Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://akosuasankofa.com/.
Contact Forms and Email Signups
When visitors send us a message via the contact page, join our newsletter or sign up for our mailing list to receive digital downloads (such as sample chapters), we collect the data shown in the form (typically Name and Email Address). We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection services identify and block malicious bots.
Unlike public comments, information submitted via the Contact Form is sent directly to our administrative email and is not displayed publicly on the website.
Cookies & Tracking
We use a minimal number of cookies to ensure the website functions correctly and to analyze site performance.
Email Marketing (MailerLite): If you interact with our email signup forms, a cookie may be set to remember that you have already subscribed or to prevent the same popup from appearing multiple times.
Strictly Necessary (Caching): We use caching technology (LiteSpeed) to speed up the website. This may store a temporary “functional cookie” on your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and is strictly used to determine if a faster version of the page can be served to you.
Analytics (Burst Statistics): We use Burst Statistics to understand how visitors find and use our site. We have configured this tool to use “Cookieless Tracking,” which anonymizes your data. We do not store personal profiles or track your behavior across other websites.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
Contact Messages: Information submitted via contact forms is retained in our email archives indefinitely for customer service purposes, but is not used for marketing unless you explicitly opt-in.
Mailing List: If you subscribe to our newsletter or email list (for book updates or sample chapters), your email address is stored securely via our provider, MailerLite, until you choose to unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time via the link at the bottom of our emails.
What rights you have over your data
If you have subscribed to our mailing list, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, or request that we erase it.
Where your data is sent
Visitor traffic is analyzed by Burst Statistics for analytics, and newsletter data is managed by MailerLite. Burst Statistics does not store personal data or place cookies on your device; it collects anonymous aggregate data only.