Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 8, 2026

This policy explains how Home in Practice (homeinpractice.com) handles information about visitors. The site is operated by Tiago Rocha, who is responsible for the information described here. You can reach us at contact.homeinpractice@proton.me.

Information you send us

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message, such as your name, the page you are writing about and any attachments. We use it only to reply, check a correction or handle your request. We do not add you to a mailing list.

Our email is hosted by Proton Mail, a service of Proton AG in Switzerland. Only the site’s operator has access to the mailbox. We keep messages for up to 24 months after the last message in a conversation and then delete them. Please do not send passwords, payment details or other sensitive information.

Information collected when you visit

The site is hosted by Vercel. To deliver pages, keep the site secure and fix errors, Vercel processes technical information about each request, such as your IP address, the page requested, the time of the request and your browser type. Vercel keeps these logs for a limited period under its own policies, and we do not copy them to other services. See Vercel’s Privacy Notice.

Some article images load directly from Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons. When your browser requests one of those images, that service receives the same kind of technical request information. Links to other websites take you to services with their own privacy practices.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are read, how visitors arrive at the site and which guides need improvement. Google Analytics uses cookies and collects information such as the pages you view, the links you click, your browser and device type, and your approximate location derived from your IP address. We use these reports in aggregate and do not use them to identify individual visitors.

We keep Google Analytics user and event data for 14 months, the retention period set in our Google Analytics account. Google also processes this information under its own terms; see how Google uses information from sites that use its services and Google’s Privacy Policy.

You can block Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on or by blocking cookies in your browser.

Advertising

The site does not currently show ads. Before we add advertising, we will update this policy to name the advertising provider, describe how it uses cookies and explain your choices.

Cookies and your choices

Cookies are small files that a website stores in your browser. This site does not set cookies of its own. Google Analytics sets cookies that distinguish visits and sessions (their names begin with “_ga”).

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, analytics and advertising cookies are not used until you give consent through the consent message shown on the site. You can change your choice at any time through that message. Everywhere else, you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings and use the opt-out options described above. Blocking cookies does not stop the technical requests needed to load pages and images.

How information is shared

We do not sell your personal information for money. We share information only with the service providers described in this policy: Vercel for hosting, Proton for email, image hosts that deliver article photos and Google for analytics. We may also disclose information if the law requires it.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal information we hold about you, to correct it, to have it deleted, or to opt out of its use for personalized advertising. To make a request, email contact.homeinpractice@proton.me. We may ask you to reply from the email address the request concerns so we can confirm it is yours. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you may also file a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Children’s privacy

Home in Practice is written for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

When our data practices change, we will update this page and its effective date.