Last updated: 8 October 2026
This page contains the site's legal notice and explains what data ambidestro.it collects, why, for how long, and what your rights are. In short: we collect as little as possible, we never sell anything to anyone, and we don't run targeted advertising.
ambidestro.it is run by Mattia Penna, a self-employed professional based in Spain, who is also the data controller.
Information provided under Article 10 of Spanish Law 34/2002 (LSSI-CE). The site's original texts and images belong to Mattia Penna unless stated otherwise: please don't reproduce them without permission.
Newsletter
If you subscribe (from the homepage) we store your email address and language, to occasionally send you news about new articles and the book. To be able to prove your consent, we also record which form you used and the date and time you subscribed. Right after, you get a welcome email: if you didn't sign up yourself, you can cancel with one click from there. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Every newsletter contains a one-click unsubscribe link; when you unsubscribe, your address is deleted. You can also write to info@ambidestro.it.
Browsing and security data
Like any website, the servers hosting ambidestro.it automatically log some technical data (IP address, browser, requested page, date and time) to keep the service secure and running. To protect the forms from spam and abuse, your IP address is also used in hashed form to limit the number of submissions, and is forgotten within 24 hours. Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Server logs are handled by our hosting provider and kept for a limited time.
Statistics (Google Analytics)
Only if you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 to see, in aggregate, which articles are read and where visitors come from. Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. We don't use this data for advertising, we don't enable Google Signals, and we don't combine it with other data. Analytics data is kept for 14 months. Legal basis: your consent. If you decline, the Google script is not even loaded.
Backups
Every day we make a backup of the database, which also contains the email addresses of newsletter subscribers. Backups stay on the site's server and are deleted after 30 days at most; the hosting provider also keeps its own backups for a limited time. So data you have deleted disappears from the backups within a few weeks too.
We use very few cookies:
| Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| consent | Technical, ours | 6 months | Remembers your cookie choice so we don't ask again on every page. |
| _ga | Analytics, Google | 2 years | Tells visitors apart anonymously. Only with your consent. |
| _ga_<ID> | Analytics, Google | 2 years | Keeps the session state. Only with your consent. |
The technical cookie does not require consent. You can change your choice about analytics cookies at any time via the "Cookie preferences" link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw consent, we delete the Google Analytics cookies from your browser. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
Data is never sold or handed over to third parties for their own purposes. To run the site we rely on these providers, acting as data processors:
Some providers may process data outside the European Union (in particular in the United States). In those cases the transfer relies on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or on the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
ambidestro.it is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.it and Amazon.es, and in the equivalent programmes of Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Amazon.ca. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The price you pay does not change.
Links to the book are affiliate links, and so are links to products recommended in some articles: those articles say so at the top. The links go through an ambidestro.it address (/go/…) that takes you to the Amazon store for your country. To choose it, it reads only the language set in your browser, without storing it and without using cookies.
Once you are on Amazon, Amazon and other third parties may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons to know that you came from this site and to credit us with any purchase. Amazon acts as an independent controller: from then on, its own privacy and cookie notices apply. We only receive anonymous, aggregated reports (which products were bought and the resulting commission), never your name or any other personal data.
At any time you can ask to access, correct or delete your data, restrict or object to its processing, or receive it in a portable format (Arts. 15-22 GDPR), and you can withdraw any consent you gave, without affecting processing already carried out. Write to info@ambidestro.it: we reply within one month.
If you believe your data is being handled improperly, you can lodge a complaint with the Spanish supervisory authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (aepd.es).
The site is not aimed at children under 14, who should not subscribe to the newsletter.
If this page changes, we will update the date at the top.
