your family. If you send us something like that in a support email, we use it only to answer you.
| Purpose | Our basis for it |
|---|---|
| Take your order, deliver the files, answer your questions | Performing the contract with you |
| Tax and accounting records | A legal obligation we have in Italy |
| Service emails about your order | Performing the contract with you |
| Marketing emails about our own products | Your consent. Every one has a one-click unsubscribe |
| Analytics, measuring our ads, keeping the site secure | Your consent for non-essential cookies, and our legitimate interest in a site that works |
Giving us your details is necessary to buy: without them we cannot take the order or send you the product. Giving us consent to market to you is entirely optional, and saying no changes nothing about what you bought.
We do not sell your personal information, and we never have. We share it only with the providers that make the service work, each acting on our instructions:
| Provider | What it does |
|---|---|
| GoHighLevel | Hosts this site, the forms, the checkout and our contact records |
| Stripe | Processes payments |
| Meta (Facebook, Instagram) | Measures our advertising. See the Cookie Policy |
| Google Analytics | Aggregate statistics about how the site is used |
| Email and invoicing providers | Sending your files and meeting our tax obligations |
Beyond those, we share information only with the professionals who help us run the business (our accountant, for example) and with the authorities when the law requires it.
These rights are yours wherever you live. We do not make you prove you are in a particular state before we help you.
Write to [email protected] from the address you bought with. We answer these ourselves, and we do not charge for it or make it difficult. You will never be treated differently, or offered a worse price, because you asked.
Under California law you have the rights listed above, and these two things are worth saying plainly:
We treat a Global Privacy Control signal sent by your browser as a valid request to stop that sharing.
You may also authorize someone to make a request for you. We will ask for enough information to be sure the request really comes from you, which usually means confirming the email address on the order.
This site and these products are for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has given us their details, write to us and we will delete them.
We use reputable providers, we keep access to our accounts limited and protected, and we do not keep information we no longer need. No system is perfect, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. If something ever goes wrong in a way that affects you, we will tell you.
Write to us first: [email protected]. If you are in the European Union and you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (garanteprivacy.it).
We update this page when the tools we use or the law change. The version in force is the one published here, with the date at the top.