Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 10, 2026

At HiAmerican.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at hiamerican.com.

By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our site.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Data You Provide

Contact form submissions: When you send us a message via our Contact page, we collect your name and email address.
Newsletter subscriptions: If you subscribe via our form, we collect your email address.
Comments: If you leave a comment on a blog post, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your comment.

Automatically Collected Data

Cookies and tracking technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and serve personalized content.
Analytics data: We use Google Analytics via Site Kit to collect anonymous data about how visitors interact with our site, including pages visited, time spent, and referral sources.
IP address and browser information: Standard web server logs may capture your IP address, browser type, operating system, and referring URLs.

2. How We Use Your Information

To operate and maintain our website
To respond to your inquiries and messages
To send newsletter updates (only if you subscribed)
To improve our content and user experience through analytics
To detect and prevent spam (via Akismet)
To comply with legal obligations
To display relevant advertisements (future — Google AdSense)

3. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect and process your data:

Google Analytics (via Site Kit by Google) — tracks site usage and audience demographics. Google Privacy Policy
Akismet — spam filtering for comments. Akismet Privacy Policy
Cloudflare — content delivery network and security. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
Google AdSense — future advertising network. Google Privacy Policy

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. We use the following types of cookies:

Essential cookies: Required for the website to function properly (e.g., WordPress session cookies).
Analytics cookies: Used by Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site.
Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences.

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect your experience on our site. To learn more, visit aboutcookies.org.

5. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
Right to rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data
Right to deletion — request that we erase your personal data
Right to restrict processing — limit how we use your data
Right to data portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
Right to opt out (CCPA) — opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Comment data is retained indefinitely to allow follow-up discussions. Analytics data is retained per Google Analytics’ retention settings.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information, including SSL/HTTPS encryption and Cloudflare security features. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us here or reach out via our Contact page.

— The HiAmerican Team