Last updated: August 17, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Soveka Candles (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information about visitors to our website, sovekacandles.com (the “Service”), including our candle-related blog. At this time we do not sell products or process payments through this website — the Service is limited to blog content, newsletter signup, and general information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using our Service.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words with initial capital letters have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions apply whether they appear in singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Company (referred to as “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) refers to Soveka Candles.
  • Cookies are small files placed on your device by a website, containing details of your browsing history among other uses.
  • Country refers to: Quebec, Canada.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Website refers to Soveka Candles, accessible from https://sovekacandles.com/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service.
  • Personal Data means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you, including but not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name (only if you provide it, for example through our contact form or newsletter signup)

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. This may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

We use Google Analytics, via Site Kit by Google, to help us understand how visitors engage with our blog. Google may use this data in accordance with its own privacy policy.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies. Required to provide you with services available through the website and to enable some of its features.
  • Functionality Cookies. Allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference.
  • Analytics Cookies. Used by Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our blog.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of our Service may not function properly.

Comments

If you leave a comment on one of our blog posts, the comment and its metadata — including your name, email address, and IP address — are retained. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it; Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact Form

If you submit an inquiry through our contact form, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and message, so that we can respond to your request. We do not use this information for any other purpose without your consent.

Newsletter

If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address, and your name if you provide it, through Klaviyo, our email marketing platform, in order to send you updates about our candles and blog content. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every email we send.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your inquiries submitted through our contact form.
  • To send you our newsletter and other information about our candles or blog content, where you have opted in to receive it.
  • To manage and respond to your requests to us.
  • To improve our Service, by understanding how visitors use our blog and improving its content and performance.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. Comment data is retained indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be processed in Canada and in any other jurisdiction where our service providers, such as our hosting provider, email marketing platform, or analytics provider, are located. By submitting such information, you agree to this transfer.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We may share your Personal Data with service providers who assist us in operating the Service, such as our hosting provider, our email marketing platform (Klaviyo), and Google (Site Kit / Analytics). These providers only have access to your Personal Data to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. We may also disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your Personal Data, including the right to access, correct, or request deletion of the Personal Data we hold about you. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

  • By email: sovekacandles@gmail.com