Magdalena Method / Magdalena Santos

Last updated: May 2026

Who I am

This website is operated by Magdalena Santos, doing business as Magdalena Method, based in New York City. You can reach me at m@magdalenamethod.com.

Website visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs this data to run this website and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data in their Privacy Policy at squarespace.com/privacy.

Analytics

This website collects personal information to power site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

  • Clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps

This information is provided to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to help understand site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies — small files that download to your device when you visit a website.

  • Necessary cookies are always used. They allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

  • Analytics and performance cookies are used only after you acknowledge our cookie banner. These cookies help us understand site traffic and activity.

For a full list of cookies this site uses, visit: squarespace.com/cookies.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though some site features may not function correctly if you do.

Information you provide directly

Contact form: When you submit information through the contact form on this website, we collect the data requested in the form in order to track and respond to your submissions. This information is provided to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you.

Consultation booking (Acuity Scheduling): When you schedule a consultation by booking on this website, we collect personal information to complete the booking, including:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Details relating to your appointment

This information is provided to Squarespace, our online scheduling service provider, so they can provide online booking services to us.

Service agreements: When you contact us or agree to a service, we collect information necessary to negotiate, draft, and execute the service agreement, including business details, email address, name, and phone number. This information is processed and stored securely through the Squarespace platform.

Newsletter signup: If you sign up for the newsletter, we collect your name and email address. We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of any email. We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Payments

When you make a purchase on this website, we use Squarespace Payments as our payment solution. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third-party service providers, which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:

  • Stripe — payment processing. Privacy policy: stripe.com/privacy

  • Sift — fraud monitoring and detection. Privacy policy: sift.com/service-privacy

I do not store your payment details.

Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including information about your browser, network, or device, and your IP address.

How I use your information

  • To respond to your inquiries and schedule consultations

  • To deliver services you have purchased

  • To send newsletters and business updates if you have opted in

  • To improve the site based on usage patterns

  • To comply with legal obligations

I do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Data security

I take reasonable measures to protect the personal information collected through this website from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include secure hosting through Squarespace, encrypted payment processing through Stripe, and limiting access to personal information to what is necessary to provide services. While no system is completely secure, I am committed to maintaining appropriate safeguards for the data entrusted to me.

Data retention

I retain your information only as long as necessary to provide services or as required by law. Contact form submissions and consultation records are retained for the duration of our relationship and a reasonable period after.

Your rights

Depending on where you are located, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal information I hold about you

  • Request correction or deletion of your information

  • Opt out of marketing communications at any time

  • Request that I stop processing your data

To exercise any of these rights, contact me at m@magdalenamethod.com.

Lawful basis for processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, I process your personal information on the following legal bases:

  • Contract performance — when processing is necessary to provide services you have requested or purchased

  • Legitimate interests — for site analytics and improving the website, where these interests are not overridden by your rights

  • Consent — for newsletter marketing emails, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing

  • Legal obligation — where processing is required to comply with applicable law

Data transfers

This website is hosted and operated in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. By using this website, you acknowledge this transfer.

Right to lodge a complaint

If you are located in the EEA or UK and believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Children's privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13. I do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to this policy

I may update this policy occasionally. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email m@magdalenamethod.com.